An update for Christmas Magic + is live now, updating the game to version 1.1. Its a major update for all iPad 3 owners who were having some problems with graphics.
iPad 3 is fully supported now and graphics will display properly on the retina displays now. If for some reason, the game wasn't working properly on your iPad till now, I recommend updating the game as some other bugs related to rating the game and memory management are also solved in this update.
Download here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/christmas-magic-+/id587804888?ls=1&mt=8
Also, just a reminder , the New Year Sale is still on ! So, get the update and then get all that you wanted to buy in the game at the lowest prices ever :D !.
Hi guys ! How are the holidays going? Did u guys get time to game a lot ? :)
In CM+ news, the winning streak of Christmas Magic + continues with number of downloads increasing each day and the buzz around the game getting more electric as each holiday passes. We are even getting requests to translate the game into Chinese and a few European languages. Also, as the trailer is spreading over the internet and being hosted on multiple channels, we are getting requests from all over the world to port the game over to PC, Mac, iPhones and Android devices. Though we can't promise an alternate version right now, technically we can port the game over to Chrome store, thus covering Mac ,PC and Linux in one go, and we can port it to some Android tablets. But, that will require funds and if we earn enough from the iPad version, we can do it. Phone versions will not be possible as the game's puzzles require a larger screen. So, in that regard, the game cannot be brought to iPhones and remains an iPad exclusive for this Holiday season.
Christmas Magic + , our little baby on the Appstore, is climbing strongly on the ladders of the AppStore ! We are getting steady downloads of around 500 per day (ain't that su-weet !) and steadily climbing. Also, its interesting to see the game performing equally well in non-english speaknig countries too, eg. China seems to like our game as much as the US, which is a surprise to us considering that a major chunk of the game is a storybook in English !
Add to that we have been recieving encouraging reviews and fan mails too.With the festive season in the air and Christmas cheer all around, we are getting messages from fans proclaiming the game as
"The Best Christmas Gift !"
Needless to say, we are feeling very proud of our game these days :) ! Hoping and praying it conquers more milestones as each day passes.More news and surprises will be out soon before the new year arrives !
Yes ! Yes ! Its fun quality time for all family this Christmas ! The best Christmas game on the iPad is free to play and ready to be enjoyed right now ! Welcome L'il Pono and his friends into your iPads and spread the Christmas cheer to one and all !
The best game you say! "Says who ?"
Well, say the players who are enjoying it immensely :
“The perfect gift this Christmas ! “ –Rajn287
"Awesome game, Fun to play, Recommended."
-Sorties
"Excellent game. Kids liked it most. Very mesmerizing. Puzzles are well
made." -Rubinder
"Just found this by accident, and after having it for a couple of days
...thus is the most popular app in the household right now. It's easily as good
as the other 5$ books I have bought for kids, and the puzzles are fantastic as
well." - Jivtesh
"it indeed is magical ! mesmerizing graphics, avatar like tree, fantastic
puzzles......whats not to like there ! waiting for another of your releases.
totally recommended." - sunnymanya
See there guys and fellas ! Thats the world enjoying the pretty game ! If you don't believe it, here, watch this mesmerizing trailer in HD:
So, yes, now it feels a bit special, doesn't it ! :^)
why not try it out yourself? Its Free to play and available right now !
L'il Pono , the Magical Tree and all of its wonderful twinkling Fireflies wish you a very very Merry Christmas ! Enjoy, smile, spread love and warmth tonight and forever after ! Let there never be a home without light, without food and without love.....Let it be Christmas cheer all year round !
Just ahead of Christmas day, Christmas Magic +, our beloved little game for the iPad, has got the honour of being featured on the front page of the "Puzzles" section of the Appstore !
Here's the screenshot straight from my iPad :
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, thats the second category where CM + has got featured on the front page, after the "Kids" section. It feels like a dream run to us, out efforts finally bearing fruits :) ! The game is being received extremely positively all over the world and it getting front page treatment from Apple, shows its attention to quality !
Christmas Magic + has been featured on the front page of the "kids" section of the Appstore !!!
That is a massive achievement :^) ! We, at P.L.A.Y.-Games, are overjoyed and humbled by this special treatment from Apple ! It feels ecstatic to see our charming little game performing well and winning hearts all over !
Don't miss out on what everyone is talking about, download the game now ! its free to play and wins over everybody's hearts in a jiffy ! Let the magic spread around this christmas !
Christmas Magic celebrates the #BecauseWeMay sale ! A group initiative of Indie developers to celebrate our independence to price our games as we wish ! The Base game is FREE and all in-app items are upto 70% off from 24th May to 1st June !
We have already hit MASSIVE download numbers on the very first day of the sale : more than 30 times normal ! and we are already featured on the "Whats Hot" section of multiple AppStore's, under the categories "Puzzles" and "Family" ! Its time to celebrate and rock the world !
So, its parties, Free stuff and Celebrations all this week !
Grab'em all this weekend ! Don't miss out on any in-game item at all ! Go..Go.. GO !!! :D
Hey guys ! Just a quick update before the weekend strikes us all ! Like I said in my previous post, our most awesomest game , Christmas Magic, has been featured on the front page of "What's Hot " on the Indian AppStore and we beat "where's My Water?" and "Cut the Rope" to the front page ! So, after our celebrations faded off a bit, we decided that we need to give something back to our awesome fans who made it all possible. After its because of your massive downloads that we are famous today !
So, Here we Gooooo.........
Yes, we are giving away free stuff inside the game all this week, starting this weekend right now ! :D Ain't that cool ! But cooler are our fans who made our game a hit !
So, just follow these simple steps to claim them :
If you already have the game, make sure its the latest version. Check once for updates.
Launch the game and you will be greeted by a message informing you about your free gift !
Log-in with either your Facebook or Twitter account to claim it there and then !
Enjoy the game ! Sprinkle some magic around with your latest free items you just got :D !
Spread the news to your friends and family while you have a great Weekend !
So, there you go, free stuff was never so easy ! :) In case you have been to buried in your life and have no idea about what I am talking about, check out the most awesome trailer ever made :
See that ! Now get that Magic into your homes ! Grab it while the magic is still fresh ! Though, Magic never really gets old, now does it ! :)
A MASSIVE good News : Christmas Magic has been featured on the front page of "What's Hot" under the "Puzzles" and "Family" categories, on the Indian AppStore ! Just found out while browsing the store ! We beat "Where's my Water?" and "Cut the Rope" to the front page ! :D !!! WOW !!! The game is being shown right next to Angry Birds, Snoopy's Street Fair and TinTin ! Our little game has made it big ! I hope it conquers other stores soon ! We are one step closer to world domination ! Ha Ha!
Here's the awesome trailer that is doing wonders for the game ! :
Its free to play, so that makes it even more important to download it right now !
This is the coolest thing ever ! All our efforts to get the game noticed are showing results now. Of course, this shows that the game is being loved by the audiences as there's no other way it could beat "Where's my Water?" and "Cut The Rope" to the front page !
This warrants a party , ladies n gentlemen ! I think I smell some home made cakes tonight :D ! Aha ! Off I go, with a spring in my step and smile mile wide :) ! I think I'll draw something cool, cooler than ever before to celebrate this moment of glory and triumph ! It isn't easy for indie devs like us to make it to the "Whats Hot" page, and when we do its only because of a good game and not any paid marketing ! Makes the moment of triumph even sweeter to savor ! :)
Download Here and Be Cool :) ! : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/christmas-magic-+/id587804888?ls=1&mt=8
So, guys n gals, how do you like it ? My new comic strip dedicated to Christmas Magic ! This was the awesomesauce that I had been cooking on my lightbox for a few days now and I feel delighted to present it to the world now :) ! The response on Facebook has been superb, with people sharing them around on their walls ! I'll have more of these coming for your wholesome consumption soon , while I also work on my new concept alongside ! Yes ! A brand new game is cooking in the hot hot oven of my head ! Hope I can share some details soon :) !
In other developments, our game, our beloved Christmas Magic was featured in the most popular iOS youtube channel called "TouchGamePlay"! :D Now thats a great development and people in the comments section sure seem excited there !
Check it out here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuAeC1_KeQo
Christmas Magic was also featured on "MobileGameFAQs" Twitter channel recently and on another youtube channel called "bbkbest" ! No idea who these guys are but " Guys ! Thanx a lot !" if I could meet you all, I would personally bake a super warm, super sweet home made cake for you guys and deliver it at your doorstep myself ! We need all the visibility we can muster for Christmas Magic ! Every little share counts ! The magic seems to be spreading on its own now as these are impromptu features not influenced by me or anyone in my team.
Also, in gaming news, the new COD has been unvieled, Yes ! Yes ! The BO 2, the much awaited , much touted sequel to BO, and boy ! after ages of rinse and repeats of the same formula, Treyarch has decided to take a leap of faith and introduce something new here ! A breath of fresh air in a severely claustrophobic room ! He He !
Here's some interesting info I could find out about it :
"For the first time," he says, "player decisions will impact the story."
He explains that this will work in two ways:
Key decisions will have significance from a narrative point of view,
but so will skill. How well you do will influence the narrative's
outcome. Main squad members and villains' henchmen will live or die
depending on what you do and how you do it.
Now thats cool ! Atleast that will bring in some incentive for re-playing the campaign !
Strike Force missions are sets of levels that will shape the outcome
of the Cold War between the United States and China. They are
non-linear, sandbox campaign missions.
They exist within the single-player campaign's main story.
Strike Force missions are like team-based multiplayer scrimmages —
played by one player. The player is able to shift between all available
soldiers and robots on his team on a battlefield. You could hop from a
rifleman's perspective to a drone to a C.L.A.W. in a matter of seconds,
and omniscient overhead view will allow you to give, what looks like,
real-time strategy commands. Send this guy here, direct this drone to
flank from the right.
The goal is to kill the opposing A.I.-controlled team and complete a
series of objectives in any order. When a person dies or a bot is
destroyed, it is gone, and you inhabit who or whatever remains. Run out
of people or time, and the mission is lost.
We see a Strike Force mission on a shipping dock in Singapore. The mission is to capture the A, B and C points.
The Treyarch employee running the demo makes quick work of the
opposition. One moment he's a soldier, the next he's a C.L.A.W. He's
flying a drone, now he's a mobile rocket launcher called the Autonomous
Ground Robot, or A.G.R.
I found the above part particularly interesting ! THis brings amazing amount of variety in gameplay of a single mission. All these optins of play exist inside a single mission and every player can play it in his own way, working out his own best soultions. Of course, all of this depends on how well the missions are set up and frankly, who knows, all of this might fall flat as COD fans usually might just want to shoot through the mission and get over it ! So much for ingenuity ! Ha !
I hope people like the changes and the game works out for everyone , because I would love to see a COD that's not a replica of the COD that came before !
The mulitplayer, the oh-so-loved MP, will have its own reveal and we'll dwell on it later. The only reason I am even mentioning a COD game in my blog is cos this one doesn't seem like a COD game ! Hows that :) !
Okay ! So time's up and me has got to get back to his lovely life of plucking flowers and tending to farm animals and singin with the wind....tra la la...la..la ! Nothing can be farther from the truth but I have got to get back to working out my next game's concept and what can be more exciting than that ! C- Ya !
