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COLTRAN Studios at Stockholm WP7 Code Camp
Wow folks! I love events! This was the first time attending a WP7 Code Camp and it was great! I met up with a huge bunch of great people and learned so much!
The day started very early – I had to wander out in the dark reach the storage room in order to find my more ‘pro looking’ jacket – gotta look nice you know?! Sadly I wasn’t able to take a lot of great pictures at the event, there was never room for such! But I did manage to get a few so feast folks! Oh by the way – the new soon-to-be-released Nokia WP7 phone is delicious!
One main goal with the event was also to test out our new exciting project on the actual phones and let some people have a peak at it! And wow, what an amazing response – having people gathering to try out our next amazing product. Such good response after this minimal amount of time spent is thrilling!
In addition to all of this there was so many interesting discussions done with great people, and gosh I learned alot! There was also great people leading very informative workshops, one of the most interesting one to me was about the future of Microsoft XNA and Windows 8 lead by a former Microsoft employee. Oh by the way, thank you for the Pizza’s Microsoft – nothing was spared!
COLTRAN Studios at Stockholm GAMEX 2011
Gosh I love conventions!
Oh yeah, and we updated the site a little bit – IT’S EPIC!
Cheers folks!
~ Simon Jäger
August By The Corner.
Ah August is closing in, and with that the release of our great title ‘The Hearts of Men: Throne of Deceit’. It is exciting stuff, and so far people seems to like it as well!
There is not to much to report today, we keep our hands busy as usual. Last weeks has been quiet exciting I must say, as we are getting into some very cool stuff over here at COLTRAN Studios.
Tonight is “more polishing” of ‘THoM’ on the menu – and hopefully I can head to the beach tomorrow morning. It is not too bad to just lie there in the sun thinking and reflecting on where we are right now and where we are heading. We have worked so hard last year on our first title and you don’t really realize how much work you put into something once you relax a bit. It has been great actually, we learned so much! – And if people likes the results – so much the better!
So I am really excited about the future for us.
Now let me quit rambling and start working. I just wanted to make a quick post letting you folks know – yes we are still alive!
Cheers folks!
~ Simon Jäger
A Little Freshening Up.
Phew! After many hours today I am finally done – and I must say, it is looking great!
I thought it was time for our humble page to recieve a beauty treatment. After all, it serves us well.
It’s a short entry but it is night time here in Stockholm, and after battling with tons of php, css, html and a bunch of “evil mind tricking” errors on the way (thank you WordPress) – you get pretty tired!
Good night folks!
~ Simon Jäger
The Hearts of Men is the Xbox Live Indie Game Of The Week!
We are very proud to announce that The Hearts of Men has been awarded as the Xbox Live Indie Game Of The Week by Dealspwn!
Check out the full review here!
A big thanks to Dealspwn!
Words from the studio
I’m very pleased to announce the update coming to The Hearts of Men after the 15th December. Most certainly this is the final update that marks The Hearts of Men cleared for takeoff to the Xbox Live market!
A minor issue related to the storage on the runway kept us from passing the submission unfortunately. But after a few hours of traveling to the other side of the capital and back, with a newly purchased Memory Unit in hand we had it easily solved.
The update does not only feature this storage fix, but also a lot of other goods. Here is literally a ripped out part from my update log:
- Fixed lvl02 collision bug
- Fixed big appearing when pressing down on the D pad
- Adjusted brightness on all levels
- Scaled up in game frames
- Added more sound effects
- Fixed some bugs in widow boss
- Fixed lvl03 spawning issues
- Major user interface update (including title screen fix)
- Fixed environment music bug
- Fixed collision bounds bug
- Fixed the Memory Unit hang
- Fixed additional storage issues
- Fixed summary screen bugs
- Relocated lvl01 gate slightly
- Added level maps
- Added lock to gates (visual)
- Fixed boss detection areas
Basically a lot of fixes and tweaks, but we also added great goods such as the new level maps which are available in the game.
Check it out!
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Peace!
Simon Jäger
