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February 2019 Contest Winners

Each month, developers win cash prizes for having the highest-rated new games! Click here for official rules. Check out the official contest page here. TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Medieval Cop 9 -Song & Silence- (Part 1) by VasantJ 2nd Place: $1,250 Tales of Nebezem: Elemental Link Part 1 by Beranek 3rd Place: $1,000 Idle Dice by Luts91 4th Place: $750 Aurie by RawEgg 5th Place: $500 Mini Switcher by NoaDev We reached out to the top 5 winners to ask about their inspirations and experiences developing last

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Premiering on Kartridge: Kongregate Announces the First Set of PC Exclusives

Kartridge, the new PC gaming platform from Kongregate, has partnered with some stellar indie game studios to curate "Premiering on Kartridge," a set of limited-time PC exclusive titles. Starting in late spring, Kartridge users will be able to play some of the best upcoming games before anyone else. The first batch of games include Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, Hell is Other Demons, and Swords & Souls: Neverseen. Also, Kongregate is partnering with Damp Gnat to announce the sequel to the indie hit Wonderputt! “We're excited and honored

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January 2019 Contest Winners

Each month, developers win cash prizes for having the highest-rated new games! Click here for official rules. Check out the official contest page here. TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Idle Breakout by Kodiqi 2nd Place: $1,250 Tyrian Cavern by jacksoguy 3rd Place: $1,000 Light The Way by say892 4th Place: $750 RowRow by WayWayStudio 5th Place: $500 Feed the Mouse by AraGames We reached out to the top 5 winners to ask about their inspirations and experiences developing last month's top games on Kongregate! First-Place Winner Kodiqi,

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Web Mar 14, 2019
February 2019 Contest Winners

Each month, developers win cash prizes for having the highest-rated new games! Click here for official rules. Check out the official contest page here. TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Medieval Cop 9 -Song & Silence- (Part 1) by VasantJ 2nd Place: $1,250 Tales of Nebezem: Elemental Link Part 1 by Beranek 3rd Place: $1,000 Idle Dice by Luts91 4th Place: $750 Aurie by RawEgg 5th Place: $500 Mini Switcher by NoaDev We reached out to the top 5 winners to ask about their inspirations and experiences developing last month's top games on Kongregate! First-Place Winner VasantJ, developer of Medieval Cop 9 -Song & Silence- (Part 1): It has been three years since the first Medieval Cop episode was published on Kongregate and thanks to the awesome support of the fans of the series and the Kongregate team, the series has become popular and gained a following far beyond my expectations for the series. It has been over a year since I put up a Medieval Cop episode and that's because "Song and Silence" is a delicate

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Kongregate News Mar 06, 2019
Premiering on Kartridge: Kongregate Announces the First Set of PC Exclusives

Kartridge, the new PC gaming platform from Kongregate, has partnered with some stellar indie game studios to curate "Premiering on Kartridge," a set of limited-time PC exclusive titles. Starting in late spring, Kartridge users will be able to play some of the best upcoming games before anyone else. The first batch of games include Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, Hell is Other Demons, and Swords & Souls: Neverseen. Also, Kongregate is partnering with Damp Gnat to announce the sequel to the indie hit Wonderputt! “We're excited and honored to be the launch partner for these very talented developers and their fantastic games,” says Anthony Pecorella, Director of Kartridge Content. “With nods both to our Flash game roots and our indie origins, these games are perfect matches for Kartridge.” "Anodyne 2,” he continued, “is the sequel to the critically acclaimed hit RPG, this time exploring its surreal world in both two and three dimensions. Hell is Other Demons is a challenging action-platformer whose symphony of bullets is as mesmerizing as it is deadly. Turn-based RPG Swords & Souls:

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Web Feb 21, 2019
January 2019 Contest Winners

Each month, developers win cash prizes for having the highest-rated new games! Click here for official rules. Check out the official contest page here. TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Idle Breakout by Kodiqi 2nd Place: $1,250 Tyrian Cavern by jacksoguy 3rd Place: $1,000 Light The Way by say892 4th Place: $750 RowRow by WayWayStudio 5th Place: $500 Feed the Mouse by AraGames We reached out to the top 5 winners to ask about their inspirations and experiences developing last month's top games on Kongregate! First-Place Winner Kodiqi, developer of Idle Breakout: Happy new year! This is my third game on Kongregate and my second idle game. Some players might remember my previous game Religious Idle. I've been making games for a few years, mostly doing game jams such as Ludum Dare. I'm not sure exactly where the idea for Idle Breakout came from, but I've always had an interest in arcade classics and adding newer mechanics to them. Early versions of Idle Breakout were a lot closer to the classic Breakout/Arkanoid games, with a single ball

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Marketing Feb 12, 2019
A Beginner's Guide to User Testing

A few years ago, I was baffled by the performance of an email my team was sending to our users. At a glance, the unique open and click-through rates were fantastic by our industry standards, but when the users landed in our app, the bounce rate was uncomfortably high. Paradoxical, indeed. When we looked at the feature activity data, it seemed that users were either bailing seconds after arriving or clicking aimlessly before eventually leaving, missing the feature we told them about entirely. It was almost as if they had no idea what to do once they got there. Determined to understand why the email was clearly failing at what we wanted it to do (and under a somewhat intimidating time constraint of the upcoming sprint), I printed it out and took it to the food carts down the street. I had every food cart owner read the email, and in their own words, tell me what the email said. Each and every conversation went something like this: Me: “Hi, can you please read this example email?” Food Cart Owner:

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Developer Spotlight Jan 24, 2019
Developer Spotlight: '140'

Games like Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero have defined the Rhythm genre for a long time, with newer titles like Crypt of the Necrodancer and Thumper bringing in a wave of fresh ideas and cool mechanics. With its simple but elegant design, easy-to-grasp controls, and incredibly rich audio features, 140 plays like a platformer adventure built in a musician’s creative process. Headphones are 100% recommended for this one. We got to talk with Jeppe Carlsen about the experience of building 140 from the ground up. 1) Tell us about your Development team. Are you an independent developer? Do you have a small crew of friends working together on your project? Jeppe and Jakob studied computer science together and both worked at Playdead. Jeppe was the lead gameplay designer on both LIMBO and INSIDE, and Jakob worked as audio programmer on INSIDE. During the development of INSIDE, Jeppe started working in his spare time on 140, and he asked Jakob to do some music loops for his prototype. Friends introduced us to artists Niels Fyrst and Andreas Peitersen, who

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Web Jan 15, 2019
December 2018 Contest Winners

Each month, developers win cash prizes for having the highest-rated new games! Click here for official rules. Check out the official contest page here. TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Medieval Chronicles 3 by VasantJ 2nd Place: $1,250 black by bontegames 3rd Place: $1,000 Hexologic by mythicowl 4th Place: $750 Crown Dungeon 2 by Drawmaneater1 5th Place: $500 Guardians of Dreamstate: Infinity Gem by eshleman202 We reached out to the top 5 winners to ask about their inspirations and experiences developing last month's top games on Kongregate! First-Place Winner VasantJ, developer of Medieval Chronicles 3: First of all, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Medieval Chronicles 3 made it just in time for the holidays. The inspiration for this episode came to me when I was visiting my family and we watched a bunch of old Plays on CDs and I thought it would be a great little mystery. The episode was supposed to be a lot different from what it is now. The Cop Character was originally supposed to be a male who would

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Kongregate News Dec 18, 2018
November 2018 Contest Winners

Each month, developers win cash prizes for having the highest-rated new games! Click here for official rules. Check out the official contest page here. TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Rogue Fable III by Justin_wang123 2nd Place: $1,250 Dungeoneers by RogueSword 3rd Place: $1,000 circloO 2 by flori9 4th Place: $750 Just Passing by JoelLikesPigs 5th Place: $500 Let's Learn Japanese! Hiragana by DrSplutterworth We reached out to the top 5 winners to ask about their inspirations and experiences developing last month's top games on Kongregate! Second-Place Winner RogueSword, developer of Dungeoneers: The Rogue Sword team has been putting games on the Internet since before that was legal. We began in 1989 as CyberGraphics (MMO development -- 10 years too early), then Outland (Internet Mac games), then TEN (online service for hit games like Duke Nukem and AD&D Dark Sun Online), then Pogo (casual web games), then Electronic Arts (whatever they do). After the stint as EA minions, we began the game we always wanted to make: Dungeoneers. Using our experience with both hardcore and

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Kongregate News Dec 13, 2018
Kartridge and Indie MEGABOOTH Team Up for IMB Spotlight

We’re proud to share that we have partnered with Indie MEGABOOTH to bring a new, wonderful curation system to Kartridge! When we set out to build Kartridge we wanted to build a place where curation wouldn’t be a uniform, one-size-fits-all approach. Ultimately we see curation as many different types of content filtering: editorial, algorithm-supported, player-rated, and more. Our hope with this multi-pronged process is to help shine a light on games players want to play and the developers who make them. We don’t think that can be accomplished with just one method. Indie MEGABOOTH coming in as a content partner helps us drive an incredible editorial view of the content on Kartridge, and brings their booth curation into the digital space! Indie MEGABOOTH is a traveling showcase of independent developers and their games at major shows such as PAX and GDC. They carry tremendous expertise in finding incredible games and providing them a public showcase, providing on-site support at shows. At PAX West 2018 alone they had over 75 teams showcasing their games! They’ve had many

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Kongregate News Dec 11, 2018
IGDA and Kongregate Offering Discounted Memberships

Hey developers! Kartridge, the new PC gaming platform from Kongregate, is proud to offer a special limited-time opportunity to join the IGDA at a discounted rate! Join now for 20% off with the promo code 2018-KONG-PROMO. The IGDA is the world's largest professional association for game developers. They help game developers of all disciplines and experience levels create great games and build sustainable, fulfilling careers. They host a ton of local networking events, presentations, job fairs, and reach to their other IGDA members. Both Kongregate and the IGDA share a strong commitment to helping game developers thrive, both new and veteran, and feel that an IGDA membership provides unmatched value to every developer. We’re thrilled that the IGDA has provided us this exclusive 20% discount for Kongregate developers and hope you take advantage of it! One amazing part of the IGDA is that they offer a ton of savings on things you’re already likely subscribing or signing up for, including: Save 25% on Unity Plus and 10% on Unity Pro Save 10-30% on passes to major industry events

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