Mochi London 2011

28 Jul 11

Hey guys. Got some great event news for you’s, that comes in the form of an upgraded meet up in London! The usual Mochi meet up in London has had a huge upgrade and is now a 2-day event!

Mochi London 2011 is a FREE 2-day Flash games event taking place on August 27-28, 2011 in central London!

Brought to you by members of the Mochi Media community, Mochi London will bring local Flash game developers, artists, and publishers together to share insights and experiences about the Flash games market. Whether you live/work in the United Kingdom, or even elsewhere in Europe, this event will be well worth the trip. Mochi community members Ernesto Quezada (Games-Garden) and myself are organizing the event, with support provided by Mochi Media.

This event is going to be a blast! Definitely something not to miss if you can help it!

Registration page: http://mochilondon2011.eventbrite.com/

Old thread: https://www.mochimedia.com/community/forum/topic/mochi-london-2011-preparation

I really hope a lot of you guys can make it, it’s for you! Will be great to meet a lot of you too!

I hope to see you out there! Swing by and say hello if you do!

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Space is Key iOS now live!

19 Jul 11

Space is Key

That’s it folks! It’s here, the time has come. Space is Key is now on iOS! So arm your iPhone/iPad/iWhatever and get playing! Fill the leaderboards up with your top scores, and let’s see who’s crowned king ehy?!

I’d like to say a big thanks to you guys for wanting it ported over so much! So here you go, you deserved it. Get your friends playing it too! If you could also give it a rating and a fair review, that would be great help to get this App off it’s tiny feet! Let’s do this! And have fun guys :)

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/space-is-key/id444050300?mt=8

Big changes

05 Jul 11

Hey guys! Huge changes are on the horizon. Especially with my life. Firstly I’d like to thank all of you who’ve supported me and played content that I’ve released, you guys rock! And same with the sponsors who’ve helped me also!

I’ve decided to make a pretty important choice in my life, and I’ve actually resigned from my current job. I’m going full time indie folks! ;)

Seriously, prepare for a load of stuff this year! It all starts with a big boom that is a pixelated explosion on your iOS device! Space is Key!

I’ve actually got a load of projects that I’ll be able to now fully concentrate on and a few collaboration efforts with your favourite Singaporean NCH.

So watch this space!

And you guys helped me make this decision! Let the games begin.

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Needs moar achievements

28 Jun 11

Hey guys. Some quick updates on the situation with Space is Key iOS! We’re actually fully finished on the game, it’s well working, and gives you just as much pixel smashing fun as on the pc! (If not more fun!)

Pah! I can do better...

Pah! I can do better...

At the moment, we’ve just finished adding a chunky 26 achievements using GameCentre. So you’ll be able to compete with your friends to see who can unlock the most! Heres a snapshot of a few!

You could do these. Right?

You could do these. Right?

I actually ran a little competition over on the facebook page too, basically ‘What’s the most creative achievement you could add to Space is Key iOS’ and we had a load of entries! Some really cool ideas. And I ended up picking 5 of the ones I used and they’ll be getting a promo code for the game on release! So well done guys :)

So yeah, we’re just testing to make sure they all work and nothings wrong. Then we’ll throw the game to apple, and hopefully get a decent approval time.

I’ve also had a few emails with regards to pricing too. I wish I could push it free like the flash game! But there are costs, and I’ll be charging it at tier 1 (.99$/.59p) so it’s only a small amount! Surely if you love it, you won’t mind :) But for those who don’t have the funds, I’ll be throwing promo codes around, so get involved on my facebook page.

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Ignore the other two scores. I'm top ;)

I’ll update you as I get further in the process! I’ve got a load of news I want to tell you guys also! Lots of things in the cooking pot. Enjoy!

Space is Key iOS

04 Jun 11

Hey guys! It’s been a little while since I’ve updated you’s. But it’s for a good cause! I’ve been mainly focusing my spare time on a little project that involves iOS and Space is Key!

I’m pleased to announce that it should be hitting Apples App Store real soon!

At the moment, we’re just ironing things out and tweaking things. I’d say it’s a good 95% complete, so we’ll be submitting it for review as soon as we can.

But what can we expect from it?! Well it’s a pretty close port from the flash version, with all the same fun levels, however there is a pretty major change! To make it more tap friendly, we’ve decided to make it one level per screen, at first I was a little unsure about this, but it’s perfect! And allows for a much better HUD. We’ll be filling the game with achievement goodies, aswell as local top scores, and even a leaderboard for you guys to battle it out!

So yeah, watch this space or follow me on facebook for short updates! http://www.facebook.com/ChrisJeffGames

Space is Key iOS Menu. May change before release though!Sneak peak at one level!

Really hope you guys will enjoy this as much as I have developing and testing!

Ps: I may throw a little competition on release and give away some free download codes for the game!

Space is Key insight!

15 Apr 11

Hey guys! It’s been 2 weeks (3 weeks including exclusivity on Armorgames) since the release of Space is Key and I’d like to share some of it’s finds/stats with yous!

Overall it’s had a pretty good response:

Armorgames score of 7.3. Pretty good score and was well received by them. They were pretty active in positive constructive feedback too and helped me change the game play a little.

Newgrounds score of 4.10 with front page, sadly missed out on a daily, and got trumped by competition in the weekly!

Kongregate score of  3.65 with front page. I see this as pretty reasonable from Kongregate, as their crowd are pretty unique and I honesty didn’t think it would go down well with them at all.

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Space is Key was also included in a Jayisgames post which I thought was pretty sweet, they had a great little paragraph about the game:
Grease is the word, but apparently the [spacebar] is the key in this fast-paced, frustrating and addictive little arcade game where the goal is simply to make it from one side of the screen to the other. Easier said than done since your brave little square avatar is apparently made of spun sugar and will shatter into a billion pixels if it even gets within breathing distance of an obstacle. The farther you go, the trickier things get, adding traps, tunnels, gaps, and triggers to contend with along with the sense that the developer is just rocking back and forth on his heels, giggling like a maniac at how often you fail.

It’s kinda true actually! I mean there are a lot of comments with people raging but then voting it full and asking for more! So it’s a kind of game that you just need to complete, and you’ll push yourself to do it, which I guess is kind of a good quality.

As for gameplays! To date, it’s raked in just over 2.3m since the day of it’s release. Which I deem to be pretty good for a small game actually especially in it’s short time of release , but it could have done a lot better and went more viral, but it’s a nice amount of hits, and it’s growing, still raking in a good 70k+ hits a day. It’s due to go up on Addicting games which will throw it’s impressions up by a good 50% if it does well.

So yeah, all in all, a pretty good reception and hopefully keeps up it’s pace. I’m considering a sequel sometime in the not so distant future after I finish a few other projects!

So watch this space!

Space is Key goes live!

23 Mar 11

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Folks! It’s time. Space is Key has finally gone live! Armorgames are the sponsor for this game, so a big thanks to them for their support and interest in the game.

Head over to Armorgames and get jumping!

It doesn’t have highscores at present however the mochi version will have highscores for you guys to compete in! So in the mean time, post them up here or at my facebook page and see how good you really are ;)

I get around 250 but I guess it doesn’t count as I’ve had to play it a lot!

Anyway head over to Armorgames and get jumping!

http://armorgames.com/play/10912/space-is-key

Extended deadline!

24 Feb 11

contest

The 2nd Games that challenge the world contest deadline has now been extended! You’ve now got until April 15 2011 to get your submissions thrown in!

This is giving you over a whole month to polish anything you’ve already got, or even start again for a better submission!

Head over to http://www.come2play.com/dev_inner.asp?f=1&newsid=727 and get submitting!

Space Is Key

13 Feb 11

Hey guys. Last week and a little bit before, I had a little idea of a game, sadly enough it was like 2am! But I quickly sketched down some ideas and picked the idea up the next night. It’s actually turned out nicely, it’s not the usual game I made, but it’s really addictive and an overall nice little game. As for the graphics, I felt it didn’t need anything shiny, just something straight to the point, and old commodore 64 like graphics were perfect!

I feel it’s a new idea and I’m really anxious to see if these one night games can actually do well! I’ve thrown it on Flashgamelicense and even made a little trailer for it, you can view it below:

Hopefully it will be released soon but you know, as soon as it’s released, it will be on here and hopefully I’ll get to share some interesting stats with you guys!

New Traffic Share

12 Feb 11

If you remember last year, I posted about mochi traffic share, well I’ve updated my ad to my current logo and something a bit more fresher! I’m not a fan of  ’Click here’ or ‘Play’ labels, especially on traffic share ads so I’ve kept it straight to the point with some nice visuals from Scramball Worlds!

It did have like 14,000 views yesterday! Should have done this article then! But yeah, as you can see, the stats aren’t too bad really, it’s getting a nice little amount of views. Only problem is the click through rate, which is mainly because i’ve kept it simple and not used techniques to make the user click! I mean it’s only free advertising, I’d prefer a nice little advert like this than a one over powered with ‘CLICK ME’ and such.
If you guys haven’t checked this out and are registered with Mochi, then what are you waiting for? It’s free, take advantage of it!

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