Remember this article presenting our participations in the latest Ludum Dare?
Well the rating period is over, the results came in this morning, and we did quite good ;)

Thorvald, with The Traveler, got the 237th position in the global compo ranking (over 1000 participants), while Valandre got the 280th with Hamster Damn.
Thorvald also got the 14th position in the Theme category.

In the Jam ranking, Exposed (by Carduus, 01101101 and Mathieu) got the 20th position in over 300 participants. Carduus also got the Gold medal for Graphics, and Mathieu the Bronze medal for Audio. The game got good rakings in the Humor and Mood categories too.

We’re pretty happy with our games and, as usual, we’re looking forward to the next LD!

Also, we’d like to congratulate our friends from Motion Twin, Deepnight, Ben and Warp, who – again – ruled the LD with 2nd, 3rd and 134th positions in the compo ranking! :)

And congratulations as well to our other friends, the Dr.Pingu team, who got the 42nd position for their first jam!

All the results on the Ludum Dare website

Yes, music again!
We couldn’t wait to let you listen to what Mathieu is working on for Souls TLM…
So, here is the theme for the Air element, enjoy! :)

And to be even more in the mood of the game while you listen to this, check out the new screenshots below…
The whole team is working on the game and we’re planning an alpha really soon, so stay tuned! ;)

Because of Ludum Dare, we haven’t had time yet to officially announce the 1.3 update for Souls TCG, which fulfills one of your biggest request: sound!

Once again, Mathieu created a theme music and sound fx for the game.

Find all about Souls TCG on the dedicated page !

A week ago ended the 23rd edition of Ludum Dare, one of the biggest international game creation event.
The goal is to make a game from scratch on your own in 48 hours, or with teammates in 72 hours.
This time the theme was “Tiny world”.

This time we were all participating: Thorvald and Valandre made one game each, and Carduus, Mathieu and I made one together.
The results are here:

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  The Traveler, by Thorvald
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  Hamster Damn, by Valandre
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  Exposed, by Carduus,
  01101101 and Mathieu

We’re pretty happy with the games we came up with, and we may continue working on them, maybe porting them to mobile or something. We’ll see! :)

Like last time, in December, we were invited to come over at Motion-Twin‘s place to do the Ludum Dare together.
We’d like to thank them again, and please try their games too, you would really miss something if you didn’t:

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  Memento XII, by Deepnight
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  Super Strict Farmer, by Ben
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  Adventures in NoLand, by Warp

Still want more? Before you go check out the other Ludum Dare games, try this one, by our friends Dr Pingu & Co.

Since the release of Souls TCG on iOS and Android, we got a few reviews. All of them are quite nice, the most recurring criticism being the absence of music* and multiplayer.

Here is a little selection of them :
Inside Mobile Apps (EN)
AppTudes (EN)
PopuGamer (EN)
Nolife (FR – channel subscribers only)
Application iPhone (FR)
FunTouch (FR)

It’s good to see that people seem to like the game, thank you all! :)

*By the way, the new update is coming in a few days on iTunes, in a few hours on Google Play ;)

We announced it wednesday on the Twitters, Facebooks and other Googles, but somehow I forgot to post about it here…
So you probably already know it, but we made a trailer for Souls TCG! Once again, Mathieu was kind enough to make music for it, so thank you Mat! :D

We also made a dedicated webpage for the game. The Souls TCG thumbnail in the banner now links to it.

And in related news, Mathieu made sounds and music for the game itself. Many of you asked for it, so it’s being integrated right now, and an update will follow in the stores.
Have a good day! :)

The whole team is proud to annonce the official release of Souls TCG on the AppStore and Google Play!
It’s our first released game as Procedural Activity, and we hope that you are going to love it ;)

Some of you already guessed: yes, Souls TCG takes the gameplay basics of Triple Triad (from Final Fantasy VIII) and adds a few original variations and a rich bestiary with nice graphics… Capture your opponent’s cards by choosing yours wisely and explore Souls’ world through three different game modes!

If you like it, don’t hesitate to spread the word, leave comments and stars on the stores, share, tweet, anything! ;)

And, by the way, a big thank you to everyone who tested and gave us their feedbacks on this game to help us make it better! Stay connected as a new update is on the way ;)

As you know, we are also working on The Lost Memories, so you players of Souls TCG can expect advantages and exclusive content when it’s out! Just saying… ;)
Also, screenshots!

Those of you who had already visited the blog may have noticed a change in the games bar above …
The Crash Cars thumbnail has been replaced by Souls TCG! :)
But what does that mean?!

Firstly, it means that Crash Cars (previously developed by Valandre and Carduus) is temporarily set aside.
The explanation for this choice is purely technical: the technology that we use today (AIR/AS3) to develop our games leads to excessive loss of performance (especially on iOS), for us to create a game that fits our standards.
Cars Crash will take advantage of our future transition to native technologies (Java, Objective-C) to make his comeback to its full potential!

However, this new thumbnail also means that a new game will make its appearance within a short time: Souls, The Card Game!
We have already spoken of Souls, The Lost Memories, our platformer/exploration game in which you control an Elemental Guardian.
Well Souls TCG is a chance to dive into this world and to meet dozens of creatures of all kinds …
But I won’t say more on this, a complete post will be published soon… ;)
(Ok, here’s a hint: 01000110 01000110 01010110 01001001 01001001 01001001)

And since we’re speaking about Souls, know that we will resume work on The Lost Memories next week.
Thorvald has made good progress on its side while Valandre, Carduus and I were working on the mobile games, and now all four of us will be on it, although I’ll keep working on AsteroBlitz as well.

That’s all! :) If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!

The context:

As you may know, Carduus and I participated in the Ludum Dare Jam in December.

Ludum Dare is a weekend of intense creation in order to create a game in 48 hours for the solo mode (compo) or 72 for the team mode (jam), and with a set theme.

This time, the theme was “Alone”. Carduus started playing with pixels, I started coding, and a few Red Bulls later, we were done…

Note: this event was the perfect occasion for us to work for the first time with Mathieu, musician and friend, who created the musical tracks for the game in record time.

The game :

Here is the game: “/follow”, a kind of simple point-and-click with some action sequences to spice things up…

The results:

Ludum Dare is also about ranking. For this edition, a little under 900 games were submitted, including 174 in our category (jam).

The results came in last night: “/follow” got the third place with really good ranks in each sub-category, and a gold medal for the audio (thanks Mathieu ^^).

Needless to say, we’re really glad we joined the adventure, and we will be on the next one in April, with Valandre (who had to quit this time) and maybe Thorvald…

Bonus :

I posted on a blog during and after the weekend, you can watch our progression and discover a few bonuses (postmortem, timelapses…)

You’ve already seen the in-game version of the Fire Guardian in the previous screenshots from Souls, but now you can really take a look at her ;)

And as a bonus, you get the animation sprite sheet too!