The trip to Trondheim was a success, and my team got the chance to be social with the rest of the community of Indie Game Developers that my country has to offer. There are some good titles being produced in Norway, and here's some links to their websites:
+ Garbalicious by Team Flop
+ Break A Leg(A playable Demo is available) by Derail Games
+ Evil Jr. by Illuminatics Gameware
+ Apocalypse by Wailing Ninja Studios
+ Zanshin by Ascension

There we're more Indies at the convention, and I'll link to more of them as I find them.

Also, This week, Dungeon Chaos had it's 2-Year Anniversary. For the occasion, I've started doing a small piece of art, which I'll be posting here next week, in the Art-section.

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Me and my sidekick artist, Simon Andersen are taking a promotional trip this weekend to a school in the Norwegian city of Trondheim- where we'll have Owlboy available to play for those who participate,

In other news, Scott Pilgrim VS. The World recently got released on Xbox 360 Arcade, which is a game that combines superb pixel graphics by one of my idols, Paul Robertson, with the gameplay from River City Ransom, one of my favorite games ever. The Food system in Dungeon Chaos was heavily inspired by this game.


I've shared a screenshot of how the new Shop system might work in the new Dungeon Chaos update.

I've long desired to create a game like this, and after finishing it, I might go ahead and create my own take on the genre.


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Finally, Summer is over, and workdays is upon us! This is good news for people who are workaholics, people like me! I've added a Facebook page for fans to more easily get the newest updates on their favorite online community, and I'm going to post lesser important stuff there, that I normally wouldn't post on this website.

Join the facebook page by clicking the image, or follow this link: Roflgames on Facebook

Owlboy, and our other secret projects are well underway, and we're hoping to release it upon you by the end of this year!

The team went to Sweden in Malmø, to not only show off Owlboy, but to meet the rest of the small crew of Indies stationed in Nordic lands. We had the pleasure of meeting alot of indies, including:
- Petri, creator of Crayon Physics, and Kloonigames.com
- Nicklas Nygren, creator of Saira & Knytt Stories
- Mikkel Fredborg & Lasse Cleveland, creators of Youropa
- Joel, one of the creators of Bob Came In Pieces

Indie titles that we're present included Saira, Max and the Magic Marker, Tuning, Youropa, Bob Came in Pieces, and the sweet cherry on top: Owlboy

We got to talk alot of business, pleasure, and games, and were surprised by how many good ideas there were present at the NGC. We also learned about the Swedish School System, and it's free game-design schools, which made me tear my hair out, after having to pay through my nose for a proper education in Norway. If you're looking for an education within games, look no further, move to Sweden!

We also got another interview done, by the Danish version of Eurogamer, which you can read right here.

We're working on Owlboy as always, and now that our little promo-period is over, we can get some real hard work done. Check back soon for more,

GameReactor, a fantastic games magazine, which I'm a huge fan of, has given us the tremendeous honour to star in one of their interviews from GDC at their website. In this interview about Owlboy, Simon and me talk about the game, explaining what we're trying to create, and how far we're into the development.

Warning: May contain horribly bad accents and nervous face twitchings,

Vinter In Hollywood, the incredible musical talent you've come to know from my games, is currently working hard on his freshest album, which is currently half-way complete. Visit his fan-club and take a whiff at his music. Personally, I can't wait to dig some inspiration out of his songs. I've also added a game-page for the promotional game we've got planned.

Another great interview from GDC with Pixelsocks.com, has been added to our list of interviews. You can read it here, it explains many things about what inspiered Simon to start creating Owlboy, and what we want the game to be like when it is finished.

So, yeah, I've had my birthday, had a small cake and casual glass of wine, gone, past, and this huge horse had to come along and ruin all the subtlety! My man, Simon, ruined my stealthy birthday mood by intoducing me to his 'Party Horse'. Not a pretty picture to have when you're trying to sleep at night, I can tell you! Turns out, my birthday is gonna be a party after all...

Owlboy got ALOT of attention at this year's GDC, from both innocent bystanders and hardcore fans, and not least, the media. We've been filmed by German television, and also on a Nordic site called Gamereactor. Here is an interview with Simon and yours truly, from the Norwegian gaming site, Gamer.no. Sadly it is only Norwegian.

Jo & Simon: "Owlboy will reach great heights. We promise, *smug-smirk*"

My trip with Dpad Studio to San Francisco has ended, and I've got literally TONS of great and happy news to spread! We've been featured in several interviews, on both websites and TV, and I'll share with you all the links, when these become available. I'll need to do some changes to the website in order to keep track of all the new stuff, so keep tuned to get more info on Owlboy, Dpad and our progress as a small indie team. Updates tomorrow!

Also, check out Simon's Blog for great photographs of San Francisco!

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"Wait, did I just see a blue streak coming down that hill? Nah, probably not."

Today, Kotaku.com published an interview featuring myself, the artist(Simon) and the engine programmer(Blake). The interview surrounds Owlboy and it's origin. I'll soon have a Owlboy gamepage up in the games section, so you can follow the latest updates on it's development. In three weeks time, we'll hopefully have Owlboy clean and ready for playing at GDC San Francisco.
~ Jo

These days we are working on polishing Owlboy as much as we can for the GDC Conference in San Francisco. Our goal is to have something really spectacular to show when we hit the floor of GDC. We're also concentrating on the small details, and we're working on giving the already existing material more detail. I'll announce what to expect from the Owlboy Demo when the time comes to unravel some details.
~ Rofl

In the wake of Owlboy being nominated by the Independent Games Festival for Excellence In Visual Arts, DPad Studio is going to GDC this year. We'll try to have a fully playable demo ready for the show!

GDC a Gaming Conference held in San Francisco every year. This year it is held from March 9 - 13th. GDC is mainly for people interested in Gaming and Game's careers. The Independent Games Festival is held at the Show Floor the conference, and this is the 12th year it is held. The award ceremony is held at the 3rd day of the festival, and Owlboy has a chance to win $2.500 this year.

Can't wait for the festival to start, aswell as meeting other game developers, and I've started manning up to the plane-ride. I'll announce the winners here on Roflgames.com,
- Rofl