Equestria Gaming

Saturday, 30 June 2012

MLP Windows Phone 7 Portal UPDATE

My Little Pony Windows Phone 7 Portal (Download)

That My Little Pony Windows Phone 7 Portal (my, what a long name for an app!) that we posted a while back just received an update not long ago, and it added some rather useful features that I'm sure all you Windows Phone 7 users will love.

The new additions to the app are:

- FiMFiction.net- EverFree Radio

- Celestia Radio

- Bronyville Podcast

- In-App-Browser: Share Function, Additional Navigation for PonySquare/Cloudsdale, Exit Confirmation

- Facebook

- "Yay Button" and instant "Eeyup"

Pretty neat, eh? In case you own one of these fancy phones and haven't downloaded this app yet, now might be a good time.

- Tuxxy

Game Developer's Panel at BroNYCon

Edit: And it's over. Hope you enjoyed the stream!

In a little under half an hour the Pony Game Developer's panel will be airing, featuring various developers of fangames talking about their projects and exhibiting them. I'm really excited for this particular panel and what it promises to reveal to us, and after it's done we will post a summary of new and interesting things from it for all you that can't watch for some reason. If you can we would highly advise to put away whatever you're doing, sit down and watch the stream.

Enjoy!

- Tuxxy

New MLP:Online Website

MLP:Online

Since MLP:Online recently announced that they were releasing soon after BroNYCon they decided to give their website a well-deserved upgrade. In case you want to check it out it's located at www.mlponline.net, although by the looks of it the site is still undergoing some tweaking and the addition of minor stuff.

Anyhow, don't forget that the team is appearing at BroNYCon in about 30 minutes, so we should have far more details on the game after that. See you on the stream!

- Tuxxy

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Welcome to Ponyville at Bronycon + Interview

Filly Gamez

A little while back Filly Gamez (the developers of that visual novel Welcome to Ponyville) announced that a couple of their team members are attending BroNYCon. Specifically Raish Dash and Writers Block are going, and they will be on the game developer's panel in the tail hall at 2:00pm. Apparently they're answering questions about the game (most of which will probably be on the romance feature) and will present a playable demo for everypony to check (which most of you will presumably use to test romance). They also said they will be handing out free vinyls to fans of the game, although I'm guessing that they will have a limited supply so try and get a hold of one as quick as possible.

Oh yeah, they also had an interview with The Lighting Round podcast. Find it after the break!

A couple months ago the Hub posted an 8-bit My Little Pony commercial, and we all thought it was amazing. But what happened next nopony expected. The game featured in the commercial is real, and people who attend the Golden Yolk at Comic Con will get early access to the game! There's more detailed info in the press release, which states:

Visitors to the Broken Yolk will also receive a secret code to gain exclusive access on Hubworld.com to the eagerly anticipated "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic" themed, 8-bit "Adventure Pony" game already teased on the network.

Hopefully they'll release it to the general public after a set period of time, but in case you happen to be attending the San Diego Comic Con be sure to pick up a code so you can play. If you happen to be feeling really generous I'm sure everypony would appreciate some screenshots, right?

- Tuxxy

Please, Make Me SMILE!

Sometimes there are games that are good, but since they have such terrible graphics people simply ignore them. Usually this is because most programmers are mathematically oriented and not artistically oriented, and is the reason why most game developers hire an artist to help them deliver as much polish as possible. Please, Make Me SMILE! is one such game. Made for a 24 hour game creation competition, PMMS is a point 'n click adventure game that seems to have had its sprites created in MS paint so the author could focus on somewhat more important things (programming), and while the game itself isn't half bad most people will probably ignore it due to the rather poor sprites.

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure that the creator would appreciate it if you leave any feedback in the comments. Hopefully for his next project he'll be able to obtain somepony to help him with the in-game art and create an even better game for the masses. Cheerio!

- Tuxxy

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Angel Bunny Platform Game

Looks like somepony is working on yet another platformer (can't have enough of those!), and despite it being a My Little Pony fangame you play not as a pony, but as Angel Bunny. Say what you will but Angel Bunny is the pet that gets the most screentime but still lacks a fangame, so it's about time he got his own adventure. The gameplay mechanics shown in the video look rather...interesting, with something called "bunny power" that seems to fuel Angel's various abilities. The video also implies that the story has something to do with Gummy; as soon after the toothless aligator appears the developer jumps into a pit in a somewhat humorous attempt to avoid spoilers.

- Tuxxy