http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek Game Development behind the scenes | blog by Maciej Biedrzycki Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:30:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have finally ported Ancient Quest of Saqqarah to the iPad and today the game has been published on the AppStore :) We are very excited about this release as the game is a true joy to play with touch controls. Check out for yourself here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/saqqarah-hd/id403523070?mt=8 http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/11/saqqarah-now-on-ipad/ While we are slowly commencing with our marketing efforts, I'd like to let everyone know that Bayo Bongo, our new puzzle game for iPhone/iPad has been accepted and published on the AppStore. You can get it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bayo-bongo/id391999969?mt=8. If you're a game reviewer interested in reviewing Bayo Bongo please contact us ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/09/bayo-bongo-for-iphone-and-ipad/ I’d like to give you an update on the latest developments surrounding Brunhilda and to give a short sneak peak of what’s coming up. First of all, the game is already out and available for purchase at the official Brunhilda game website. It’s still a soft-launch, which means that it ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/07/brunhilda-and-the-dark-crystal-update/ For the last two months the game has been undergoing rigorous beta tests and has received lots of fixes and improvements. Now the game is finally available to the public, so visit the official website www.brunhildathegame.com, download the game and join Brunhilda on her adventurous journey through the different lands ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/06/brunhilda-for-pc-is-out/ If you enjoy our games and have a facebook account, you can now follow us at our facebook page. You can find our page at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Codeminion/127088663974722?ref=ts Once we get more followers (people who hit the "Like" button), we’ll be able to set up a friendly facebook username, so the link will ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/05/help-us-kick-start-our-facebook-page/ As you can see, we’ve just launched a trailer our upcoming game Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal. The PC version of the game is currently in open beta, so if you want you can join our beta program, and test the game today!   You can view the trailers of our other ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/05/brunhilda-trailer/ It seems we’re not alone in our struggle to bring our iPhone app back to the AppStore after it was removed basing on a complaint from a competitor. The StoneLoops! precedence has apparently repeated as more apps have been removed in the same questionable way. You can read about the AppVault ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/01/want-stoneloops-back-in-the-appstore-sign-the-petition/ I’ve been recently receiving lots of questions about StoneLoops! and about our upcoming games so I decided that it’s high time to write about it. Even though we didn’t release any new games in 2009, the last year was quite good for us. We weren’t affected by the collapsing economy ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/01/more-games-coming-up-in-2010/ I know that lately I haven’t been blogging a lot, but recently something very notable  happened that I feel everybody should learn about. As you know our marble popping game StoneLoops! of Jurassica has been ported to the iPhone platform and proved to be a huge success. It  stayed in ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/10/where-is-stoneloops-or-how-to-get-rid-of-your-competition-in-the-apple-appstore/ I recently answered a question on a polish gamedev message board about how game sales vary by Country and I thought that it would be a good idea to post it here as well. As far as I know this kind of stats are very difficult to find. The stats shown ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/06/sales-stats-by-country/