Yesterday Bristol’s premier radio station Original 106.5FM shot through the South West’s air a report on Mobile Pie’s Global Games Jam, featuring a little interview with yours truly.
Original reporter Martin Jones kindly sent us the report in MP3 for all of those that missed it.
On Friday 30th October Mobile Pie are attending the digital games event Playful, part of the London Games Festival 2009. The website’s hard sale describes it as:
A one-day event all about games and play – in all their manifestations, throughout the contemporary media landscape. It’s a conference for architects, artists, designers, developers, geeks, gurus, gamers, tinkerers, thinkerers, bloggers, joggers, and philosophers. We look at what PLAY means both creatively and culturally, and put speakers on the stage who offer different perspectives on where we are currently, where we’ve been, and where we’re going. We want people walking away talking about the nature of games…what they mean to different people inside, on the periphery, outside or miles away from the industry.
Sounds, um, interesting, right? MP will be soaking up the atmosphere, chatting and filling ourselves, head to toe, with inspiration. So, if you’re also going to be there, drop us a line and let us know!
Last week we announced that the sequel to our labour of love, Oh, My Word! is on its way before the end of the year. We also hinted that the graphics had received a slight overhaul: We’ve had our best man, Thomas ‘the T-dog’ Parry, all over the Photoshop with it and he’s done us proud once more.
Get your eyeballs feasting on these bad boys…
Pleased to say that Gamasutra (the video games industry site) has just put up an article written by none other than our own Will! Entitled ‘Making Better Games Through Iteration’ it covers the approach we take at Mobile Pie when it comes to game design, using our upcoming iPhone rhythm title B-Boy Brawl as the case study. So if you fancy a sneak peek into the mind of our resident game design guru – enjoy!
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Bristol, UK, 13th October 2009 – Tap ‘n’ Slide and B-Boy Brawl developers Mobile Pie today announced a sequel to their acclaimed iPhone and iPod touch word puzzler, Oh, My Word!
Oh, My Word! 2 follows on from the brain-box bendingly simple yet highly-addictive original, with Time Attack and Survival featuring alongside the Classic mode. The sequel also brings with it integration with the Plus+ Network.
Mobile Pie’s Creative Producer Will Luton said:
“Oh, My Word! 2 has been an absolute labour of love for us, we’ve enjoyed every minute of creating and playing this sequel and having the Plus+ Network is a real honor.”
The Plus+ Network is a social play service free to players that harnesses the iPhone OS 3.0 technology and enables players to create a persistent profile, challenge friends via social channels, compete for leaderboard glory, participate in game events and discover new games.
“We’ve built upon the original concept with Plus+ in mind, but it was a match made in heaven anyway because it straight away adds an entirely new competitive level to the fun”, said Luton.
Oh, My Word! 2 will be available at the nominal price of 59p / 99c or for free as an stripped down version featuring only the Classic game mode (Oh, My Word! 2 Free).
It is expected that OMW!2 will be released early November, however Mobile Pie are offering ad hoc preview version to selected media partners. Please contact Mobile Pie for further details.
ENDS
Oh, My Word! web page: http://www.mobilepie.com/games/oh-my-word/
Oh, My Word! YouTube preview video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V89NthF8Dkw
App Store link (Mobile Pie Ltd): http://itunes.com/MobilePieLtd
