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Pocket Heroes April Dev Update

Hey everyone, it’s been a few weeks since our last update so I wanted to take some time and let you know where we’re at with Pocket Heroes. The Bad News The reason we’ve been slow with updates is because the work on Pocket Heroes has been going around the clock. We’re definitely in ‘crunch-mode’, [...]

Pocket Heroes Characters

Things are moving along here at F5 as we’re working to hit our Spring launch window for Pocket Heroes. One of the things we’ve done lately is commission a very talented local artist to create some promo art for the game that shows off our character classes. I think he’s really knocked it out of [...]

Pocket Heroes GDC Trailer

This week the Game Developer’s Conference took place in San Francisco and we put together a gameplay trailer to show to the press. Now that all the meetings are over I’d love to show it to all of you and get your feedback. Check it out below. I’m proud to announce that we are partnering [...]

Pocket Heroes – February Dev Update

Hey everyone, it’s time for another monthly dev update! Spiders and Rats Don’t Mix We just finished a new build of Pocket Heroes and I wanted take a minute to tell you what’s new. The first thing is that we’ve built in a new level and have added in our first 4 character classes. This [...]

Pocket Heroes – January Dev Update

Happy New Year everyone! It’s been too long since we shared any info on the blog so I wanted to take a minute and let you know how development is proceeding on Pocket Heroes. We’ve been hard at work on the game. There is a ton to do, but I really feel like we’re starting [...]

IncrediBlox Now Available for Android Phones and Tablets!

We are happy to announce that our latest Puzzle game, IncrediBlox, is now available for Android Smartphones and Tablets! We have had a lot of requests to bring IncrediBlox to Android and we’re very happy to make it available to all the Android Gamers out there! IncrediBlox is a falling blocks puzzle game that challenges [...]

Does the iPhone 4S Signal the End of the Indie?

Recently I’ve seen some talk among indie developers that the ‘end is near’ for small developers being able to making a living off mobile games. I think there are various reasons people may believe this to be true but one of the most recent ideas was summed up in an article on Pocket Gamer a [...]

Today iOS 5 Kicks Off the Future of Gaming

Today marks the release of iOS 5 and it’s more than 200 new features, but if you’re a game designer there should be one of them that excites you more than any other, AirPlay. AirPlay is Apple’s new connection between an iPad 2 or iPhone 4s and an Apple TV. With it you can stream [...]

Steve Jobs – Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs was one of the crazy ones. He was a titan of innovation, a man who saw farther than his peers, a man that moved the human race forward and has left the world a better place than he found it. I never met Steve Jobs. However, like many people today, I feel as [...]

Pocket Heroes – August Development Update

It’s that time again! Time to shine some light on the progress we’ve made with Pocket Heroes since the last gameplay video. I know we’ve been a little more quiet lately but don’t take that to mean we haven’t been working. There has been a lot of progress made on the game, it just hasn’t [...]