Lobstersoft News

Gemsweeper 2 – Level preview

Sandra Erb — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:28:22 +0000

Greetings to all Gemsweeper fans out there!

Here is the first sneak peak for Gemsweeper 2. One of the new levels – a parrot.

If your’e a Brainiac for thinking games…

Sandra Erb — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:54:41 +0000

WOW! I very rarely write a review but I just had to say kudos to this one! If you’re a Brainiac for thinking games this ones for you. Both my sons & I deal with A.D.D. but this game keeps our attention … and THINKING!

Thanks to Demmi for this nice Gemsweeper review, posted at Shockwave.

Arcade Lines Hints updated

Sandra Erb — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:32:26 +0000

Do you want a bigger highscore in Arcade Lines?

Over the past years a lot of successful Arcade Lines players have send us their advise on how to get a good highscore. We have compiled a huge list with tips.

I’ve just updated that list with even more entries.

Check out the Arcade Lines Strategy Hints submitted by Arcade Lines players.

In addition to these tips and tricks, we here at Lobstersoft also came up with some suggestions:

Lobstersoft’s Tips and Tricks for Arcade Lines

Adrian on the radio

Sandra Erb — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:23:02 +0000

Last year in November 2008 the Lobstersoft team visited the ESWC conference in Berlin, Germany. There my colleague Adrian Grigore has been interviewed my Mike Dulin, who hosts a radio show on software and software development. Now the show with Adrian published.

Check out Adrian’s interview here.

Gadgetspeak reviews Gemsweeper and Arcade Lines

Sandra Erb — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:34:29 +0000

Gadgetspeak has reviewed our games Gemsweeper [link] and Arcade Lines [link]

Good observation on Gemsweeper:

While the Minesweeper influence (especially with the title) is evident, after playing the game, almost compulsively, for numerous sessions I have come to the conclusion that Sudoku has at least an equal bearing on the design of the game.

How to get Gemsweeper for FREE!

Sandra Erb — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:54:41 +0000

Last week I posted a link on how to get Arcade Lines for free.

Thanks to everybody who used Trialpay to get the game!

By public request: Here is how to get our game Gemsweeper via Trialpay for free:

Thanks to TrialPay, you can get a FREE fully-registered regular full version license for Gemsweeper.

We’re using TrialPay to partner with dozens of well-known companies who are looking for new customers. Sign up with one of our partners and they’ll buy the game for you!
TrialPay will present you a number of offers for you to choose from. They can range from signing up for free trial of a DVD rental service to making a purchase from an online retailer. There are many offers from great companies like Discover, Blockbuster, Time-Life, T-Mobile, GAP, eBay, Vonage, even TiVo.

Once you sign up for the offer, the company you signed up with will buy the game for you. You’ll then receive the full version of Gemsweeper from us just like a regular Lobstersoft customer.

Click here to get Gemsweeper for free!

How to get Arcade Lines for FREE!

Sandra Erb — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:26:25 +0000

Thanks to TrialPay, you can get a FREE fully-registered regular full version license for Arcade Lines.

We’re using TrialPay to partner with dozens of well-known companies who are looking for new customers. Sign up with one of our partners, and they’ll buy the game for you!
TrialPay will present you a number of offers for you to choose from. They can range from signing up for free trial of a DVD rental service to making a purchase from an online retailer. There are many offers from great companies like Discover, Blockbuster, Time-Life, T-Mobile, GAP, eBay, Vonage, even TiVo.

Once you sign up for the offer, the company you signed up with will buy the game for you. You’ll then receive the full version of Arcade Lines from us just like a regular Lobstersoft customer.

Click here to get Arcade Lines for free!

Avault selects Gemsweeper as a Top casual PC games of 2008

Sandra Erb — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:15:38 +0000

Avault's list of Top casual PC games of 2008 includes Gemsweeper

The Internet gaming site Avault has posted a list of their top casual PC games of last year. Gemsweeper made it to the list.

A quote about Gemsweeper from the review:

Combining challenging puzzles, brilliant graphics, soothing music, and an engaging story, this one is a winner.

Check out Avault’s whole list here:

http://www.avault.com/features/top-casual-pc-games-of-2008/4/

Cosmic Flow – The music of Arcade Lines

Sandra Erb — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:44:42 +0000

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

Adrians new blog is online

Sandra Erb — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:41:01 +0000

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.