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Web Nov 08, 2023
Behind the Scenes of Mojo Melee | Mike Levine & Ted Newell

Mojo Melee is a new PvP auto-chess game created by Mystic Moose and recently published on Kongregate.com. Featuring a unique art style and fun gameplay, Mojo Melee blends real-time strategy with intelligent team tactics to create a truly immersive experience for players of all experience levels. Mojo Melee is also Kongregate’s first foray into publishing a web3 game that was not developed in-house. But with Kongregate leading the way with emergent technologies that make web3 gaming possible,

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Bitverse Oct 18, 2023
CHICKEN INVASION!

Bit Heroes Quest is a universe filled with the unexpected. A place where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Whether you’re wielding a sword made of watermelon or riding a pink shark as your mount, Bit Heroes Quest makes all things possible! So it’s no wonder the fabled Bird Tribe has landed in Zone 20. Big Claw Land just got bigger… and Claw-ier! To discover the inspiration behind the lore of this new Zone, we sat down with a special guest within our dev team, the Lore Master for Zone 20.

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Developer Spotlight Sep 07, 2023
The Making of Diebrary - An Interview With The Other Ocean Game Developers

A massive update was just brought to Diebrary, so we took the opportunity to speak to Angus Fletcher & Daniel Eichler, two Other Ocean team members behind the game. “We wanted to make a game in the arena roguelike genre. We're big fans of it. A bunch of our team has played games like Vampire Survivor and 20 Minutes Till Dawn. So we wanted to make a game like this, release it on web, and Kongregate was an amazing partner to do that,” Eichler gushed about how Diebrary came about. Angus chimed in

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Bitverse Aug 02, 2023
The Immersive World of Bit Heroes Quest by Lead Artist Pez Moreno

We take pride in creating immersive and captivating mobile and browser games that transport players to extraordinary worlds. Today, we shine the spotlight on one of our talented lead artists whose creative genius brings the pixel art realm of Bit Heroes Quest to life. Meet Pez Moreno. "When I started at Kongregate, I wasn't officially a Lead Artist, but in March of last year, I began training and officially made the transition in September. My role is to make the artistic goals of Bit Heroes Q

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Bitverse Jul 17, 2023
KONGREGATE BRINGS THE BITVERSE TO MOBILE FANS WITH THE LAUNCH OF BIT HEROES RUNNER ON ANDROID

Kongregate Continues Mission to Grow Bitverse Community with Expansion of Games to New Platforms San Diego, CA (July 17, 2023) - Kongregate, creators of the massively popular web gaming platform Kongregate.com and a pioneering blockchain game developer, today announced the launch of its action-packed side-scroller Bit Heroes Runner, now available for free download on Android. First introduced as part of the company’s Bitverse Web3 game collection, mobile game fans can now partake in the adventu

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Mobile Publishing Jul 12, 2023
Idle Frontier: A Journey into the Wild West of Idle Gaming

Developed in-house, Idle Frontier took the idle gaming community by storm, launching in 2019, and has been a staple of Kongregate’s idle games portfolio ever since. Unlike many idle games at the time, Idle Frontier utilized an immersive camera view that added depth and authenticity to the game board, making players truly feel like part of the story. Buildings and townsfolk helped to bring the characters and the township to life, and the unique art style had a charming quality drawing you in. B

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Art & Design Jul 05, 2023
Exploring the Fusion of Artistry and Functionality in UI

In the fast-paced world of game development, where visual appeal and seamless user experience are paramount, UI artists play a crucial role. They are the masterminds behind the captivating interfaces that guide players through immersive digital worlds. One such talented artist is Michelle Pope, a User Interface Artist at Kongregate. Michelle, who joined Kongregate two years ago, initially made her mark on SpongeBob’s Idle Adventures, released in 2020. Her journey with Kongregate, however, began

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Game Development May 17, 2023
Inside Chef’s Last Stand: A Developers Insight

We sat down with a lead game designer of the Kongregate Squad to discuss the creation of Chef’s Last Stand - Kongregate’s newest game for their web platform. Here, she gives us some insight into the thought process and research done to bring this exciting venture. — Since we’re a small team, it was up to me to research by playing some games within the “run and gun” genre and Chef’s Last Stand ended up being my own interpretation of emulating the feeling you get when playing games like that. I

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Culture May 10, 2023
Kongregate Visits Kellogg Middle School

Last week, I was joined by our Director of Marketing Drew Hambke to visit Kellogg Middle School in Portland, Oregon to talk about the many possible careers within the video game industry. In order to inspire students to start thinking about their career journeys, the teachers at Kellogg kindly invited us to share openly about our own personal experiences with games and the gaming industry, as well as shed some light on the many aspects of video games from a career perspective. As with any pres

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