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Web Apr 10, 2018
March 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 Unpuzzle 2 by KekGames 2nd Place: $1,250 Tales of Nebezem: Mind Trial by Beranek 3rd Place: $1,000 Pixels Filling Squares 3.0 by Moczan 4th Place: $750 colorzzle by GilbertLeaf 5th Place: $500 Deep Space Boss by Dracariys 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 KekGames, developer of Unpuzzle 2: I'll keep my comment as simple as my games are. Kongregate's users are pretty specific in their tastes. I make my games particularly for this audience and haven't regretted it a bit -- the community is really supportive, which, combined with the monthly contests, make it all worth the effort (so thanks, Kong, and thanks, players, for such a great opportunity!). Here are some practical tips for devs who want to make successful games for Kongregate: 1) Find your niche. 2)

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Culture Mar 15, 2018
The Culture of Kongpanions: What’s in a Name?

Synapse joined the Kongregate family on October 2, 2017. When we were first granted access to Kongregate’s Slack rooms I joined several player-focused chats for both camaraderie and commiseration. Many of the rooms featured ways to engage or support players, but it was the #whos-that-kongpanion room that gave me an instant sense of culture and connection with the company. Kongpanions are collectables found on Kongregate.com; each Kongpanion is charmingly designed by staff and obtained by players who complete at least one "Badge of the Day" during the week. Players can earn additional prestige by collecting at least five in a week, granting their Kongpanion a crown -- AKA a "Shiny." Developers can use the Kongpanion API to use these adorable companions as characters in their games, and they are tied once a year to larger Quest events. I joined Kongregate.com in 2008, so I remember when Kongpanions were released to the general public. The excitement for something new on Kongregate was overwhelming, and collecting Kongpanions turned into a competition among my group of

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Web Mar 13, 2018
February 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 Angel 4 -My Uprising- (Part 2) by VasantJ 2nd Place: $1,250 Tales of Nebezem: Golden Scepter by Beranek 3rd Place: $1,000 NGU IDLE by somethingggg 4th Place: $750 SiNKR by robertwahler 5th Place: $500 Road of Fury 3 by IriySoft 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 Angel 4 -My Uprising- (Part 2): Medieval Angel (previously known as Medieval Shorts) is now coming to a close, as the last episode of the season will be released soon. We have come a long way from Medieval Cop, where a drunk cop goes around solving mysteries to fighting against supernatural beings of epic proportions. But the reason the series did not lose its charm is because the fans helped me out a lot. Thanks to their honest replies,

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Web Feb 08, 2018
January 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. Last month's big winner was VasantJ's Medieval Angel 4! For those who aren't familiar with the "Medieval" series, it all began with "Medieval Cop" back in January 2016. Since then, it's expanded to 17 (!) episodic games, becoming a critically acclaimed fan favorite with the Kongregate community and frequently dominating our monthly contests. The series blends lighthearted silliness with serious character development -- only in the "Medieval" series will you have the chance to battle both power-tripping demigods and armies of militarized chickens (both intent on world domination, of course). We asked VasantJ to share a few words about his inspiration and experience developing Medieval Angel 4: VasantJ: Medieval Angel (previously known as Medieval Shorts) was a concept born when some fans described Dregg, the main character of the Medieval Cop series, as being too bitter and depressing. So, to add some milk to my coffee, Amber Heart was born. The

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Kongregate News Feb 01, 2018
Kongregate Web: 2017 in Review

It’s an exciting time for Kongregate! As Peter detailed in his blog post, our Publishing arm is expanding into new platforms and growing our established ones. But, I’m here to remind you that Kongregate started out as a web gaming company, and going into our 12th year, it’s still going strong! Let’s highlight some great facts and tidbits: Fast Facts Over 6,000 games were uploaded in 2017 200+ games promoted through our Top Games This Month and Hot New Games pods 30% of games that received 10,000 or more gameplays were considered highly rated (3.75 or higher). One of highest percentages of all time! 111 Kongregate badges created Over $100,000 in developer prizes lined up for 2018 But, I want to highlight a couple of numbers that I feel hammer home our continued dedication to foster the growth & success of the web game community. 111 Badges One of most popular features on Kongregate.com are game badges. If you’re unfamiliar with badges, think of them as an achievement system. Kongregate

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Web Jan 09, 2018
December 2017 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. We asked MezzanineStairs to share a few words about their inspiration and experience developing last month's first-place contest winner, "World's End Chapter 3": MezzanineStairs: We had been collaborating on musical projects for years, and were both fans of the strategy RPG genre. One of us had programming experience, and the other had a story in mind, so we decided to create an SRPG of our own. Our design direction was inspired by features typical to SRPGs that we wanted to avoid (grinding, perma-death, no mid-battle saving), and shaped by the challenges of adapting a fairly serious genre to be accessible to more casual players. We combined our favorite elements from games including Tactics Ogre, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea, Advance Wars, X-COM, the Gold Box series and River City Ransom, and wound up with a game that is still considered too difficult by many, but an appreciated challenge by our fans. Congrats to

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Web Dec 07, 2017
November 2017 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. Congratulations to the following developers! TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Wondrous Lands by drakonian_lord 2nd Place: $1,250 Shift by GuardAngelGames 3rd Place: $1,000 Realm Revolutions by e_cha 4th Place: $750 Hat Wizard by taccommandeur 5th Place: $500 Heart of Galaxy: Horizons by Cheslava 1st RUNNERS-UP! 6th Place: $400 Revenge of the Kid by danishgoel 7th Place: $400 Outfoxed by aliu139 8th Place: $400 Decubed by say892 9th Place: $400 Karta Quest: Chapter 1 by Moczan 10th Place: $400 GetStar by truefire 2nd RUNNERS-UP! 11th Place: $250 Attack of the Mutant Cyclopes by tapark 12th Place: $250 Forgotten Dungeon by kor6k 13th Place: $250 Loot Collector Beta by arispen 14th Place: $250 Retro Combo by Oscuraluza 15th Place: $250 Coven by eshleman202 .contest-winners { font-size: 0; } .contest-winners h3 { margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; } .contest-winners img { display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 12px; width: 100%; } .contest-winners li { display: inline-block; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin:

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Web Nov 13, 2017
October 2017 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. Congratulations to the following developers! TOP WINNERS 1st Place: $1,750 Aground by clarusvictoria 2nd Place: $1,250 ZS Dead Detective - Brain Drain by Lu_Muja 3rd Place: $1,000 AntiVillain 1 - Welcome To Chaos City by VasantJ 4th Place: $750 Push by targaciej 5th Place: $500 Pixoji by ZBlip 1st RUNNERS-UP! 6th Place: $400 Squid Ink by LollygagGames 7th Place: $400 Boo by bontegames 8th Place: $400 Reaper of the Undead by PixelPacket 9th Place: $400 Idle Ants by scorzy88 10th Place: $400 Midnight Spooks 2 by esthetix 2nd RUNNERS-UP! 11th Place: $250 Hexa turn by wonderDev 12th Place: $250 Cubito Mayhem by oultrox 13th Place: $250 F.H. Memento: Playground by FMStudio 14th Place: $250 Song for a bird by bontegames 15th Place: $250 Idle Fight by truefire .contest-winners { font-size: 0; } .contest-winners h3 { margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; } .contest-winners img { display: block; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 12px; width: 100%; } .contest-winners li { display:

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Kongregate News Jul 25, 2017
Fancy Pants Man Is Running to Steam

Super Fancy Pants Adventure, the definitive title in the Fancy Pants saga, is coming to Steam this August! This modern reboot of the series brings incredibly fluid parkour-inspired platforming to Steam for the first time. Super Fancy Pants Adventure will be the fourth and most fully featured entry in the beloved franchise. Players will be able to slide, jump, and hack-and-slash their weapon through enemies across 56 all-new levels and 7 unique worlds. Discover hidden items throughout each world to upgrade Fancy Pants Man and unlock new abilities. Played more than 100 million times worldwide, Fancy Pants is a labor of love created solely by one developer, Brad Borne. Brad has done all of the art and programming himself throughout the franchise, even writing the core platforming code. Thanks to his attention to detail, the game has been meticulously drawn frame-by-frame and animated by hand! You can wishlist Super Fancy Pants Adventure today on Steam to receive notifications when it launches this August. For more information on the game follow the official game channels on Twitter & Facebook.

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