Archive for the Games Category

Become a poker champ!

Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 2:28 am

poker_strategyI love games of all kinds, including poker. I recently started playing and it’s a lot of fun (if you limit yourself and don’t play away your house or family). This is a site I found that gives you $50 for free if you pass a quiz. I just did and it was fairly easy. All the answers are on the site.

Anyway, I get some cash if you sign up so it’s up to you if you want to do it. After you sign up you can also make money by reffering friends.

Register here:
http://www.pokerstrategy.com/uDL3KI

My username is: Forngren

After being a member at Pokerstrategy for about a month I can safely say that the site is legit.

The Ballad of Harry

Posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

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Jadestone recently released the game Harry Cannon’s Pipe Dreams on Kongregate. It features a song called “The Ballad of Harry” which can be downloaded via the Reverbnation-widget on top of the page. This is only a small part of the mobile game  “Dirk Dagger and the Nuclear Zeppelin”which will soon be released on Nokia’s N-gage.

Written and performed by: Henrik NÃ¥mark

Lyrics:  Andrew Walsh

Guitar: The Incredible Haze

Mixing and mastering: Swednb

Thanks to Tommy Palm for giving me the opprtunity to work on such a great project.

Hedgehog Launch 2 – Renewable Rocket Fuel Fanatic Badge

Posted on Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

hedgehogThe new Hedgehog Launch is here and with it comes badges on Kongregate. I was about to give up when I finally got the “Renewable Rocket Fuel Fanatic Badge”.

To begin with, upgrade Height to level 2 and Width and Band to level 1. The trick is to get as much money as possible on the first day. If you don’t, restart. At the minimum you need 3000 the first day. That way you can upgrade Fuel Sucker and Radar to maximum at the end of day 1. Spend the rest however you like.

Once you’ve been hopping/flying around on the second day you should have enough to upgrade Comrades and E-rocket to the max. Just drop those buddies of carefully and use your rockets once you slow down to get to Mars.

Enjoy!

Heavy Weapons – Level 58

Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 11:46 am

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If you played Heavy Weapons on Kongregate, you probably got stuck on level 58 like me. I pretty much strolled through the other levels but this one took me quite a while. Eventually I found the solution. The weapons I used was too slow, I needed to get faster ones even though they might run out, leaving me with no weapons at all for a while.

Anyway, here’s my combination of weapons which made me clear level 58 in five tries:

  • Laser lock
  • Big laser
  • Energy

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Energy is the most important weapon. Use it to clear as much as possible every time you got it activated. Other than that, just be careful and focus on not getting hit. It might take a few (many) tries but hang in there, you’ll get in eventually.

You will soon be the proud owner of the Bacteriazilla Killa Badge.

EDIT: Here’s how to beat level 60 with ease…



Gameplay trailer for the game 22

Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at 4:29 pm

And we’re done. The final production at the university has come to an end. Here’s the gameplay trailer.

22 game intro

Posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Music by Sean Beeson. Voiceover by me.

22 gameplay video

Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 12:19 am

I’m the sound designer of this great game.

Download the beta here:

http://www.22thegame.com

Vote for me at the IGF

Posted on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

I just found out that the Audience Award is open for votes at IGF. Please help me by voting for You Have to Burn the Rope.

http://www.igf.com/audience.php

Thanks! I gieF love! <3

The Color of the Independent Games Festival

Posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 pm

Just as I thought life couldn’t get any better, I found out that The Color of Doom is a student showcase winner in the Independent Games Festival.

I made the end credits music together with my friends in The Brown Pumas. The song is also used in the trailer.

All of us contributed to the lyrics.


Download Kill it for you.

Victory dance!!

Oh no…I forgot that my foot is b0rked. :(

Die adventure game genre!

Posted on Saturday, January 17th, 2009 at 6:44 am

The adventure genre is almost instinct, and rightfully so. I’ve been playing video games for about 25 years and I must say, things are improving. The commercial industry might go through a “fear of innovation period” but it’s still much better than how it used to be.

I remember playing Simon the Sorcerer when I was a kid. At that time I found the story intriguing but hated the gameplay. I’d get stuck, try different things for hours, look for a walkthrough at some random BBS, ending up combining the fishing pole with the wooden figurine or something equally silly. It didn’t make sense then, it doesn’t make sense now.

The communication is horrible in Grim Fandango. You constantly get a couple of choices that you go through just to follow the story. Don’t get me wrong, the story is awesome, but that’s all there is to it. Grim Fandango would make a great movie. Gameplay though, as in what you as a player actually do, is so flawed I can only play the game one hour at a time without getting annoyed.

Die adventure game genre, and stay that way!