Hi Nitromians,
This will with any luck be our final update before the release of Nitrome Must Die. In this update we wanted to give you a brief glimpse of the scoring system for the game and explain how it works and why we hope it will add replay value to the game. At the end of each level you get a score based on the number of coins you collected from the enemies you killed. You are then given the choice to bank that score or gamble it in exchange for a multiplier on future score should they continue to not lose a level. The multiplier increases by 1 each time you gamble without banking. If you lose a level any unbanked score is wiped out so it is about playing it safe or risking it all. …….it’s a little bit like the weakest link TV show.
Let’s run through two examples to show the potential benefit of risking that score for multipliers.
Playing Safe:
Floor 1 the player banks their score of 100…total banked score: 100, Unbanked Score: 0, Multiplier x0
Floor 2 the player banks their score of 100…total banked score: 200, Unbanked Score: 0, Multiplier x0
Floor 3 the player banks their score of 100…total banked score: 300, Unbanked Score: 0, Multiplier x0
At this point they have 300 points in total banked score.
Gambling with success:
Floor 1 the player gambles their score of 100… total banked score: 0, Unbanked Score: 100, Multiplier x1
Floor 2 the player gambles their score of 100… total banked score: 0, Unbanked Score: 200, Multiplier x2
Floor 3 the player banks their score of 100… total banked score (before the multiplier): 300, Unbanked Score: 0, Multiplier x3
At this point they have 900 points (300 x 3 because of the multiplier bonus) in total banked score.
Large Image: Click Here!
Hi Nitromians!
Our upcoming game Nitrome Must Die (the 100th game) is getting very close to completion now and we are still hoping to have it out this week.
In the meantime we thought we would wet your appetite with a shot from one of the boss rounds. This particular boss is the Cheese Dreams moon which has been infected by the Parasite!
This is just one of the ten bosses in the game!
Nitrome Must Die Preview: Click Here!
Good day all, hope you had a good weekend.
It's been a few days since we released the Nitrome Must Die preview so we thought we’d keep you all in the loop with regards to this very special release!
Firstly, it's not being released today... boo!
However we're not far off now, just tweaking the levels and putting in the sound effects. It's coming together nicely but we didn't want to rush it out when we're so close to the finished game. So we're just buying a little more time to make sure the game is as good as it can be.
We don't know the exact day we'll be releasing it, but rest assured we will put it out as soon as we can!
A lot of time and hard work has gone into this game and we hope you have loads of fun when you get to play it... so all that's left to say is...
Be patient, it's coming, not long to go now, Austin and Justin are coming for you!
Hi Nitromians!
Great news - there are now over 60,000 likes on our Facebook page!
Thanks to everyone for all of your support and for getting involved in the Nitrome community, making it awesome!
If you haven't yet and would like to join in, feel free to like our Facebook page and we will keep you updated.
Nitrome Facebook Page: Click Here!
Hi Nitromians,
Following on from last weeks 'Nitrome Must Die'-gate, we are thrilled with the amount of support we have been getting and we just wanted to highlight a few to show how much we appreciate and listen to peoples support.
Special mentions go to John Niemann who set up a petition called 'Nitrome must live'. There was also some great email support such as the image we received 'Nitrome Must Die Must Die' from Matthew Killick.
Nitrome Must Live Petition - Click Here
Nitrome Must Die Must Die Image - Click Here
Thanks again for the amazing support guys!
Hi Nitromians,
We have reached over 50,000 likes on our Facebook page, Hurray!! :D
Thanks goes out to everyone that is taking part in the Nitrome community. This really means a lot to us and we were absolutely ecstatic when we found out that the page had reached over 50,000 Nitromians!
If you would also like to take part and give us feedback, you can join us on Facebook, Twitter or you can send us an email.
Hi Nitromians,
We have received some really cool fan art that we want to show you all!
These sculptures have been made by a Nitromian that goes by the name of HalfLite. He has recreated two of our characters at enormous scale in the game Minecraft! We’re very impressed by these sculptures!
Test Subject Blue Sculpture: Click Here
Faultline Sculpture: Click Here
Thanks HalfLite, they’re awesome!
If you have any fan art you have made about Nitrome please do send it in! We love everything we get sent especially if it is our work applied to something we have never seen before. We will feature the best, most striking and most unusual pieces in our blog.
Hi Nitromians!
We have just noticed after coming back from our weekend break that there are now over 40,000 of you all on our Facebook page! Hurray! :D
Thanks goes out to everyone for supporting our official Nitrome Facebook page, and for anyone that would like to join in with the Facebook Nitromian community, you can!
Nitrome Facebook Page: Click Here!
We also have a Twitter account where we try to keep you all updated with the latest Nitrome bits and pieces!
Nitrome on Twitter: Click Here!
Hi Nitromians!
Since we have had a lot of great fanart come in that we really want to share with you, we thought we'd post some more of it today. This next work comes from a Nitromian by the name of Wimow.
Wimow has decided to take our pixel characters and recreate them in glorious 3D! The artwork includes characters from Chisel, Faultline, The Bucket and more!
3D Nitrome Fanart: Click Here
Thanks Wimow for this great artwork!
If you have any fan art you have made about Nitrome please do send it in! We love everything we get sent especially if it is our work applied to something we have never seen before. We will feature the best, most striking and most unusual pieces in our blog.
Hi Nitromians!
With the new design and layout of the site, we have tried to keep as much of the original elements as possible so hopefully, the site still feels natural to navigate for our users.
We have given the site more in every way that we could while trying not to take anything out. We’ve added quite a lot of new things to the site, so this could turn into a long post! This phase of the launch is mainly a revamp to get everyone used to the new layout, before we launch new features. New in Nitrome Version 2.0…
New Front Page
Our front page now has more content!
You can now choose a game from the new games panel, greatest games panel or multiplayer games panel all from our front page! We also have a section that lists small descriptions of the latest two posts, keeping you in the loop as soon as you enter the site. You can also click through the front page animations using the arrows or clicking on the individual circles provided in the animation.
Front Page - Click Here
Featured Panel
This panel is something we will use to bring you new Nitrome content such as videos, walkthroughs game updates and more.
Games Selection Pages
The Games selection areas (main games, multiplayer games etc) have been changed. You’ve now got descriptions to tell you what a game is about and if you heart a game, an icon will appear in the top right corner of the game’s panel indicating that you have hearted it.
All Games - Click Here
Games Pages
The layout of this page has changed to reflect the new design. However, due to a new policy enforced by the Google AdSense Team, we had to make a hasty last minute alteration, leaving it less ideal than we would like. We are going to revisit this soon.
Small Games Page (Canopy) - Click Here
Large Games Page (Rubble Trouble Tokyo) - Click Here
Shop Page
The shop page has been kept mostly intact from the previous design whilst being integrated into the new site layout. We will be reviewing this once we have some new items ready for the shop.
Shop Page - Click Here
Videos Page
We released an early version of our videos page on the old site from which you could select from a list of Nitrome related videos. We have updated the design of that page slightly bringing previews of the videos.
Videos Page - Click Here
Distribution Games Page
This page is used for sharing out the distributable versions of our games. This is for anyone that would like to add our games to their website.
You will be able to get the game in two ways. The easiest way to include our games onto your site is to simply copy and paste the html code snippet into the page that you want our game to load. Adding the html code provided by us into your chosen web page should display our game on that page. We are also hosting a zipped version of the game that you can download for use on websites.
Distribution Games Page - Click Here
Top Games Panel
Currently this is running the same as before. It will run how it was intended next week, so stay tuned!
The Blog
The blog has undergone some functionality upgrades.
Image Linking
We have added the ability for each post author to add links to feature images in the blog. This will generally link through to something relevant to the post’s image. The image in this post links through to our home page.
RSS Feeds
If you are in a compatible browser, you will also be able to read through our RSS Feeds. We have had our RSS feeds on the back of the site before the redesign launched and now we have given the feeds ber site integration making it easier to subscribe and keep up to date with all things Nitrome.
With the launch of the new site design, we also have added in some extra functionality.
Latest RSS Feed - Click Here
Hearting
We have introduced hearting into the new site design. Hearting is our way of finding out what your favourite games are. If after playing a game you find that you really like it, heart it! This is the key to getting that game into the top five games list. The more hearts a game gets over time, the higher it will appear in the list. You can see how games are doing in the Hearted Games area.
Sharing
Each game page now give you the options to ‘Share’, ‘Tweet’ and ‘Heart’ it. If you have a Facebook account, the ‘Share’ button will allow you to post a link to the game on your Facebook wall for your friends to check out. If you have a Twitter account, the ‘Tweet’ button will allow you to tweet a message about the game and will include a link to the game’s page.
The Scrolling system
When we introduced the new blog design in February, we also introduced a new scrolling mechanic. This mechanic has undergone some changes and updates.
Ways to navigate
We’ve added the ability to scroll by clicking and dragging the mouse, using the mouse wheel, onscreen arrow buttons and the up/down arrow keys. If you click any of the buttons or keys, you will navigate one post at a time on the blog. If you hold down any of the buttons or keys, there will be consistent scrolling.
Copying Text
We have also added the functionality of being able to copy text. If you press SHIFT, it will lock the scrolling, allowing you to select and copy text from the scrollable area. Pressing SHIFT again releases the scrolling lock allowing you to scroll freely
Added Game Categories
We have given our game selection pages new tabs. The tabs are ‘Main Games’, ‘Multiplayer Games’, ‘Hearted Games’, ‘Greatest Games’. You already know what ‘Main Games’ and ‘Multiplayer Games’ will hold, so I will tell you a bit more about the ‘Hearted Games’ and ‘Greatest Games’ tabs.
Hearted Games
The Hearted Games tab will take you to a page with a listing all of our games in the order of the most hearted to the least hearted. This order is affected by all of the Nitromians on the site hearting the games. This feature is currently not pulling from the most hearted list, but we are counting your hearts and it will start working from the list next week, so keep hearting your favourite games!
Hearted Games - Click Here
Greatest Games
The Greatest Games tab will take you to a page made up of a selection of games that we have put together which we feel are our greatest games. It’s kind of like an ‘editor’s pick’ of our games. We thought this section might be a good idea for the newer fans that might not have played games that we’re really proud of but are older and further back in the games list. This selection of games is also directly linked to the greatest games panel on the front page.
Greatest Games - Click Here
We will elaborate on more features as they become available to you! Have fun exploring the new layout :D
