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TriDefense joins BecauseWeMay SALE.

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:52:16 -0300

TriDefense joins BecauseWeMay celebrating the freedom developers should have to price their game how they like.

From May 24th until June 1st. TriDefense’s price will be 66% off. Tell your friends!

Ring Run Circus - Indiecade 2011

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:57:00 -0300

Yesterday we finally submitted our Indiecade 2011 demo of Ring Run Circus, our upcoming game.

This particular build is a selection of cutscenes and eight levels from world 3 (titled “Strength”) .The first 5 levels allow the player to discover the basic mechanics; the last 3 levels attempt to show the potential of the mechanic.

For the final version of the game we plan to complete five worlds, each one with its own gameplay variations (goals, playable character, aesthetics, etc.) based on the main non-stop ring-switching mechanic.

We don’t have a release date yet, but now that we have settled in the core mechanic, story and structure, we’ll do our best to have it ready before the end of the year.

TriDefense will be free this Friday 17th Sep.

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:52:45 -0300

In collaboration with OpenFeint’s Free Game of the Day, TriDefense will be free this Friday 17th of September 2010.

Don’t miss this opportunity and tell your friends as well!

TriDefense2 sneak peek: two almost final images of the new...

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:00:32 -0300

TriDefense2 sneak peek: two almost final images of the new rocket tower and the water enemy. Enjoy!

Ilustrador/a - arte conceptual

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:59:00 -0300

Buscamos ilustrador/a para juegos iPhone y iPad. Trabajo en Montevideo, dedicación part-time y horarios flexibles.

Enviar portfolio a jobs [arroba] kalio.net.

TriDefense’s 1st Birthday = SALE!

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:43:00 -0300

To celebrate TriDefense’s first year we’re reducing the price to $0.99 (66% OFF) until the end of july.

Don’t miss this opportunity!

Celebrating TriDefense’s 1st Birthday [MakeUseOf Giveaway]

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:17:00 -0300

To celebrate TriDefense’s first year, we’re joining forces with makeuseof and handing out 25 promo codes!

Instructions here. Don’t forget to tell your friends.

Codename: TriDefense 2

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:44:00 -0300

Almost a year after the original release of TriDefense we want to say thanks to the more than 200,000 users that downloaded and played our game. We’re are really happy that our first game was so popular and loved (and hated!) by so many people.

Now we’re hard at work with the next release for the iPad, codename: TriDefense 2.

The upcoming iPad release has two main objectives:

amazing new graphics
better level structure

All the models of the game are being done from scratch to take advantage of the increased resolution of the iPad. The modifiable terrain is also something we are improving, as with the original iPhone we were limited to 3 textures in order to reach an acceptable frame rate. The particles and FX are also being improved.

The level structure we’re planning is the original one that we had for the iPhone but for many reasons did not end up being completed. There are three phases, the first one is securing the main bases, the second focuses in attacking the enemies, and the third is taking over their bases. The difficulty curve will also be eased a little bit at the beginning, allowing for more time to learn the different strategies and reducing the frustration that we feel people are experiencing now.

The core ideas of the game and the interface will not be radically changed, but we will be improving here and there, along with some surprises.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to drop by our forums

Thanks!

TriDefense is being played by the guys at Cupertino :)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:10:00 -0300

TriDefense is being played by the guys at Cupertino :)

Flash Carbon Footprint of NYTimes.com = 100 Toyota Prius

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:00:00 -0300

I’m sure you’ve already noticed that when you enter sites that have Flash content, your notebook starts revving up the fan to cool down the CPU. Most of the time, this Flash content is just useless, blinking, scrolling things that serve the only purpose of wasting energy.

Well, the other day we were wondering how will this compare to the CO2 emissions of a car… our rough numbers follow. This is not a thorough research, it’s just a quick calculation, but we believe it communicates the general idea.

The first thing we did was measuring how much energy was drained from a notebook [1] battery, while browsing the nytimes.com. Two measures were taken, one with Flash enabled and the other with a Flash block plugin.

Browsing nytimes.com for ten minutes gave us these numbers:

flash: 3.47 Wh
no flash: 2.95 Wh

That’s about 0.52Wh of difference (Flash consumption) in 10 minutes.

According to alexa.com, the average daily time on nytimes.com is 4.8 minutes, so if every visitor had a a similar notebook, they will consume 0.25Wh per visit, just for Flash content.

According to compete.com, the nytimes.com site has about 60 million visits monthly. Just multiplying the numbers gives about 15 MWh in a month (that’s mega watt hour).

According to Wikipedia [2] the amount of CO2 emmitted while generating 1kWh of energy with coal is about 1kg, so 15 MWh amount to 15,000 kg of CO2.

To put the numbers in perspective, a new Toyota Prius [3] emits 89 g/km of CO2, so 15,000 kg of CO2 amount to 168,000 km. According to EPA [4], the average american drives 1600 km/month (1000 miles/month), so that’s about what 100 Prius emit in that month.

Hence, just the Flash content in nytimes.com, which is mostly useless scrolling things and blinking ads, emits the same CO2 as 100 Toyota Prius.

Footnotes and references:

[1]: Test made on a MacBook 5,1 (Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GHz). Before each navigation, the machine was restarted and the browser cache was emptied. Tested on nytimes of 19th Feb 2010.
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_intensity
[3]: http://www.toyotagb-press.co.uk/protected/vehicles/current/press_packs/prius/PriusEnvironmentalDeclaration.pdf
[4]: http://www.epa.gov/OMS/climate/420f05004.htm

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RingRun - The Future

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:00:00 -0300

Since we’ve submitted the game, we’ve been hard at work porting it to the iPhone/iPad platform.

One of the most interesting challenges we’re working right now is making it a network game. If you’ve played the game you’ll know that it’s very fast and network latency can be critical.

We’ve just been told that RingRun was not selected for Gamma 4.

Well.. back to work!

RingRun - Our Gamma 4 submission

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:42:00 -0300

RingRun is our submission to Gamma 4 . It’s is a fast-paced multi-player arcade game that you can play with just one button.

Press the button to switch rings and collect stars. The runner with more stars when the time is over wins the game.

Simple right? Well… not quite!

Crash another player from behind to make him lose stars. Crash head-to-head and suffer. But wait, you can also defend yourself, or even attack. That’s up to you to discover!

And all this with just one button?

From 1 to 4 players allowed. The remaining players are controlled by “The A.I.”. Beware!

Challenge your friends and become the master of RingRun! ;)

Download the game (compatible with Mac Leopard and Snow Leopard) and tell us what you think either by twitter @kalio or email: info at kalio.net).

Click here to see snapshots and videos.

Game Credits

Idea, Design, Programming, Graphics and Sounds: Kalio

Music: Jacob H

Many thanks to:

Batovi Games Studio
Luis Améndola (Sayito)

In depth description - (spoiler warning!)

Each of the 4 runners has two stable states: flat and sideways. Holding the button down maintains the runner sideways. When going flat it remains within a ring. When sideways it jumps to the tangent ring.

When runners crash, some of the stars they’ve collected are returned to the level. If they crash head to head, both lose some stars. If one crashes another from behind, only the chased one loses stars.

When all the stars have been collected, the countdown accelerates. In any case, the game finishes after 2 minutes. The runner with more stars wins.

Another layer of control is properly timing the button press when two runners cross or overlap. It’s possible to attack by “slapping” the opponent (that is, switching to the other’s state while the other remains put). This behaves differently if they come head to head or one is chasing the other.

RingRun is our submission to Gamma 4 . It’s a...

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:44:00 -0300

RingRun is our submission to Gamma 4 . It’s a prototype of a fast paced multi-player game that you can play with just one button.

RingRun is our submission to Gamma 4 . It’s a...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:01:00 -0300

Start screen

inner circles

pick up stars to win

when you crash you lose your stars

different levels, different challenges

blue wins!

RingRun is our submission to Gamma 4 . It’s a prototype of a fast paced multi-player game that you can play with just one button.

TriDefense is now on sale on the iPhone App Store!

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0300

The pre-release version of TriDefense, our latest game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has been approved for sale today.

TriDefense is a new tower defense game with a unique feature: modifiable terrain. This opens a whole new world of possible strategies to win the game.

Check it out the website, get it from the App Store, and let us know what you think about it!

Follow TriDefense on twitter for up-to-date info and news about the upcoming 1.0 release.

La versión pre-lanzamiento de TriDefense, nuestro último juego para iPhone y iPod Touch, fue aprobada hoy por Apple.

TriDefens es un juego del género tower defense con una característica única: terreno modificable.

Visita la página web, cómpralo en el App Store y dinos que piensas al respecto!

Si quieres enterarte de las últimas novedades y del lanzamiento de la versión 1.0, síguenos en twitter.

TriDefense

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0300

TriDefense is an open path tower defense game for iPhone, with a really unique feature: modifiable terrain. This opens a whole new world of possible strategies to win the game.

Check out the official website for more info.

"Una idea para una fiesta inolvidable" - Revista Bodas

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0200

Según la revista Bodas, Botón.tv es una de las ideas que hacen que tu fiesta sea inolvidable.

También nos realizaron una nota sobre el servicio:

Botón.tv paseando por el este.

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0200

Este verano 2009, Botón.tv se fue de paseo por el este, junto a cerveza Patricia, a grabar las historias más divertidas.

Buscanos en las playas de La Pedrera y Punta del Diablo, grabá un mensaje divertido y ganate muchos premios.

Por más detalles, visitá el sitio de Patricia.

Spin This Bottle! available in the iTunes App Store

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0200

Our first iPhone app was approved for sale earlier today: Spin This Bottle!

It’s a very funny spin the bottle game, with challenge cards. Give it a try and let us know what you think of it.

For the team, this is a proof-of-concept app we did to understand the SDK and the whole publishing process, and at the same time have a finished product that looks nice and works. The approval process took much longer than we anticipated: exactly 2 months.

But the best is yet to come. We’re very busy right now preparing our next app. Stay tuned!

Spin This Bottle!

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0200

Spin This Bottle is another classic party game brought to the iPhone, but with a twist: Challenge Cards. The Challenge Cards can include actions, dares or questions.

Check out the game page for details.