I would like you to play BarBalance It’s a Box2D game made for the 60 seconds to fame contest built around Stabilize! concept. You can follow the various steps during the creation of this game at this post and the links you will find in it (I won’t fill this post with links…) You probably … Play BarBalance, my latest game
I am very happy to share this milestone with you! Yesterday I reached the $100 goal with MochiAds. It took me more than two years of game design and promotion, but finally I am one of the guys that made it. This is another proof the blog is a great resource for everybody trying to … Milestone: reached $100 with MochiAds
Plenty of interesting new games this week, let’s see them… Ninja Yin Yang: Bring a black and a white ninjas on the platforms with their signs at the same time. You control both black and white ninjas at the same time. What I liked: interesting concept Programming difficulty: A good platform, no need for physics. … Triqui’s Picks #8
I received a shout from Barry White (do you remember GameJacket?) about an interesting tournament made by Flash Game Developers LinkedIn group and Come2Play with $8,000 in prizes. Original press release: « Come2Play has teamed up with the LinkedIn Flash Game Developers group to bring you an awesome Flash Game Competition! Just integrate their API … Flash Game Developers LinkedIn group and Come2Play Flash game competition
Welcome to the 5th part. Today we’ll add some gameplay… in part 4 we managed collisions, now it’s time to add a one-minute timer (yes, this is a concept for the 60 seconds to fame contest). I think, having colored stuff on the stage, making a “match 3 to remove” game would be too obvious… … Creation of a Flash Stabilize! clone using Box2D – part 5
Do you remember Chronotron? It’s a puzzle platform which wants you to interact with past versions of yourself to solve levels. It’s a very original game, higly recommended Luis Fernando Silva, author of a Box2D platform engine alternative published on the blog some time ago, created a prototype of this game « I really liked … Chronotron Flash game prototype
Here I am with the 4th part of this prototype. In part 3 we saw the “next” feature, this time we’ll trigger the collision among crates of the same color. This will allow you to create the classic “match stuff of the same color to remove it from the game” or maybe something more creative. … Creation of a Flash Stabilize! clone using Box2D – part 4
Six great games for you to play this week: Valiance: The best game this week in my opinion… a platform game with jump, double jump, swords and gravity switch… and upgrades… What I liked: Great game! Programming difficulty: So many things… 5/5 Cannon Plunder: A Bloons clone, but this time you are using a cannon … Triqui’s Picks #6
Research by EEDAR has shown that a high marketing spend increases gross revenue three times more than high review scores. The perception that high scores are crucial to sales is a myth, said EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich speaking at the Montreal International Games Summit, and developers should realise the cold fact that a poor quality game … Marketing influences game revenue three times more than high scores
With the so-called “Web 2.0” and the “social network era”, just making a game and publishing it on various portals couldn’t be enough. Some days ago we saw how Bomb Digger allows to play extra levels on its official site, now it’s time to introduce you a more complete project. Do you remember HiRoads developer … HiRoads case study: building a community around a game
Some days ago I showed you how to create a Flash Facebook application using the AS3 API. Now Yarden Refaeli from Rigel Games is sharing with us his experience in creating a Flash Facebook application using another technique. Let’s read it: « Hello, my name is Yarden Refaeli and I have been flash programmer for … Creation of a Flash Facebook application using AMFPHP
