InstantAction Beta Blog

Marble Blast Leaderboards

Ever wanted to see the top scores for Marble Blast Online?  Ever wanted to have your name in that coveted number one spot?  Ever wanted to brag and have proof that you really ARE that awesome?

Now you can!  Coming extremely soon: Marble Blast Online Leaderboards.  The leaderboards will track scores for every level in single player mode.  Think you've got a great time?  Think you're the best?  You might be, but probably not.  Now you can check the leaderboards, and find out who really is 'The King of the Marble'. 

What are Leaderboards?  Watch this instructional video to find out:

-Dr Wiley

InstantAction Mac Chat

This is your daily reminder for the InstantAction Live Chat.  The chat is scheduled for May 15th, 3pm PST.  This weeks chat we will be discussing Mac Support on InstantAction.  I'll be your host as usual, and we'll be talking with Eric Rahm and Alex Scarborough. 

Don't forget to leave questions that you want to ask as comments.  I'll be collecting them, compiling a list, and asking our mac gurus. 

For more information about the chat, hit the original post.

-Dr Wiley

Tour of GarageGames

Today we bring you a special video: A tour through the GarageGames building, where the InstantAction team is nested.  We've had a few suggestions to tour the building and we like to listen to you, so here it is.  Keep in mind that it was lunchtime so we there aren't a lot of people lingering about and this way we didn't decrease productivity.  Without further ado.  I present "GarageGames Tour"!

I hope you found it amusing and thoroughly enjoyable.  We've got some other videos in mind, so stay tuned.  If you've got any suggestions, just let us know.

-Dr Wiley

Live Chat with OS X Developers

This Thursday we'll be chatting with Eric Rahm and Alex Scarborough (Engine Developer/Mac Guy). 

Where is Mac Gaming today?  Why is Mac Gaming Important?  What does OS X gaming support mean?  Where does InstantAction fit, and what efforts are being made to support mac?  All of these questions are what we hope to hit in this chat. 

The details:

• What: Live chat with mac developers for InstantAction
• When: Thursday, May 15th, 3pm PST
• Who: Eric Rahm and Alex Scarborough
• Where: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/instantaction-mac-chat

Feel free to post questions here in advance.  I'll round them up and get 'em answered during the live chat.

-Dr Wiley

Legions Trailer and News

For your viewing enjoyment!

Legions has also been featured over on Shacknews.  They've got had a chance to get their hands dirty with the game and are spilling a bunch of information on this post: Fallen Empire: Legions Hands-on Impressions.

You can also check out the post from GameTrailers here!

-Dr Wiley

Feedback Welcome

In case you didn't know, InstantAction has forums.  In those forums you can find a home for every single game that is playable on InstantAction.  In those game forums, you can have conversations about the game, most importantly you can provide feedback about the games.  The developers of the games see this feedback and take it into consideration when they are working on the game. 

What does this mean?  Plain and simple: Your feedback is important to us and with the forums you can provide the feedback.  It is much appreciated when you provide feedback about games in a productive manner.  This way we know what you like and what can be improved upon to make the experience more enjoyable.  This is live development!

You can find the forums here.

::NOTE:: The forums are open to anyone, that means you can browse them and get an idea of what they're all about.  You'll need to login or create an InstantAction account (I know you have one) if you want to post.

-Dr Wiley

New InstantAction Store

I know you've been looking for it and now it's here!  InstantAction has a store!  Log into your account and click the Store icon in the navigation bar.

Once there you'll find all the content on InstantAction that you can spend your ActionTokens on.  Some of the content includes new avatars, new skins, and new maps for your favorite games.  Here's what to expect when you get to the store:

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Head on in and check out what you can purchase with your ActionTokens.  Obviously, keep your eyes on the store as we add more content to spend ActionTokens on.

-Dr Wiley

Live Chat with Legions Beta Info

Today (5/1) we'll be talking with Thomas Buscaglia aka "mungeparty" as many of you already know, he's the Lead Designer on Legions.  Here you can view the conversation and participate in the chat, which starts at 3pm PST.  We'll be hinting at something near the end, so pay attention!

FELopenbeta@garagegames.com

 

FELopenbeta@garagegames.com

-Dr Wiley

Chat About Legions

This is your reminder.  The chat is tomorrow, May 1st, 3pm PST.  I'll be posting tomorrow so you can chat here on the blog.  Or you can always go to the Ustream page to chat and watch the conversation: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/legions-live-chat.  As always you'll need to register at Ustream and login if you want to participate in the talk. 

Thomas is the Lead Designer on Legions so make sure you get questions ready that are geared for him to answer.  We'll see ya tomorrow!

Read the original post for more info.

-Dr Wiley

Connection Error Problems Fixed

The discovery process for people using NAT translation was not working properly for TT and Legions.  People were experiencing a "Connection Error" while trying to join these games, instead of "Ready". 

This issue has been fixed.

We apologize for any inconvenience or lack of gaming that this may have caused over the weekend.

-Dr Wiley