The Blog is Back!

First of all, my apologies to the three followers of this blog for the long hiatus. It’s a long story, but briefly put – Junior spent most of January ill with all sorts of interesting bugs picked up in kindergarten (and passing it on, whenever possible). That pretty much put me on the back foot from the start of the year, and intermittent bouts of interesting child diseases plus work pressure (both real-life and this “hobby”) has kept me on the back foot ever since.

So what is the status? Well, we passed 250,000 free downloads of Pirates and Traders some time ago. What can I say – a huge thank you to all of you who have taken the time to look at my development efforts and especially those of you who continue to play and enjoy the game after the first look. A very special thank you to those of you who have decided to support my development efforts by purchasing Pirates and Traders: Gold! I hope that the improvements that are in the pipeline will repay the faith you’ve shown in the game. (more…)

As you may have noticed, I recently released my second Android phone game – Pirates & Traders. Pirates & Traders is a pirates themed combat and trading game; you get to sail around the Caribbean in a Sloop or Barque and fight or trade as you like.

The game is currently still in its early stages; as I get the time, I intend to expand it with quests, more upgrade opportunities and a whole bunch of other ideas that I have in mind for the game. For now, though, my focus is heavily on bug stomping. Once that phase is over, I will start to do more gameplay improvements (on a slightly more relaxed schedule than the current frantic update pace).

More thoughts on development and future plans when I return to the regular update schedule in May.

“Imperium Mini: A Brief History of Rome” is now available for Android phones. Idleness is a terrible thing, and when I had a spot of idle time between Christmas and New Year, I got so irritated at not having anything worthwhile to play on my Android phone that I started to port the game over. So now you can recruit Legions and Auxilia, conquer and civilize the known world and preside over the rise and fall of the Roman Empire all at the tip of your finger.

The game is available on the Android market under the name “A Brief History of Rome” and is free (ad-supported).

Merry Christmas (or Seasons Greetings) to you all, and have a Happy New Year.

Just released an update on Imperium Mini: version 0.2.0. For the full details, check the forum announcement.