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May 08

Be Our Facebook Pal

We recently launched our Facebook page and we would LOVE you to be our fan/friend! Our Facebook page has also been programmed to keep up with our ArmorBlog and new games from Armor Games! You’ll also find featured games and other points of interest.

If you have trouble adding us just use the search box on Facebook and type in “Armor Games” and it should be the first link that appears.

I am so happy there is a relevant Lolcat for all situations!

Office News / Site Updates — 11 Comments 6
May 08

Obsessive Compulse Tournament – Final Update!

Oh where has the time gone?  Just a few weeks ago I was posting the Obsessive Compulse Tournament blog post and now we are reaching the homestretch.  We currently have 200+ entries and a ton of fantastic scores.  The tournament ends tomorrow, but there is still time to enter if you haven’t gotten your game mastered!

So I am getting many scores today, but the deadline is May 7th, 11:59 PM Pacific Time… which means you have until the end of the day tomorrow (or today, if you are reading this a day late).  We will take NO late entries.  The email must be in my inbox by that time for the score to count.

We’ll judge the top entries after May 7th to determine if the scores are acceptable.  By May 14th we’ll post the final scoreboard of how everyone did, and announce the winners of the prize packs!

So get your stuff in.  If you want to check out the Obsessive Compulse Tournament, click here.  There’s still some time to enter.

Oh, and by the way… the average score in the tournament as of now is 86.89, and there are 64 entries under 80.

Site Updates — 14 Comments 29
Apr 08

1k and Counting

I’m happy to announce that ‘Armor Games’ broke the 1,000 Alexa Mark this past weekend.

I know Alexa isn’t the defining standard when it comes to web stats, but they recently made changes to improve their overall ranking accuracy.

So I wanted to extend a BIG thank-you to everyone who visits Armor Games!!

-Armor Games Team

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Apr 08

Obsessive Compulse Tournament – Update 1

In case you haven’t heard of our AWESOME contest, link here.  There’s still a ton of time to enter!

Wow, so we’ve been getting a LOT of entries… nearly 120 unique people have entered since last week!  It’s been awesome to see everyone submitting the most elaborate and exciting level designs we have ever seen in Compulse, and you guys certainly seem to be getting better… some scores have improved by nearly 10-20 points in a few days.  We haven’t OFFICIALLY checked any layouts, but I have to say that these scores I am getting are mind boggling.

We have several updates for you!

  1. Many of you have caught a minor glitch in the teleports.  This is caused by the little circle going into the center of the teleports changing the teleport size, meaning the ball may or may not hit it as it pings.  This glitch is most apparent in level 15 and 23, and may cause different patterns.  The chance of these patterns differentiating is about 1 in 10, but it is still significant enough to warrant a warning.  We acknowledge the problem and if your level works part of the time we will know and count it as okay… but make sure to drop us a note if you notice that one of your levels works part of the time (many of you are doing this, thanks).  This problem is only on teleport levels.
  2. Yes, we know you can hack/slash/edit/modify/glitch the file.  But it’s not going to make a difference since you are submitting your level designs to us.  Please do not send us bogus scores from your awesome cheat engines.
  3. Some people are emailing us 10 times a day.  Please send it once at the end of the day :( .  Once or twice a day is fine but don’t spam my inbox!
  4. We cannot reveal the top scores to you.  You have to use your better judgment (and listen to your rambling co-players in the main ArmorBlog thread) about what scores are floating out there.

So thanks for playing thus far!  I’ll give you a hint as to where you may or may not be at the moment: there are 40 entries that are at or below the score of 80!  A bit vague for you in the lead, but now you know at least where you are…. a tiny bit.

Remember you got until May 7th to get your best score!  The original contest page can be found here.

Game Development / Office News / Site Updates — 186 Comments 22
Apr 08

Obsessive Compulse Tournament

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Tournament Updates:

May 12 – Winners Announced!

May 6 – Update #2

April 28 – Update #1

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You think you are good at Compulse? Well we want to see just how good you are in the official Obsessive Compulse Tournament! Play through each level of the new tournament edition game. The players with the best score will win some awesome prizes!

Play the NEW 30 level set released today (it’s really, really hard) and try to get the lowest score possible.

Compulse is a game where you drop directional tiles on the screen to direct a ball through the level. As you advance through the game the levels get trickier and it becomes a game of using the least amount of tiles to get through each level. With the release of the Obsessive Compulse Tournament Pack, there are 30 new levels to enjoy and we’re going to give away prizes to those who are the swiftest and the strongest.

The tournament begins NOW and rolls through May 7th at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time!

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GRAND PRIZE

  • 1 I-pod Shuffle (1GB)+ $25 Itunes Gift Card
  • 2 Ball Revamped Squishy Balls
  • 25 stickers
  • A certificate to hang on the wall, indicating your elite skills
  • Something random we find in the office that will fit in the envelope

First Place (Runner-Up)

  • 1 I-pod Shuffle (1GB)
  • 2 Ball Revamped Squishy Balls
  • 25 stickers
  • A certificate to hang on the wall, indicating your elite skills
  • Something random we find in the office that will fit in the envelope

Second and Third Place

  • 2 Ball Revamped Squishy Balls
  • 25 Stickers

Fourth and Fifth Place

  • 1 Ball Revamped Squishy Ball
  • 10 stickers

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HOW TO ENTER

1) Go play through the entire Obsessive Compulse Tournament Pack. Make sure you beat every level.

2) Go to the main menu and click “Generate Code.” Click the text box and hit CTRL-A to select all the text, and then CTRL-C to copy it.

3) Paste the text and your Armor Games user name into an email and send to john@armorgames.com by May 7th at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time. DO NOT PASTE IT INTO THIS BLOG POST.

PROTIP: You can enter as many times as you want but your best score will be the only score that counts. Please indicate if you are updating a score in your follow-up email. Please do not email me every day.

So there are some cool things we’ll be giving away, but of course you got to follow the rules:

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Official Rules

  1. You must play using the “Obsessive Compulse” game found on armorgames.com, unmodified and in it’s current working condition.

  2. Your score will be posted to the Armor Blog (armorblog.com) a few days after the contest is over, so that you can see how you did.

  3. Any indication of cheating will be detected. Don’t do it. We have ways of finding out. We reserve the right to take away a prize in the case that cheating has a occurred (ask us if you are unsure what cheating is). We can verify your level designs via your code!

  4. The player with the lowest score with all levels completed will be the winner. In the case of a tie between multiple players the player who submitted their final best score first will be considered the winner.

  5. We will test your levels to ensure that they are actually legitimate.

  6. If you are outside the United States we will send you the cash equivalent.

  7. When copying your code make sure you select all and copy the entire code. If we do not receive an entire code we will email you back asking for one. A complete code is necessary to be officially entered (you can tell it’s the whole code because it begins with “<BEGIN CODE>” and ends with “<END CODE>”. Do not send us the codes generated on individual levels… send us the codes generated on the main menu screen!

  8. If there is an issue with the game file we may update it. Be aware that changes to the game file will be logged here. These changes will most likely not effect your current progress.
  9. If you have any questions feel free to ask in this thread or email me at John@armorgames.com!

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So like I said, contest ends May 7th at 11:59 PM PST. Go at it!

Site Updates — 5 Comments 8
Jan 08

New Website is LIVE!

We just launched the brand new ‘Armor Games’ website. The new servers are currently being propagated so it could be several hours before you can access it. In the meantime, be sure to check our Mega64′s newest video as they highlight some of the new features of the website.

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Jan 08

Cool Site of the Day!

We got listed as ‘Cool Site of the Day’ on May 11, 2007!

Click Here to check it out.

Site Updates — 1 Comment 28
Dec 07

Top-11 Free Brain Games

Switched (AOL Blog) had an article on the top FREE brain games, and ‘Four Second Fury’ made #8 on the list.

Who knew exercising your brain could take so little time. (4-seconds to be exact)

To read the article: Click Here

Site Updates — 7 Comments 20
Dec 07

Category Pages (Armor Games 2.0)

Here’s another page from the re-design. (This page is for the various categories we will have on our site; such as Action, Arcade, Adventure, etc)

Highlights include the following:*Featured Game Section; Only the Best Games earn this spot
*A list of 9 games that are popular in that category
*The ability to browse the entire category by ‘Date Submitted, Name, Views, and Score’
*STILL NO POP UPS

Category Pages

Comments?

-Daniel

Site Updates — 18 Comments 18
Dec 07

Beta-Testers Needed

I’m looking for 100 people to help me beta-test the new website. Beta-testing would involved the following.

*Playing Games on the site
*Rating and Leaving Game Comments
*Posting in the Forums
*etc

If you are interested, send me an e-mail and I can set you up with access to the new site.

Daniel {at} ArmorGames.com

Cheers,
Daniel

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