Archive for May, 2010

Gamespot announce Spirit Hunters Inc

Monday, May 24th, 2010

On Friday Gamespot ran an exclusive detailing the our latest game. Read on for the full transcript or click here to visit the actual page.

We scan our surroundings and discover hidden ghosts in Nnooo’s augmented-reality DSiWare game.

Few games have managed to make good use of the two cameras Nintendo packed into its DSi. Aussie game developer Nnooo! plans to change all that later this year with the release of Spirit Hunters Inc., an augmented-reality game that uses the handheld’s two cameras to superimpose enemies over real-life backgrounds. (more…)

Nic interviewed by BisaCast regarding Nnooo’s thoughts on a Pokémon MMO

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Last week Nic was interviewed by the great team at BisaCast, a German language podcast about all things Pokémon. The following is an excerpt from their website you can also click here to visit their site.

Information for our international listeners: Since the BisaCast is created for a German audience, the introduction will be in German. The main part will be in English. So if you don’t want to listen to German waffle fast-foward to 1:50 for the interview.

Im Mai 2008 erregte das australische Entwicklerstudio nnooomit der Patentierung eines Pokémon Online-Rollenspieles großes Aufsehen. Zwar ist bis heute das Pokémon MMO nur eine Ideensammlung auf Papier, jedoch haben wir uns dazu entschlossen bei nnooo nachzufragen, wie die Ideen aussehen.

Unser technischer Support Gerjet hat sich mit dem Chef von nnooo, Nic Wattzusammengesetzt und über die Möglichkeiten eines Pokémon MMO philosophiert. Was im Interview alles für Details verraten wurden, könnt ihr in diesem BisaCast-Special hören. Wie ihr sicherlich verstehen könnt, ist das gesamte Interview nur auf Englisch erhältlich. Trotzdem wünschen wir euch viel Spaß damit.

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Announcing Spirit Hunters Inc.

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Sydney, May 21, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo announce the development of Spirit Hunters Inc: Shadow™ and Spirit Hunters Inc: Light™ for Nintendo DSiWare™ and future Nintendo portable devices.

Spirit Hunters Inc: Shadow and Spirit Hunters Inc: Light are augmented reality games in which the player works for Spirit Hunters Inc, a mysterious company which specialises in the detection, capture and trade of ghostly spirits.

“Spirit Hunters Inc. is essentially a Role Playing Game set in the real world.”, said Nic Watt, Creative Director, Nnooo. “Players use the camera built into their devices to hunt out and battle spirits anywhere in the world. Whether it at the supermarket, shopping mall, home or even on holiday. Spirits are hiding all around us!” (more…)

Help us get cheaper ratings in Australia

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

The Australian ratings board is currently looking for feedback and comments regarding their proposed changes to the pricing of ratings for books, games and films. As a small, independent, Australian games company we feel that there needs to be a new cheaper option for those of us making small budget, cheaper downloadable games.

If you feel the same way we encourage you to email the Australians rating board at: proposedfees@classification.gov.au with your opinion. (more…)