Your favorite eSoft Interactive games are now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch! eSoft Interactive, in partnership with Glyphic Entertainment and Chillingo have released Totem and Traffic Jam 2 in full high resolution for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s about time! A lot of our customers have been asking us when we will take the plunge so here we go. Watch out for our other games soon!

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Our friends at Clickgamer has recently released their yearly Christmas offering–Snowed In 7: White Christmas! Snowed In is a match three game that has become a yearly tradition for most handheld fans rather than just a casual game. Snowed In 7: White Christmas is now available for almost any platform you can imagine–Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian, GP2X, PC and even iPhone–and guess what, they’re giving it away for FREE this holiday season! Grab a copy now and get snowed in!

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It’s that time of the year again and what better way to celebrate it than to offer our games at a really low price to our avid customers! And when we say low, we’re always true to our word–everyone can grab our games for half the usual price which means you can buy two different games for the price of one! Hurry, this promotion is only available until January 1, 2009! Happy Holidays!

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This part of the development phase is our most favorite because this is the time where our schedules loosen up, things become less hectic and everybody gets excited as to how the “real” public will accept our software. But Product release isn’t just about creating a package for the game files and uploading them to our online store, it also involves pre-release marketing, product page development and advertising. Before a new title is released to the public, a product page showcasing the game’s features will be created first and then added to our online store. After this, a press release statement is sent out to all our media partners. Banner ads are created by the art team and forwarded to our merchants. Press copies are handed out to online reviewers. A message board for the new title is also created so we can easily get feedback from our customers and further improve the game should the need arises. At eSoft, it’s not just about selling and generating revenues from our products. We treat our software like our babies, which means we provide regular updates to further improve them and also to support new devices that come out every so often. More than the profit itself, our major fulfillment comes from the players and customers who send us their thoughts and comments about our software. Let us know what you think about our products!

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After all the assets have been integrated and a final build is ready, a copy is forwarded to the eSoft Interactive BETA team for quality assurance and compatibility testing. In this stage, the team thoroughly tests the game for bugs, errors, gameplay issues and loopholes and lasts for at least two weeks. In most cases, the BETA team’s feedback also include suggestions that would further enhance the game. Each point is carefully noted and assessed by the development team and then integrated if they feel the need to do so. On some occassions, new ideas are even voted by the BETA team before it gets on the final version. Once all the bugs have been ironed out and the team feels that the game is almost ready, it is passed on to the web/marketing team for release!

Speaking of the eSoft Interactive BETA team, let me take this chance to thank the guys: pointoflight, blazingwolf, tjasko, fraggler, jledesma, cheryl, spmwinkel, mbaker5408, bacchus_3, ndench, phoebs, reubkov and saldatore. These guys have been with us through thick and thin! If you would like to join our internal BETA team, please feel free to email us at beta(at)esoftinteractive(dot)com.

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Hurry! Astraware is running a 50% off promotion for all our titles! This offer is available until the 19th of October only so grab your favorite eSoft Interactive games now!

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After months of brainstorming, planning, development and design, our first game of the year has finally been released! Make way for–Totem! Totem is an action puzzle game that challenges the player’s reflex and reaction skills. The idea of the game came from our fondness with Lego bricks and Erick’s dream of Jack climbing a totem pole that reaches outwards to the sky instead of a beanstalk.

Totem is available for all Windows Mobile devices (WM5 and WM6 included) and supports 240×240 square screens, 240×320 portrait screens and 320×240 landscape screens. This game will definitely keep players glued to their device for hours of fun and excitement. And to add some more challenge, players can even post their scores online through the Totem Leaderboards.

Everyone can grab a free trial copy here and play Totem to their heart’s content.

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Once a game concept has been approved based on its prototype (see Part 2), the actual development phase begins and the game assets–sound effects, music, artworks, etc. are identified one by one. As the development progresses, the game assets are also coursed through the proper person/channel. In our case, since we are just a small company, we usually have these assets done by third party development partners like Groovy Audio and Jaybot7 for our sound effects and music needs, and freelance artists like Stefan Hoercsoeky. We don’t have full time musicians or sound engineers but we have full time in-house artists like Erick Garayblas, our Chief Design Architect.

Game assets play a major role on the final game design and lay-out because this is what the players see and interact with. The assets need to be synchronized with events within the game like screen transitions, tap sounds, etc. Game asset creation, depending on the complexity of the game usually takes around 4-5 weeks and we also allot a week more (or two) for revisions as we enter the Beta phase. Check out what happens after the final game is complete on Part 4!

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Have you ever lost a copy of your game and found the need to redownload the installer? Unlike other sites who charge a premium for download protection, we provide this service for FREE here at eSoft Interactive. All you have to do is look up your receipt code, go to this page and enter it. A receipt code is the one sent via email when you purchase a game from our online store. If you already lost your receipt code, feel free to drop us an email anytime.

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