Before we get started on the continuing saga of Robotology, we should quickly give you an update on Contesque #3, The Creativity Contesque. Thanks so much to everyone who entered! We saw some really great work. However, since we received far fewer entries than expected, instead of immediately awarding a prize, we thought we’d keep […]
Robotology: Edit Mode
16 Nov / by: M&R / 23 comments /We recently ran into several copies of N+ (both DS and PSP) in Tokyo (at import stores in Akihabara), and noted that some of them had sold when we revisited the stores later on. We had assumed N+ DS/PSP would, like N+ XBLA, be sold worldwide — with any luck that will happen someday. For […]
Robotology: Conceptology
20 Oct / by: M&R / 13 comments /Now that the simulator is more or less solidified, we’ve moved on to much less familiar territory: graphics. Of course, before we could actually start building the graphics system, we needed a rough idea of the sort of things we’d want to be able to do. Thus we set about creating concept art to define […]
The third (and final… well, for now, anyway) N+ levelpack is now available on XBLA, and it’s free! This one features levels from the original N, reworked and restyled for N+, in the form of: 150 singleplayer, 50 co-op, and 50 race. So the three level packs give you 675 new levels total — that’s […]
Edit: Thank you all for entering, this Contesque is now closed! So the third N+ level pack debuts Wednesday (the 15th of October, 2008), and that means it’s time for another contesque! For this open-ended contesque, if we like your submission you could win whichever version of N+ you want! This one is […]
Robotology: Alchemy
25 Sep / by: M&R / 23 comments /Losing the first version of this post due to webhosting problems kind of sucked.. it was looooong! So, let’s see.. what have we been up to? The lost post concerned all of the stuff we’ve added to the simulator; the two big-ticket items are conveyor-belts and moving platforms — both physics-driven, obviously. We actually ended […]
Contesque 2: Level Name References — Winners!
11 Sep / by: M&R / 13 comments /As you may know, the second (of three) N+ expansion packs was released yesterday. To our surprise, several gamers who post on the Xbox forum had finished the SP levels within hours (and they’re definitely not easy!) — congrats, guys, your ninja skillz are honestly amazing. On to the Contesque. Thanks to all the participants […]
Yes, it’s finally here! Today, September 10, 2008 you can get the second (of three) downloadable levelpacks for N+ XBLA. Woohoo! This set of levels contains 150 “harder” singleplayer levels, 50 “regular difficulty” multiplayer race levels and 25 “regular difficulty” multiplayer survival levels; it costs 200 points, which is less than 1 point per level! […]
Technical Difficulties…
05 Sep / by: M&R / 3 comments /Sorry about that, everyone, it appears our webhost is still having some technical difficulties. The site and blog appear to be back and finally functioning properly again, so the contesque is once again open. Because of the idiotic downtime, we will be extending the contesque for one day, and adding some new prizes to the […]
It’s that time again! The second pack of new N+ levels for N+ XBLA will be out on Wednesday September 10, and that means we’ve got another contesque for you. The contesque is open to everyone, world-wide. It closes September 10 at 9am EST. That means it will be open for one week only, […]