A good Toronto showing at this month's
IndieCade—an international festival of independent gaming, hosted in Culver City—helps to cement Toronto's reputation as a global hub of indie game development. As reported by
Torontoist, three of this year's 36 IndieCade finalists hailed from Toronto, an impressive showing at a festival (known as the industry’s version of Sundance) which receives more than 400 submissions annually.
"Local game developers returned from California with plenty to be thankful about, picking up awards and continuing to bolster Toronto’s reputation as one of the strongest global cities for independent game development. With over 400 games submitted to the festival, Toronto can stand tall: three of the 36 games selected as finalists hail from here."
"Those finalists are Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Depths To Which I Sink, and Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure."
"The exposure at IndieCade is advantageous because independent games, which tend to be more experimental and smaller in scope, receive less notice from the public and the media than broader mainstream titles. At some point, this dynamic will have to change, at least in Toronto; as local games rack up accolades and awards, they’ll become that much harder to ignore."
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