Contest Winners: "Reflections" by Vyen and "Toast Child" by Toast

Congratulations to our June 28th contest winners:

General:
Congratulations to Vyen for winning in the general category with his game: "Reflections". Enter the strange world of Lake Enigma where reflections aren't always what they seem.

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Premium:
Congratulations to Toast for winning in the premium category with his game: "Toast Child". Will you be able to escape your fate as a toasted piece of bread?

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New Pieces: Spaceman, World Hand, Citizens, Small Square and more.

It's new pieces time. Whee! And most of them are free. Double whee! :-D

Spaceman (425 Pips): It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a spaceman! With a blaster. Completely keyboard controlled, this new player piece shoots straight ahead in front of him.




World Hand: A hand that only grabs world (environment) pieces. Perfect for those Spearmen games, you can't even cheat!





Citizen Berserker, Moon Child, Hunter and Rocket Girl: Citizens, Unite! Or should I say Non Player Characters? Populate your games with citizens. Make them walk around or stand still. Careful though, they are vulnerable.

Inner Quarter Circle: It's curvy, on the inside.






Small Treasure: Tiny but so shiny!






Small Square: A small square to build world for those smaller player characters





Small Triangle: A small triangle, to go with the small square.

Contest Winners: "Orange Darkness" by Avalon and "Moon Child's Day" by Toast

Congratulations to our contest winners!

General:
Congratulations to Toast for winning the General category with his platformer game, Moon Child's Day. An average day for Moon Child? I think not.



Premium:
Congratulations to Avalon for winning the Premium category with his game, Orange Darkness, a platformer. Restore balance between Night and Day in this eerie dark (and orange) world.



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New Pieces: Acrobat, Swing, Cart, Hanging Bar and Arial Text

OMG, OMG! It's new pieces! And my guess is... you're going to love them. :-D

Acrobat - 510 Pips: Straight from the circus, I present to you: ACROBAT! Don't be fooled by his tiny size, Acrobat is a revolutionary new player piece: he can grab to any surface with friction. His speed, jump and acceleration are all adjustable.



Swing - 85 Pips: Grab on and start swinging. Adjust its angular friction and heaviness for more or less swing.





Cart - 85 Pips: A cart that moves left to right. I wonder what would happen if you combined it with portals. Don't you? Adjust its power and max speed for a crazy ride.




Hanging Bar - 85 Pips: Go ahead, jump onto it, but watch out for the wobble! Adjust its angular friction and heaviness for a dizzying effect.





Arial Text: English isn't your favorite language? This new text piece is UTF-8 compliant and supports all sorts of accents and characters. That means it supports YOUR language.

New pieces = YAY! You = make game.

New Features: Multi-stamp, Screenshot Preview and More.

New features, (almost) all about improved game creation! W00t!

Multi-stamp: Select multiple pieces in the Workshop and stamp them as a group. Enables you to create complex structures, bosses, etc. and duplicate them easily.

Screenshot preview: Preview what your game screenshot will look like before you publish your game. Don't like it? It's easy to change!

Easy rotate: Rotate pieces easily. The rotate control appears as soon as the piece is selected.

Add player pieces to your bag: You can now drag any piece to your bag, player pieces included.

Improved navigation: Get from one place to the next more easily and faster, without having to expand the navigation.

Awesome, right? So go make a game now!

Contest Winners: "Robo's Legacy" by tut07 and "Domino Shemomino" by d4rktopaz

Congratulations to our contest winners!

General:
Congratulations to tut07 for winning the General category with his game, Robo's Legacy. In this action game, you are Robo the robot. Can you rid the galaxy of the B.I.R.Ds?



Premium:
Congratulations to d4rktopaz for winning the Premium category with his game, Domino Shemomino. Trigger the dominoes In this contraption game, and let yourself be amazed with the results.



Once again, we decided not to list runners up. There were simply too many great game and we didn't want to leave anyone out. You should play through all the recent hottest games.

PlayCrafter Awarded Maker Faire Editor's Choice Award

We had a booth at the Maker Faire this past weekend. Even despite the last minute nature of things, our setup worked out great. We were able to borrow a friend's flat screen TV to show off a game being created. And we had 3 workstations set up for people to try PlayCrafter for themselves.

John (aka ForkliftKid) makes a game on the big screen
while several teens try their hand at game creation.

It was great to see people's enthusiasm for PlayCrafter. We ran out of the 500 or so business cards we had brought.

Getting hands on with game creation at the Maker Faire's
PlayCrafter booth

We ended the weekend on a high note since PlayCrafter was awarded a Maker Faire Editor's Choice Award. We were very proud to display our blue ribbon since there were so many great things at the fair and only a few got this award.