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Check out the first teaser for our nextgame 'Beneath The Lighthouse'.

"The lighthouse hasn't been active for a while. I wonder what's happened to Grandpa... I hope he's okay?"

The game will be coming to mobile and the web.

by Mat

Hey Nitromians,

We heard a few of you mention the fact that they missed Friday updates and we realised that it has been AGES since we posted one so... Time for a weekly roundup!

You all should have noticed our big mobile release this week Vault!

GET IT HERE: http://www.nitrome.com/mobile/ 

We are really pleased with how it turned out and it seems that most of you did too (phew!) We would love to hear all of you High-scores and your thoughts on all the weird unlockable characters.

We have of-course been working on some other games including our level base game Plod and project Jump which are in mid development. 

However next week we are going to reveal a preview of something brand new and totally awesome.

Oh and did we mention its going to be our next game to be released...

until next week ;) 

by Jon

Hey nitromians,

Most of our keen eyed followers will already know that our new game Vault is OUT NOW on mobile!

GET IT ON IOS:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1009227147

GET IT ON GOOGLEPLAY:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nitrome.vault

GET IT ON AMAZON:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nitrome-Limited-Vault/dp/B011LCI516/ref=sr_1_9?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1437563246&sr=1-9&keywords=Nitrome+Limited

Nitrome's top score is 222 at the moment, so if you feel up to the challenge of trying to beat then we'd love to see you try. ;P

If you like the game then please feel free to spread the word and leave us a nice review or rating!

We realise there are a handful of you waiting patiently for us to release Green Ninja and now Vault on the website. We are still having some teething problems that we need to iron out, but the "plan" is to be releasing games at roughly the same time across web and mobile. Apologies for this, hopefully it'll be worth the wait.

We'll be giving more news on our latest games in dev soon, but until then, GAME ON! 

by Jon

Hey Nitromians,

Today Green Ninja has been released on the Amazon App Store. 

Click Here Now To Download!

We hope you can help save the frog from the evil clutches of the Ninjas.

Oh and before I forget did we mention that Vault! will also be live tomorrow.

Watch this space for updates. 

by Aaron

Hi Nitromians and Pixel Love Fans.

Todays Pixel Love game is Ribbitation. 

In this retro pixel inspired game you must control a frog through various levels of climbing ladders and pushing crates.

The mechanic is simple and the style is retro giving this a very nestalgic and fun feel.

If you have any ideas for next weeks pixel love game, please leave your comments below.

Play Ribbitation now.

by Aaron

Hi Nitromians, 

You have seen the previews and now the countdown has begun. 

This Wednesday Vault! will be hitting your app store. 

Are you as excited as we are?

by Aaron

Hey Nitromians,

I thought as it is a Friday that we'd surprise you with a snap shot of a game currently in development. It's one of the Free level based games we are working on at the mo. We don't have a name for it yet, but the current codename is Plod!

The premise of the game is that you play as a GIANT set of feet that have been shackled together. The greedy villagers have ascended to the world above after rumours of giant gold coins. 

After breaking your bonds you are out to wreak revenge and claim back your stolen gold...

I won't spoil you with details quite yet and will leave you to guess at how the controls will work and some of the features of the game.

More news on this game as it progresses, until then click on the shot to see the full image.

Happy gaming, have a nice weekend. =3 

by Jon

Hi Nitromians

Today we are happy to give you a new update to Magic Touch Wizard For Hire.

Update 3 to Magic Touch brings with it a whole new game mode 'Time Attack'! No longer do you have to worry about those pesky knights reaching the floor now it's all about the clock. Kill as many knights as you can before the time runs out and make combos to gain time back. Make sure to watch out for the new Spider Knights bomb attacks!

Click here to download the update now.

by Aaron

Hey Nitromians. 

Sorry for getting this blog post up a day late.

This weeks Pixel Love game is Egg Knight.

Defeat the Dark Army and Save the Egg Knight World in this weeks Eggcelent pixel game.

Play as different Egg Knight each with there own unique set of skills.

Remember to offer your suggestions for pixel love games via the pixel love website. 

Click To Play!

by Aaron

Today marks the sad day that we take Touchy offline. The app has been unavailable to download or to make payments within for three months while we wound things down. For further information as to why the service has ended you can read the original announcement post here.

All links and categories related to the Touchy app should now be inactive and games that contained the API to link to the Touchy service should now have been changed or are in the process of being changed for versions that do not contain it.

We are unsure but Touchy may still function in the Nitrome games featured at BrassMonkey.com. Please feel to try and if they do you may continue to enjoy them there for the time being. We have no immediate plans to challenge them remaining there. We also do not control that domain and are in no way associated with any remaining service that may continue to function. Please do not contact us if it does work but fails to at a later date.

Though it is always sad when some functionality goes away we hope that many of the better gameplay concepts may materialise in our future apps. We are making apps now at a greater pace and already have tapped into past projects a few times. Most noteably the Magic Touch Touchy integration was what eventually led to the new Magic Touch app.

One of the most notable losses will be the loss of the virtual joypad particularly for multiplayer games. Though touch screen is not an ideal replacement for physical keys it didn't distract from the fact that 4 player can be a blast to play.

Games will be limited to 2 player but there could be a possible solution in the longer term (note...this is not a promise). Before leaving Tom was as part of the WebGL work looking for a work around to a key input problem that existed there. The solution he produced also allowed for joypad support and they would function on both the WebGL builds and Unity. So that will hopefully come soon after or with the WebGL support! It is possible with a little more work that we could extend the function to flash games. If that were the case it could allow the multiplayer functions to exist in the future. Label it as a maybe for now!

So that concludes Touchy. We hope that people do not morn it's passing too much and remember that the time we used to spend on Touchy integration can now be used on other things!

by Mat

Hey Nitromians.

Due to your amazing support we have now reached 10,000 followers on twitter. Yes 10,000

Thank you for your continued support and welcome to our new followers.

If you are new here head over to our Games section to play now.

Finally if you are not currently one of our followers (why not!) head over to @nitrome and join in the action.

by Aaron

Tiny Treasure & Pixi Tower Defense are this weeks Pixel Love Games!

Tiny Treasure

In this cleverly designed pixel game you control two heroes who must work in tandem to complete the levels; using such actions as leapfrogging and standing on top of one another.

The game is quick and is easily completable in 1 sitting. So head over and try to conquer this pixel platformer with a twist.

Click to Play!

Pixi Tower Defense

Nothing will stop the march of the monsters in this enjoyable tower defense game.

Strategically place down heavy artilery and help protect your pixel lands.

Click to Play!

Have fun playing, there will be more Pixel Love games next week.

by Aaron

Hey Nitromians,

We are working hard on several new releases here at Nitrome towers (well four to be exact), with a mixture of both endless high score chasers and more traditional level based games.

Today we thought we'd show off some gameplay footage of our super fun and addictive game Vault! It's fairly far on in production now so we expect that it'll be the next game released for mobile!

We are not quite ready to reveal our other two 'Level' based games quite yet. But if your lucky we'll show off a screenshot next week.

Let us know what you think of Vault in the comments below :)

 

by Jon

Retro Runners is an endless runner in which you need to use your acrobatic cybernetic skills to traverse through a gauntlet of blocks, bats, boulders and robots.

This is a very difficult game that gives you a enormous sense of accomplishment when you manage to combo through three or more obstacles.

The music is very frantic. The main draw for me though was the pixel art design. Also, you play as a character that fondly reminded me of Robocop!

Click to Play!

Have fun everyone, more Pixel Love games next week!

by Tom

Well, today marks my last working day at Nitrome, what a fantastic time I've had!

During my time here, I've had the opportunity to get to know people that have both inspired me creatively and challenged me intellectually - fuelling my passion that keeps me doing what I love to do. I am truly grateful to everyone at Nitrome Towers for this!

I also want to wish Nitrome the very best of luck in doing what they love doing, making awesume games!

Also, thanks to all of you - the Nitromians, Wikians and fans that have all helped me track down bugs, build new features and make the Nitrome web experience what it is today.

We know that there is still much more we want to give to you in regards to the web side of things, so with that in mind, I would also like to wish the new web developer the best of luck in all future features, updates, upgrades and projects moving forward.

If you would like to keep up to date with what I'm doing, you can always follow me on twitter. Thanks again for everything!

TL;DR

Thank you everyone, I've had a blast!

by Tom McQuillan