Storyteller is "a storytelling puzzle videogame based on comics." It's also one of the most exciting games I saw at Game Developers Conference last week. By placing actors and props across comic book-style panels, players will be able to dynamically create stories. The goal of the game is to create a story that fits the given title.

For example, placing the Adam and Maria character in the same panel will have the two automatically fall in love with one another. In the adjacent panel, if Adam appears alone, the game will automatically conclude that "Maria left Adam," and he will be heartbroken.

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The finalists for the 14th annual Independent Games Festival's Main Competition have been announced, highlighting some of the greatest indie games to come out in the past year. Indie game fans might notice a couple of familiar titles like the oft-nominated platforming adventure Fez (by Polytron) and Alexander Bruce's mind-melting first person puzzler, Antichamber. That said, the IGF juries have selected a number of less-exposed titles that are well-deserving of some recognition.

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