This has been a week of rediscovering some of the games we love to play. We would like to say that we are regularly involved in all of the game communities we love. Busyness sets in though and many of those interactions fall to the side. These past two weeks we have been revisiting forums and communities. As always as we re-engaged we also get to see the great games other developers are making. Chris mentions a few of our favorites in this weeks update.
So every good tale has a bestiary highlighting the monsters and critters of the tales told. So as we near (only days away) the launch of Wind Up Robots (WUR) we wanted to supply you with all you need to get to know the monster that invade Zach’s dreams. In the game it is your challenge to defeat each onslaught of grisly beasts before the become Zach’s nightmares. Here is the WUR Bestiary but also check out the video where JB and Chris go to where else the Portland Zoo to give us the full preview of each beast in full glorious 3d
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Recently I watched the Iron Giant with my kids and something really surprised me. I got all emotional “Super… man”. Yeah it made a grown man cry! There is something that gets us about these mechanical creatures. As kids we were enamored by the likes of Robbie the Robot from Lost in Space to R2D2 in Star Wars. So what is it about them that captures our hearts. In this weeks Flurry Friday episode hear Chris Skaggs talk about his favorite childhood robot and remember how things WUR. Tell us why you love them so.
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Gavin and I (Gavin gets the glory though since it was his idea) are launching a new blog/news feature called Flurry Friday at Soma where we will share ideas to give our community a consistent update on what we are seeing as cool or useful in the game development world .
The name Gavin picked is a variation of other feature Friday’s like Bungies. The Flurry part comes from my personal brand name John Flurry. I think it fits here too since that name for me is all about how creativity hits us.
1 a: a gust of wind b: a brief light snowfall
2 a: a brief period of commotion or excitement
This week we are furiously pushing toward beta for Wind Up Robots (WUR). Check out the episode and if you have any questions please leave them here or ask us on Twitter and Facebook.
Last here are a few things we would love from you:
1. Let us know what you would like to see in the Flurry Friday videos and updates.
2. Watch for feedback posts. The first one will be our TouchArcade Forum post where we will be asking for ideas for the WUR logo/button art. If you don’t know, Rovio chose red for their Angry Birds logo since there were few red icons on the store at the time. These are the kinds of things we are seeking from your feedaback.
3. On a side note our twin company Code-Monkeys is running a competition with gw-en.com for Bok Choy Boy Game. Post oyu high scores to win a t-shirt.
I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had about the qualities of this ephemeral thing called a ‘Christian Game.’
For one thing, I don’t think Soma will be making anything that would be called by that name regardless but as a man of faith the question is at least interesting to me.
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