by Jörg | Jul 3, 2019 | News
I can’t believe that the last news entry is now more than two years old… But without further ado I will proceed to tell you the good news: We are finally back on track and very determined to pick up were we left some years ago: Create games.We also want to pickup what was then known as our “monthly reports”, to prevent all other developers out there from making our mistakes again. Besides working on two brand-new apps aiming at children (think of Animals For Toddlers and Animal Puzzle For Toddlers reloaded) we have also managed to put things on the right track for a Bloo Kid 2 Switch version. The nice guys from German indie publisher Headup will help us to bring the game to the eShop, and you can expect a release later this year. Soon! Check out the new Nintendo Switch announcement trailer here. As soon as this one is finished, we will indeed consider a Switch version of Hurrican, finally bringing this much beloved gem of pure 90s run-and-gun action to everbody’s favorite gaming platform. On top of that, we are very pleased to announce that chances are very high for a new game in the Bloo Kid gaming series. Yes, that was a (potential) “Bloo Kid 3” announcement right there. Many of you have asked us in the past if this was possible and we have heard your call. And so we searched for a way to fund such a big new project (because it will be bigger than Bloo Kid 2 for sure) and with a bit of luck we found it. More...
by Jörg | May 3, 2017 | Games, News
Fans of Bloo Kid rejoice! Today, after years of waiting, there is a new update available for the original Bloo Kid! What started out as a small update to save Bloo from the 32-bit apocalypse has turned into a content update with 12 brand-new levels! Pickup the game now to be the first to collect all 288 stars! Depending on how the update is received, we will consider pumping out even more worlds in the near future! The update is available for iOS right now and will come to Android later this week! new enemies and challenges await Bloo in the brand new world 8...
by Jörg | Mar 3, 2017 | Games, News
Our newest app is ready to get released in a few days! We’ve been working behind the scenes on our biggest and most beautiful kids app ever! Sir Tincan – Adventures in the Castle will come to iOS, Google Play, Amazon Appstore and Windows Phone on March 23rd! This lovely designed interactive picture book for children from two years onwards accompanies Sir Tincan in his adventurous everyday life in the medieval castle. In 20+ different scenes your children help the knight for example to: care for his horse shoot with bow and arrows repair the castle walls impress the king at the joust or win the heart of the beautiful damsel of the castle A fantastic world full of small surprises, witty experiences, lovely characters and different animals is revealed to the children. Additional scenes will be added with future updates. “Sir Tincan” was developed right from the start in close cooperation with media pedagogues, in order to make it easy for children to deal with digital media. The app encourages: Fine Motor Skills Logical Reasoning Power of Deduction Ability to solve...
by Jörg | Aug 19, 2016 | News
Hi all, while the world’s largest gaming event is still in full play, we are already back from gamescom and want to share our impressions with you! We have played quite some games and met some nice people while also showcasing Bloo Kid 2 at the amazon appshop booth. The first game we played was HUNTDOWN, a VERY classic 16-bit run and gun action game set in a dystopic future where gangs are ruling the streets. Be sure to keep an eye on this game! It even features a local 2-player coop mode, very much like Hurrican. In fact, one of the developers even knew about Hurrican. Small world! We also sat down and enjoyed another great two-player coop shooting session, this time with the bioshock-flavored chaos-engine-esque “Tower 57” from pixelwerk. Last but not least, we played a session of Strikers Edge, a fast-paced versus combat game where you play as an ancient warrior. It was kind of an aggressive version (in a positive way xD) of Windjammers and that knife-throwing part of “Beach Head 2” on the C64. But it was not all about playing games and hanging around. We also had some serious stuff to do 😉 We were invited by the great people at amazon to present Bloo Kid 2 to the crowd at amazon’s appshop booth. Many thanks again to Carlos Lievano from the amazon team for making this possible! We met german youtuber Honeyball who was a charming host for the show. Thanks for making my stage apperarance as comfortable as possible! please notice this extremely expressive, yet gentle explaining gesture...
by Jörg | Jun 1, 2016 | News, Reports
Hi everybody! In my last post I talked about Bloo Kid 2s recent success on Amazon Underground. Now, two months later, the story continues, with both the free Underground version and the premium Fire TV version picking up steam. For those of you not familiar with the Amazon Underground revenue modell I suggest the following read: Amazon Underground Amazon Underground Downloads Downloads went down a bit at the end of May, but we are still very happy with 31k downloads in the last two months. Especially with >250 downloads daily and multiple peaks over 750. Amazon Underground Usage Time Even with less downloads in May, the engagement time went up. People were playing over 4,300,000 minutes of Bloo Kid 2 during the last two months, with about 60k-80k a day! Wow! Remember that amazon pays you for every minute of user engagement. Fire TV Sales Ever since downloads on Amazon Underground increased, the sales for the Fire TV stick version increased as well. I can only guess why this is happening. Underground is not available on Fire TV, and some people might see the Underground app as some evil data kraken (not necessarily from R’lyeh though). So maybe people see that the game is popular on underground and then buy it on Fire TV. 2k people bought the game during the last two months, and the daily sales seldom drop below 20. Revenue Those are some pleasantly surprising numbers. Revenue-wise, this means: Underground: $8.515 Fire TV Sales: $6.240 Total: $14.755 That’s nearly $15k for just two months, making Amazon the most profitable platform at the...
by Jörg | Mar 22, 2016 | News, Reports
Hi folks! Today I wanna talk to you about: Amazon Underground Some of you may have heard the recent success stories of Halfbrick, Coffe Stain Studios or developers I did not even know existed making more revenue on underground than everywhere else. The only way for me to find out if this is all marketing or if there’s some truth behind it was to try it myself. As mentioned in my last blogpost, Bloo Kid 2, among some of our other apps, has been released on Amazon Underground a while ago. It took some time until this version picked up steam, but today I am going to present you some very promising numbers. For those unaware of the amazon underground program, here is a short excerpt from amazon: [pullquote align=”full” class=”” cite=”amazon.com” link=”https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/underground” color=”#f9982a” size=”12″] […] Amazon Underground includes a new monetization model where Amazon pays developers based on the amount of time your app is used. With Amazon Underground, you can turn 100% of your Android users into revenue generating customers. You get paid starting from the very first minute your Amazon Underground app is used, and you will continue to be paid for every minute of use by every customer in exchange for you waiving your normal download or in-app fees.[/pullquote] As I said, I ported some of my kid’s apps and Bloo Kid 2 to Amazon. For the latter, it was quite easy because I already integrated GameCircle for the Amazon FireTV version. Downloads Below you can find the current download numbers. The yellow line is for Bloo Kid 2, the lines close to zero are for all the other...
