Fishing Cactus is proud to announce the release of Trenches: Generals on iPad!

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Hi There,

As you may all know, video games are an international thing, the world is getting smaller, yes yes yes we know that!
Well it seems like our Belgian company is crossing the borders and getting some visibility to the east, as proves this article

Chinese tonight anyone?

As we announced last week, our hit game Woof the Dog is now featured on FreeAppDeals! Their app portal was launched recently and has several great upcoming deals on iOS /Android so pay them a visit regularly!

The folks at Freeappdeals.com are featuring two of our games! Currently NSD Powerball is on the first page and Woof the Dog is soon to follow! Now’s the time to get these two free games if you didn’t already!

And don’t forget about NSD Powerball Complete for a full-content version (all inApp included) of the game!

Hi Creatures fans! While we’re waiting to share more details about the game, here is the teaser artwork for you to download and use as a wallpaper.

UPDATED with logo

La mise à jour tant attendue de Paf le Chien a été validée aujourd’hui par Apple et elle est lourde en modifications! Fishing Cactus et Adictiz vous ont décidément préparé de très bonnes choses.

Avant de rentrer dans le détail, on pensait à vous remercier pour les nombreux téléchargements du jeu, en effet c’est plus de 750.000 joueurs iPhone qui ont pu déjà s’essayer au lancer de petit chien! Clairement nous n’espérions pas atteindre ce chiffre en à peine un mois et demi. Du coup au lieu de 1 nouveau objet, nous sommes arrivés avec une mise à jour intégrant 2 nouveaux objets! Du coté de l’Android, les téléchargements sont plus faibles (presque 100.000 joueurs) et pourtant nous avons une communauté stable qui grandit de jour en jour et qui est très active. Nous avons rencontré pas mal de problèmes techniques mais nous sommes en train de faire le nécessaire pour améliorer notre code Android et vous donner entière satisfaction sur un maximum de téléphones!

Alors au programme de cette update iPhone (la prochaine update Android aura le même contenu):

- Deux nouveaux objets, dont 1 est gratuit. L’os (objet gratuit) nécessitera des meilleurs joueurs une dextérité sans faille pour atteindre des distances encore plus folles!
- Ajout du Apple Gamecenter incluant 32 achievements ainsi qu’un classement mondial pour les meilleurs joueurs
- Possibilité de couper le son et la musique
- Nous avons fixé plusieurs problèmes avec les ailes en papier ainsi que la collision avec les poules
- Meilleure intégration de Twitter et Facebook pour partager encore plus facilement vos scores avec vos amis
- Réduction du nombre d’affichages de l’écran de publicité et ajout d’un timer
- Ajout d’un système pour évaluer Paf le Chien (on compte sur vous pour faire monter la note du jeu)

La prochaine étape pour le jeu est d’atteindre 1 million de joueurs, nous rajouterons alors encore un nouvel objet et quelques éléments bonus. On compte donc sur vous!

Time to reveal one of the big project currently going on at Fishing Cactus, so here we go.

Bigben Interactive, Gameware and Fishing Cactus will re-envigorating the adorable CREATURES series in 2011! A little history, from 1996 to 2001, those lovely felines have entertained over 2 million players on PC, Playstation and handheld formats. Many awards have been won for the AI running behind the game and a major global game franchise established.

10 years after, Fishing Cactus, Bigben and Gameware are set to deliver a brand new game based on this incredible license. For thos who already know everything about Creatures, what this version is all about? The approach will be to maintain the characteristics and integrity of the earlier games. The new opus will be free-to-play and available on PC/Mac and iOS platforms – iPod, iPhone and iPad. A collector gift box full of surprises will also be created.

For the new born, what is Creatures all about?

Creatures models real biological systems inside your device. They come complete with their own biochemistry, brains, digital DNA, and an environment in which to live. It is a simulation game very much like the Sims but in a much more complex way!

None of the behaviors you will see in the game has been specifically programmed. The Creatures make their own choices, and learn from their mistakes. You guide them through their lives, helping them through the bad patches and enjoying the good times. When they become adults, your Creatures can mate, and their children have their own unique genetic material (meaning look).

The possibilities are boundless. Everything from their poses to the individual chemical reactions inside their bloodstream are genetically specified. Who knows? A tenth generation creature could possibly be considerably more intelligent than those you start with.

Creatures is all about Artificial Life. By modelling the building blocks of life, we believe it is possible to recreate life-like behaviours inside a digital device. From the original Creatures, released in 1996 to Creatures Docking Station, our free, internet-enabled, fully-featured title, we’ve been releasing the Norns, Ettins and Grendels of Albia to the world, where they’ve charmed players of all ages and introduced countless to the wonders of Artificial Life, genetics, biochemistry and programming through Creatures’ unique and advanced technology and engaging gameplay.

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Hi all,

For those who don’t know about this Event, the Second Belgian Serious Game conference will happen on May 26th in Louvain la Neuve @ Aula Magna.

This edition promises to be grant, lots of talks, partners and different interactions, even though almost everything will be in French.

Fishing Cactus will do a live Demo of R.O.G.E.R and will have a stand with demos of our latest Serious games so don’t hesitate to come say hi!

Petite news pour continuer sur les bonnes infos, Paf le Chien est arrivé au haut du chart Français et Belge (jeux gratuits) sur iPhone (AppStore). C’est quand même presque 60.000 téléchargements en une journée ce qui montre l’engouement pour Paf!

Au passage on drop un petit trailer du jeu (n’hésitez pas à copier le code et le recopier sur votre blog, site et autre).

L’occasion aussi de relancer la version Android avec les QR codes!

QR code Paf Android

QR code Woof Android

Great news! We’ve been invited to present our Kinect Serious game, R.O.G.E.R at the cognitive and emotional health track at the Games beyond entertainment week 2011 in Boston on May 19th!

It will be the occasion to share our experience on the project, talk about our relationship with the therapists and the Microsoft Innovation Center, and why not, find investors to support the rest of the project!