Gnomic Development Blog

Eggtastic Characters

Scott — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:02:47 +0000

Eggtastic character concepts based on this year’s game jam game:
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/eggtastic

Throng Concept Screenshots

Scott — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:00:35 +0000

These screenshots were put together using a “mish-mash” of old concept art, some of which can be found on this blog. Throng was a prototype game that was worked on before Square Off. This is an attempt at resurrecting some of the original elements of the game while redesigning it for the mobile devices. Throng isn’t dead yet!

Square Off WP7 1.5 Update!

Adam — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:15:35 +0000

We’ve just released the 1.5 update to WP7 Square Off! Here is the feature list:

- Choose any colour for your Square Avenger!
- Downloadable ringtones and wallpapers (the free version has one of each, the paid version has 4 ringtones and 3 wallpapers).
- Option to disable in-game vibration
- Messages from the Developers
- Various stability and bug fixes

We also hit 160,000 downloads of Square Off just on WP7 which got us pretty excited and to celebrate, we decided to drop the price of the full game to $1 until the end of January!

Here's to the update!

Check out a video and get the marketplace links here.

Square Off 1.4 Update (Mango Support)

Josh — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:50:26 +0000

The 1.4 update for Square Off is now live on the marketplace and is available for both the paid and FREE versions of the game. The update has increased the performance of the game significantly and also added support for fast resume.

We have another update in the works already with a much requested feature, but it is still early days and I would prefer to keep it a surprise

Thank you all for your marketplace reviews which have been overwhelmingly positive (click here to see reviews and comments from our many users around the world). The free version is really taking off and quickly climbing to the top of the free games category.

1.3 Update and FREE version released!

Adam — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:46:26 +0000

For a little while now we have been working away on the big 1.3 update to Square Off on WP7 and we just published it on the marketplace! Here are some of the updates and features:

- Online high-scores and ladders!
- Enhancements to movement control
- German language support
- A number of stability / bug fixes
- Smaller download size for new users (20MB)

We have also decided to release a free, ad-supported version. It has the same features as the full version, except ad banners will display while you are playing. Check it out here.

WP7Connect reviews Square Off

Aranda — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:46:00 +0000

Read it here. No, really do, it’s a great review.

The support that Hyde13 has shown us in the last month has been outstanding. First he posted about initial press release here. Then he sniffed out the news that we were about to release and posted about it here, with multiple updates. Not long after we released, he featured us in a piece about how some non-Xbox Live enabled WP7 titles were better than some that are Xbox Live enabled (read: ours is!). And finally he posted the wonderful review linked at the top of this post.

Thanks WP7Connect!

WPCentral review goes live, with Cubeecraft!.

Aranda — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:46:52 +0000

Square Avenger Cubeecraft by Paul Acevedo of WPCentral

You can read the full review here. I recommend you do as it’s very thorough, but also fair.

Paul also gave us some extremely valuable pre-release feedback that has led to significant improvements in the game. He raised things like improved ease of bomb throwing, more varied enemy colours and general improvements in the controls (including a critical bug). Much appreciated.

We posted the video review that goes with this review before, but here it is again:

MobileTechWorld does a Square Off WP7 video review

Aranda — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:07:43 +0000

The original post contains a short review which can be read here. Thanks M. Daou for doing the review. One little correction though: it’s a port of a Xbox Live Indie game (not Arcade). Also, you can hold your right thumb down if it gets tired doing the Rocket Riot style shooting for every bullet

BestWP7Games does a Square Off WP7 review

Aranda — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:58:45 +0000

I recommend reading the full review here. Thanks to Saijo George of BestWP7Games.com and 1800PocketPC.com for putting in the effort to do the thorough review including a long video!

WPCentral does a Square Off WP7 video review

Aranda — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:37:05 +0000

Here it is… great review. Thanks to Paul Avecedo of WPCentral!. They will have a full text review live soon.