We recently returned from Culver City in California, where Cat On Yer Head was included in IndieCade’s Official Selection for 2013. This was Playniac’s second year in a row at IndieCade, and we’re grateful to them for extending their hospitality to us once more!
Cat On Yer Head followed the Red Carpet Awards ceremony at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) on October the 6th 2013. A crowd of around 50 were present for the game’s Transatlantic debut, where the game designer crowd invented ideas such as a stealthy cat hunter (Chris Bell), rhythm-based timing (Colleen Macklin), 20s popup timers on the cheese and some uncannily accurate cat and mouse impressions (Eric Zimmerman).
It’s a joy to have brought the game to an American audience, but Cat On Yer Head will return home to London in 2014. Be sure to keep an eye on our website and follow us on Twitter for further updates!
We’ve been prototyping a brand new card game, Insane Robot Battle, which we plan to launch next year. We debuted the game in early Oct at IndieCade 2013, Los Angeles and were honoured to play test it with a stellar array of game makers who were in town for the festival. Thanks everyone for your generous feedback!
Playing the prototype at Culver City Hotel during IndieCade 2013, Los Angeles
Insane Robot Battle’s first public UK appearance will be at GameCity 8 Open Arcade on 25th and 26th Oct 2013 and you can read about how we are making the game and sign up for early access at www.insanerobotbattle.com. You can also follow the game on Facebook and Twitter, where we’ll be posting occasionally.
We’re delighted that our games are being featured at IndieCade for the second year running! This time our live game for crowds Cat On Yer Head is an IndieCade 2013 Official Selection in the Big Games category.
We will be performing Cat On Year Head at the IndieCade Red Carpet Awards event at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles on the evening of 3rd Oct. After several appearances in London earlier this year, this will be the first time the game has been run in the US.
You can still attend IndieCade’s events, festival and conference running from 3rd to 6th Oct in Culver City. Find the full schedule and registration info here.
Cats and mice have been running wild across London during the past two months, as Playniac’s mass-participation, non-digital crowd game Cat On Yer Head went on tour across four comedy and games venues in the UK’s capital. Cheese was gobbled, mice were teleported, and one game even featured an “elephant on yer head” as a variety of audiences all brought their imaginations to bear.
Rob was invited to the New York Film Academy earlier this year, to talk to game design students about the game development process.
We’re delighted that Adobe chose to feature International Racing Squirrels in their ongoing Adobe Gaming showcase. They also interviewed us about making games for Adobe TV, wrote about our “wild, colorful new title” in a blog post and published a detailed case study, describing the game as “a race management sim packed with substance and irony.” They’ve since featured our game on Adobe stands at PAX Dev 2012 (Seattle), IndieCade 2012 (Los Angeles) and Game Developer Conference 2013 (San Francisco).
We’re excited to announce the Easter Edition of International Racing Squirrels for iPad. Spring has arrived and the squirrels have been busy brightening up their tree-top training facility with flower garlands and chocolate treats.
We recently got back from New York, where International Racing Squirrels was selected as a featured game in IndieCade East running from 15-17 Feb at the Museum of the Moving Image. We’re very grateful to our hosts and thrilled that so many people came out to try the game!
Games blog Albotas wrote about the festival and described International Racing Squirrels as “something akin to Game Dev Story” – thanks for that! Here’s their full interview with Rob that draws more on that comparison and includes a hint about one of the new race track locations coming soon.
We’re pleased to announce that International Racing Squirrels has been selected as a finalist in Selected Projects at Game Connection America 2013, to be held on March 25th-27th at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco.
International Racing Squirrels was mentioned recently in a House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into support for the creative industries.
