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SPLOIDZ released - download now! (freebie)

Name:	Joshua Dallman
Date Posted:	Aug 19, 2006
Rating:	3.5 out of 5
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SPLOIDZ is a totally free, fun, easy to play gem dropping and matching game. Clever players plan ahead and resist the temptation of a quick match for truly big combos. How many SPLOIDZ will you explode? If you like Tetris or Bejewelled, you'll love this free game! Developed by Red Thumb Games.

Special thank you to ANDREAS KIRSCH for his devoted coding on this project. Without him the game wouldn't exist - he put a ton of work into the project, more than we ever expected! Thank you also to MAGNUS BLIKSTAD for his great pro art and NICOLE ANGUISH for the lovely logo. Props to DAVID HOUSE for coding up the prototype. And thanks to GARAGEGAMES for TGB & MOJO AUDIO for the Arcade Sound Pack.

Feels great to have one under my belt - finally! It's true - start small. You will learn a ton about every aspect of production and development from even a simple straightforward game.

One down, many more to go!

Josh

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Jeremy Alessi (Aug 19, 2006 at 01:21 GMT)

Good job Joshua! Glad to see you've got your first complete game done ;)

Matt Fairfax (Aug 19, 2006 at 01:34 GMT)

Good job on getting this done and shipped!

Unk (Aug 19, 2006 at 01:49 GMT)

Cool! Downloading now.

-Unk

Timothy Aste (Aug 19, 2006 at 01:52 GMT)

Sweet! Congrats Josh, gonna grab this once I get home. :)

Timothy Aste (Aug 19, 2006 at 03:02 GMT)

Just ran through a few rounds, really great bubble popper! Very well polished, definitely has that addictive nature. Good effects, sounds, graphics, and really solid. A+! :)

Anton Bursch (Aug 19, 2006 at 08:13 GMT)

That was fun to play. I especially like that I can play by just moving my mouse left/right.

Gary Preston (Aug 19, 2006 at 08:17 GMT)

Congrats to yourself and Andreas on shipping Sploidz, it's quite good fun to play :)

Hi Score: 3,257 (In this case, perhaps Hi isn't the correct word to use ;)

Magnus Blikstad (Aug 19, 2006 at 11:32 GMT)

Looks pretty good Josh! Oh, and yeah, that's a pretty weak highscore Gary. Just got 61221 =)

David House (Aug 19, 2006 at 15:53 GMT)

Cool. Game looks and plays great! Glad to see this get to the released stage. And thanks for the nod in the credits. Awesome job Joshua!

Kim Ball (Aug 19, 2006 at 18:37 GMT) Resource Rating: 4

Fun and well done. Very professional.

Affectworks (Aug 19, 2006 at 20:09 GMT)

I'm really happy for you. Game looks great and plays even better. I am sure my wife who is a puzzle game fiend will love this.

I played a couple of rounds and I was very impressed with the quality of it. Huge congrats again!

Fredrik S

Philip Mansfield (Aug 22, 2006 at 07:18 GMT)

Congrats :)

I'm sure you have enough on your plate right now, but what happened to Snappy? That sounded a great game, and from the screens I remember, it was looking pretty good.

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