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Marbians nominated for a DGA!

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:51 +0000

The Marbians has been nominated for another award. This time around it’s the Best Games Out Of Denmark at the Danish Game Awards, or DGAs for short. The winners will be announced on the 9th of February, so fingers crossed our diminutive, marble-encased friends can pull it off a second time. They are up against some stiff competition, however. Also in the running is “Pigs in Trees” which was a big hit when it came out. You can read more about it HERE.

Update – The award went to Pigs In Trees, unfortunately. It is a well deserved award, though, in my opinion. Fair play lads.

Alien Jump

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:34:18 +0000

Alien Jump – Highly Addictive is a jump game in the vein of Doodle Jump, that was developed by Austria’s Ner Brothers.I had fun working on this one, it’s very colourful and the art style is quite cute. You can download it for free HERE

All images are the copyright of Ner Brothers

Attack from Outer Space!

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:47:06 +0000

Attack from Outer Space! is a retro sci-fi themed side scrolling shooter, developed for iOS and Android devices. It was created my Finnish developer Kiai Games – http://kiaigames.com. It plays really well, making it one of the more enjoyable shooters on smart phones, in my opinion, and is available on both the App Store for iPad & iPhone and on the Android Market. It’s been received well on both platforms, scoring a 4.5/5 stars rating on each store.

I had a ton of fun working on this game. I had to research a lot of old sci-fi movies, which was great, and I got to add in a few nods to some personal favourites.

All images are the copyright of Nordisk Film A/S.

Alien Jump Released for iPhone as a Free App

Administrator — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:42:58 +0000

Alien Jump – Highly Addictive, developed by Austrian based Ner Brothers, has been released for iPhone. It’s a jump game in the vein of Doodle Jump. I had fun working on this one, it’s very colourful and the art style is quite cute. You can download it for free (for a limited time) HERE

Tribal City Releases “Flip The Switch”

Administrator — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:18:51 +0000

My good friends over at Tribal City Interactive have released their new game, Flip the Switch, for iOS devices. It’s a full-filled physics puzzler with a unique game mechanic and over 70 levels. I did some very minor work on this project a while back and I’m delighted to finally see it released. It’s a lot of fun and well worth the few cent it costs to download it. You can download it HERE

All images are the copyright of Tribal City Interactive.

Attack from Outer Space! Released for iOS & Android Devices

Administrator — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:39:41 +0000

Attack from Outer Space!, a game I worked a few weeks back, has been released for iOS devices. It’s an amazingly playable shooter in the vein of Mars Attacks meets Metal Slug and was developed by Kiai Games - http://kiaigames.com. I really enjoyed working on the game’s retro sci-fi theme (a theme I’m working with a lot of late) and am very happy to see it reaching the light of day. You can download the universal app here. I’ll have a more detailed portfolio entry uploaded in the next few days, but for now here are two screen shots.

Marbians Wins Award

Administrator — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:59:05 +0000

The Marbians has won the Peoples Choice Award at the Danish App Awards 2011. Congratulations to the guys at Progressive Media, Nordisk Film and Osao. And me too, of course. You can read about it here: http://www.sugarcode.com/

The Marbians Shortlisted For Award

Administrator — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:34:10 +0000

Continuing the trend of Marbians themed news, I’m delighted to announce that The Marbians has been shortlisted for the audience award for best design and usability in the Danish App Awards 2011. It’s up against some stiff competition, particularly ‘Sylvester’s Band’ which looks great. You can vote for it here, if you like: http://www.sugarcode.com/shortlist

Fingers crossed the Marbians does well. Unfortunately the Marbians don’t have any fingers or toes themselves, so they’ll need all the help they can get.

The Marbians is now available for Mac!

Administrator — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:58:50 +0000

I’ve just discovered today that The Marbians, one of the more recent titles I worked on, has been released for Mac. This is great news. I had a blast working on this game, so I’m delighted to see it being brought to a new audience. It’s available for download via the Mac App store. Here is the link. Tell your Mac owning friends, or hell, go out and buy a Mac if you don’t own one, just so you can download it yourself!

Back To The Solo Grindstone, Marbians & A Facebook Page…

Administrator — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:37:35 +0000

The title of this post is a mouth full, I know. Last Friday I finished up my Summer residence with Tribal City Interactive. I’ll miss working with the team, especially the art interns, Niall and Laura-Jane. They were a fantastic bunch and by the end of the Summer we were working together smoothly, like a well oiled machine. Everyone learned a lot in the 3 months, myself no less than anyone else. We created a lot of cool artwork for some of Tribal City’s upcoming games. Hopefully they’ll be out before long so I can talk more about them. I’m back working in my own studio now and am available to take on new projects as they come in. Please email me if you have an queries or wish to have a quote made up.

In other news, The Marbians has been downloaded well over 200,000 times, which is nice. It’s been re-released as a free version, containing more levels at the start that are available without charge, and a full paid version has also been made available. Check it out on the App Store / Android Market if you haven’t already. Find out more over at TheMarbians.com

Also, I’ve finally gotten around to setting up a DoomCube.com FaceBook page, so please click on the FB icon down the bottom of the page (it’s under the contact form) and shoot on over there to hit the ‘Like’ button. Alternatively, you could just click this LINK to get there to save your mouse’s scroll wheel a few turns. Make sure you tell all your friends about it, especially any game developer types you know that may be in need of a pixel gun for hire.