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Hi Nitromians!

We have a great response from the gaming community for our latest title, Swindler.

We feel it was very well received over at Rock Paper Shotgun:

'gorgeously animated with simply pixels offering remarkable detail – these guys know how to make games that will distract you from your work.' - RockPaparShotgun.com

Jay is games also gave it a warm review:

'Dangle with caution, because danger lurks around every corner for the world's slyest slimeball!' - JayisGames.com

IndieGames also reviewed Swindler, saying:

'It's very satisfying to play' 'The animation quality is superb.' - IndieGames.com

Thanks everyone for playing our games and helping support Nitrome!

RockPaperShotgun Review: Click Here
JayIsGames.com Review: Click Here
IndieGames.com Review: Click Here

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We recently showed you a very cryptic image of a game that we currently have in development. We also told you that it is a follow up to a game that is in the first page of Heart Games.

We are very impressed by how many of you guessed the game name! That's right - it's going to be the next instalment to the Cave Chaos series!

Look out for this game coming soon!

Cave Chaos: Click Here!

by Tom

It's another Friday here at Nitrome towers, so time for an Update!

Well we hope that you are all enjoying the twisting, tumbling and weaving throughout our latest game Swindler!

Next week we will bring you up to date on the latest Skywire VIP Extended developments and more besides.

Until then, have a great weekend!

Play Swindler: Click Here!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians,

Some of you have probably noticed that we are toying with the layout of the ads again on our game pages.

A while back, some advertising networks introduced a recommendation that required us to change our ad layout.

We weren't however able to run all of our networks within that layout and so the latest change is an attempt to rectify that.

Rest assured that if we decide to keep this layout, we will fill the space with something more useful and interesting! :)

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

Romain has fixed a few minor bugs that had been reported in our latest game Swindler!

The following bugs should now be fixed in v1.1:

 - Score errors when applying a cord efficiency bonus have now been fixed.
 - Typo fixed in the first information bubble.
 - The player could be sent inside a wall if standing at the exact place that a new bomb grows. This has now been fixed

To ensure you are playing the correct version, Romain has added a version number to the title screen that states v1.1

Thanks for letting us know about the bugs, happy gaming!

Play Swindler: Click here!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Remember the preview image and teaser video we posted recently?

Well, we’re very pleased to announce the arrival of our newest game. Drop, tangle and roll your way through Swindler!

Many of you have been comparing it to one of our older games, Dangle. Its rope mechanics does indeed share some similarities, both with that and the final ninja series.

This time, however, we’ve added 360 degree twists to the proceedings. Now you can rotate the whole world around you to get where you’re going!

As always, your feedback is always appreciated. Comment us on Facebook, Twitter and trusty email. Game away!

Swindler: Click to Play!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We have put together this preview image of our soon to be released game - Swindler!

We plan to launch this game next week! Some of you may have seen this character in our Nitrome v2.1 site skin. We also released a very short teaser video on Youtube!

Look out for this one being released next week!

Swindler Preview Image: Click Here!
Swindler Video: Click Here!

by Tom

It's Friday, which means it must be time for another Friday update!

Well we hope you have enjoyed this weeks news, there has been quite a bit to take in! Why not join us next week as we will let you all know which game is getting a sequel and also, we will be launching a brand new game!

Until then, have a great weekend!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

This is probably our best piece of fan work to date!

Max Schramp and Duncan Smith have not only recreated one of our games, Skywire VIP, very closely in the 'Scratch' format but actually filled it with all new content that we would argue is of similar quality to the original.

Scratch for those that don’t know is: ‘a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.’ – Scratch Website

A quick word of note here, we would normally not condone someone building fan sequels to our games but this is a purely non-profit project that will have no impact with us in terms of piracy which is why we felt we could give the creators credit for their hard work.

We were so impressed with the project that we asked the creators if they would like to take it further as a fully fledged new release on our site. They were more than happy to take up our offer and have even implemented suggestions that we made to make the upcoming official version even better. It will have a full 100 new rounds, some of which were made especially for this release

Thanks again to Max and Duncan who have worked very hard on this project!

Look forward to this release coming soon!

Play Skywire VIP: Click here!
Scratch Project: Click Here

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

We are working on a follow up to a game that is on the first page of the Most Hearted section!

The game has never had a sequel before! Can you guess which game we are developing?

Let us know if you have guessed what it is over on Facebook or Twitter!

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

For this week’s ‘Memory Lane’, we are taking you way back to one of our classic games – Twang!

Twang was made for MTV with programming by Chris Burt-Brown and artwork by Mat and Jon Annal. The game won the Peoples Choice Award at Flash Forward ’08 in which Nitrome became the proud owners of a big orange rubber arrow!

In the time of its development, Twang went through many redesigns. An instance of one of the redesigns is of the background environment. Originally, the background features in Twang were made up of red hues and were then changed to purples. After this decision, Jon was often accused of making all of his games purple! :)

We have posted up some early development shots of the game so you can see how the game may have turned out!

Twang Development 1 – Click Here!
Twang Development 2 – Click Here!
Twang Development 3 – Click Here!
Twang Development 4 – Click Here!

Play Twang – Click Here!

by Tom

Wow - we have some pretty awesome fan art to show you today Nitromians!

The art is in the form of... ...dominoes!

This video was made by a Nitromian that goes by the alias of 10asti10 on youtube as a tribute to Nitrome reaching 100 games!

The video title tells us that there are 3776 dominoes in the video, that must have taken a lot of time to set up! We thought this video was really cool!

Nitrome in Dominoes: Click Here!

Thanks a lot Alex, we can see the hard work that went into that design! :D

If you have any fan art you have made about Nitrome please do send it in! We love everything we get sent especially if it is our work applied to something we have never seen before. We will feature the best, most striking and most unusual pieces in our blog.

by Tom

Well Nitromians... Friday's here!

Thanks again to everyone for voting for our games in Jay is games 'Best of 2011' and helping Canary get to 1st place in the action/arcade category!

Why not join us next week as we will let you know about our next game and a very special piece of fan work that will be directly influencing another upcoming release!

Until then, have a great weekend! :D

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Rainbogeddon has been included in this weeks Free Indie Rapid Fire! If you enjoy playing Rainbogeddon, you can support the game by voting for it!

Play Rainbogeddon: Click Here!
Free Indie Rapid Fire: Click Here!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Thanks for all of your support over at Jay is games!

Due to the votes made by our loyal fans, Canary is now the Best Browser Action/Arcade Game of 2011, Hurray!

We are really happy to see Canary win as there were some great games nominated in the same category and for people to choose ours out of the group really means a lot to us!

So thanks again to everyone for voicing your opinions on the best of 2011 and enjoy our new games throughout 2012!

Play Canary: Click Here!
Jay is Games Best of 2011: Click Here!

by Tom