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The Dracula Files, Developer Diary #6
Howdy folks, it's time once again for another edition of The Dracula Files Developer Diary with eGames Product Manager Greg Zesinger (that's me). As always, follow us on Twitter and Facebook for your chance to win some very cool Dracula-related swag! We last awarded one copy of The Complete Dracula #1 comic book to a lucky Twitter minion, and this week we'll be giving away at least one advance reader copy of Dracula: The Un-dead, the Stoker family-endorsed sequel to the original classic, set for release in October.
Fowl Play: The evolution of Farm Frenzy
Alawar's producer and VP of publishing, Kirill Plotnikov, took us behind the scenes of Farm Frenzy to talk about the evolution of its heroine Scarlett, getting the right game balance, and... flying bears?
Sprill Diaries: The Fox is Back!
Alawar's fox cub Sprill has become a recognizable mascot in casual games, having headlined three successful titles including his latest hidden object adventure Sprill & Ritche: Adventures Through Time. In this post-mortem, Alawar Entertainment's Maxim Michaelis and Tatiana Chernova, and Alawar Five-BN CEO Eugeny Sokolov look back on the development of Sprill & Ritchie: Adventures Through Time and how the character of Sprill evolved.
The Dracula Files, Developer Diary #5
Greetings casual game fans! It's time for another installment of The Dracula Files Developer Diary. As always, I'm Greg Zesinger, eGames Product Manager and your host as we tiptoe through the development of our upcoming vampire-themed hidden object adventure.
Murder, She Wrote - Developer Diary #2: Making Jessica Fletcher
It's been an interesting couple of weeks here at Legacy Interactive. It's sort of like life imitating art - now that we're deep in the development of the Murder, She Wrote game, we're practically tripping over the bodies all over the office around here.
Meet the characters of Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger
Her Interactive has given us an advanced look at the cast of characters who you'll get to meet in the upcoming Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger when it launches on Sept. 1.
Hands-on with Nancy Drew: Resorting to Danger
Attention super sleuths! Her Interactive is just a few weeks away from releasing the second title in the Nancy Drew Dossier series, Resorting to Danger After the amazing success of the first game, Lights, Camera, Curses!, Gamezebo was excited to try the sequel. We've had some hands-on time with it, and everything looks like it's shaping up to be a worthy successor to the Nancy Drew moniker.
Behind the Game: Ranch Rush
An iPhone version of Ranch Rush recently launched, and Ranch Rush 2 is on the way for PC. While we've yet to get our hands on a demo of Ranch Rush 2, we have the next best thing: an interview with FreshGames President Stephan Smith where he talks about the making of the original Ranch Rush (a game we liked quite a bit).
Casual Connect: Building strong brands in a storm of competition
Developers can best weather the storm of increased competition and falling prices in the casual game space by creating strong, innovative brands rather than cranking out greater numbers of cheaper low quality titles, said Last Day of Work Founder Arthur Humphrey during an inspired talk at Casual Connect.
Casual Connect: Top 12 social gaming trends
Playdom's VP of Game Design Steve Meretzky and Executive Producer David Rohrl, along with Hit Detection Founder N'Gai Croal, used their Casual Connect panel to present a survey of the 12 most interesting and ground-breaking trends in social games to emerge over the past year.
