The Pumpkin contest is now over! The official winner of the contest is… Marty! With his
XGen Logo pumpkin (and
cool video)! Marty is awarded a Free 2-Year Lab Pass for his efforts.
We also had fine entries from
stevengeier21112,
Jammer,
db3000,
somerandomdude and
criticism! Since you guys put so much effort into it, we've decided that we will also award all runners-up with a Free 1-Month Lab Pass!
Winners, keep an eye on your forum private messages, you will be contacted there to receive your prize.
- Read/Post Comments -Announcing the first annual XGenStudios Pumpkin Carving Contest!
StevenGeier21112, of the
XGenStudios forums, has already
got an early start -- giving us the idea that we should make it into an official contest! Choose anything related to XGen - or our games - and carve your way to a Free 2-Year
Stick Arena Ballistick Lab Pass!
Submissions are to be posted in the
official pumpkin carving forum thread, and deadline for submissions is midnight (PST) on October 30th. XGenStudios Staff and Stick Arena Moderators are not eligible to win the contest, sorry guys. :)
- Read/Post Comments -Things are getting spooky, and the time of The Devlian has come again! Our poor Helvian's evil twin has overthrown his good-natured double and is free to cry havoc and unleash hell upon all XGen!
Well, other then his particular fondness for orange over our traditional blue... I'm sure everything will work out OK for XGen. If you're seeing a multi-colored abomination, try clearing your browser cache.
In other news, the XGen team is fresh from attending the Edmonton
Flash In the Can conference on the weekend. Not only was it a rewarding and educational experience, and a great chance to meet some industry vets, we were also the first team to correctly decipher the clues left by Adobe Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow (Of
theflashblog.com) to find this year's Adobe Dead Drop! Earning us a
commemorative coin and a copy of Adobe Creative Suite CS4!
- Read/Post Comments -It's here -
6 Player Stick Arena, plus new Classic Maps.
Using your feedback, we've updated and improved just about every one of Stick Arena's original maps (Don't worry - we kept XGen HQ just the way you like it).
Since there are a few different ways to get a 6-player game going, I'll explain exactly how it works. To start, you'll need at least one player with a
Lab Pass. If only one player is playing with a Lab Pass, that player will need to VIP at least 2 other players and then create a game, making sure that the VIP'd players joins last. Another way to get a 6 player match going is to have 2 Lab Pass player join a game in progress that already has 4 players - how about a 3v3 match? (or 2v4, if you're feeling lucky!)
Here's another way to look at it; there are 2 'reserved' spots in every game for players with Lab Passes. Players with a Lab Pass as well as those that have been VIP'd by the game creator can join games with 4 players already in them (up to the new maximum of 6 players per game).
What does all this mean? Well, you'll probably want to get yourself a
Lab Pass, but you should also keep in mind that Player Join Order is important when some players don't have Lab Passes, or when not everyone has been VIP'd.
Now
go play a 6 player free-for-all, or organize yourself a 3v3 (or 2v2v2?) Team Deathmatch.
Happy Fragging!
- Read/Post Comments -Stick Arena Ballistick has received another big update. Included this time is a brand new pet based on Defend Your Castle and a bunch of brand new tiles for map-makers, including water!
Get the details here. More updates on the way!
Mechanaught,
Ragdoll Cannon Level Pack, and
99 Bricks: The Legend of Garry have been added to our roster of great featured titles, give them a go!
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