Megadev Games

Atomic Gringo is now LIVE!

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:55:53 -0400

(released 7th May, 2013)

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Game number four with Adult Swim sees you take control of a badass robot in a sombrero and punch seven shades out of a motley array of bad guys to the beat! What’s not to like?

Galactic Gaming News and MegaDev

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:17:24 -0400

Galactic Gaming News and MegaDev:

galacticgamingnews:

In this special interview session, Jimmy and Eric sit down with Mike, Nick and Jon from MegaDev, the developers behind Super House of Dead Ninjas. We discuss Super House of Dead Ninjas, indie games, state of the industry and more!

You can check out MegaDev on their Facebook, Twitter and Official Website.

You can purchase Super House of Dead Ninjas on Steam.

As always, email GGN any questions at galacticgamingnews@gmail.com Follow GGN on Tumblr and Facebook.

Super House of Dead Ninjas on Steam (with 30% off)

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:49:56 -0500

Yes indeed, we have been working away in secret with the chaps at Adult Swim on a version of SHODN for Steam, which is available for a mere $4.89/£3.49 right flippin’ now.

We’ve put a bunch more stuff in there, such as a new area, bosses, weapons, custom rooms, a fullscreen option, and a fully functional map editor, the results of which you can share over Steam.

Link to Steam

So, nip on over, have a gander, and perhaps even consider dropping some coin on it. Nice one!

Cheers,

The Megadev Team

Megadev on the Facebooks

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:37:22 -0400

Folks!

It’s been rather too long, but we’ve been getting rather more active on our Facebook pages now, posting all sorts of concept art, musical bits and so forth for our games. So, after the obligatory link dump to the FB pages, I’ll list a few of them here too:

The main Megadev page:

https://www.facebook.com/megadevgames

Links for most of our games:

https://www.facebook.com/superhouseofdeadninjas

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bomboozle-2

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knightfall-Death-and-Taxes

https://www.facebook.com/onemanandhisdinosaur

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Time-Butter-Baron

https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Word

And here are a few bits we’ve posted so far…

So, go on, sign up to a few! What’s the worst that could happen? (NB: Megadev accept no responsibility for brain overload after signing up for any of these pages)

Cheers,

The Megadev Team

Super House of Dead Ninjas is now LIVE!

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:25:00 -0400

(released 15nd August, 2012)

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Our third title for Adult Swim is finally live! A sequel to House of Dead Ninjas, we’ve ramped things up in nearly every area. The blurb is below. Now, get to it!

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Return to the Ziggurat of Infinum! Play as the mysterious heroine, Crimson Ninja, and traverse the treacherous tower where few enter and none survive. She’s got all the slashing, slicing and bombing of the original House of Dead Ninjas plus a whole new arsenal of tricks up her ninja robe. Expect more deadly weapons, vicious enemies and fast-paced action! What drives the Crimson Ninja to risk her life in the tower? What is she looking for? Play this epic sequel to House of Dead Ninjas to find out!

Knightfall from the JayIsGames vault!

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:10 -0400

Knightfall from the JayIsGames vault!:

Those nice folks at JiG have mentioned the original Knightfall in an article about Flash games past.

While you’re at it, why not try Knightfall 2 as well? To our minds, it certainly corrected a few things from the first game…

Play Knightfall 2

Cheers!

TIME 4 MORE CAT!

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:56:28 -0400

TIME 4 MORE CAT!:

If you haven’t already given it a go…do it now!

Cheers,

The Megadev Team

Unlockables in One Man and his Dinosaur...

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:49:00 -0400

Right, it’s been a little while since One Man And His Dinosaur went live, so let’s see…who’s found all the unlockables? The emergency helicopter sheep drop? The ingame laugh track? The whole new level which is Tiger Electronics world? Anyone? If not, here’s how…

Emergency Sheep Drop: complete the game in one go from England to the Dugong’s Intestine.
Sitcom-o-saur: score 500,000 points or more.
Tiger Electronics World: collect all four quarters of the Tiger handheld ingame.
Posh Mode: score 50 kills or more in a single game.

Sitcom-o-saur and Posh Mode need to be turned on via the Options menu.

So there we are. Go find ‘em!

Cheers,

The Megadev Team.

One Man And His Dinosaur On Adult Swim Arcade!

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:09:49 -0400

One Man And His Dinosaur is now on Adult Swim’s Facebook App, and it needs a whole bunch of sharing to help it out! So go, and play, play, play until your arm falls off. Then, glue it back on, and play again.

Cheers!

The Megadev team

One Man And His Dinosaur - now live on Adult Swim!

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:09:49 -0400

Well, at last! It’s new game time.

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Once again, with the fine folk at Adult Swim, we’ve come up with something bloody, silly (also just bloody silly), and accessible.

An intuitive, mouse-controlled score attack title, where you use the intimidating dino to herd the sheep whilst battling against the constantly scrolling screen, One Man and his Dinosaur sees you chasing off predators, steering the sheep safely away from landmines, deep, dark holes, and wayward farming machinery. Fail, and it’s a gory end for your hapless flock.

You’ll visit England, Africa, a theme part for vegetables, a robotic apocalypse, and the business end of a large sea-based mammal. So,help the sheep. By killing absolutely everything else. It’s only logical.

Also, House of Dead Ninjas is now on Adult Swim’s Facebook App, and doing pretty well! All the same, it still needs your help! Poor ninja. Go to it.

Cheers!

The Megadev team

Game Jams and all that

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:08:00 -0400

Wotcha folks,

Well, some interesting things have been happening to us of late - we’re in the middle of working on a longform 3 month project for ‘We’re-probably-not-allowed-to-say-but-it’s-exciting-yeah’. Hopefully more (well, anything) on that soon.

However, we took a break from the 13th-17th of June to do the 2011 Portsmouth University Game Jam - 35 and a 1/2 hours spread over 5 days to make a fully playable game. Three random Wikipedia articles were sourced on the day, and your game had to based on one or more of those. Headed up by lecturer Andy Bain, it might’ve featured awards to win, but it was mainly a chance to challenge yourself. Step outside of the normal routine, sharpen your skills, refine your sense of focus as a group. Drink a lot of beer.

The articles ended up being variously about the Swedish legal system, actress Miriam Hopkins, and a bunch of films from the year 1964. What did we make out of that? ‘Miriam Hopkins - Mummified Werewolf’, of course! A top-down, randomly-generated bloody rampage, where you change between Miriam and her vicious Werewolf form, taking revenge on the Hollywood studio system that sidelined you.

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Admittedly, we didn’t go out on a limb to nearly the same extent as some teams, but for us, simply getting something playable together that was more or less complete as a game was challenging enough. Plus, we spent too much time chatting with other people. Duh. In any case, we had an absolute blast, met and got to know some hugely talented, ambitious and enthusiastic people, and ate far too many chicken burgers. No more chicken burgers. Ever.

Same time next year? We’ll see you there.

Cheers!

The Megadev team

House of Dead Ninjas now LIVE!

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:29:00 -0500

Afternoon everyone!

Yes, it’s new game time again - this time, a super-devious, procedurally-generated platformer…featuring ninjas. Have a go here:

PLAY NOW!

As our benevolent publisher overlords at Adult Swim succinctly put it:

”What’s a ninja to do when he finds himself at the top of an infinitely tall tower filled with deadly enemies? Jump, stab, bomb, and make “HIYA!” sounds in this challenging platformer that pits you against endless floors of enemies and a ticking clock. The randomly generated tower is different every time you play, so bring your skill and speed and dive as deep as you can before the House of Dead Ninjas claims your little ninja soul.”

NOTE FOR PORTALS: Adult Swim own HODN lock, stock and barrel, so any requests should be directed towards them via the usual channels. Ta!

Get to it, ninja…

Cheers!

The Megadev Team

Once Upon A Time, We Did An Audio Missive

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:23:00 -0500

In the light of Nick and Jon taking part in a Knightfall-related interview on the fine Tech-Gaming podcast, it stood to reason that there was no point at all in exhuming the shambling corpse of the roundtable podcast we did back in October 2008, discussing games that had a big effect on the way we make them nowadays. But we did it, anyway.

The recording quality is awful, and so is the conversation, but on the upside, it’s overlong! Enjoy.

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Bomboozle 2 Now Available For Licencing!

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:50:24 -0500

Hello folks!

The brand-spanking-new sequel to the immensely popular Bombooze (50m plays and counting) is now available for licencing to portals - if you are interested in a site-locked version, get in touch!

info@megadev.co.uk

Adding new game modes, blob types, special powers, achievements, and dynamic music, Bomboozle 2 is a frantic step up on every level! Group like-coloured blobs together in threes or more for oodles of points, and use bombs to create carnage on a massive scale! Run out of possible moves though, and your Bomboozling time is over…

Cheers!

The Megadev Team

My Word! is now live at Games.com

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:23:25 -0400

Afternoon everyone!

Our latest title, My Word! is now finally out on Games.com. It’s a mighty moreish word puzzler. Go play it!

http://www.games.com/game/my-word/

Here’s the blurb…

‘My Word! is a word game seemingly in the traditional mold, but several features set it apart from other games in the genre. The unique 3D board allows the player to lookahead for the next incoming letters, and if they are to keep formulating words, they must manage the grid carefully! With a dictionary of over 150,000 words and a chilled-out style, My Word! is a charming and relaxed addition to the genre.’

There you go. What are you waiting for?

Cheers!

The Megadev Team

Knightfall: Death and Taxes is out NOW!

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:13:00 -0400

At last! Knightfall: Death and Taxes for iPhone, iPod Touch and PC is finally out there to buy! Published under the legendary Namco banner, we’re bloody excited about this, so please support us - it’s nice ‘n’ cheap, and we’ll be able to buy shoes to replace our hob-nailed boots at last.

It’s a puzzle-RPG mashup with hundreds of levels, two very different quests and loads of fiendish enemies, with something for pretty much everyone. There are downloadable FREE demos of the first island for all versions, so have a try on us!

The official blurb:

‘Thieves have stolen all of Knight and Princess’ wealth, leaving them in thrall to the kingdom’s mysterious “Taxman”! Play more than 100 stages of addictive puzzles as you drill through blocks and rotate the stage to escape each room. Visit the village shops for armor, magic, potions and more! It’s a thrilling puzzle adventure of monsters, marriage and money in Knightfall: Death and Taxes!’

Phew! That took a while to make. Hope you all enjoy it. Cheers!

The Megadev Team

Knightfall: Death and Taxes - a teaser trailer

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:34:51 -0400

So then! The third installment in the Knightfall series has rolled into view at last! Only this time, it’s coming to iPhone and PC!

We’ve not been able to say much about it, which has been agonizing at times. We’re yet to confirm a specific date, but it should be soon. There will be a free Flash-based sampler of the 1st island to come, so watch this space…Until then, have some official blurb, and a teaser:

Like we said, watch this space!

Cheers,

The Megadev Team

Time 4 That

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:24:00 -0400

Evening all,

What have we here? Why, it’s a little news about a game we thought had long since run its course - Time 4 Cat! Bizarrely, it’s had a few fresh mentions in various blogs and portals, so here’s a quick round-up, as we were rather pleased that it was featured.

First up is arguably the largest up-and-coming independent gaming blog Destructoid. I’ve been a reader for a good few years, so I was pretty chuffed to see it:

http://www.destructoid.com/spend-the-weekend-dodging-traffic-in-time4cat-182568.phtml

Secondly, excellently written independent PC gaming blog Rock Paper Shotgun, co-founded by eminent journalist fellow Kieron Gillen:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08/27/faster-pussycat-eat-eat-time4cat/

And last, but definitely not least, it got ‘Game of the Day’ at Games.com last friday! Grand stuff.

http://www.games.com

A mighty thanks to all the sites that featured it. Funny how it takes a while for these things to spread, isn’t it? ;)

Cheers,

Nick

Want to sponsor one of our upcoming games?

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:16:29 -0400

Well, here’s your chance!

If you’re a company registered with FlashGameLicense , we have a couple of new titles up for sponsorship - My Word! and Bomboozle 2

MY WORD!

CLICK TO SEE IT AT FGL

My Word! is a word game seemingly in the traditional mold, but several features set it apart from other games in the genre. The unique 3D board allows the player to lookahead for the next incoming letters, and if they are to keep formulating words, they must manage the grid carefully! With a dictionary of over 150,000 words and a chilled-out style, My Word! is a charming and relaxed addition to the genre.

Bomboozle 2

CLICK TO SEE IT AT FGL

A sequel to the immensely popular Bomboozle, which has garnered over 50m+ plays to date, BOMBOOZLE 2 is a frantic step up on every level! Group like-coloured blobs together in threes or more for oodles of points, and use bombs to create carnage on a massive scale! Run out of possible moves though, and your Bomboozling time is over…

More news to come very soon…cheers!

Time 4 Cat on IndieGames!

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:18:13 -0500

The nice people at IndieGames have included Time 4 Cat in the round-up of browser games for this year. They asked us to write a little bit about the genesis of the game, so if you are interested, go and have a read…

Read it here

Megadev Games

Atomic Gringo is now LIVE!

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Galactic Gaming News and MegaDev

Super House of Dead Ninjas on Steam (with 30% off)

Megadev on the Facebooks

Super House of Dead Ninjas is now LIVE!

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Knightfall from the JayIsGames vault!

TIME 4 MORE CAT!

Unlockables in One Man and his Dinosaur...

One Man And His Dinosaur On Adult Swim Arcade!

One Man And His Dinosaur - now live on Adult Swim!

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Game Jams and all that

House of Dead Ninjas now LIVE!

Once Upon A Time, We Did An Audio Missive

DOWNLOAD (right click and choose ‘save target as…’)

Bomboozle 2 Now Available For Licencing!

My Word! is now live at Games.com

Knightfall: Death and Taxes is out NOW!

iPhone and iPod Touch:

PC version:

Flash demo:

Knightfall: Death and Taxes - a teaser trailer

Time 4 That

Want to sponsor one of our upcoming games?

MY WORD!

Bomboozle 2

Time 4 Cat on IndieGames!