Sorry, no post last week due to family circumstances. At any rate, there has not been much to report, since Smiling Cat is in a transition between wind-down of one project and prototyping for the next. So far I have a couple of ideas that seems like they will bear fruit, but I’d like to test them out in prototype to see if they are actually any fun before announcing publicly what they are.
One important happening in the last few hours is that the Ohio Game Dev Expo has been moved to December 7. I’m still very much looking forward to the event, and I hope that many of you can join me there. However, this date change does mean that the launch of EARL’s Warehouse: The Depot will no longer happen at the Expo, as I have no real reason to delay the release of a game that is done by nearly three months. The release of EARL’s Warehouse: The Depot will go on as planned on September 14.
Instead of launching EARL’s Warehouse: The Depot at the Expo, I now hope to showcase one or two new mobile games, which may still be in development at that point. In a way, I think this is a good thing. Showcasing new mobile games alongside existing web-based games will more accurately reflect the future of Smiling Cat, since my focus for the near future is going to be mobile games.
That’s all for now, this week I mainly wanted to get the word out about the change of date for the Ohio Game Dev Expo, and clarify that the release date for EARL’s Warehouse: The Depot will remain the same in light of the Expo’s date change.