Anino barges into semis of indie game development tilt

By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter INQUIRER.net FILIPINO game developer Anino Entertainment bested about 140 other game developers to get into the semifinals of the Indie Game Developers Showcase, an international competition for independent game developers. Anino Entertainment's Word Archery game is one of the 10 casual games that entered the semifinals. Anino is also the only Asian company in the casual games category, which is dominated mostly by US-based firms. Apart from the casual games category, the semifinals also features the general category, which showcases games that have more development aspects. Finalists will be announced on September 6 at the Austin Game Developers Conference, with three runners-up and a grand prize winner in each of the two categories. Grand prize winners will receive high-tech workstations. Anino's Word Archery is basically a word game where a player forms words by shooting floating letters in bubbles using a weapon called Word Archer. The letters are spread out and wordsmiths should be able to complete complex words.