From Nothing Game Studios

To give everyone a quick update, here: We’re still hard at work–especially Paul–on the new game. Once I confirm a few things, I will be able to share some great…

GameStick, Ouya, and returning to development!

From Nothing Game Studios rumbles to life once more after a lengthy break! Paul’s been hard at work with an automatic drive to develop [SOMETHING] that is now expanding…

Global Game Jam Complete! (Free game within!)

Hey everyone! Long time no update, but here we go! Paul and I (this is Nick, by the way) participated in the annual Global Game Jam with IGDA-TC down at the Nerdery in…

GravBlocks added to MobyGames database.

GravBlocks has been added to the MobyGames database! MobyGames, in case you didn’t know, is a gigantic online video game database for console, handheld, and computer games. Sort of like Internet Movie Database (IMDb) or the Metal-Archives, but for video games instead of, you know, movies or Heavy Metal.

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GravBlocks Updates

GravBlocks added to MobyGames database.

Nick

– October 9, 2012Posted in: GravBlocks

http://www.mobygames.com/game/android/gravblocks

Currently only the Android version (via the Google Play store) has been added as the iOS version needs a bit of tweaking. The description even links the game to it’s more obvious inspirations, namely, Tetris Attack and Bejeweled.

MobyGames is a great resource for the collector’s out there as it features games from over a hundred different platforms and systems. Yeah, that’s right, there have been over a hundred platforms on which to play video games. Anything from the Milton Bradley Microvision to the Atari 2600, from the NES to the Xbox 360. Check it out, then entertain yourself for hours by clicking the “Random Game” button.

I suppose the next step is to make a Wikipedia page for the team and our game…

-Nick

Tags: android, atari 2600, bejeweled, gaming, GravBlocks, imdb, ios, microvision, moby games, mobygames, NES, tetris attack, video game, video game database, wikipedia, xbox 360

GravBlocks has been released!!

Nick

– October 2, 2012Posted in: Game News, GravBlocks

To get the most obvious part of this out of the way…

GRAVBLOCKS IS FINISHED!

And it is available at Google Play for Android phones and tablets:

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=gravblocks&c=apps

The two versions of the game are identical except that the tablet version is probably a little easier to control due to the larger screen, and the gameplay grid is larger than on the phone. The newer your phone or tablet, the better it will run–in the end, it’s a pretty content-rich game and can be a little slow on older devices. Runs beautifully on a Samsung Galaxy II phone.

(The demo mentioned earlier is something we’re still considering, but will require a bit of work.)

The iPhone version will be on the way hopefully soon, but for now, the Android build of the game is done and out!

2 distinct styles-aliens and neon
4 block types
4 gameplay modes
10 backgrounds
30 difficulty levels
60 Achievements
100 puzzle levels
Unlockables
Leaderboards
Stats
Only a dollar!

Details:

Release date: October 1, 2012

Engine: Unity

Platform: Android Tablets, Android Smartphones

Availability: Google Play market

Tags: android, game released, google, google play, GravBlocks, gravity, phone, release date, tablet

New Art Direction!

Nick

– September 4, 2012Posted in: Game News, GravBlocks

So, it’s come to our attention that our original art direction was probably not going to be of much benefit to us. While we did work quite hard at our art, it ultimately lacked personality to make it truly appealing. As such, in keeping with our theme of space, science fiction, and a degree of “otherworldiness,” the new art direction is cartoon aliens… hopefully with a degree of personality among them!

Take a gander folks!

Tags: alien, aliens, art direction, backgrounds

Coming soon: DEMO! (And store.)

Nick

– July 19, 2012Posted in: Game News, GravBlocks, Site News

Hello gamers!

We’re coming up on finishing GravBlocks–cleaning up some bugs, putting in the final features, etc–and hope to have a demo ready for free download within a couple weeks, as well as having the store up and running. The Demo will feature about a third of the Challenge Mode and maybe a dozen puzzles to give everyone an idea of what the game delivers–but it won’t feature the other two modes, Achievements, Leaderboards, or the different backgrounds and block styles.

What started out as a simple “downloadable puzzle game with one mode” has more than quadrupled in size and scope, and we hope its as addicting as anything out there!

And while we aren’t certain, we may have our first distributor for the game also lined up–with more details on that as soon as we’re able to put them out there.

Check back soon!

-Nick