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Check out these 11 promising, bizarre, and silly mobile games from IGF 2014

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Check out these 11 promising, bizarre, and silly mobile games from IGF 2014
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Last week, the IGF 2014 entrants were revealed. All 656 of them.

Being the saints we are, we've trawled through the list and found the most promising and interesting iOS and Android titles, so you don't have to.

Expect things to get weird, silly, and rather contemplative below. There's some really wacky and bizarre games in here, which only serves to get us even more excited about the future.

The IGF Awards ceremony will take place March 19th, 2014.

Denisovan

"Denisovan is a fictional imagining of a girl who died 40,000 years ago, published as an animated and interactive artist's book for iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices.

We know that the denisovan girl had brown hair and eyes, but we can only speculate about her relationship to her family members, and how parent child relationships may have evolved in the last 40,000 years."

Hey, Shu!
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"Hey, Shu! is a relaxing, real-time gardening game for mobile. You play as Shu, a rolling, bouncing ball of happiness aiming to bring life back to a barren planet. Your garden grows in real time, and the experience is meant to be played in very short sessions a few times a day."

iPollute



"iPollute is a mobile game of the grow puzzle genre, set in a hand-crafted stop motion world. The player is invited to peaceful green valley, and then offered to try different tools, such as a hammer or a garbage bin, while they watch the effects of these tools pollute the land."

Nott Won't Sleep
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"Little Nott doesn't want to go to bed, there is so much to explore! This iPad game starts when Nott is not in the least inclined to go to sleep and it ends when she is completely at peace and closes her eyes."

Sloth Quest
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"Achieve the universal dream of becoming a sloth. Control the true king of the jungle as you navigate treacherous vines, battle predators, scale trees, and travel to the great beyond. Just don't let go!"

Sneaky Sneaky

"Sneaky Sneaky is a turn-based, stealth, adventure game planned to be released for PC, Mac and iOS in early 2014. The game follows the imprisonment, escape, and eventual vindication of a lovable anti-hero as he tries to reclaim his twice-stolen treasure."

Spymaster

"Take control of a network of Allied undercover agents to undermine the Axis plans for world domination. Recruit, train and equip your spies and send them on top secret missions in the major cities of occupied Europe."

Tasty Tasty Grandpa

"In Tasty Tasty Grandpa, a 2D arcade title for iOS, you must eat people older than yourself to gain wisdom and grow, all the while avoiding younger people who want to eat you.

The older you get, the harder it is to find more elderly food sources, while the number of young just keeps increasing. It's a metaphor for life, told through the tasteful mechanic of cannibalism."

Turbo Dismount
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"Turbo Dismount is the official sequel to the wildly popular and immensely successful personal impact simulator - Stair Dismount. It is a kinetic tragedy about Mr. Dismount and the cars who love him.

The highlights of this experience are multiple vehicles, an awesome replay system, (some) level editing features, high-speed physics and an indiscriminate sense of style."

TyrAnt

"As you take charge of a new and vulnerable colony of Leafcutter ants, you'll discover the incredible adaptations that have led to their survival and proliferation.

Breed different castes depending on the situation; do you need to harvest leaves for your subterranean fungus garden or protect the nest from hostile neighbouring colonies?"

Wide Sky

"Wide Sky is a game about hedgehogs and ropes. Train a little hedgehog to rope across the sky and collect new ropes and powers along the way."

Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
Anything eccentric, macabre, or just plain weird, is what Chris is all about. He turns the spotlight on the games that fly under the radar.