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Today we conclude our overview on the pre-production artworks created for Furmins. With us, Housemarque's Lead Artist Mikko Eerola. If you missed the previous episodes, find them here, here, and here. For the last part of the interview we featured at the top the image of a sea. What can you tell us about it? This is another example in our quest to find the right look for Furmins. The previous painting was a bit too texture-like, and this one was, in my opinion, too realistic. It does ...
Missed the first two parts? Mikko speaks about more pre-production artoworks here and here. Make sure you check them and see how the Furmins aesthetic has been evolving over time. Ok, so let's continue our discussion speaking of this early draft. Readers can see it at the top of this post, and its name is “Pieces”. This was an initial design of the ornaments and the marble. As you can see, the ornaments are way too detailed. They look good on a computer screen but were a mess in the ...
A few days ago we started to go through the pre-production artworks of Furmins with Mikko Eerola, the game's Lead Artist. Let's see what else we found in our secret stash... Up next is this crest background. Readers can see it here at the top. This was one of the first images I came up with when I started exploring the idea of having these medieval-themed crests – but I also wanted to keep in mind that this game is not supposed to be completely historical and that's why I included ...
Our exploration into the world of Furmins continues with an additional commentary of Mikko Eerola, the game’s Lead Artist. Renowned for his work on Outland, Mikko’s influence can be found in all aspects of Furmins, from the main characters’ undeniable cuddliness to the game’s rich, immersive backgrounds. In this interview, divided in 4 parts, we dip into Mikko’s design archive and touch on a number of images which were generated over the course of production. Let’s start with the ...
We continue our discussion with Housemarque's Artist Mikko Eerola, responsible for the - very much praised - Art Direction of Furmins. If you missed the first part, check it out here. Why does the world of Furmins look the way it does? That’s an interesting question. I guess the idea came from the fact that we knew from the beginning it would be a puzzle game, and so I wanted a look which reflected a lot of cultural thinking. Greek and Roman structures were an inspiration for this kind ...
Our exploration into the world of Furmins, Housemarque Games’ first entry into the iOS market and currently one of the app world’s most entertaining games, continues in an interview with Mikko Eerola, the game’s Lead Artist. Renowned for his work on Outland, Mikko’s influence can be found in all aspects of Furmins, from the main characters’ undeniable cuddliness to the game’s rich, immersive backgrounds. He recently sat down with us to talk art style, character design and the ...
One week after the previous roundup, we are happy to see more reviews rolling in and the game fan base grow steadily. Best of all, is the news that Furmins has been featured as Gaming App of the Day on Kotaku and as Game of the Week on iPadDevice. Check our full coverage after the image! "Furmins is a great-looking, well-designed, and competent title that would be a great choice for those already burnt out on Angry Birds or Cut the Rope." Bitmob "Furmins is one App you have to ...
To read or download the first part of the interview with Peter and Ari, please click here. Listen the second part in audio format directly from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZfjNKzSn4 Ari, you’re familiar with the soundtracks for other Housemaruqe games you’ve worked on in the past, and Furmins is a bit of a departure from what Housemarque has been proposing to hardcore gamers over the last few years. Do you think Housemarque has a specific vibe in the sound of their ...
Some of you may have noticed that the World 7 badge in the Furmins menu has a blue band around it, as opposed as the red ones wrapping the other Worlds. Why this difference? Cool Breeze Valley, so it's called the Bonus World, was added as an incentive to connect with Furmins on Facebook. The Furmins fan page hosts a stream of news and status updates regarding Furmins. Also, it's the perfect place to interact with the Housemarque team, leave your feedback and ask for new ...
We chat with the two guys responsible for giving players of Housemarque’s new app something to hum along with. Listen to the interview in audio format directly from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QShNca_kTo For Furmins, Housemarque’s first foray into the iOS world, a couple of recognizable names were tapped to head up the game’s soundtrack and sound design: Peter Hajba, the man behind the music featured in PopCap’s popular Bejeweled series and three-time winner of ...
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No comments | 60 shares | 15. May 2012 | housemarque
Hello game designers, look at your job, now back to me, now back to your job, now back to me. Sadly, it isn't my job but if you came to work with us you could have a job like mine. Do you have what it takes? Now look at your clock, can you see how it ticks, now back to mine, can you make it cuckoo? Look down, back up, where are you? You're on a ...
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16 comments | 132 shares | 14. May 2012 | housemarque
Great game development never sleeps. The beginning of 2012 saw Housemarque ship two major titles: the highly acclaimed Super Stardust Delta for PSVita, as well as our first experiment on iOS devices — the brain-racking, lavishly illustrated Furmins, a physic-based puzzle game. As you may have guessed, the purpose of this blog is to give you ...
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2 comments | no shares | 05. Apr 2012 | housemarque
This is the third and last episode in our series of articles about Super Stardust Delta Bosses. If you missed the previous ones, read the first here and the second here. --- Craboid is an iteration of one of the bosses in Super Stardust HD that had long arms and was able to stretch them around the player's ship. In Super Stardust HD the ...
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2 comments | no shares | 02. Apr 2012 | housemarque
This is the second episode in our series of articles about Super Stardust Delta Bosses. If you missed it, read the first here. --- Buzzsaw is a boss straight out of the earlier Stardust games, but bigger and badder. We like big and deadly cutting tools, and that shows in some of our games (see for example Dead Nation and Road of ...
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No comments | no shares | 29. Mar 2012 | housemarque
Today and in the following weeks we will take a closer look at the big and bad end-of-level Bosses of Super Stardust Delta, and examine their roots and place in the Stardust universe. In the previous Stardust games, the name of the Bosses were never shown in-game. Of course, within the design team we gave them names we could call them ...
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No comments | no shares | 12. Mar 2012 | housemarque
Hello there, fans of Super Stardust Delta. Here at Housemarque we are extremely pleased with how the game has been received both by the gaming press and the buyers of a brand new PSVita. It seems we can't go a day without congratulatory comments (one of the latest tweets: "Just 100%'d one of the best games iv played in ages!"), and of course that ...
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No comments | no shares | 22. Feb 2012 | Jukka
February 22, 2012 Super Stardust Delta is getting fantastic reviews! You're in for a cosmic spectacle that'll dazzle your senses! We of course recommend buying the total package, giving you more than 10 different game modes in an amazing discounted bundle! Stardust pilots, get ready to shoot your way onto the global (or interstellar) ...
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No comments | no shares | 02. Feb 2012 | Jukka
HELSINKI, FINLAND – February 2, 2012 Independent Finnish developer Housemarque, the critically acclaimed studio behind Super Stardust HD, Outland and Dead Nation, have today released Furmins, a physics based action puzzle game releasing for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Furmins finds players attempting to guide the eponymous and ...
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One comment | no shares | 20. Dec 2011 | Jukka
Helsinki, Finland - November 24, 2011 Housemarque is once more in the Delloitte Technology Fast 50 2011 list. This prestigious annual award honors the fastest growing Finnish technology companies, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five-year period. Housemarque made it to the list for the third year in the row. In this years ...
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One comment | 1 share | 28. Sep 2011 | Administrator
HELSINKI, FINLAND – September 28, 2011 With over 3.8 million recruits and more than 13 billion zombies killed worldwide, the time has come to launch the ultimate zombie-killing spectacle of our time. Think you’ve got what it takes to survive “Road of Devastation?” An expansion to Dead Nation with single player and two player co-op ...
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No comments | 1 share | 16. Sep 2011 | Administrator
HELSINKI, FINLAND – September 16, 2011 As Road of Devastation begins, you (and your partner if co-op) escape from a laboratory and find yourself at a crossroads leading to three different roads. Each road has its own perks and dangers lying in wait – with different environments, items and enemies for you to discover. Choose your road, and ...
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No comments | 1 share | 06. Sep 2011 | Administrator
HELSINKI, FINLAND – September 6, 2011 Independent Finnish developer Housemarque, the critically acclaimed studio behind Super Stardust HD, Outland, Dead Nation and upcoming Furmins, have today announced new DLC content for ‘PlayStation(R) Network exclusive smash hit Dead Nation. Millions of Dead Nation recruits fighting against the ...
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