I have time time time!
Yay! Finally. It has been over a year now since I last worked on a game. Now that I finally have time I'm starting a new one. I did a lot of Brain-work on it already and have 5 weeks left until university starts. It is a big project though, so it will take a while. Let the games begin!
School No Moar
I finished school. Forever.
I have also got some very exciting news for e7 and Pwong. You'll find out soon enough 
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JGames Version 2
JGames.ch Version 2 released!
I did a complete redesign of the site. It now has many new features like: User Accounts, Site Customization, Comments, Favorites and a Newsletter. Hope you like it!
GDC and Stuff
GDC (Game Developer Conference) coming up in 3 days. I'll be at my kiosk showcasing e7 from Wednesday to Friday at the IGF Pavilion, so be sure to drop by.
I also have a Facebook fan page and a Twitter account now.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/JGames/180258298663410
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jgamesch
And I'm working on a new site design for jgames.ch with many more features than the old one. (User Accounts, Site Customization)
IGF Student Showcase Finalist!
e7 got nominated for the best Student Game at this years Independent Game Festival!
And it feels awesome.
This means I'll be going to the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Only a few more weeks, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Also be sure to check out the IGF site for a list of all eight Student Showcase Winners: http://igf.com/2011/01/2011_independent_games_festiva_12.html#more
Thank you!
When I look at the statistics of e7, all I see are some numbers. However when someone really takes the time to write me a nice email about how much they enjoyed my game, it makes me feel good. Even if I don't answer you, I read ALL emails that I get. And I'd like to thank everyone who takes the time to write to me. I've never received such a flood of emails before for a single game!
I'm currently catching up with all emails that I should have replied to a long time ago...
e7 music!
I've been getting a ton of emails asking me if it is possible to obtain the music from e7. So I decided to put it up for download.
You can download it here: http://www.playe7.com/e7-Soundtrack.zip
Enjoy! 
Also, e7 hit one million plays last night and got some more great reviews.
Check this one out:
Up again! e7 released!
Wow, it's been a long time since I last used my blog. Almost a year. I will really try to keep you guys updated more often from now on. I will also make a bit of a redesign of my site, the blue on top with my logo looks just terrible.
That said, I released my new game e7! You can play it here: playe7.com or go check it out on Newgrounds.
It got the daily feature there, and an amazing score of 4.22!
It has also gotten quite a bit of attention by the indie games community:
"e7 is lovingly understated and beautiful, from the rush of wind and light piano track that convey a simultaneous sense of isolation and hope, to the silhouetted foreground scenery overlaying a distant and imaginative landscape. The gameplay is simple, to be sure, but the central mechanic is fun to learn, tricky to master, and wholly satisfying once you've reigned it in. "
- AdamC, jayisgames.com
Switching to MediaTemple
Since my old webhost kicked me, I'm now switching to MediaTemple. I uploaded and got everything running on their servers already, so the only thing I'm waiting for, is that my registrar changes the nameservers.
What this means for you; Faster loading games and no more downtime!
I also changed the "Popular Games" list to update weekly based on the amount of plays for each week rather for all time. So go play some games!
Long time no see
Hi again,
I haven't wrote anything for a long time, but that doesn't mean that I'm not doing anything. The last months has actually been a very busy month. I released my new game "Deep", getting my first sponsorship ever . As said in the previous post it is a mix between strategy and shooter.
Deep
"Dive deep into the colorful atmosphere and get ready to conquer the ocean. Deep is a game that combines both the shooter and strategy genre. You have to fight your way from the top to the bottom of the ocean in 15 challenging levels. An underwater clash of creatures that doesn’t only rely on your shooter skills, but also makes you think strategically."
You can play it here: http://www.jgames.ch/games/Deep/
It got a JayIsGames.com review and won the weekly 3rd prize on Kongregate.com. It also won a free copy of KindiSoft's SecureSWF Professional Edition worth $400. Finally I can protect my games from flash pirates!
http://www.kindisoft.com/secureSWF/buy-professional.php
Trailer:
Also, my game Pwong 2 finally got badges on Kongregate. It actually concluded the EPIC WEEK event on Kong, being the highlight of it! So it got over half a million plays on Kongregate alone. If you haven't played it yet you can play it here: http://www.jgames.ch/games/Pwong-2/
I also made a fairly large update to the site jgames.ch, some of the new features include:
- URL Redirecting(games and categories): So instead of http://www.jgames.ch/play.php?id=100 the url is: http://www.jgames.ch/games/Free-Rider-2/ Which is much easier to remember.
- A brand new logo, and a new header, now with a link to my nice little blog
- a portfolio where you see only the game that I made.
- I took away the old looking gray. My site is now black on white.
JGames just hit 250'000 gameplays on all games . But since my site got too many views in the past months my webhost decided to kick me, so I'll have to find a better one. Which means that I will have to put ads beside the games, since I will now have to fully pay for every GB bandwidth I'm using 
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Here's a little graph of the pageviews that JGames is getting:
(spiking to nearly 200'000 pageview in a single week!!!)
Anyway, that was quite a big post. I have a lot of game ideas, but really don't know where to start. What would you guys like to see? An epic battle game, fast paced real time strategy or a relaxing puzzle?