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allaboutgames preview

Monday, August 30th, 2010

allaboutgames

The good folks at British gamingsite “allaboutgames” played some ilomilo XBLA at Gamescom and afterwards they wrote a nice preview about it praising it for its gameplay, art style and its high definition qualities.

Cheers mates!

ilomilo wallpapers!

Friday, August 13th, 2010

wallpaper preview

Hello folks, our artist Peter created some sweet looking wallpapers for you! Why you ask? Oh I don’t know, perhaps it’s simply because you’re a bunch of fantastic people. Yep, that’s definitely it. Now, just pick your desktop resolution and enjoy those nifty wallpapers!

Wallpaper resolutions:

1024×768 (4:3)

1280×768 (16:9)

1280×800 (16:10)

1280×1024 (4:3)

1440×900 (16:10)

1440×1080 (4:3)

1600×1200 (4:3)

1920×1080 (16:9)

1920×1200 (16:10)

ilomilo in The Age

Friday, July 30th, 2010

theageimage

Australian newspaper “The Age” wrote an article about the importance of distinctive visual design in modern games, and ilomilo was brought up as an example. The Age asked Simon for some comments on the subject.

Sebastian interview

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

For today’s blogpost we have invited a special guest. Meet Sebastian, a gentleman with “a certain sense for style and fashion” who stars in ilomilo where he gives helpful hints to ilo and milo when he isn’t posing in front of the bathroom mirror or invent new words.

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Hello Sebastian, glad to have you here with us. Why don’t you tell us a little about yourself?

Sebastian: Salutations! Who is this marvelous gentleman with an incredible sense for fashion that stands before you? Why it’s Sebastian of course! Listen well to my words and you will go far!

Right…is it true that you live inside a box, or rather a number of boxes that somehow exists in many locations at the same time?

Sebastian: It’s not a “box”, it’s my house! If someone is lost and needs my help, then I will arrive heroically from my house and help them, wherever they may be. It’s that simple. And in case you wonder, it’s actually a lot larger on the inside. How else would I be able to fit my increditastic collection of porcelain horses in there? Laws of physics and logic are such boring concepts anyway.

I’ve heard you know lots of good old stories. Could you tell us one?

Sebastian: I’m afraid I can’t. You see, I save all my good stories for the lost wanderers who find me at certain secret locations. If I was just telling stories all the time I wouldn’t have anything left to tell, now would I?

We couldn’t help but notice you came here on a flying creature. Does it have a name?

Sebastian: Ah yes! That is my majestic flying stallion who carries me around everywhere! A man of my status shouldn’t have to tire his feet by walking, now should he? He doesn’t really have a name, but I can summon him anytime by whistling three signals though my left nostril. I’m feeling a bit allergic today unfortunately, but I should be able to do it nevertheless. Want me to demonstrate?

Umm…perhaps later. Well, thank you for your time, we can’t wait to see you in the game.

beauty of games interview

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

bog

Beauty of Games interviewed me about ilomilo. There’s new info there, and some new pictures from the game!

Tighten the graphics on level three

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Low poly objects can be an art form in itself. But when you’re trying to convey a soft and nice feeling it just looks bad. So after seeing all the new and fantastic Super Mario Galaxy 2 videos (where you can’t spot a damn polygon edge), I decided to give our trees some extra triangles.

tightenthegraphics

ilomilo fan clay

Monday, May 10th, 2010

It’s official: fans of ilomilo are the most marvelous fans in the world – Linus Lekander and Cecilia Lange made these fantastic ilomilo clay figures:
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How cool is that?
Hint: Super cool.

T-Shirts that never were

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Before we went to Nordic Game we toyed around with the idea of doing some t-shirts. In the end we decided to go for pins and print stuff. Anyway, I made some concepts:
tshirts
Personally I hate t-shirts with ads and big logos on them, I wanted these to be fun and stylish, something that one would actually wear.

Who knows, maybe we will make some t-shirts in the future.
Is there any of these designs you would prefer?

Cockroach rocks!

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

We’re here!

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

… But Fredrik won’t let anyone play!