Hard to imagine at this time last year we'd only reached our first playable version of RollerCoaster Tycoon Story. Our early days of production were spent on developing the playboard. Inspired by classic match 3 rules, we began RollerCoaster Tycoon Story with similar mechanics. However, as we considered ways for the amusement park theme [...]
With dozens of studios, courses and events, St. Louis is becoming the nation’s next video game development hot spot. Matt Raithel was a gamer, right from the jump. “When I was six, Nintendo was this on-fire, crazy toy of the year. When I got it – and this was the 1980s – you didn’t just [...]
St.Louis, Mo.-based indie developer to release video game on Jan. 11, 2019 (St.Louis, Mo., Dec. 18, 2018) Independent video game developer Graphite Lab announced plans to bring its indie co-op pixel art game Hive Jump to Nintendo Switch™ and Xbox One. The sci-fi video game – to be released on Jan. 11, 2019 – will [...]
SO YOU WANNA START A GAME STUDIO?! Studio Director Matt Raithel spoke at the June 5th game developers meet up in St. Louis. The topic was "Starting and Maintaining an Indie Business" and featured talks from Graphite Lab, Jundroo and Happy Badgers. Getting a new business started is one the hardest things you may ever [...]
Attention Jumpers! We’re inching ever closer to our STEAM EARLY ACCESS DATE (JULY 20!!!) Here’s another micro-update to get you psyched: Gameplay Sneak Peeks Online Backer Wall New NPCs New Relics Level building INDY POP CON […]
Attention Jumpers! It’s been a busy few weeks since the last update, and we have more good news to share with you! Here’s what you have to look forward to in this HUGE update: Early Access Date Announced! Scorcher Boss Preview More Aliens Detected in the Hive! Weapons Upgrade! New Relics Located PAX EAST Photos! [...]
Attention Jumpers! It’s been a busy few weeks since the last update, and we have more good news to share with you! Here’s what you have to look forward to in this update: Harvester Boss Preview More Alien Concepts New Relics Located WE’LL BE AT PAX EAST – Kickstarter Booth, ROOM 103 Wizard World Comic [...]
Attention Jumpers! We’ve got a lot of good news in this update, and some bad news. Mostly good though, so I hope you’ll bear with us as we deliver it all. In this month’s update: Release Schedule Update: Delays New Ext. Team Members: YellowAfterLife and FatBard Tutorial and Input Prompting Relic Bonuses and “The Run” New [...]
Online Multiplayer Progress, Backer NPCs, Indie Spotlight! Happy 2016 Jumpers! This is it. This is the year of the JUMP! We’re super pumped to bring you this update because it shares the first look at one of our biggest and most important systems. Online multi-player. We’ve also been progressing with additional front-end elements of the [...]
Happy Holidays Jumpers! ‘Tis the season to lock yourself indoors and sit in front of a computer screen… and we’ve certainly been getting plenty of screen-time working on Hive Jump! We’ve been hard at work developing a lot of front-end elements of the game, taking it from feeling like a development sandbox to a real [...]
