Making Phases

By | Game Showcase, Showcase Games

Three months ago, as we were nearing completion of an alpha version of our game building software, Buildbox, I started working on gameplay presets.  The preset was going to be a very simple jumping game similar to Doodle Jump.  Since it was my first time playing with a near completed version of our software, I went a little crazy …

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Buildbox Availability

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In August we had a grand opening of Buildbox for 7 days.  During this time over 500 people got the software and then we closed down the release so we could work out any issues or bugs that might arise.  We’ve been lucky and things are running very smooth.  When we hit …

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Phases officially greenlit by Steam

By | Game Showcase, Showcase Games

We’re very excited to announce that Phases, the first game we’ve created with Buildbox, is officially greenlit on Steam!  When we submitted this game we were hoping for the best, but never thought we would get ranked to the number one position out of the 2,043 games submitted to Greenlight. Thanks everyone for …

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The Creation of Buildbox

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Our company, 8Cell, INC, is a global company with 15 employees who work remote.  Our main office is in San Diego, CA where Nik and I worked hand in hand on Buildbox the last couple of years.  There were many people involved in the process and …

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