Thanks a heap to Michael Quigly (aka Quanrian) for reveiwing Square Off. Have a listen here: http://www.veterangamers.co.uk/blog/?p=665. Next week’s podcast should feature me, talking to the Veteran Gamers guys about the making of Square Off.
Good work setting up the site Joel (not to mention composing and producing the music!). Check it out here: http://www.myspace.com/joelmtaylor It should soon be available on iTunes too.
One of those codes available to win is for Square Off. The other games look great too!. For instructions on entering, see this post on indinerds.com.
Gerald from indienerds.com liked our press kit so much he wrote up a detailed analysis. Read it on the creators club forums: the perfect press kit.
Many thanks to Gerald Terveen for doing this excellent video review. Watch it here or below. I recommend you take a look at some of his other video reviews – they’re always interesting and he picks good games too 😉 http://indienerds.com/wordpress/?p=404
You can view the whole press release, or if you just want the low down, the update includes: One new coop / single player level. The game can now be completed (ie, this level does not continue on in a survival mode style like the rest of the levels) Two new death match levels Level statistics and cumulative profile statistics. These can be seen per weapon. Added local only and friends only modes to the global scoreboards A multitude of gameplay tweaks and bug fixes Autofire option for those twinstick die hards who don’t like the trigger Ship and boss …
Sale Price? Sold! Since we managed to shift 5000 copies at $3, we’ve decided to drop the price to just $1, which is ridiculous value (in our opinions). There are many reasons for doing this, the main one being that on the Xbox Live Indie Games services, $1 seems to be the sweet spot for getting sales and snowballing the popularity of your game. We’re calling it a “sale” for now, as if it doesn’t work out we may put the price back up in 3 months. The Free Update We’re still working on this. It contains loads of improvements …
Co-optimus.com by Katrina Pawlowski (4.5/5) “Great music, quirky, awesome animations and art, 4 player co-op and aliens. What more do you need?” Thanks Katrina and Co-optimus! I also did a developer interview recently with Shin Hogosha, check it out on ForceDisconnect.com.
Thanks to Ashley King, aka Overlordror for taking the time to play and review our game: http://gamerlimit.com/2010/03/indie-spotlight-review-square-off/. She scored it a healthy 8/10.
Needless to say, we made the list 😉 XBLIGR’s Top 10 Xbox Live Indie Games of 2009 Yay!
