Modding Competition
The IGF Modding Competition highlights the most outstanding, independently developed game mods. Check out the category winners below, each of which will now compete at GDC 2007 for the overall IGF Best Mod award.
Best Single-Player Mod--Half Life 2
Weekday Warrior
Developer: Cut Corner Company Productions/Guildhall at SMU
Weekday Warrior is a Half-Life 2 total conversion mod made in the vein of the old-school adventure games we all know and love. It's set inside a modern corporate office environment and has you take on the persona of Doug Smith, a very bored man with an untapped potential for greatness.
Best RPG Mod--Neverwinter Nights
Darkness over Daggerford
Developer: Ossian Studios Inc.
Darkness over Daggerford is a classic Dungeons & Dragons module for BioWare's award-winning PC role-playing game Neverwinter Nights. Set in the Forgotten Realms, Darkness over Daggerford has a strong Baldur's Gate feel. Created by former BioWare producer Alan Miranda, Darkness over Daggerford features a new world map system, player customization, new music, and more than 30 hours of gameplay.
Best Multiplayer FPS Mod--Half-Life 2
Eternal Silence
Developer: ES Team
Eternal Silence is a science fiction mod that pits two capital ships against each other in a seamless blend of space warfare and tactical infantry combat. Pilots coordinate strikes with invading infantry in order to take down the behemoth capital ships from both the inside and out.
Best Other Mod--Unreal Tournament 2004
Spawns of Deflebub
Developer: Ludocraft
Spawns of Deflebub, a multiplayer mod for Unreal Tournament 2004, mixes elements of dodgeball, pinball, billiards, break out, Cthulhu satire, and more.
