The Rogue Jam is a huge event organized by Rogue, a videogame company and publisher "on the hunt for badass games". There were several categories for the competition, including "WTF?" (for the weirdest, wildest games) or "Huge Potential" (amazing concepts in the making), among others.
At the end of April and among 650 entries, I See Red was declared the most Eye-Poppingly Beautiful game!
The event was covered by IGN, and released in the format of episodes for each category, showcasing every game, interaction between judges and devs, questions about the development process, and more! It was very interesting to participate in something of this scale of production, and you can watch our episode here:
The jam was judged by representatives and legends of the industry: Peer Schneider, Executive Vice President and CCO of IGN Entertainment; Reggie Fils-Aimé, Former Nintendo of America’s president and COO; Chris Lee, Head of Game Sourcing and Interactive Games at Netflix; Kimberly Pointer Corbett, Senior Vice President of Digital Publishing at Warner Bros. Games; Matt Casamassina, Co-founder of IGN Entertainment, and founder and CEO of Rogue; and Chris Archer, Chief Strategy Officer of Rogue. Being in the same space as them was as intimidating as exciting, and hearing that they decided to make I See Red the winner was dreamlike.
What an amazing award, and a huge incentive for us! We work hard every day to make ISR just that: a raw, raging, beautiful game. As always, congratulations to all the participants, and thank you Rogue, IGN, judges, and everyone!