This week we got a visit from a fellow norwegian game designer, Stein C. Llanos. He gave us some good feedback on Umami, and raised some interesting points on the game design. It was refreshing to get a view from a professional game designer, and we’ll make sure to take his suggestions seriously. 
 
Right now we’re [...]

So what was it exactly that we did last week?
Ooooh! oh yeah! The track list for the game is now complete!
We’ll do a proper presentation of the music during the course of the next weeks.
Game Over and an idle pose
McKack made animations for the game over state and the idle state. You see, when Umami [...]

This week, well, actually, last week, has been all about putting our weekly plan into action.
Important people , important milestone
One of the things we had to do, was to send Umami to some important people to reach an important milestone in our project. After making sure everything in that package was as it should be, [...]

It is my time to write a blog post. Kris Jet handed me the challenge of writing something game related with the theme “Peace love and understanding”. I’ve had a week to think about this and I’ve decided upon writing a mock-up concept.
Peace love and understanding, or PLAU
is a game where you play one part [...]

The last two weeks have been pretty hectic here at the Tumbleweed office. We’ve been preparing a new Umami build and I’m happy to say there has been a lot of progress. Our programmers have been working on implementing a lot of new graphical features, our artist has done a wonderful job both creating new [...]

Are you ready to watch a gameplay video of Umami?
We have just released one!
Umami is a rhythm platforming game, where you run through levels, pick up notes, jump to platforms, defeat and dodge enemies and have a good time!
The running part is automatic, but jumping is completely free form. We have made our [...]