A Year of Surprises
August 10, 2012
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A year ago today I lost my job when THQ shut down its Australian studios. It was also the genesis of Surprise Attack. Looking back, it's been a great year.
Continue Reading ?Behind the Studios: The Voxel Agents
The Voxel Agents are an elite team of game developers based in Melbourne, Australia with a not-so-secret mission: to create unique, fun, addictive games for “on-the-go” times. Back in early 2009, not long after finishing their studies, core members Simon Joslin [Creative Director], To
Continue Reading ?How to make your game stand out
The democratisation of development through engines such as Unity and platforms such as iOS has been a phenomenal development and wonderful for both gamers and developers. However, with such an abundance of games comes a problem - how on earth do you stand out from the other hundred or
Continue Reading ?Melbourne Global Game Jam 2012: Blood, sweat, sweat, sweat and tears
February 05, 2012
Last weekend saw Melbourne’s second annual Global Game Jam happen at LaTrobe University in Bundoora. Fiona from the Surprise Attack team was on hand to check it out.
Continue Reading ?We’re out of beta!
The beta period has come to an end and 2012 sees Surprise Attack entering full commercial operation. with twelve clients.
Continue Reading ?Top tips when applying for grants or funding
In preparation for a GCAP 2011 panel on government grant applications, I put together a list of my top tips and thought it would be worth sharing them here.
Continue Reading ?What have we learnt – the first three weeks
Each week during the beta period I plan to share what we're learning about marketing for independent games and hopefully provoke some discussion too. This week - the challenges of PR in the iOS world and a surprising revelation re advertising
Continue Reading ?Assume makes an ass out of you and me?
In launching Surprise Attack, I need to translate skills developed marketing AAA packaged games for a large, global publisher into promoting independent games, most of which are on mobile devices or digital platforms. I thought it might be good to list some of my assumptions at the st
Continue Reading ?Surprise Attack is go
October 02, 2011
After several weeks of preparation, Surprise Attack is properly launching – and going straight into a beta.
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