The Independent Games Festival just announced the finalists for their 2005 competition, and Lux is one of them! As you can probably guess, this is quite awesome.
It cost $100 US to enter, and I was hoping to get a little bit of publicity out of it. I honestly was not expecting anything more. So I was very pleasantly surprised.
The official rules state that "Festival Management reserve the right to disqualify any Finalist that fails to attend the Conference and/or demonstrate its Festival Selection during viewing hours at the Expo." So it looks like I have a date to be in San Francisco for March 7. I guess that could fit into my schedule without too much trouble. It certainly defines the amount of time I will spend in Europe.
The IGF competition is being done as part of the Game Developers Conference. I hope this means that I get a free pass or something.