Author: bigrye

Splatter: A Game of Murder

Grab a weapon. Become a killer. Begin the slaughter. In SPLATTER, you are the murderer. Acquire weapons that define your killing personality. Become a SLASHER, and wield a Carving Knife. Become a MANIAC, and suffocate your opponent with a Plastic Bag. Become a DEMON, and coat your enemies in Green Vomit. Become a BEAST, and […]

WORC

http://www.woodbury.nj.us/the-city/woodbury-olde-city-restoration-committee/

Clayton NJ App

Get Breaking news and updates from the Borough of Clayton.

You’ve Been Sentenced

Based on the Dr. Toy Best Product Winner. This sentence-building game uses unique five-sided cards with multiple conjugations of a base word.

Tap Repeatedly: Ryan Morrison of Island Officials

I’m continuing with my series of visiting local indie developers around Pennsylvania and the East Coast! This trip took me just outside of Philadelphia, to Woodbury, New Jersey, where I visited with indie development house Island Officials Read Full Article…

Chicken Flingers

Help Mother Hen and the other farmers fling their chickens in the air to give them some much needed exercise.

Super Obnoxious Ball

Ah geez, look who it is. It’s Super Obnoxious Ball and it’s found its way inside your phone, growing at an extraordinary rate.

Hands On! Tangrams

Re Released on the eShop and DSiWare. Released in 2009 for the Nintendo DS, Hands On! Tangrams is a puzzle game aimed at the youth and causal markets.

Pig Pen

Pig-Pen is a quick-fire family strategy card game for 2-4 players where each player does their best to capture pigs in pens.

Frantic Frog

Join Hopkins on his epic adventure to reclaim the pond from the Queen Bee. Collect coins to spend on new clothing and accessories for Hopkins including hats, sunglasses, sandals, and the highly coveted Zombie Outfit!  

Bobkat Growlers & Liquor store

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 […]

Papa’s Pizza

The Papa’s Pizza app is your source for information for what is going on at Papa’s Pizza in Turnersville New Jersey.

Indie Game Mag interview

Check out a brand new issue of IGM! This issue features the review of the gorgeous XBox Live Summer of Arcade game, Dust: An Elysian Tale. There’s also a large feature and interview with Indie Studio, Island Officials and a new design column that focuses on Minecraft. Other articles include coverage of Orcs Must Die […]

Philly IGDA

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 Leadership Chair: Matt Brenner Vice-Chair: […]

Chipocrite

Paul Weinstein (former bassist of MJ Project, Philly’s favorite jamtronfusion monstergroup) started making music with Game Boys in early 2009. It was the sound he felt he was destined to create, a mix of old and new, a way to bridge the comforting video game tones he grew up with and the complex but catchy […]

Enjoy Gaming

Founded by industry veterans with over 60 years combined experience and more than 500 titles developed and published between them ENJOY has been newly created to enter into the market with a range of products to cover the whole of the video games market. Major IP’s for top product is under discussion, in addition a […]

Twiitch

Twiitch  is a new and exciting Melbourne based, Australian video game software development studio and provides software development services. Twiitch was built from the ground up to be focused on social, cloud-based gaming for everyone. Founded in 2010 by Shane Stevens and Steven Spagnolo, who have more than 40 years of combined video game industry […]

Shenandoah Studio

Shenandoah is a development studio focused on turn-based strategy games for the iPad. We bring decades of experience in game and interface design, graphic production, and software development to the unique challenges and opportunities of this wonderful gaming platform. http://www.shenandoah-studio.com/

Philadelphia Game Lab

The goal of the Philadelphia Game Lab is to create a nexus for creative and technical learnings and collaboration in this area. We are working with local Universities as well as game industry experts and entities to form a community where the full value of local resources can be a destination point for publishers, investors […]

Flyclops

Flyclops is two guys who wanted to make games and decided to JFDI. We want to make games that are innovative and fun, and we don’t think it’s a bad thing that we are incapable of making super polished, highly produced games. When we are not making games we drink beer, crave burritos and say […]

Final Form Games

Final Form games was founded in 2009 by three game developers looking to go indie and live their dream of writing about themselves in the third-person. They had fought hard to get into the industry that was their home for the past half-decade or so. Now, they find themselves driving to its outskirts in search […]

Cipher Prime

CIPHER PRIME IS A MULTI-AWARD WINNING CREATIVE AGENCY FROM PHILADELPHIA, SPECIALIZING IN GAME DEVELOPMENT. Cipher Prime is typically known for it’s debut title, Auditorium. Auditorium has won many awards ranging from Most Creative Game of the Year, Best Browser Based Game, and 2nd Best Browser Game of All Time, to design awards such as the FWA. […]

E3

Island Officials was in Los Angeles for E3 2012.

Marmalade & Mobile Vet

Welcome to the official app of Marmalade & Mobile Vet, where we offer high quality holistic and modern veterinary care with old-fashioned service and honest pricing.

Pixel Lincoln: The Deckbuilding Game

The 16-Bit President of the United States is starring in his very own deckbuilding game. PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 29, 2012:  Island Officials is kicking off the “Summer of Abraham Lincoln” with Pixel Lincoln: The Deckbuilding Game; a card game version of everyone’s favorite Super Nintendo-era video games. The game was designed by award-winning game designer […]

Main Street Woodbury App

Main Street Woodbury is an all-volunteer, non-profit, urban revitalization organization.  Main Street Woodbury, Inc. (MSWI) is comprised of residents, merchants, property owners, and interested citizens dedicated to breathing new life into Woodbury’s commercial district. Ultimately, using the four point Main Street approach, MSWI will improve the quality of life for people who live, work, shop, […]

D’Agostini’s Liquor Store

D’Agostini’s liquor store is in Mantua, NJ and has been family run since the beginning. Our app allows our customers to get information on New Craft Beers we have in stock, our highlighted Wine listings, what new items we have in stock and it highlights some of our close out items. It adds Facebook and […]

Spirits Unlimited App

Welcome to the official mobile app for Spirits Unlimited, the one stop place for info on our growler stations and spot bars located across Southern and Central New Jersey.

iBrutha is here!

iBrutha always “puts it to you straight!” The “inspirational” big brother you never knew you needed but won’t be able to live without! Let Mistuh Brown answer all those questions with some encouragement at the touch of a finger. Need to confide in someone? Unsure about your next move? Want an objective opinion with more […]

The “A” Game for MindTV

Island Officials is proud to announce that we have partnered with MiNDtv on “The A Game” for the classroom! We have developed both an analog and digital game that seek to educate middle school students about the importance of staying in school and continuing education.

LangGuini: A Card Game

LangGuini is a multi player card game for 3 or more players. The game was designed during the 2011 Global Game Jam in Philadelphia, PA. last year’s theme was “Extinction” so we decided that the English language has been deteriorating rapidly, so we needed some new words.

Joe Canal’s Route 45 Grab A Growler App

Joe Canal’s Route 45 in West Deptford, NJ Has an 8 tap Growler station available to its customers.  The app allows you to access what beers are currently on tap and get some information about what beers are on deck, event listings for the store, directions to the store and information on some new brews.  […]

E3 2011

E3 Expo is the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies, publishing interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet.

Video Game Trader App

Are you an “old school” or modern gamer and/or collector? Do you shop garage sales, flea markets, eBay? Want to know if you are getting ripped off by your local game store? You owe it to yourself to know what your games are worth.

E3 Update

So Harb, Ed, Tyler, myself, and George, Brandon, Tom & Nick from the Pixel Lincoln team descended on Los Angeles for this year’s E3 show.  We pitched out two budding titles for the Nintendo DS and showed them off to about 20 or so publishers. Hands On! Pattern Blocks received excellent reviews from everyone we […]

Too Many Games 2011

TooManyGames has continued to grow and incorporate new features it has expanded from its original 5,000 square feet to now encompass over 80,000 square feet of the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center’s convention space and includes dedicated rooms for Japanese animation (anime), fan-made and commercial video game movies, discussion panels and exhibitions, and a new 18,000 […]

Global Game Jam 2011

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world’s largest game jam event occurring annually in late January. GGJ brings together thousands of game enthusiasts participating through many local jams around the world. GGJ is a project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

Video Game Trader Show 2010

Video Game Trader magazine & price guide strives to provide the best coverage of classic and retro video games of yesterday, as well as provide the best coverage of brand new games for classic consoles.

Too Many Games 2010

TooManyGames is the premier indie gaming event on this side of the country! For almost 10 years TooManyGames has provided gamers from all along the east coast and beyond with a festival, a celebration, an event solely for them!

Game Core 2009

Game Core is a convention, but it’s more than that. What we are doing is we’re trying to bring together all types of gaming, from RPGs to Video Games, to Cardgames, and make them available to the gamers that crave them.

VGXPO 2008

In 2008 we attended the VGXPO in Philadelphia, PA to show off our first build of Hands On! Tangrams and some other projects. We had a “We Love Cake” Cake and some other fun stuff.

Events and Island Officials

We at IO love the opportunity to get out there and talk to people and get their true face to face feedback on our games. Watch for updates on the events section for up and coming events.

USAToday- Visual puzzles challenge, entertain kids

Since the game presents the easy puzzles first, kids learn how to manipulate the pieces and gain confidence before tackling the harder puzzles. The game doesn’t offer any hints when you are stuck, so it’s a game that requires perseverance.   Read full article…