Tech Stuff from Thelo

Thelo is the super tech guy behind www.fantasystrike.com/dev

That's our site that allows you to play Yomi and Puzzle Strike online. (We really need that site to look better. Can anyone help?) Anyway, Thelo spoke at the Unite conference about integrating a game made with the Unity engine with website features such as chat, matchmaking, accounts, leaderboards, and so on. This isn't a design talk, so consider yourself warned if you are afraid of tech talks. Get a sneak peak at what's going on behind the scenes for us tech-wise, and why we dropped Flash.

http://unity3d.com/support/resources/unite-presentations/advanced-web-player-integration

It seems unity3d.com would like to add an extra click to your experience of watching that video because it doesn't seem to have an embed option. (Burn on extra clicks!)

Yomi: Game of the Year

Tom Vasel of The Dice Tower did his top 10 games of 2010. Puzzle Strike made #8 and Yomi took the #1 spot! Game of the Year, wow!

Here's the list in html form and
Here's the audio for the podcast. (Puzzle Strike mentioned at 29:30; Yomi at 53:00)

Thanks to all the players at sirlin.net for getting the balance in such good shape, to the artists for kicking ass, and to Thelo for making the online client. Note to Tom Vasel though: Yomi actually didn't ship until January so I guess it will have to be the best game on your 2011 list, too. ;) haha

My inventory is running out a lot faster than I expected, but it's still available here. Sorry to sound like an ad all the time these days, but I just haven't had the time write more design articles, and there keeps being more awesome Yomi / Puzzle Strike news, I can barely keep up!

Yomi and Puzzle Strike, Finally Shipping

Both Yomi and the new second printing of Puzzle Strike are finally shipping! They started shipping yesterday, and will continue to ship today, monday, and tuesday. They are going out by earliest orders first, and I think all orders will be shipped by the end of tuesday, as far as I know. Or maybe wednesday if it gets hectic.

Also, Ken B. over at FortressAT.com gave Puzzle Strike his award for Game of the Year 2010. Wow!

And as mentioned before, Tom Vasel gave Yomi a 10 out of 10. (He gave Puzzle Strike an 8, btw.)

I hope you guys enjoy the games! If you ordered one or both, get your friends ready to play soon!