Archive for August, 2011

gamescom and GDCE

The flaregames team is back from Cologne. Andreas, Georg and Klaas had an awesome time there. At GDCE, Klaas and Andreas gave a sneak peak of the upcoming first game of flaregames – working title “flatmates”. We are very happy about the very positive feedback on our thoughts and what we showed.

Now off to some real work again – motivation was definetely boosted significantly!

NERF battles!

During the last days with the gamescom coming closer we really worked hard and a lot. Until Andreas brought his NERF gun…

That started kind of an arms build-up. And as of today there is officially no desk in this office without at least one or two of these little “toys” – from handgun-size up to an assault shotgun with a huge 80-shot drum magazine.

Every now and then a massive firefight breaks out. We are very lucky that there are no NERF-nuclear bombs, otherwise the next round of arms build-up would certainly include plenty of those…

We’ll give a lecture at GDCE!

Klaas and Andreas are giving a talk at the Game Developers Conference Europe 2011! Titled “169.939.900 Square Miles: Real World Games Beyond Check-Ins”, it will show, from both game design and production perspectives, how to create a new, uniquely immersive gameplay experience that integrates the real world like it never has been done before. From

Flaregames is leaving stealth mode

Today we officially announced that the 16 of us are working on a Mobile Reality Game that will deliver an experience beyond anything the world has ever seen. We will show a demo of our first title to select media and potential business partners at gamescom in Cologne, Germany, in August. Look forward to it!