October 17, 2007 : 11:09 PMFlingo is Live!
Our first Miniclip game is now live. Flingo is the follow up to Fruba Frenzy which went really well earlier in the year for Uncle Tobys Rollups. Rather than wait for a client to brief us for a game we wanted to do we just built one exactly how we want it. We forgot what it was like to have complete creative control on a project. It's our most beautiful game yet with everyone at Soap putting in lots of overtime. There's even a full level editor which looks like a CAD program. I just sketched mine on paper for fear of breaking it. Creating a level for a game like this is quite complicated.
Posted at October 17, 2007 : 11:09 PM
June 12, 2007 : 11:19 PMEvery Mortal Kombat FatalityRemember when MK was cool? I do and now after watching this it seems so lame At least they had some fun wirth it though. Note: this is 10 minutes you'll neve rget back Below is the 2005 edition of the game and the fatalaties get a little better.
Posted at June 12, 2007 : 11:19 PM
March 25, 2007 : 6:30 PMGod of War 2Wholly shit this game looks awesome. This is why your Wii might gather some dust.
Posted at March 25, 2007 : 6:30 PM
PS3 Launch in Australia
This is a lesson to all marketers about how to launch a product. Or maybe a lesson in not how to do it. This was a photo taken hours before the midnight release of the PS3 at Pitt St Mall. Right in the centre of Sydney its the shopping area for these type of events. Compare this with the image below from the Xbox launch.
With about 1,000+ people, there wasn't enough room to swing a Wiiremote
Posted at March 25, 2007 : 1:38 AM
March 10, 2007 : 2:02 AMCastle CrashersThe guys that made Alien Homindoid have a new game for Xbox Live Arcade (which means a $10 game) and it looks killer. It's also multiplayer on live so that multiplies the killer by 4
Posted at March 10, 2007 : 2:02 AM
December 27, 2006 : 5:29 PMWii
We got a Nintendo Wii over the break (a white one although I'd prefer the black ones) and I've been playing it the last few days. I actually played if for 13 hrs the first day ( i know as it keeps track of your game times) We've got an error with the system that is comes up and says "System files are corrupt, please consult the manual" but sadly there’s nothing in the manual about this and from a few Google searches we may have to return the system. Which in turn means my 184 top score in bowling will be wiped. The Wii is lots of fun to play but after fishing, bowling and other fun games I just wanted to shoot the shit out of something in Gears of War. The more I played the Wii the more I realized can't Microsoft just release a remote type controller with motion sensing abilities? It'd be a lot harder for Nintendo to make the Wii play in HD or play DVD's but easy for Xbox to get a motion sensitive controller? Also the Red Steel game for Wii is shitastic. I had more fun in the fishing game that playing that. The Wii must be doing good business as I had to go to 3 stores to complete the set. Myers was the only ones with a Wii box in stock. But no games or controllers. EB games had some games and a plain remote and Game Wizards had the Wii Play bundle set. No one has any nun chucks left though which is weird as you'd think there would be as many nun chucks as remotes? If not less. Oh and you really do have to keep a firm grip on te remotes. I've almost tossed the remote a few times by accident.
Posted at December 27, 2006 : 5:29 PM
November 25, 2006 : 4:39 PMXBOX360 HDWe had out XBOX 360 cable set to non HD for about a month and didnt realise!! We flicked it over yesterday as Gears of War was looking blurry and then all stood around looking alike idiots :) Gears of War is probably one of the best examples of next gen gaming there is. It just makes you want to buy an XBOX 360, a large HDTV and a massive speaker system.
Posted at November 25, 2006 : 4:39 PM
November 9, 2006 : 7:46 PMAshes Clashes Classic Catch
This is one of the best games we've made at Soap. It's original, addicitive and fun to play. It's also hard to master. Bogan Surf, Pingball and Date Movie Game are the only other games I feel stand up to this one and only the Date Movie game can call it self original.
Posted at November 9, 2006 : 7:46 PM
October 26, 2006 : 6:46 PMFight Night 3: The PunchWe love this game in our office. We have a league which I ruled for almost 3 weeks but now I'm bottom of the ladder! This was my sucker punch to David but I lost to a controversial decision after being knocked out instantly with a Haymaker twice. My 4 knockdowns I gave Dave meant nothing!
Posted at October 26, 2006 : 6:46 PM
October 21, 2006 : 7:26 PMLoco Roco on the PSPI finally got around to playing Loco Roco on the PSP. If you own a PSP then this is a must have! It's only $49.95 too which is a bargain. The art direction and sound design are perfect. You can't fault it. I didn't even realise there was the mini games and the Loco Roco house game. You find yourself singing along like a stoned chipmunk.
The music is one of the best features. If you split your character into the little Loco Rocos the music changes slightly to have a choir element to it. Bring them back together and your Loco Roco just sings alone. So subtle and seemless.
One thing the game does well is bring vector artwork back into gaming. It look stunning and maybe peopel will see the beauty in flat colour again.
Posted at October 21, 2006 : 7:26 PM
October 10, 2006 : 1:33 PMLimbo Game = WOWI have no idea what platform this game Limbo is on (It would be awesome as a PSP game) but it looks like Tim Burton meets Loco Roco with a little bit of Another world thrown in. Make sure to check the site as the teaser animation is fantastic. If you are a Digg person you can Digg it here and read the thread about it.
Posted at October 10, 2006 : 1:33 PM
September 24, 2006 : 3:32 PMDead Rising's Questionable Theme PackWe've started played Dead Rising on the office XBOX360 and it's a pretty cool game. For me I love zombie games but hate managing resources. Luckily Dead Rising is the Zombie game for people who just love to kill stuff. Push a lawnmover into a crowd of zombies and you get the effect you are looking for! None of this evade the zombies until you find a bullet clip with 6 bullets. Just pick up a bunch of CD's from the music store and start throwing! I checked on Xbox for info on Dead Rising and found you coudl get theme packs. And below was the first of five on offer. Sad to say the least that XBOX are pushing this type opf content. You'd have to be a pretty sad gamer to want that.
Posted at September 24, 2006 : 3:32 PM
September 18, 2006 : 9:30 AMEarth Wallpapers is going offIn less than a week Ive had my Earthwallpapers.org site stats skyrocket.
Check the Google and Del.icio.us stats. 30,000 results for the site which returned just 1 when I checked on Thursday. And 124 Del.isio.us adds whcih is amazing. The whote site took about 4 hrs todo and the wallpapers a combined total of about 6. And now it's an easy process to add new wallpapers and keep the content fresh. The only problem I have no is that the wallpapers are dominating my Flickr accoutn in terms of views with one photo racking up 30,100 views in 4 days.
Posted at September 18, 2006 : 9:30 AM
August 13, 2006 : 5:01 PMXbox 360 gamesThere's 2 games for Xbox 360 which are looking pretty awesome.
Gears of War which looks like Ghost Recon with more firepower. Both look liek great titles and with no revolutionary gameplay but a new twist on classic gaming.
Posted at August 13, 2006 : 5:01 PM
July 20, 2006 : 8:59 PMPortalWholly shit this is cool. Probably the best thing to come to 1st person shooters in a while.
Posted at July 20, 2006 : 8:59 PM
June 16, 2006 : 8:19 PMXBOX360 Gamer TagWe finally got our office XBOX360. This was after game wizards stuffed us around ofr 3 weeks. Losers in a half shell those guys are, Ive played 2 Fight Night games online and lost both so our stats in that game are looking pretty shit. I should have learnt the controls first :)
Posted at June 16, 2006 : 8:19 PM
June 2, 2006 : 6:31 PMLogo BlasterChris created this Logo Blaster Game for Soap in his R&D time between projects. It's amazing having such a talented bunch of people working with you as you are constantly suprised and inspired by your team. We're looking at expanding this engine for a 2 player game, adding a scoring system, more weapons, a screensaver and a few other things.
Posted at June 2, 2006 : 6:31 PM
May 7, 2006 : 10:33 PMFlash Content on PSPFirmware 2.7 is out and you can play flash conent in the browser. Yay. Only Flash but that's still a big step.
Posted at May 7, 2006 : 10:33 PM
January 28, 2006 : 1:58 PMWorms on PSP
I'm excited about the release of Worms on PSP. This would be a great multiplayer game. I was excited about Midway Arcade Treasures until I saw the rating. I woudl have loved to play Rampage or Guantlet multiplayer but from what I've read the entires package is a pile of shit. Oh well I guess the Namco collection looks a little more promising.
Posted at January 28, 2006 : 1:58 PM
October 30, 2005 : 7:53 PMGTA: PSP delayedGTA for PSP has been delayed by 2 weeks in Australia. Lame
Posted at October 30, 2005 : 7:53 PM
October 27, 2005 : 12:45 AMPSP UpdateI was lucky enough to receive 7 PSP games from a friend who reviews games for a living. So my PSP worries are over. I'm currently trying toget past the first boss in MediEvil which is great and trying to fisnihg one race in WipeOut Pure without crashing and dying. I think I'll buy GTA: Vice City Stories while I still have a $10 off voucher. The problem I found with having the white PSP is it gets dirty easily. Easspecialy when grubby fingered friends use the analogue controller!!!! Yeah I'm looking at you Brad :) I'm still waiting for my 1GB memory stick and need ot buy a screen protector aswell (very paranoid right now) Oh and surfing the web while kinda slow is actually OK. This site actually come up alright if you choose to have the content reshuffled. To bad the URL is a pain inteh ass to type in on the PSP. Thanks again Jason for fising the WIFI settings for me.
Posted at October 27, 2005 : 12:45 AM
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