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Indie of the Year

Welcome to the 6th Annual Indie of the Year Awards, a celebration of the years finest indie games chosen by you and us. For the next 4 weeks it is up to you to vote for your favorite indie games so that they may make the top 100 which will be announced on the 11th of December.

Last year we saw the popular free-to-win MMO Robocraft take out first place, followed with the tactical shooter Insurgency providing a noble runner up and Five Night's at Freddy's 1 & 2 finishing third on the podium. Remember every year on top of the players choice which ultimately decides our top 10 we also run an editor's choice where the folks at IndieDB choose our ten standout projects from across the board.

It's been a fantastic year for indie games and we look forward to counting your votes!

Report RSS Side Effects Software Joins the 2015 Awards

With 30 licenses being given away to this years winners, come check out what difference Houdini Indie will make in your project!

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We all know how much time and effort goes into making artwork, animations and games.
Side Effects Software intends to simplify this process by giving Indie developers a comprehensive tool-set designed to empower artists to create assets, effects, models, and animations in shorter time, with much higher standards than conventional workflows.

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Houdini Indie makes all of Houdini’s animation and VFX tools available under a limited commercial license to independent animators and game makers who want to use Houdini during the incubation stage of their business.

What can Houdini do? Well just about everything except make a game for you, here are some key features.

  • Modelling, animation, character rigging, lighting, rendering and compositing
  • Pyro FX, fluids, rbd, finite elements, and particles.
  • Integration with Unity and Unreal Engines


The great folks at Side Effects Software have given us 30, Houdini Indie, 1 year licenses to give away valued at $199 each.
Prize distribution will be as follows.

  • Top 5, Indies and Mods
  • Top 5 Unreleased, Indies and Mods
  • 5 Editors Choice Picks, Indies and Mods

A massive thank you to Side Effects for reaching out and supporting all the hard working developers for this years awards, If you need any walkthroughs check out the Houdini users group or if you fancy giving Houdini a try for yourself grab the free trial. We all look forward to seeing what you will create with these new tools.

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