Continue reading »]]> Find out what is on tap at Bobkat Growlers! We have 8 taps with a constantly changing variety of craft and specialty beers. Stop on in today and pick some up. We also offer a large selection of wine and spirits.

Please download the iOS or Droid version of our app. We can’t wait to see you!

Continue reading »]]> The Papa’s Pizza app is your source for information for what is going on at Papa’s Pizza in Turnersville New Jersey. View our menu, weekly specials, and find coupons for great savings on the food you love! We update the app regularly so check back often.

Please download the iOS, the Droid version of our app is coming soon! We can’t wait to see you!

Continue reading »]]> Welcome to the official mobile app for County Seat Diner, the one stop
place for menus specials and more.

Download today and …

- View our full menu

- See our daily lunch and dinner specials

- Get directions to our location

Please download the iOS or Droid version of our app. We can’t wait to see you!

Continue reading »]]> Island Officials is proud to announce that we will be partnering up with MiNDtv on a as-of-yet-untitled educational game for the classroom! We will be developing both an analog and digital game that seek to educate middle school students about the importance of staying in school and continuing education. Stay tuned to this space every Saturday as we bring you details, concept art, and other developments about this new and exciting venture!

Continue reading »]]> Railforce One is the personal transport of President Abraham Lincoln and the opening level to Island Officials’ up-coming title, “Pixel Lincoln”. An average day in the life of the 16-bit president begins to unravel when his arch-nemesis steals his signature top hat and Lincoln sets out to get it back. The first level in Pixel Lincoln will introduce you, the player to the game’s antagonist: John Wilkes Booth and his army of Luchador-CPAs who will dazzle with their snazzy business suits and high-flying acrobatic displays. The way forward will not be easy, that’s why in the coming weeks we’ll be providing tips and information to help guide the president on the road to retrieving his prized head wear.

Continue reading »]]> Frantic Frog is a comical and frantic casual game for Android and iOS. Help Hopkins, the Frog, eat as many flies as he can while avoiding the bees to be fat enough to survive the harsh winter.  Catch those flies, one season at a time!

• Use your quick reflexes to catch flies with your tongue
• Play five different challenging game modes including Time Attack and Bee Mode
• Coming soon to Android and iOS!

Continue reading »]]> http://www.nj.com/indulge/index.ssf/2012/09/tiki_tiki_games_in_woodbury_ha.html

Before the computer age, colorful boards — accompanied by spinners or dice and pawns or pieces — ruled game time.

It was these seemingly ancient board games that inspired Ryan Morrison and Ryan Harbinson to go into the gaming industry.

“In 2007, Ryan and I and a friend of ours wanted to develop video games,” said Morrison, now CEO of Island Officials game development studio located inside Tiki Tiki Board Games on Broad Street in Woodbury. “We had a background in retail and were basically hobbyists.”

Continue reading »]]> The original Hands On! Tangrams featured a timer and a simple rating system to reward players for solving puzzles in the shortest amount of time. It added some much needed variety to the game, offered an incentive to revisit puzzles and even rewarded players who achieved the best time on all puzzles. Still, it wasn’t enough. Aside from being the only objective other than completing every puzzle, players could easily solve a puzzle, and then solve it again in record time while the solution was fresh in their minds. We needed more depth for Orion’s Odyssey, and the medal system wasn’t the way to go. So in the early stages of development, we sat down to figure out what other game elements and features we could add. Challenge mode was the first idea that came out of that meeting.

I’ve already talked about how the scoring system was crafted to take advantage of the variety of solutions the player could come up with to solve each puzzle; challenge mode takes those same critical thinking skills and pushes them to their limits. Each level of challenge mode is unlocked by completing that same level in the adventure mode, with every puzzle being revisited with added restriction. Some limit the number of a certain piece, or restrict certain pieces altogether. Some even decrease the standard limit of 30, while others have been reimagined as new, more challenging puzzles.

Challenge mode in action

Of course, completing challenge mode puzzles offers incentives that we’ll reveal on this blog at a later date, but the real reward are the puzzles themselves. Our team worked hard to make the challenge mode the go-to place for puzzle aficionados, and we had a lot of fun doing it. Everyone at the office got involved, solving tricky puzzles and even figuring out how to make some even harder. The end result is an exciting feature that both doubles the meat of the game and adds a whole new way to play.

Challenge mode wasn’t the only new feature we came up with at that meeting. We’ll be talking more about those and other new information soon, so keep checking this space and we’ll see you soon.

Continue reading »]]> The International Game Developers Association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving individuals that create video games. Its mission is to advance the careers and enhance the lives of game developers by connecting members with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer community.

CURRENT

• Chair: Matt Brenner
• Vice-Chair: Ryan Harbinson
• Treasurer: Tristin Hightower
• Secretary: Jackie Grubner

http://www.igdaphilly.org/