It’s been awhile I haven’t done any weekly update, here what caught my eye in the last month.

Browser game

Mashup of scrabble + simcity = verbocity

Here a game with a really cool concept it puts together the word game genre (like scrabble) and the city building genre (like simcity). You build buildings which cover an area and you get the letter under the area. To build another building you must have the letter to build the given building. If you want to build a “house” you must have all the letter in the word house.

And there is a little  extra twist you must balance between population, job and fun (recreational) building to get extra value for your town.

So far here are the word I’ve found :

House, hut, park, mine, factory, stadium, arena, statue, tower, skyscraper, condo, zoo, pub, bar, club, museum, court, barrack, field, townhall, dump.

Link to the game : Verbocity

Related : Spell ‘tower’ and more in SimCity and Scrabble mashup VerboCity

Scrounger: another Zombie game

Another zombie game that caught my eye with his retro style.

The game play is actually really fun even though the controls are squishy and that you sometime was ammo for no reason. You got from room to room collecting ammo and food. You can shoot the zombie but there is more zombie than ammo so it’s better  to run from them most of the time. You clear an area when you collect everything or kill all the zombie.

Link to the game : Scrounger

Related : Scrounger, if starvation or fatigue doesn’t kill you, the zombies will

Final Fantasy mobile news

Not browser related since I’ve already wrote about final fantasy tactics in the past there some new here.

There’s an update for final fantasy tactic, new graphic, new animation, support for the iCloud and it’s half off woohoo 🙂

Click here for more info from toucharcade

Another Free final fantasy tactic is out in japan on iOs, we don’t know if there will be a release elsewhere in the world but I hope it will.

It seems it has the race and class from Final Fantasy tactic Advance 2 on the DS, which I’ve loved, but the combat system seems much simpler missing the tactical advantage of moving around the terrain and going behind your enemy back.
You can check out the trailer :

Finally if you are a Fan of the final fantasy series there a talk next week (june 11th 2013) about the future of the franchise.

More info here on MCV

Has a Final Fantasy  fan you can check the development of game The Black Tower, a final fantasy nod that have a similar combat system to Final Fantasy 7

World of Tank: from free to play to free to win

Wargaming the maker of Word of tank, has made a announcement that it won’t give in game advantage making the game “more equal” for paying/non-paying user.

From the article :

“Free-to-play games have the challenge of being sometimes viewed as low quality, and we want World of Tanks to serve as proof that a quality and balanced free-to-play game is possible. However, breaking down deeply-rooted stereotypes is no easy task.”

Check out the full article on Gamasutra

You start with no staff at all but don’t worry, it’s probably better that way. Staff cost a lot of money and their salaries go up pretty quickly too. So I wouldn’t recommend going to the market either since the market is flooded with applicant and a staff member with a 100 attribute cost a whopping sometime 90-100k.

Instead check out the weekly applicant that come to the arena for a job, they are usually not as good than the one on the market (sometime their stats are mostly garbage) but they don’t cost the premium of staff on the market. You can train him in order to become better.

The staff member effectiveness is increased via your installation so incompetent lecturer with good installation may be the same has a good (but pricey) lecturer in bad installation. Since installation cost less and can always be downgrade for money, focus on the installation before the staff.

After 6-7 season our employees will skill will have greatly increased and so is their salary.

The salary seems to increase with the year in your organization and the number of points in each attribute. (I’m not sure but double check the forum) Note that has the attributes grow so grow the salary exponentially meaning that a staffer with a  high attribute and a low one (let say 100/0) will cost sometime 10 time the cost of a staffer with balanced attribute (like 50/50)

you can see in this image a coach with 30 point less cost 3 times less too.

The takeaway point here is focus on recruiting cheap staff and train both attribute equally. Has your team grows and the money come in you will be able to pays those big salaries later.

The player you start with are pretty bad, but they’re a good thing they got pretty bad salaries too. You might be tempted to go on the market and blow you money on 2 or 3 super star, but that completely useless since you don’t have decent player to complement them and a the arena to hold the thousand of fan to see them play.

before :

After :

Ok so what should you look for in you player ? You should check the quality of the attribute not the attribute itself. The quality of the attribute is the innate ability of the player to progress that attribute, the bigger the value the more responsive the player will be to training.

The takeaway point here is :

Quality of the attribute = good progress of the value of the attribute when you train.

Value of the attribute = good performance in game

Note that each position have there main attribute and their secondary one that depends on the position, they are all in the guide so go check the guide.

Now that you looked at you player, you should keep them for now. Once you start recruiting decent player in the academy you can get rid of bad one (by terminating their contract, not renewing it or placing it on the market).

If you want to recruit on the market that the subject of a whole other post but keep this in mind for now :

1- you are not making any money, start focusing on upgrading your arena first (more about this in a next post)

2- be careful the market is oversaturated with player that are not well balanced but have a big salary because of their over inflated overall

3- you need to wait 11 days (have 11 points to be a novice manager) to be able to bids on players.

4- do not exceed 40 players there a penalty for having too many player and you need the extra money now.

OK, Ok guys! I’m going to write a quick guide on ppm because I made the mistake of not reading the guide when I started and now my team finance is a mess. If you’re like me the first thing you did when you started playing it goes look at your players and go around the interface a bit. So before going anywhere read the official ppm guide here, it contains all the basic you need to know about the game.

I don’t know why but I had a hard time finding where the guide was, I was easier to find it via google go figure.

Note take time to read the faq and rules just to be sure you won’t make the mistake of naming your team an inappropriate name or trolling the forum.

I promise guys, that’s the last time I’ll use that image

You start with no staff, a few player (enough for 3-4 line) and a very small arena.

Don’t worry Rome wasn’t build in a day and so is your team of super stars.

In the next coming part of the guide, we will talk about the three cornerstones of your team:  your players, your staff and your arena

Most say that they’re not more important that one or another, the player need the staff and the arena to train, take care of injury and play, the staff need the arena infrastructure to do its work and the arena need the staff to be taken care of, finally these player wills bring the crowds, glory and cash that goes with it to pays all this nice mix.

Part 2: Players

Part 3: Staff

Part 4: Arena

You guys know I like good hockey manager game, I’ve already talked about Cyberpuck and Senior Hockey League.

I’ve been playing for a while another hockey manager called power play manager. It’s probably one the best hockey manager that don’t use real player (NHL) out there.

Powerplay Manager puts you in charge of your very own hockey team, not only as General Manager, but as Coach, assistant coach and president all wrapped into a single user-account. Your goal; to battle it out in leagues against other people just like you to gain promotion to high leagues, more rewards and better team growth.

What I really liked about this game is that you have to manage and build your teams infrastructure, including arena, staff and economic stability and train your team and work to win your local league, where you play against other users just like you. Most game (like cyberpuck and shl) tend to focus on the train your team and win game part but Powerplay hockey manager really shine in the way you can customize (if you have the money) your arena the way you want, recruit staff, build better infrastructure to increase the training of your team and staff. You can even customize your team shirt, puck if you pay for the pro pack.

I’m not very good at the game, the fact that it’s yet another game I have to login everyday unfortunately drive me off it. I try to login and play from time to time not to lose the team (after 30 day they cancel your team). I’ll try to come up with some guide, meanwhile you can access the one they made in game it’s give you the basic.

Note to my reader, this a another press release from Gamebox  for the game Glory of Gladiators. I didn’t wrote it so you might notice that they don’t do the same spelling mistakes I do. I didn’t receive any money from them or anything else except a mail. Enjoy !

The CBT of a newly published browser-based MMO, Glory of Gladiator kicks off on 06:00 am, May 28 PDT. The epic conclusion of a legendary journey, Glory of Gladiators will unleash a battle unlike anything ever seen before. It casts you in the role of the Master of a gladiator training school at the ancient Rome and brings you back to  the world of legions and soldiers and conquest and arenas – the birthplace of the Republic.

Players are tasked with finding, training and gearing the strongest gladiators and later defeating enemies with unique strategy. Winners will take part in the epic campaigns and interact with the most famous heroes. Some may even be recruited into your force! There is a story behind all the gratuitous violence and sex, and it does manage to provide a satisfying framework for the characters, as well as establishing the basic conflict of slaves fighting for freedom.

Glory of Gladiators is rated for graphic violence and strategy-skill system. Further, it definitely brings with a guilty pleasure filled with tidal waves of blood, gratuitous sexual situations, and a lot of scantily clad men fighting for the position of alpha male. This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for as these courageous gladiators will battle for legend and glory. Now, let the epic battle begin.

Today is a Memorial Day in USA and I want to congratulate everyone who celebrates it!

Even if you’re not from US, let’s remember to give thanks to those who have served your country in the past and those who continue to do so.

Enjoy your family get-togethers and your barbecues!

our friend from YouJoy.com want you to have a great Memorial day has well here the greeting they sent us :

The Memorial Day comes at the end of this May. All people in America will remember the men and women who died while serving in the US Armed Forces. When people visit cemeteries and memorials, they should know how and what these fallen heroes have devoted to their country and appreciate what they have done more than ever. And also should know and cherish the peace and prosperity which are earned by their sacrifices.

“Not for fame or reward; not for place or for rank; not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty, as they understood it. These men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died.” Every one of them is the real hero, forever!

To remember all heroes who contribute for their duty and obligation, Odin Quest will send free rewards to all players who fight for the alliance, class and camp. All players should cherish all mates and companions they have. And give the super respects to the real fighter who fight for their alliance and camp. All fighters deserve the super honor!

YouJoy.com, which has released its S19 Yggdrasil at 5:00 May 22, 2013 PDT, is an online browser game publisher who has successfully published DDTank and Call of Gods. Odin Quest is an MMOARPG that based on Nordic myth originated from Iceland and surrounding countries during 1st and 2nd century. Players will fight with their mates to build their own supremacy.

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Odin Quest

Note to my reader, this a another press release from Youjoy.com for the game Odin Quest. I didn’t wrote it so you might notice that they don’t do the same spelling mistakes I do. I didn’t receive any money from them or anything else except a mail. Enjoy !

Youjoy.com will release its 19th server Yggdrasil of Odin Quest at 5:00 May 22, 2013 PDT. Warriors, arm yourselves and improve your power to achieve real heroes’ goal of conquering and commanding the whole world.

There are various dungeons and systems for brave single player to explore and challenge. Also, players can obtain precious and bountiful rewards in there. But only bravery is not enough for the real hero who wanna create the supremacy. Player must be strong and powerful enough. Otherwise, the supremacy is not easy to create.

Here we will introduce to players part of important dungeons and systems which can only be challenged by single player.

The first one is Deep Treasure, in which players will obtain green and blue equipments of lv50 or lower level. This dungeon is necessary and helpful for newbie.

The second one is Red Dragon’s Lair in which there are several waves of monsters with powerful attack. But real hero does not fear any challenge. Raise your weapon to defeat them all. You will obtain bountiful Exp and items to level up your character and your alliance.

The third one is Devil Prison, the advanced dungeon for high level players to challenge. Boss of each tier of 10 tiers are powerful and only the hero with super power can defeat them. Warriors, strengthen your equipments and prove yourself.

The last one we will introduce is the Duel Championship. Players can challenge other players in this awesome PVP system. But before you enter this championship, please make sure you are powerful enough. Otherwise, you will be looked down upon and lashed out by other strong players. Warriors, fight for the honor! Only the real hero deserves the super honor!

There are also other awesome and interesting dungeons and systems on Odin Quest. Players can challenge them to obtain more precious items and more fun. Solo them to prove your power and win the supremacy right now!

YouJoy.com is an online browser game publisher who has successfully published DDTank and Call of Gods. Odin Quest is an MMOARPG that based on Nordic myth originated from Iceland and surrounding countries during 1st and 2nd century. Players will fight with their mates to build their own supremacy.

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New Games – Odin Quest (Press release)

Note to my reader, this a another press release from gamebox for the game General War. I didn’t wrote it so you might notice that they don’t do the same spelling mistakes I do. I didn’t receive any money from them or anything else except a mail. Enjoy !

Finally the MMO game General War: Memories announced the launch of its first server Blitz scheduled on PDT 7:00 May 21. An intense WWII is breaking out in the online world. Commanders now can lead massive armies, tanks and aircrafts into fierce WWII battles.

Inheriting the frame of CBT versions, General War is optimized in almost every aspect. General War Dev team integrated the comprehensive task system and improved the tech research and weapon upgrading based on players’ feedbacks. New dynamic missions designed to help players level up are added to the PVE storyline. Furthermore, a new skill system is introduced in General War, which enables players to brainstorm tactics to maximize their general status and steal some victories from even stronger opponents.

Along with the exciting music and heart-shaking historic battles scenes, General War will be a dazzling feast for the ears and eyes. To thank General War fans, Gamebox has prepared various new server events including giving discounts and free gifts. Go to the official forum  and grab those tempting gifts.
For more info, please visit the official website: http://gw.gamebox.com/

Note to my reader, this a another press release from gamebox for the game General War. I didn’t wrote it so might notice that they don’t do the same spelling mistakes I do. I didn’t receive any money from them or anything else except a mail. Enjoy !

As a tribute to the classic 1996 Command & Conquer: Red Alert, the browser-based General War: Memories has brought players to experience the high-octane strategy as they competed for resources, built up bases
and led massive armies, tanks and aircrafts into battle.

General War is a free, browser based Strategy-MMO game offering players to experience the epic battlegrounds in a visually immersive and action-packed WW2.It not only inherits all the merits of the previous strategy war game that numerous fans have raved about but also features much enhanced game system that will allow gamers to experience vastly immense tactical gameplay and intense action in unprecedented scale of battlefields. Visually stunning environments and units combined with exhilarating visual effects bring the battle to life in ways never before seen.

Fight for world domination and feel the thunderous clash of battle as tens of thousands of men collide in bone-splintering detail that you directly control. General War (published by Gamebox) will roll out into open beta test this month.

For more info about this game, read the last post on it here.