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Well Nitromians,

Here we are again, at the end of another busy week.

We hope that you enjoy playing the Steamlands Player Pack which was made possible thanks to the combined efforts of Aaron, Stefan and some clever Nitromians in the community :)

Next week we will bring you a preview for one of our upcoming games, so stay tuned for that!

Also I thought I'd let you all know that next week we will be playing around with the layout of the website again. It's something to do with the ads. Hopefully this won't disturb you during your gaming.

If you have any issues whilst browsing the site next week be sure to let us know by using the bugs email found on the contact page

Have a great weekend! :D

Play Steamlands Player Pack: Click Here

by Tom

Steamlands Player Pack Released!

We are pleased to announce the release of our first ever player pack. This pack includes just as many levels as the original game (well, actually one short) for you to work your way through.

The levels feature the four new weapons that we added for you to play with and a lot of the levels made use of the final epic gun from the original game :)

We spent some time going through the levels to keep this update inline with the quality and pacing of the original. Many thanks to all those that contributed to the levels that made it into the game…

You really excelled yourselves with the quality that you gave us and we were thrilled to get so many levels to choose from. If your level didn’t make it into the pack, you may still find that your tanks made it into the new title screen which acts as a gallery of unused but often cool tanks… check out those cranes and Nitrome tanks (personal fav's) :)

We hope you like this player pack. We may do another one if we keep getting levels. If it’s popular, we may even add a dev mode in the odd game here and there in the future!

Click To Play!

by Mat

Hi Nitromians,

I want you to all know that I played every single one of your levels to see who would make the cut for the Player Pack. My sole criteria was fun. If it was fun, then it went in.

Although it’s a bit dull to drill for 5 minutes into a giant tank that says “Nitrome” (and there was more than one), it’s certainly not dull to watch that tank pass by on the title screen.

So even if your level didn’t make it in, you might still see your tanks roll by on the title screen for the Player Pack. Don’t be put off if you didn’t make it into the Player Pack this time round, keep trying, not everyone’s first levels are their best.

Thanks for all your contributions, you will all be credited in the Player Pack (if you didn’t send me your name, now’s a good time!).
Look out for the new Steamlands Player Pack coming soon to the website.

Play Steamlands: Click Here

by Aaron

Hi Nitromians!

We are really happy to tell you all that our latest game Mega Mash has been turning quite a lot of heads since its release.

Edge Magazine has declared it as their last week's Friday Game which is great news!

"Videogames have mined nostalgia like this before – most notably in the likes of the DS’s extremely lovable Retro Game Challenge – but rarely with this much sophistication, and such an unusual level of clear-headed intelligence."
– Edge Magazine

It has had its own post over on Kotaku too which is, we think, our first game to appear over there, so thanks Mike!

"It's a gorgeous symphony of old school gaming goodness, all at once."
– Kotaku

Indie Games gave us a great write up while choosing Mega Mash in their browser game pick.

"One minute, you could be a jubilant-looking bunny and the next, an interstellar space ship."
– Inde Games

Jay is Games have also wrote a great review on Mega Mash!

"Creative, good-looking, and retro enough to make even the most nostalgic of gamers shed a tear. Mega Mash is one glitchy game cartridge you won't mind firing up."
– Jay is Games

We are really happy that the game has been so well received by everyone! A big thank you also goes out to all of you Nitromians for playing our games, you're awesome! :D

Edge Magazine full article: Click Here
Kotaku full article: Click Here
Indie Games full article: Click Here
Jay is Games full article: Click Here

by Tom

Hi Nitromians,

Those of you that are interested in finding out more about the flash community, the developers involved and generally get an insight into the world of indie flash games, you should check out the series of articles that Edge are currently writing over on their website.

Oh! and we get a mention or two here and there. :)

The articles are really well written and we feel they give readers a transparent view into the flash game development scene as a whole.

Meet the developers: Click Here
Show us the money: Click Here

There are still more to come, so we will keep you updated as to when Edge release more articles in this series! :)

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We noticed over the weekend that some of you found bugs in level 18. Sorry for the long wait, we have just fixed the bugs so feel free to play till the end! :D

Bugs include:

Level completion flag on level 18 has been fixed meaning you can now complete the level!

There was also two checkpoint bugs which have now been fixed.

Also, there was a sound effects glitch when you stacked two boxes up on springs, which has been fixed as well.

Thanks for your feedback,
Enjoy the game!

Click To Play

by Tom

Hey Nitromians,

As you can see we have just released our new game Mega-mash

We found this dusty old cart whilst clearing the store room. We had to hit it around a few times to get it to work but here it is in all its glitched glory.

Its certainly a 7 in one cart with a difference.

Click To Play!
Enjoy. =0)

by Jon

Well Nitromians,

It has been a very busy week here for all of us and we have just about managed to release the game that we promised you! We hope that you enjoy our brand new game...

Mega Mash!

Why not join us next week as we bring you more Nitrome related goodness!

Have a great weekend! :D

Play Mega Mash: Click Here!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Just a quick update for you all to tell you that we are currently fiddling around with the adverts on our game pages.

This should not stop the games from playing so you should be able to enjoy all of the games available as we work!

I just thought we should let you know :). If you do see any bugs whilst we are working, please contact us and let us know what happened, the game you were playing and what browser you were using.

Contact Page: Click Here!

Thanks for your patience!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We have got something brand new to show you! Check out this screenshot of another one of our upcoming games. We are really excited about this one!

It is too early to tell you much about the game itself, as it is still in development, but we are able to show you a screenshot. What do you think of the artwork style in this one?  The artwork has been made by our new artist, Martin! :)

More information will be coming about this game in the future!

Game Preview: Click Here!

Just a quick note that, despite showing this and a few other games recently, we still haven't shown anything to do with our 100th game (98th game is coming very soon! :D ).

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

We have just noticed after coming back from our weekend break that there are now over 40,000 of you all on our Facebook page! Hurray! :D

Thanks goes out to everyone for supporting our official Nitrome Facebook page, and for anyone that would like to join in with the Facebook Nitromian community, you can!

Nitrome Facebook Page: Click Here!

We also have a Twitter account where we try to keep you all updated with the latest Nitrome bits and pieces!

Nitrome on Twitter: Click Here!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Do you want to see a preview of a game we are currently working on? You do!? Great!

This latest image is from a game we can't tell you too much about at the moment.

Preview Image: Click Here

Why not let us know your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

That's it for another week but fear not! We will be back next week with more Nitrome goodies for you!

Next week we will bring you... hmm lets see what have we got for you... Oh thats right, a brand new game! :)

So be sure to check back with us next week and until then, have a great weekend!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Since we have had a lot of great fanart come in that we really want to share with you, we thought we'd post some more of it today. This next work comes from a Nitromian by the name of Wimow.

Wimow has decided to take our pixel characters and recreate them in glorious 3D! The artwork includes characters from Chisel, Faultline, The Bucket and more!

3D Nitrome Fanart: Click Here

Thanks Wimow for this great artwork!

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

Hi Nitromians!

We know that we didn't give out a 'Friday Update' last week, so here is a quick bit of catch up information for you all!

We're currently working very hard to bring you some of the new games we have got in development. We know it has taken a little longer than our usual releases do, however we feel that when you see the game, you will understand where the time has been spent! :)

Some of you have also noticed that we are currently approaching our 100th game! This has also been taking a lot of our time and we will be very thrilled to show you what we have been doing when the time comes.

To avoid any confusion that people might have or how they have speculated, by our calculations, we consider our next game to be our 98th game so there will be two more games before the 100th game and any Steamlands update would not be included in the count. Also just to note that we have purposely not shown anything with regards to the 100th game... It's a secret! :)

Stay tuned for our next game coming very soon!

by Mat