Snood for iPhone and Facebook Launched!

Snooders,

It's been a crazy week, but we finally released both the Snood for iPhone versions (in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese) and the 1.0 version of our Snood for Facebook App, all in the same week.

If that's all you need to know, head over and play:

• Snood iPhone - US English
• Snood iPhone - French, Italian, German, Spanish versions
• Snood Facebook (may have a few kinks, be patient :)

If you have a few moments, here are some of the highlights of these all-new Snood games:

• Snood with Friends ─For the first time EVER, play SNOOD in LIVE head-to-head Multiplayer or invite friends to play later in Challenge
  Mode Multiplayer! You can even launch Snoods on to your opponents screen to slow them down in a head-to-head match.

• Show your Snood Skillz─Share your achievements, post your high scores, and launch SNOODs onto your opponent’s screen to slow them down!

• Cross-Platform Play ─Challenge your Facebook friends to play with you from your iPhone™/iPod™ touch! Send and receive challenge notifications on both the iPhone and Faebook
  

• Make-you-own Snood Music. On the iPhone version, you can access the iTunes® library to play your own music, playlist or podcast while you SNOOD!

• Five different play Modes to match your Snood-Mood: hill in Classic Mode with no time limits, get to know the SNOODs in Story Mode, beat the clock in Time Attack, and test your thinking skills in Puzzle Mode.

• Five Difficulty levels from Easy to Evil in each Play Mode─Experience challenges for newbies and experienced SNOOD-Herders alike. Featuring 5 levels of difficulty from

  Easy to Evil!

• The Snood Family has Grown: ─Introducing new characters like DaBomb, Wildcard and the Joker, each with their own unique features.

• Re-designed but always Classic─ Both new versions feature all-new 3D graphics for a hipper SNOOD experience! And if you’re feeling nostalgic, you can still play within the Classic versions of Jake, Geji and the gang.

• Get Noticed─Collect rewards for tricky bank shots and good aim with Style Point Multipliers. Earn Achievements and Rankings and compare yourself against your Facebook Friends and the World! You can view your rankings on both your iPhone and on the FB version.

The store/FB links again are:

• Snood iPhone - US English - http://bit.ly/snoodiphone
• Snood iPhone - French, Italian, German, Spanish versions -http://bit.ly/snoodiphone-row
• Snood Facebook (may have a few kinks, be patient :) - http://bit.ly/snoodfb

Snood Redood on Video

We've just gotten the final cut of our trailer video back from EA Mobile ,and it looks great. Snood is looking rockstar-good, and we've submitted the code for English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese versions for approval. As soon as Apple gives us the thumbs up, you'll be forgetting work...and playing Snood, anywhere, anytime.

Snood in the News....

We're still a bit shy on announcing the actual date, but by end of this month, we hope that you'll be playing a new Snood. We've already gotten some great first look coverage from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), and TouchArcade. Take a read an post some comments - we'd love to hear what you think.

Flung by: Kay

Always Hiring Great People...

Looking for a great Casual Games Programmer.....

We are looking for a jack of all trades game and web programmer who can single handedly manage a large variety of small sized game projects. This person would work on a series of cool games for a number of platforms as part of a small team. This might include being the sole coder. You must have experience coding multiple game projects, and ideally you have been the sole contributor on a number of small or medium sized games. You should be familiar with graphics, sound, gameplay programming, resource management etc. You should have worked on a number of platforms, including both some embedded platforms (handhelds, mobile etc.) and some network based platforms (the web etc.) and in a number of different programming environments and languages. We would like someone who is very fast, smart, flexible, and able to pick up new systems, languages, and machines very rapidly. You should love playing and making games! Why make them if you don’t love them?

We are looking for someone full time, starting as a contractor, but if things go well we see this leading to either full time employment or long term contracting.

General Responsibilities:
• Be lead or co-lead on a number of different game and web projects
• Work with world class game talent
• Work with artists and integrate their output into the product
• Design and implement all aspects of small embedded and network based games
• Be self-motivated and driven to create, improve, and release the best possible products in a rapid timeframe.

Requirements & Education
• Strong Knowledge and experience of either/both the web world (HTML, CSS, XML and Javascript, Flash) or the some kind of serious embedded gaming system (mobile, handheld etc.). Experience with game play programming on a larger (console, PC etc.) game project would be fine as well.
• Familiarity with at least one back end scripting language (Python, Ruby, PHP) a major plus
• Familiarity and experience with ActionScipt 3.0 a major plus
• Familiarity with Max OS X, iPhone, or windows programming a major plus
• Familiarity with C++ and/or Objective C a major plus
• Must provide examples of previous work
• Must love games!
• Bachelor’s degree (or better) in computer science or game creation a plus but not required.

To Apply, head on over to our Jobs Page.

Snood in the Twitterverse

A friend forwarded me a cool little "web mashup" today that is called, appropriately enough, Twoogle. Twoogle which shows side by side results of Twitter searches and Google results. We've already got a 24 hour snapshot of all the people Twittering about Snood over on the Snood Webpage,  but Twoogle also provides a cool historical look at Snood mentions in the blogosphere, on the Web, and on Twitter. Try searching for Snood related items...pretty cool. My results are here:

http://tinyurl.com/qfxfjp #twoogle

Flung by Kay - Chief Business Monkey