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Underline on sale this weekend!

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If you head over to the App Store now you will notice the price of the full version of Underline has been slashed to just 69p/99c for this weekend only. Whether you have been enjoying the free version or are yet to buy the game you can now access all four game modes and have an ad free version of the game for this bargain price.

Underline is a fast-paced, addictive word game bringing elements of a variety of classic games together. As the letters drop from the top of the screen you must find and draw words in the grid making sure to not let a column fill up! You are rewarded for speed and skill with special multipliers and bonuses. These special tiles can clear rows, act as a ‘blank’ letter, or multiply your score as you compete to top the leaderboard. Use the coins you earn in-game to buy a variety of weapons which clear the grid, shuffle the tiles, give you a head start or even freeze time.

You can buy the game here or try out the free version here (the free version can be upgraded via an in app purchase which removes the ads and unlocks all the game modes). What are you waiting for…

Paid version of Underline coming to iOS this Thursday

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Since we launched the free version of Underline on iOS back in December we have had a number of features by Apple in the likes of What We Are Playing and the New & Noteworthy and some great reviews from players. Following this we thought it was a good time to release the fully unlocked paid version on the store, so it will be releasing worldwide on the App Store this Thursday.

The paid version brings all the addictive word play from the free version minus the adverts and with all four fun game modes unlocked ready to play.

Classic – letters will constantly drop from the top of the screen getting faster the longer you last and the better you play. Earn multipliers and bonus tiles to clear the board with bonus chains and earn higher scores.

Time Attack – this is like Classic mode but with a twist, the clock is always ticking and you must try and keep it topped up by playing words; the longer the word the more time added to your clock. How long will you last?

Wordsearch - in this mode you start with a solid grid of letters and you have two minutes to find as many words as possible, each time you remove a word it will be replaced with fresh letters.

Pass N Play – Take on a friend with this tactical twist on Time Attack Mode.

When it launches it will be available from the following link and for a trailer head over to YouTube.

Underline coming to iOS tomorrow

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We are pleased to announce that Underline is coming to iOS this Thursday 13th December. Following on from its launch on PlayStation Mobile in October it will now also be available on iPhones and iPod Touch, with iPad support coming early in 2013.

Underline is a fast-paced, addictive word game bringing elements of a variety of classic games together. As the letters drop from the top of the screen you must find and draw words in the grid making sure to not let a column fill up! You are rewarded for speed and skill with special multipliers and bonuses. These special tiles can clear rows, act as a ‘blank’ letter, or multiply your score as you compete to top the leaderboard. Use the coins you earn in-game to buy a variety of weapons which clear the grid, shuffle the tiles, give you a head start or even freeze time.

Gameplay is split over a number of modes:

Classic – letters will constantly drop from the top of the screen getting faster the longer you last and the better you play. Earn multipliers and bonus tiles to clear the board with bonus chains and earn higher scores.

Time Attack – this is like Classic mode but with a twist, the clock is always ticking and you must try and keep it topped up by playing words; the longer the word the more time added to your clock. How long will you last?

Wordsearch- in this mode you start with a solid grid of letters and you have two minutes to find as many words as possible, each time you remove a word it will be replaced with fresh letters.

Pass N Play – In this mode take on a friend and see who ends up running out of time first in this multiplayer version of Time Attack mode.

With over 25 Game Center achievements, multiple leaderboards to compete with your friends, four different game modes and a choice of 6 weapons; Underline really is the word game to keep you entertained over Christmas and into 2013 and even better its free!!

If you would like to know anything more or you would like us to send you some screenshots and graphics contact us at: info@albinopixel.com

Press Round-up

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Since Underline launched at the start of the month we’ve had quite a bit of press for the game and a number of interviews with our Technical Director Dave, here’s a round-up of some of the coverage.

Underline Coverage

Underline was released as one of the 21 launch titles on PlayStation Mobile on Oct 3rd and is available on PS Vita and PS certified Android devices.

PlayStation Mobile & Underline Interviews

PocketGamer.biz got in touch with us to see what our thoughts were on PlayStation Mobile and the launch of the store and our game. We covered things such as issues we had during development, what attracted us to the platform and more. Read the full interview here.

PSN Stores also asked us to do an interview about how we had found developing for the platform and to tell them more about the game. You can find that interview here.

Other Press

Last week we were also asked for our views on the Kickstarter launch in the UK at the end of the month and what it meant for games development here. Read the interview here.

Underline launched on PlayStation Mobile

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We have been a little quiet over the last few months but now you all know why, we have been working on bringing our new game Underline to Sony’s new PlayStation Mobile store as one of the initial 20 launch titles.

Here’s the full press release on the game:

We are pleased to announce that our new game Underline has been released today as part of Sony’s new PlayStation Mobile store on PS Vita and certain Sony certified Android devices.

Underline is a fast-paced, addictive word game bringing elements of a variety of classic games together. As the letters drop from the top of the screen you must find and draw words in the grid making sure to not let a column fill up! You are rewarded for speed and skill with special multipliers and bonuses. These special tiles can clear rows, act as a ‘blank’ letter, or multiply your score as you compete to top the leader-board. Use the coins you earn in-game to buy weapons which clear the grid, shuffle the tiles, give you a head start or even freeze time.

Game-play is split over a number of modes:

Classic: letters will constantly drop from the top of the screen getting faster the longer you last and the better you play. Earn multipliers and bonus tiles to clear the board with bonus chains and earn higher scores.

Time Attack: this is like Classic mode but with a twist, the clock is always ticking and you must try and keep it topped up by playing words; the longer the word the more time added to your clock. How long will you last?

Wordsearch: in this mode you start with a solid grid of letters and you have two minutes to find as many words as possible, each time you remove a word it will be replaced with fresh letters.

Pass N Play: In this mode take on a friend and see who ends up running out of time first in this multiplayer version of Time Attack mode.

PlayStation Mobile allows games to not only be played on Vita but also many Android devices including Sony Tablet S, Sony Xperia phones (including Xperia Play) and HTC One series phones with more devices being supported in the near future. Underline’s simple touch mechanic means the same fast paced experienced can be delivered on all devices.

If you would like to know anything more contact us at: info@albinopixel.com or visit http://www.albinopixel.com/underline/

Albino Pixel at GameHorizon Conference 2012

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Albino Pixel will be attending GameHorizon Conference later this month on the 27th & 28th June so if you want to meet up then get in touch.

We are currently looking out for new projects to get involved with whether it be to help you on the next hit iPhone game, a PSN title or a new website so email us at info@albinopixel.com.

Both Dave and Pete will be there so look out for us, we look forward to meeting you!

 

PowerDown released on Windows Phone

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So as announced earlier in the week PowerDown is now live on the Windows Phone marketplace and its available for free. PowerDown is a re-imagining of the classic lights out game and contains all 350 puzzles from the iPhone & Android versions spread across varying grid sizes and puzzle types. It also has in-depth guides and an interactive tutorials to help you learn how to play.

Can you get all the lights out, find out now and download it from here.

 

Shorts Or Not released on Windows Phone

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Following on from our announcement on Monday, we are pleased to announce that our first Windows Phone app is now on the marketplace. Shorts or Not brings all the fun and quirkiness from the iPhone version straight to your Windows Phone so no matter where you are you can find out whether its a shorts day or not and share it with you friends.

Download it here.

PowerDown and Shorts or Not coming to Windows Phone 7

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Just over a week ago we decided to have a play around with Windows Phone 7(WP7) and the recent Cocos2d-XNA port and have to say so far I am are very impressed. The engine port is only in its very early stages but the core functionality is all there meaning that taking a Cocos2d iPhone game or app across to WP7 is a relatively painless process. If you want to find out more about it yourself take a look here.

The first app I ported across was our popular weather app Shorts or Not, I will be adding a tutorial in the coming weeks related to some of the things I found out while moving this across to C# such as parsing XML files and pulling data from a web service.But all the functionality seen in the iOS version is available on this version so very soon even more people will be finding out if its ‘Shorts’ weather where they are.

Following the port of Shorts or Not I thought I would try and bring our hit puzzle game PowerDown across to the platform and again this was relatively painless. Apart from having to approach a few things slightly differently the core functionality was all working in a very short space of time. All 350 puzzles and different types from the iPhone version are present so time to challenge those brain cells.

Both apps are currently in review at the moment and all being well will be released in the next week or so.

Albino Pixel Joins Game Republic

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Last week Game Republic announced that it had doubled its membership over the last 12 months and we are proud to be one of those new members, joining great company such as Four Door Lemon, Rockstar, Double 11 and Sumo.

Game Republic was set up in 2003 to help bring the Yorkshire game development community closer and encourage more business and inward investment to the area. We attended our first meet up on Friday which was focused around Screen Yorkshires new £15 million content fund which is a massive coup for the area.

Last years events included Apple, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Microsoft, OnLive, Unity so we look forward to seeing what events are planned for this year and seeing you all there.