"Somersault" won the "European Innovative Games Award"

More than 300 guests followed an invitation issued by Hessen-IT and the European Commission, and joined the European Innovative Games Award (EIGA) awards ceremony. At the gala event, outstanding innovations in computer games were honored.

Out of the 77 proposals turned in for EIGA 2008, eleven made it to the short list and were nominated for one of the three prizes awarded Thursday night. Criteria for the jury were technologies implemented, content and usability of the games.
Klaus-Peter Güttler, who handed over the second prize for "Somersault" to Sascha Stammer from Enter-Brain-Ment, commended the innovative game control and its motivating challenge: “Anyone who has ever tried playing pool knows the principle: angle of incidence equals exitangle. The makers of “Somersault” have succeeded in creating an innovative control on the basis of this principle thereby putting computer novices and hardcore gamers on the same level” said Güttler.