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Hi Nitromians,

We have been busy going through all of the great levels that you have sent in using the dev mode in Steamlands. Although there has been lots of levels that will make it into the game already, we feel that in order to get the balance right for an update, some feedback was required.

Our ideal plan for this update is to branch off in the map fairly early on with a new player route that starts off easy and gets harder just like in the original levels of the game.

We would like to see more levels which feature only content from earlier levels as well as the new weapons. Otherwise we will have to hold back the player levels from people that have only just started playing the game.

Some users have made levels with the emphasis of making visually compelling tanks with less focus on an idea that will make the levels fun to play. We applaud these tanks for being so spectacular, and may well make a gallery of them, but for a level to make it into the game we really want to see the emphasis on what makes the game fun and interesting to play.

To summarize, more easy levels that don't use elements from later in the game are really likely to make it earlier in the game and thus more visible. So if you want to get your levels seen then please send in levels like that :)

A big thank you to all the Nitromians that have sent in levels so far and we will keep you posted on the progress of the update!

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

Well it's been yet another week from us here at Nitrome Towers. Thanks again for sending in those great Steamlands levels and beautiful tank creations. Keep the levels coming and remember what Mat said... ...more easy levels! ;)

Join us next week as we bring you more Nitrome goodness!

Have a Great Weekend! :D 

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We recently received an email from a Nitromian who goes by the name of 'The Ringtailed Sly One' informing us about his amazing project - a Steamlands papercraft set!

The artwork is simply stunning in this papercraft artwork, we really can't believe the detail involved in the blocks! Also it looks like you can fit the characters into the steam engine room, which is a really nice touch!

'The Ringtailed Sly One' has taken dev mode to a whole new level and even created some items not in the game! :D

Steamlands Papercraft: Click Here
Play Steamlands: Click Here

Thanks for sending this in, it really is great work!

If you have any fan art you have made about Nitrome please do send it in! We love everything we get sent especially if it is our work applied to something we have never seen before. We will feature the best, most striking and most unusual pieces in our blog.

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Check out this little teaser video of an upcoming game we have in the works! Some of you may have spotted this little guy in our new skin background! He is definitely in there somewhere! :D

Video Preview: Click Here

by Tom

Well it's the end of the week again Nitromians!

We're currently working with the adverts on our site, so you may see some changes here and there.

Sorry we haven't brought you the Steamlands update on your level designs... again! This is still coming and we will bring it to you next week!

Have a Great Weekend!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We received an interesting letter yesterday issuing a cease and desist order on our Steamlands Game!!! Don't panic!

The issue in question was with regards to our choice of Dev Mode icon. For those of you that don't know, we felt it would be humorous to make the freshener icon look like an iconic car freshener which took the shape of a tree. We didn't realise however that this image is in fact trademarked and caused the previously mentioned letter to arrive on our doorstep.

While we are thrilled to see that the game has spread so well that they took notice, due to this, we have changed the icon to something more neutral. If you want to check out the icon, you can check it out here and for anyone that has taken the game, you can replace it with the new one from our recently added distribution page here.

by Mat

Hi Webmasters!

We are delighted to announce that our hit two-player Bad Ice-Cream game is now available to be placed on your website! To get this game and many more, check out our distribution page!

Distribution Page: Click Here

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

With the new design and layout of the site, we have tried to keep as much of the original elements as possible so hopefully, the site still feels natural to navigate for our users.

We have given the site more in every way that we could while trying not to take anything out. We’ve added quite a lot of new things to the site, so this could turn into a long post! This phase of the launch is mainly a revamp to get everyone used to the new layout, before we launch new features. New in Nitrome Version 2.0… 

New Front Page
Our front page now has more content!
You can now choose a game from the new games panel, greatest games panel or multiplayer games panel all from our front page! We also have a section that lists small descriptions of the latest two posts, keeping you in the loop as soon as you enter the site. You can also click through the front page animations using the arrows or clicking on the individual circles provided in the animation.

Front Page - Click Here 

Featured Panel
This panel is something we will use to bring you new Nitrome content such as videos, walkthroughs game updates and more.

Games Selection Pages
The Games selection areas (main games, multiplayer games etc) have been changed. You’ve now got descriptions to tell you what a game is about and if you heart a game, an icon will appear in the top right corner of the game’s panel indicating that you have hearted it.

All Games - Click Here

Games Pages
The layout of this page has changed to reflect the new design. However, due to a new policy enforced by the Google AdSense Team, we had to make a hasty last minute alteration, leaving it less ideal than we would like. We are going to revisit this soon.

Small Games Page (Canopy) - Click Here
Large Games Page (Rubble Trouble Tokyo) - Click Here 

Shop Page
The shop page has been kept mostly intact from the previous design whilst being integrated into the new site layout. We will be reviewing this once we have some new items ready for the shop. 

Shop Page - Click Here

Videos Page
We released an early version of our videos page on the old site from which you could select from a list of Nitrome related videos. We have updated the design of that page slightly bringing previews of the videos.

Videos Page - Click Here

Distribution Games Page
This page is used for sharing out the distributable versions of our games. This is for anyone that would like to add our games to their website.

You will be able to get the game in two ways. The easiest way to include our games onto your site is to simply copy and paste the html code snippet into the page that you want our game to load. Adding the html code provided by us into your chosen web page should display our game on that page. We are also hosting a zipped version of the game that you can download for use on websites.

Distribution Games Page - Click Here 

Top Games Panel
Currently this is running the same as before. It will run how it was intended next week, so stay tuned! 

The Blog
The blog has undergone some functionality upgrades. 

Image Linking
We have added the ability for each post author to add links to feature images in the blog. This will generally link through to something relevant to the post’s image. The image in this post links through to our home page. 

RSS Feeds
If you are in a compatible browser, you will also be able to read through our RSS Feeds. We have had our RSS feeds on the back of the site before the redesign launched and now we have given the feeds ber site integration making it easier to subscribe and keep up to date with all things Nitrome. 

With the launch of the new site design, we also have added in some extra functionality.

Latest RSS Feed - Click Here 

Hearting
We have introduced hearting into the new site design. Hearting is our way of finding out what your favourite games are. If after playing a game you find that you really like it, heart it! This is the key to getting that game into the top five games list. The more hearts a game gets over time, the higher it will appear in the list. You can see how games are doing in the Hearted Games area.

Sharing
Each game page now give you the options to ‘Share’, ‘Tweet’ and ‘Heart’ it. If you have a Facebook account, the ‘Share’ button will allow you to post a link to the game on your Facebook wall for your friends to check out. If you have a Twitter account, the ‘Tweet’ button will allow you to tweet a message about the game and will include a link to the game’s page. 

The Scrolling system
When we introduced the new blog design in February, we also introduced a new scrolling mechanic. This mechanic has undergone some changes and updates. 

Ways to navigate
We’ve added the ability to scroll by clicking and dragging the mouse, using the mouse wheel, onscreen arrow buttons and the up/down arrow keys. If you click any of the buttons or keys, you will navigate one post at a time on the blog. If you hold down any of the buttons or keys, there will be consistent scrolling. 

Copying Text
We have also added the functionality of being able to copy text. If you press SHIFT, it will lock the scrolling, allowing you to select and copy text from the scrollable area. Pressing SHIFT again releases the scrolling lock allowing you to scroll freely

Added Game Categories
We have given our game selection pages new tabs. The tabs are ‘Main Games’, ‘Multiplayer Games’, ‘Hearted Games’, ‘Greatest Games’. You already know what ‘Main Games’ and ‘Multiplayer Games’ will hold, so I will tell you a bit more about the ‘Hearted Games’ and ‘Greatest Games’ tabs.

Hearted Games
The Hearted Games tab will take you to a page with a listing all of our games in the order of the most hearted to the least hearted. This order is affected by all of the Nitromians on the site hearting the games. This feature is currently not pulling from the most hearted list, but we are counting your hearts and it will start working from the list next week, so keep hearting your favourite games!

Hearted Games - Click Here

Greatest Games
The Greatest Games tab will take you to a page made up of a selection of games that we have put together which we feel are our greatest games. It’s kind of like an ‘editor’s pick’ of our games. We thought this section might be a good idea for the newer fans that might not have played games that we’re really proud of but are older and further back in the games list. This selection of games is also directly linked to the greatest games panel on the front page.

Greatest Games - Click Here

We will elaborate on more features as they become available to you! Have fun exploring the new layout :D

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We were thrilled to get the site up this week and we hope you like what you have seen. For the full details check the previous post for what’s been added. This is just the start of the new site.

There are tons of new features in the works and there are still some kinks to iron out that we are working on right now. The first thing we are going to look at is the games page which was altered at the last minute. Stay tuned for an update for that next week.

We know we promised you a couple of other updates this week but due to the site taking over everything, we unfortunately didn’t get around to posting about it so we will bring you Steamlands feedback and the game preview next week.

Have a Great Weekend!

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

We are currently rolling out changes for the new website design from this point on, so if you notice any changes, inconsistencies or errors in the pages or games loading, please be patient as this will be a short transitional period. We will try to keep the majority of pages running while switching the site on a 'per page' basis.

This time next week the site should be fully operational and at full capacity, so if you notice any errors in a week’s time, please let us know. For the meantime, let us work on any bugs that occur as they will most likely be something that we are aware of.

One thing we would like to note is that we have made a change (last minute) to the games page which is less perfect than we would like, but we are working on amending this soon after. We will go into more detail as to the change later.

Hopefully this won't affect your gaming experience too much.

Thanks for your patience!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

It's here! Canopy has been released!

Climb, shake, slide and catapult yourself through 20 fun filled, creepy crawly infested levels!

Click To Play!

Have Fun! :D

by Mat

Hi Nitromians!

Well it's been a much busier week than last week. We've had some bug fixing, some great fan art, the 'Mega Mash' preview, Canopy has launched and the Facebook community has grown beyond 30,000 Nitromians! What a great week!

So why not join us next week as we bring you our thoughts on the Steamlands levels that were designed by you, possibly a sneak peak at another new game and... assuming we don't mess it up at the last minute and we all cross our fingers at the same time...  ...a brand new website! :D

Have a Great Weekend!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

Wow! There are now currently over 30,000 Nitromians roaming around on Facebook, checking things out, giving feedback on games and helping us find those pesky bugs! Good job!

Thanks for joining our Facebook page, for following us on Twitter and for being there as great part of the Nitrome community! :D

If you haven't joined us on Facebook or Twitter yet, and would like to, check out the following links!

Facebook: Click Here
Twitter: Click Here

by Tom

Hi Nitromians!

We have had a look at Hot Air 2 recently and have fixed the high scores issues that some of you have pointed out to us.

The problem was that the high scores were not showing up in the game. We have now fixed that, so you can play Hot Air 2 and try again to achieve a new high score! :D

Click To Play!

Have Fun!

by Tom

Hi Nitromians,

We have received a great piece of fanart from a Nitromian who goes by the name of Biodrawxel. He has given us some Flipside artwork, with 3D perspective!

Thanks Biodrawxel, it's awesome!

Flipside 3D : Click Here

If you have any fan art you have made about Nitrome please do send it in! We love everything we get sent especially if it is our work applied to something we have never seen before. We will feature the best, most striking and most unusual pieces in our blog.

by Tom