Nnooo is a small independent games development studio based in Sydney Australia. We fund, develop and publish our own games and applications which are predominantly made for the Nintendo Wii and DSi platforms through WiiWare and DSiWare channels. Our titles include Pop/Pop+ Solo, the myLifeCollected series and the upcoming Spirit Hunters Inc.

Our success to date, combined with a strong current pipeline and a desire to extend our products to other platforms (including Nintendo’s new 3DS), has opened up a permanent position for an experienced software engineer. This is an opportunity for a passionate and committed games developer to join a small, professional and friendly team who make their own games and own decisions. The role will encompass whole game programming and the successful candidate should be able to demonstrate a successful history of programming all aspects of games to completion. (more…)

Last week I was kindly invited, by my friend @scottrhodie, to speak at Optus’s iPhone 3GS launch event in Sydney (Optus being an Australian mobile phone provider). My topic was to talk about developing games for the iPhone which I used Pop to illustrate how we approached developing on the iPhone and how we made use of the iPhone’s unique features. You can see the presentation below in all its YouTube glory!

Nic speaks at the Optus Happy Place

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Following the success of Pop™ on WiiWare™ as well as the iPhone® and iPod Touch® Nnooo are pleased to announce the development of their first DSiWare™ title Pop Plus: Solo™.

Pop Plus: Solo includes not only all the great modes from the WiiWare and iPhone versions; Training, Normal, Advanced, Chill, Bonus Mode and Timed Mode; it also includes two brand new modes, Adventure and Challenges as well as two new bonus rounds and many new badges to collect. (more…)

App Store review site AppVee reviewed Pop for the iPhone and iPod Touch today and not only gave it a great review but also awarded it four out of five stars!

They had this to say:

“With the ability to play your own music when playing pop and iSave functionality to continue where you left off, Pop is one of the best puzzle games out for the iPhone right now.”

Click here for the full review.

Mobile games site Pocketgamer today reviewed Pop and gave it not only an 8/10 but a coveted Silver Award as well!

They had this to say:

“Once you Pop, you won’t want to stop. Just like a cold glass of bubbly, this puzzler is efferevescent and goes down easily. It’s so good that you’ll over-indulge.

Its delicate balance between accessibility and sophistication yields a mature design ideal for portable play. As with the bubbly, you don’t have to be a connoisseur to enjoy this well-made game.”

Click here for the full review.

Helping to bring in the New Year with a bit of bubbly Nnooo are releasing an updated version of Pop on the iPhone/iPod Touch as well as a brand new 99¢ app – Pop Chill.

This new patch has a substantial amount of content for a free update. The new Bonus mode allows users to play three, five or ten levels of each of the three bonus rounds with each level being harder than the last.

The new Bonus round Defend tasks the player with preventing any bubbles from getting to the other side of the screen, while the original Detonate requires the player to set of a chain reaction and Machine Gun is a bubble Pop-ping frenzy.

“We believe in continually updating our games so the user can get more content for their original outlay. Once they buy the game we will continually add new modes and features to make the game a worthwhile investment,” said Nic Watt creative director at Nnooo.
 

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After the successful release of Pop on the iPhone and iPod Touch, Nnnoo are announcing the launch of Pop Lite – a free version for download on the iTunes store.

Pop Lite contains two modes ‘Training’ to learn the basics and a brand new mode ‘Pop Lite’ in which users have 90 seconds to score as many points as they can before the timer runs out. 

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Just a short note to say we are hard at work on a lite version of Pop which we will be free and we hope on the App Store before Christmas!

We are pleased to announce the launch of Pop on the iTunes App Store today. You can download it here:

http://itunes.com/app/Pop

We hope you all enjoy the game and would welcome reviews on the App Store and comments in our community forums.

-Nic

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We are glad to announce that Pop for the iPhone and iPod touch has now reached beta stage. We have selected forum members and journalists from some of the best iPhone, Apple and gaming blogs, sites and forums to participate. Feedback so far has been really favourable and we look forward to announcing a release date and submission in the near future!