i’m not necessarily going to do a daily play-by-play of the entire Spellirium pre-order campaign, which we launched today to Seussian fanfare, because SNORE. But today was eventful enough that i wanted to record a few tidbits for posterity.
You’re Going Down
For startsies, my Internet service provider decided...
Come mothers and fathers, come sons and come daughters,
come graduates sprung from your old alma maters
come lovers of words, come adorers of books,
come peer at these pages, come take a good look
For today at long last, you will finally play
the game we’ve been building for many a day
(i’m so proud to say it, it’s...
Many sorries for not announcing that i’d be announcing this announcement today, but know this: for those of you who have been waiting patiently for Spellirium news all these weeks, months, and even years, mark your calendars for April 9th 2013. In ink. And NOT that erasable ink, or the novelty disappearing ink that...
Guys: forget one-pagers and business cards and booth space and being friendly on Twitter. The greatest money i’ve ever spent trying to promote a game at a conference like GDC this week is this absurdly gigantic Ask Me About Spellirium button, which i have to securely pin through ALL of my shirts, or else it will...
i’m heading out to GDC tomorrow. Here’s what Untold Enertainment is up to in San Francisco:
Fact or Fiction Panel at FGS
i really have to wonder if the Flash Gaming Summit will be around next year? They’re calling it FGS, and distancing themselves from the word “Flash” much like Kentucky...
We were very fortunate to have, as one of our early Spellirium testers, a fellow named Shan. Shan is a word wizard who is a member of – or in some cases the founder of – a number of Scrabble® clubs around the Greater Toronto Area. Shan made a really interesting suggestion to help us solve a problem in the game.
At...
Have you ever run across a video game or movie that was wildly mis-marketed? Many players expressed their frustration after playing recent indie game releases Dear Esther and Proteus because they weren’t gamey enough, and countless moviegoers have been lured into theatres to see Kevin James or Adam Sandler movies...
The kind folks at the Flash Gaming Summit have invited me to speak at Casual Connect in Seattle. My topic is AS3/AIR to iOS in 157 Easy Steps. During the talk, i’ll be clearing up a few misconceptions. My hitlist of shocking revelations is as follows:
You can target Apple’s iOS devices with Flash as your...
It’s Monster Monday! This week's creature is the dastardly Fnelo:
To the untrained eye, the Fnelo might look a lot like the Fnoo that you saw in the sneak preview video clip we released a few weeks ago. But no: in Spellirium, colour counts! When you play the game and see the Fnelo in glorious Spell-O-Colour,...
San Francisky? Well how did you get there? Did you walk n’ did you flew?
i’m very, very excited for all the shenanigans i’m about to get up to in the big windy apple that never sleeps – San Francisco – in less than two weeks’ time. Here’s what’s on my plate:
Flash Gaming Summit...