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New Forum and Newsletter!

July 22nd, 2008

Hey, I’ve got some new Forums set up for discussion of “all things Galcon”!  I’ve also got a link to my newsletter sign up so you can get exciting news about Galcon (and other swell upcoming games) sent right to your e-mail-box!

Enjoy!
-Phil

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First InstantAction Review

July 21st, 2008

I haven’t really announced the InstantAction version of Galcon yet since it’s still in beta .. but a review came in, so I figured I’d share the link. The InstantAction version of Galcon lets you play Galcon within your browser on the Windows platform. In the future it will probably also work under OSX. Enjoy!

Here’s another.

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Galcon + Sound = AWESOME+1

July 19th, 2008

Thanks to everyone who’s bought and played the game and left a review! Also thanks to touch arcade for writing a review of Galcon. So far there have been two main requests that I’ve seen in the reviews:

Where’s the Sound?!!

I had some technical trouble getting sound working originally, but thanks to all your pleading I was able to figure out how to get sound to work in Galcon. It now has the sound effects that have always been an important part of the Galcon experience. I’m still not planning on adding music, as I’d rather listen to my iPod tunes. Quick usage tip: if you want to adjust the volume of your music, or skip to the next track WHILE playing Galcon, just double tap the Home button and the iPod brings up a dialog box to let you do just that!

(I’ve just uploaded this update to the Apple dev site, so it may be a few days before they approve it. So you’ll have to suffer soundlessly for a little bit more.)

We want Multi-Player!!

Indeed, multi-player was one of the things that made the shareware version of Galcon such a hit! And I totally can’t wait to get it on the iPhone :) But I think it’ll be a few months before I can really get around to that. It will not connect with the shareware version of Galcon, primarily because the play-field size is so different, it wouldn’t really work out. (Shareware Galcon handles around 65 planets on screen during a good MP match, the iPhone can only handle about 25 planets on screen.)

Thanks for all your reviews and comments!
-Phil

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Galcon + iPhone = AWESOME !!!

July 18th, 2008

Hey folks! It’s finally here - Galcon for the iPhone and iPod Touch :)

You can get it from the iTunes Store :-)

Here’s a video of me playing it:

Here’s some bzawesome screenshots:

So, hey, I think we’ve got a fun opportunity here folks .. So far there are only a few games for the iPhone that are really good. I bet with a bit of good olde-fashioned grass-roots hype we could get the word out and get Galcon to the top of the list! So here’s what to do:

  • tell all your iPhone toting friends about it!
  • blog about it! twitter about it! whatever!
  • play it and make a YouTube video of it!
  • up-vote this on your favorite news site!
  • leave a review on the iTunes site!

Anyway, there’s lots more exciting Galcon news coming over the next few months so stay tuned!

Tallyho!
-Phil

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Coming very soon …

July 16th, 2008

There’s nothing here yet!  But soon there will be!  Simple sentences are fun!  Look for some pretty exciting Galcon news over the next few weeks :)

-Phil

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Hello world!

July 15th, 2008

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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