Check out this great interview Niv gave at the last GDC expo.
The interview was done by Ben Mears from design3. A small, Santa Cruz CA. based company that teaches game development through the use of video tutorials.
I can totally relate to the fact that, when asked to describe in one word the entire process of developing a game for the last couple of years, Niv simply replies – Insane.
Thanks a lot Ben for doing the interview!
- Sagi
We just got the message from Indie Game Challenge that Confetti Carnival is one of the finalists for this important competition.
Aside for the potential prize money, we feel honored to be chosen by leading developers and industry figures. Of course the extra PR this will give us is most welcome.
So what does it all mean? It means that Niv will fly to Vegas to attend DICE Summit and the Indie Game Challenge ceremony. I will stay home this time, crossing my fingers from the other end of the world.
2 weeks after that, Niv, Alon and I (100% of the Confetti Carnival team) will present our game on the floors of GDC, San-Fransisco.
Indeed, extremely fun and exciting times to all of us – and it seems like it’s just the beginning.
Sagi
In two and a half weeks from now, Niv and I will fly over to Nottingham, UK, to present Confetti Carnival at GameCity 5 festival – I’m thrilled about it for so many reasons.
First, GameCity sounds like pure fun! Just talking to the people organizing this event made us feel so welcome. Checking out the schedule, lectures and guests only made us feel more privileged to take part of this event.
Beginning of a level - Everything's still quiet and peaceful
Second, it will be the first time we ever show Confetti Carnival in public, which is exciting and a bit scary at the same time.
Getting people’s reaction is, obviously, very important to us. We’re currently working hard on building the beginning of your adventure, where you learn how to do all the good stuff.
We want people to be able to play the game like we do in terms of controlling your Gummies and performing the stunts – not an easy task considering we have already played it so much.
We are also working hard on a new Versus mode for the game and hope it’ll be ready for the GameCity festival. If we finish it in time for the show, we plan to have Confetti Carnival Contests and promise free beers to the winners (we’re just two Indie guys at the moment – so we focus on small, tasty prizes).
We really hope to see you there and can’t wait for you to try out Confetti Carnival for the very first time.
Sagi
Well, actually, we didn’t – We used one of the best Logo design services available online.
Long time ago, I came across a great website named Worth1000. Back then, I used to visit it from time to time to check out their awesome contests. They had a nice concept that graphic artists from around the world could participate in a themed creative competitions (announced frequently by the website owners). The results were simply fantastic!
SpikySnail Logo
Tons of creative minds from around the world, all in one arena, showing off their talent.
After a while, they had started adding more concepts and auctions to their website. One of the new concepts was Corporate Logo Contests. The concept here was that anyone who wants a brand new logo for his company or product, can pay a relatively small price and have 40-50 creative designers compete on the option to pitch their own unique logo idea. All you have to do is choose.
The process is very simple. you get a list of questions: What’s your company main business? What will the logo be used for? What should your logo represent? How many colors should this logo be? and so on.
Another question you should answer is ‘how much do I put as a winning prize?’ – you decide how much the winner will get. The recommended winning prize by the site’s owners is about $200. This price should bring about 40 designers to your bid. But of course, if you go higher, more contestants will participate.
To that you should add $200 to list and you got yourself a design competition, where 40-50 art designers are offering great logos to your company for a very reasonable price. A really great deal in my opinion.
Another great thing about the competition is that when it’s done, anyone who logs in, can vote on his favorite logo. This gives you yet another opinion to what people like.
We didn’t choose the concept voted as winner by the site’s voters. We chose another artist who, we think, captured best what we were looking for. Not too serious, not too childish, simple and different.
What also ‘sealed the deal’ was the SpikySnail T-shirt he had submitted along with the logo. The logo contest was held right before GDC 2010, so we started picturing ourselves walking in San-Fransisco in a SpikySnail T-shirt.
Well, at the end, we didn’t wear anything special to the conference – but we did vote for this logo as our favorite.
I invite you to check out the other SpikySnail contest entries from the Worth1000 contest. You’ll find some great designs there. Really professional and inspiring.
And if you ever need a logo – I really recommend you check out Worth1000′s logo design service as your first option.
- Sagi
We’re so happy to finally have a place where we can share our ideas. A place to show some images and videos from our upcoming game Confetti Carnival.
But most importantly, have a platform where you can share your thoughts, insights and basically, tell us everything that’s on your mind.
Welcome to the new SpikySnail Games Website!
Sagi & Niv.
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