[A summary of links to a series of 'Road to the IGF' interviews, profiling four of the nine recently announced winners of the IGF Showcase at Austin GDC - with the local Southern U.S. indie developers to be showcased at the Texas game development show later this month. More to follow in the coming weeks.]

Road to the Austin IGF: Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball
Chris Stockman of Blazing Lizard, on the Xbox Live Arcade release Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball.

Road to the Austin IGF: Pangea Software's Enigmo
Pangea Software's Brian Greenstone on the hit iPod Touch and iPhone physics puzzle title Enigmo.

Road To The Austin IGF: Mockingbird
Troy Gilbert on the user-generated games website Mockingbird.

Road To The Austin IGF: PillowFort's Goo!
PillowFort's Tommy Refenes about the action-strategy liquid sim Goo!.