Lobstersoft News

The music of our game Arcade Lines is quite catchy. In Germany we call such tunes ‘earworms’ – which is a strange expression, but very much to the point.

So here is some information about the music of the game, if you want to know more:

It was created by an artist named ‘Falcon’, whose real name is Jacek Dojwa. The song is named ‘Cosmic Flow’ and is a special edit of the Falcon’s original song Cosmic outflow. The song is not in the mp3 format like most of today’s music, but comes as an .xm file. This is because it is created with a sequencer, which makes the music special and keeps the download size small.

Jacek Dojwa also is part of a project called Aural Planet. Here is a link to the website: www.auralplanet.com

My colleague Adrian, our  main developer here at Lobstersoft, has just gone online with his new website devermind.com.

Adrian intends to write mainly about software development on this site. His exciting first topic is ‘Linq entity Version property in databound controls‘. I kid you not – click on the link and check it out.

So if you are interested in software development, OOP, C++ and C# be sure to check out Adrian Grigore’s blog devermind.com.

Gamefaqs.com has released an FAQ about our game Gemsweeper. Here is a short explanation about Gamefaqs.com if you have never heard about that website. A game FAQ is an article about a game usually written by a player. It explains the game in painstaking detail and tries to answer every question a player could possibly ever ask about it. Usually it also contains a detailed description how to play through the game.

So if you need tips for a certain Gemsweeper level, this FAQ can help you. The advanced solving tips are also particularly useful. So head over to Gamefaqs.com and check out the article:

>>Click here to view the Gemsweeper FAQ

P.S. If you have any questions about Gemsweeper which you would like to see answered in the FAQ, just contact me.

Gamezebo reviews Gemsweeper. And they like it!

Gamezebo has reviewed Gemsweeper and they seem to really like the game. There current rating is 4 out of 5 stars and the user rating is even better 4 and a half out of 5 stars!

Gemsweeper is a refreshingly different (and difficult) game for puzzle fans. It will especially appeal to those who love Minesweeper or other grid games of deduction, such as Sudoku. It does, however, take a good hour or so for it to pick up – but watch out – once it does, it can be one tough puzzler to keep up with.

You can read the whole review here:
http://www.gamezebo.com/games/gemsweeper/review

We’ve just released an update for our puzzle game Gemsweeper.

The update to this new version is free for you as a registered player!

Check out the improvements in the latest version:

• Better readability of the hints in larger puzzles
• A more stable Arcade mode
• Lots of small bug-fixes
• Translation of the game in many languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Swedish

Don’t miss out, get the new version of Gemsweeper here:

>>Click here to download the newest version