Ok it seems that yesterday the server was a bit too busy 🙂 got 3 identical post about “What are magic stones” !!! 😀
Well I think that you have clear enough what are they, no? LOL

My next game name is Magic Stones. But what exactly are they?? Here’s the definition directly from the game manual I’m writing:

They are the main artifact of the game, because they’re needed to create Avatars (powerful beings summoned by the druid to help him in the battle). There are a total of 20 different stones, each one with a different Power value from 1 to 5 related to a specific school

So the avatars of fire will be:

Draconian – Dragon man, very tough and stubborn
Succubus – Beautiful women who steal enemy life
Firemaster – Powerful wizard who cast fire magic
Hell Hounds – Hellish dogs who breath fire
Fire Drake – Dragon who can hit all enemies at once

Here is the picture of the Dragon:

Today I’ve decided to launch a promotional offer for my games, here’s the official announcement:

Spring has come and we are ready to celebrate it – with this special offer!
For a limited time, until end of the month (31st March 2005) you can get 30% discount on any of our games using these codes:
SPRING – if you order through Plimus (the main buynow buttons on our site)
OMH0006N – if you order with alternative payment methods (UK Switch/Solo, Deutsche Bank and Paypal) through BMT Micro

Happy Easter,Winter Wolves Games

eheh no, not the one of the song 😉 a friend of mine called Judith just finished to fix some more english texts for the Goalkeeper, in the next update all typos mistakes and/or awkward english will be fixed! hurrah! 🙂
Is really true, good testers are the developers best-friend!

Another interesting thread on Indiegamer.
They talk about download size as a limit to sell games. Surely isn’t true anymore, but I’d say that still it matters. For example, a user with modem or ISDN connection couldn’t ever download not only a 250mb game (the game in question is iSpy, a children game on Realarcade) but even a 25mb will be hard to justify.
In practice, we actually miss a lot of potential buyers.
I dare anyone say the opposite. The broadband users tend to forget that there’s still plenty of people out there with slow connections, and those are also potential buyers. Think about it, people living far away from big cities, with few entertainment possibilities around, are more likely to buy games and play them, simply because they don’t have many other fun thing to do.
I am willing to bet that my next Universal Boxing Manager buyer will be there, more than someone living in a big town (there are those also, of course!!).