It's been a couple of months since our LDJAM submission. We're still hard at work updating our core Hot Box framework, but a few things have changed which has caused us to shift plans slightly.
Ollie leaves Hot Box Games
Unfortunately we have had to say goodbye to Ollie, who has decided to leave the team due to work and family commitments. Ollie did a brilliant job doing character and enemy art for both our games Player Rush and SUPER SCIENCE CORP. We're all sad to lose such a talented member of the team - we wish him all the best for his future. Ollie still enjoys dabbling in concept art / sketches in his free time - so who knows, you might see the occasional piece of poster art from him in the future!
Hot Box becomes two-thirds independent
While Sam has recently landed himself a new job at a web design company, both Jess and I have left our full time day jobs to focus on creating games. We found that trying to create any sized game, as a 3 man team, was almost impossible when only working evenings and weekends (not to mention the stress of getting zero downtime 365 days a year). We have therefore saved up a little bit of money from our salaries and hope to make a few games this year that will hopefull
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Hey everyone! Have you been enjoying all these sweet LD games? We sure have! :D
We managed to get ourself rated as the COOLEST CATS by playing + rating 371 entries to-date, what a blast it's been!
We're a four person team based in the UK, like all of you looking to create games that people play & love.
This is our FIFTH time entering Ludum Dare and we'll certainly be back for more.
Our Entry
You play as the janitor at a high tech scientific research complex called SUPER SCIENCE CORP. After a busy day sweeping floors, you decide to take a quick nap in your janitor's closet. Somehow, in the 10 minutes you have been asleep, catastrophic events have occurred. All employees have been evacuated & the complex is overrun by strange mutant insects.
The below extract has been syndicated from ludumdare.com
Hey everyone! We hope you've been enjoying all these awesome games - we sure have! :D
We're a three man team based in the UK, like most of you looking to create awesome games and level up whenever possible! We also had a friend of the group, Ollie, join in this LD to try his hand at doing 2D sprites & animation - he did awesome!
This is our fourth time entering Ludum Dare and will most definitely not be the last!
Our Entry
In Player Rush, you play as the final boss in a newly released RAID dungeon. Players from across the globe are partying up take you down and steal your loot. Your objective is to survive and kill as many of them as you can!
