The Independent Games Festival organisers recently announced a new competition that might be of interest to devkitPro toolchain users. The IGF has been running a competion for independent game developers since 1998 and this year they’ve decided to start a new competition for mobile games. There are some great prizes up for grabs.

• IGF Mobile Best Game ($10,000)
• Innovation In Mobile Game Design ($2,000)
• Innovation In Augmented Design* - Presented by Nvidia ($2,000)
• Achievement In Art ($2,000)
• Technical Achievement ($2,000)
• Audio Achievement ($2,000)

* The ‘Augmented Design’ award goes to a game that best uses an aspect of mobile phone technology, such as GPS, camera, motion-sensing, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or other special mobile-centric features in gameplay.

If you’re looking for some ideas of the kind of games that win awards then you might care to have a look at IG: Independent Games award winners

For more competition details see the IGF mobile site.