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My Crowdfunding Nightmare

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On December 6, 2012 · 9 Comments
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 ”Making games is hard”. That’s what all the experts and veterans kept writing. “Making a living out of making games is even harder” is what they all keep saying to aspiring dreamers like me and you know what? They are absolutely right. Making games IS hard, harder than i could ever imagine. But why? Because there is a million things that can go wrong with a game’s development, as i learned through the School of Hard Knocks, this is especially true for someone with no talent, team or money.   My strategy has been a simple one; instead of spending ten years learning to code well, i can spend those [...]
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An Army of Dummies.

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On October 2, 2012 · 27 Comments
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The Terracotta Army is an army of statues created to be buried with China’s first emperor. Similar replicas have been used by ancient civilizations to fool the enemy into thinking that their army is bigger than what it really was. This strategy may work for war but not so much for marketing your game. Sure, the whole “Fake it ’til you make it” may trigger the herd mentality and fool some people into following you on Twitter, Review your game, Like your page on Facebook or comment on your blog, but there is a cost; you are corrupting your true numbers that tell you who really is interested in you. [...]
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3 Life lessons from Spelunky

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On August 28, 2012 · Add Comment
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I. Love. Spelunky. This game has a random level generator so balanced that it truly keeps the game fresh every time you play it. I also love to extract bits of wisdom from the games I obsess on and Spelunky is a treasure trove of life lessons. Whether or not they were deliberately embedded in the game design makes no difference to me. Lesson #1, STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL  It is really easy to get distracted in Spelunky. Each stage is littered with shinny objects, crates, treasure chests or my personal favorite, Gold Scarabs that beckon you ever closer. But every time you diverge yourself from the path too much, [...]
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Anonymous source releases all card art from Mystic Warlords Of Ka’a to the public.

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On July 22, 2012 · 79 Comments
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We were contacted by one of the ex-players of the now defunct Mystic Warlords Of Ka’a game on Facebook and he was able to somehow salvage all that great card art from the game and put it into a Rapidshare account for anyone to download. He said that he just wanted to see if the hardcore fans of this game, which first appeared being played by the characters in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, could somehow curate it or even resurrect it in some form. We don’t know who this person is or what his relationship is with Dire Wolf Digital and we didn’t ask, we’re just glad that someone [...]
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Clash Of The Titans: EA Vs Zynga

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On July 1, 2012 · 9 Comments
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I will post the updates on top of the page as developments occur to make it easier to follow this story. I am doing it this way to avoid making a new blog post every time something happens and cluttering the blogspace with bits and pieces of the same story. I will announce any Updates on Twitter to make tracking the story easier.   UPDATE, August 4th, 2012: EA is now suing Zynga for ripping off The Sims according to court papers filed yesterday along with some very compelling video evidence: Zynga response? Zynga’s General Counsel Reggie Davis released the following statement: “We are committed to creating the most fun, innovative, social and [...]
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Why do Facebook games die? An analysis of the death of Mystic Warlords Of Ka’a.

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On June 29, 2012 · 16 Comments
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Mystic Warlords of Ka’a (or MWOK) is a online collector card game on Facebook and it will die a few hours from now, at 11:00 PST. Why? That is the question its thousands of players, myself included, are asking. The developers of the game, Dire Wolf Digital, have been communicating with the player base until they posted the following message on June 18th: THE BIG BANG THEORY – FAN PAGE CLOSURE MESSAGE We hope you have enjoyed playing The Big Bang Theory: Mystic Warlords of Ka’a! We regret to inform you that The Big Bang Theory: Mystic Warlords of Ka’a will be coming to a close on Friday, June 29 [...]
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Demo pictures for the new version of Tribal Pride!

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On June 27, 2012 · 1 Comment
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This is only a demo of what we have so far. The landscape will not necessarily be like this for the game. Here, you can see a hexagonal grid that stays perfectly on top of the landscape regardless of how it is shaped. This was very hard to do, but it was necessary because the hexagonal grid will help position buildings and combat units more effectively than freestyle could.       We are working hard on getting the game out and completed this summer, but reality tends to throw obstacles in our projections. Regardless of the pitfalls, we will continue working until it is done and completed. We will [...]
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New Support Us page and Tribal Pride Progress report.

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On May 19, 2012 · 1 Comment
We are trying out an experiment; a Support Us page full of Free Offers and Surveys which our fans can use to help us without having to give money away. It may or may not work, we’re just trying it out. All feedback is appreciated :) Tribal Pride is coming along great and there has been alot of progress done, but it’s still a long road ahead. What we’re going to do is release a private Alpha version of Tribal Pride with barely any graphics at all, just pure concept, then we can use the funds the game produces to bring it to life and polish it, this way, the [...]
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New things.

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On May 11, 2012 · 1 Comment
We added a Facebook section on the right and added a Linkedin profile as well (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/luis-blondet/16/ba4/bba). Also, Tribal Pride is coming along nicely. It will have 3 different modes; Building Mode, Map Mode and Attack Mode. Due to the complexity we may have to cut down on the initial number of available Tribes from the original 13 just for the sake of launching fast. Thank you so much for your patience, we tend to keep all promises.   -Luis Raul Blondet, Founder
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Welcome to our new website, LUTOPiA.Co!

By Luis Raul Blondet, Founder On May 10, 2012 · 4 Comments
We finally got our website up and running. I know it looks simple now but it will grow and progress and eventually become more sophisticated. Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly. In our website we will talk about our own progress, upcoming projects, changes within the company, the game industry in general, social networking games, game design philosophy, game news and current trends. Exiting times are ahead, so stay tuned! :D -Luis Raul Blondet, Founder
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