Monthly Archives: March 2011

New article about the future of MonsterUp on Wpcentral.com

Posted by admin on March 08, 2011
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Paul Acevedo from WPCentral.com has written a very nice article about the developments and future of the MonsterUp franchise. Did I say franchise? Yes, I did because in the article you will find a nice announcement plus interesting info about the new versions of the game.

Since we reviewed MonsterUp, the awesome DoodleJump clone for Windows Phone 7, developer Karios Games has continued honing the game, pushing out two new updates. MonsterUp was already a very slick indie title, so how has it improved?

It’s always great to see a developer support and refine their games after release, and the prospect of more games with the MonsterUp characters is exciting.

Read the article here!

New Karios Games website launched!

Posted by admin on March 07, 2011
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We’ve launched our new Karios Games site. Feel free to visit us at www.kariosgames.com. Karios.gr will be the blog for kariosgames.com, but kariosgames.com will be the “official” source for all the information you want for our games!

University of Zurich Talk

Posted by admin on March 03, 2011
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After the Geneva  talk last week I am in Zurich today, invited by Microsoft again, giving a similar talk about XNA game development to a bunch of Game Design students at the University of Zurich. If anyone is interested, here are the slides for that talk:

Slides of Zurich talk

Thanx to everyone who attended!

Here is a quick picture from the event:

From left to right: Me, Yana Fischer from Microsoft, Patrick von Reth Lead Student Partner from Basel and René Bauer, Game Design professor from the University of Zurich

The MonsterUp trailer from the talk slides