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Gendai Games, in conjunction with IDG and the Macworld Expo, announced the winner to the 2010 GameSalad Challenge. Stunt Squirrels by Fire Maple Games won the Grand Prize of the Macworld 2010 GameSalad Challenge. Stunt Squirrels, a fun new physics puzzler, features blasting death-defying daredevil squirrels safely to a goal, while navigating tricky mazes and high-flying obstacles.

Joe Kaufmann of Fire Maple Games was interviewed by iGame Radio during the Macworld Expo. “GameSalad is hands-down my favorite new software! I have been able to create two popular iPhone apps in less than four weeks. This would have been absolutely impossible without GameSalad,” said Joe Kaufmann. “Being involved with the MacWorld 2010 GameSalad Challenge has been a truly great experience, and I am honored that I was able to take home the Grand Prize!”

The GameSalad Challenge itself involved participants from around the world sending entries in that had been developed using the GameSalad tool, which allows developers to create games for the iPhone, web, or Mac. All entries can be viewed and played at the GameSalad site.

In addition, Gendai Games announced several other categories, including audience favorite and judges’ favorite.

Audience Favorite: Bork’s Adventure by Elie Hang, Justin Knapich, and Ben Knapp, Stunt Squirrels by Fire Maple Games
Judges’ Favorite: Bork’s Adventure by Elie Hang, Justin Knapich, and Ben Knapp
Best International Submission: Stairs by Strobanik

From the press release:

Special thanks to our judges: Michael Agustin (Gendai Games), Jakob Wilkenson (Aurora Feint), Omaha Sternberg (iGame Radio), Zachary Waibel (Tricky Software), and Sean Vanaman (Telltale Games), Peter Cohen (The Loop).

Stunt Squirrels, and two other entrants, Kill the King and Traffic Ninja, are available now on the App Store.

You can hear all of the interviews of the developers who attended the GameSalad Challenge by clicking on the link!