Amazu Media http://amazumedia.com Meaningful experiences Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Shrugs news! http://amazumedia.com/2013/05/shrugs-news/ http://amazumedia.com/2013/05/shrugs-news/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:23 +0000 iggynore http://amazumedia.com/?p=441 new Shrug Worlds website for more exciting news! ]]> The spring of 2013 announced growth in the Shrug Worlds. Shrug Tides will be available at the App Store this Summer!

Meanwhile, we have been working on a minigame called Shrug Song, with the collaboration of the great Nicklas Nygren. This wonderful little puzzle will be an introduction to our larger Shrug Island adventure game in ongoing development.
Stay tuned on the new Shrug Worlds website for more exciting news!
]]> http://amazumedia.com/2013/05/shrugs-news/feed/ 0 Amazu at Exile Game Jam http://amazumedia.com/2013/05/amazu-at-exile-game-jam/ http://amazumedia.com/2013/05/amazu-at-exile-game-jam/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 06:30:37 +0000 iggynore http://amazumedia.com/?p=464   the.President.of.the.United.States, w/ Nicklas Nygren Minimal turn based space fighters meets chess with a twist of nonsense.   We’ll hopefully be able to attend Exile again in the Fall — and this time, all of us! …]]> Our art director Alina Constantin was lucky to be invited to Exile Game Jam where she worked on two projects, and agreed that there is no Jam quite as pleasant as Exile.

Puppeteer, w/ Marius Jigoreanu
An experiment in combining clay design with the technology of the Leap Motion.

 

the.President.of.the.United.States, w/ Nicklas Nygren
Minimal turn based space fighters meets chess with a twist of nonsense.

 

We’ll hopefully be able to attend Exile again in the Fall — and this time, all of us! :)
]]> http://amazumedia.com/2013/05/amazu-at-exile-game-jam/feed/ 0 Amazu at Indie 9000 Game Jam http://amazumedia.com/2012/11/amazu-at-indie-9000-game-jam/ http://amazumedia.com/2012/11/amazu-at-indie-9000-game-jam/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:22:46 +0000 iggynore http://amazumedia.com/?p=409 The 6-people team counted with two 11 and 12 year olds, who were experiencing game development for the first time.  00Poisend was awarded by Excellence in Visuals by the popular jury.   ]]>

Igor Noronha, founder and CEO of Amazu Media, was at the Nordkraft building in Ålborg for the Indie 9000 game jam that took place in November 2012. Creating pizel animations with his iPad, Igor joined others to create the game 00Poisend in less than 48 hours.

The 6-people team counted with two 11 and 12 year olds, who were experiencing game development for the first time.

 
00Poisend was awarded by Excellence in Visuals by the popular jury.

 

]]> http://amazumedia.com/2012/11/amazu-at-indie-9000-game-jam/feed/ 0 Amazu crew at Indie TAW Game Jam http://amazumedia.com/2012/08/amazu-at-indie-taw/ http://amazumedia.com/2012/08/amazu-at-indie-taw/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:01:03 +0000 iggynore http://amazumedia.com/?p=184 And for the retro gamers over there, here are some GIFs from Resistance Wars made by Igor: Hi everyone,

the Amazu crew was present at the first Indie TAW game jam in Viborg, Denmark. Our crew members were working in different projects and each group had 48 hours to come up with an original video game concept and build a prototype given that time frame. A real challenge!

Here are the games our crew members were involved.

Resistance Wars

Play Psycholog

Pinhead


And for the retro gamers over there, here are some GIFs from Resistance Wars made by Igor:

See you next time!

]]> http://amazumedia.com/2012/08/amazu-at-indie-taw/feed/ 0 New project teaser http://amazumedia.com/2012/07/new-project-teaser/ http://amazumedia.com/2012/07/new-project-teaser/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:51:34 +0000 iggynore http://amazumedia.com/?p=9 Click on the image above to check out the first teaser of our new project.

]]> http://amazumedia.com/2012/07/new-project-teaser/feed/ 0 New Amazu website and blog http://amazumedia.com/2012/07/new-amazu-website-and-blog/ http://amazumedia.com/2012/07/new-amazu-website-and-blog/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:36:35 +0000 iggynore http://amazumedia.com/?p=1 Hi, everyone!

In the recent times, Amazu.tv has been going through some changes, and I’m proud to announce you the new website and blog. More info about the new structure of the company as well as new and current projects will come soon. I would like to thank you all for you support and I’m looking forward to releasing more material for you in the near future.

 

- Igor Noronha

Founder and member of Amazu Media, a creative collective

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