I’d like to share with you something that I feel a ton of indie game developers tend to leave as a second thought in the game development process; The SOUNDTRACK! People can immediately recognize the Mario theme, Zelda, etc. Seems like Nintendo has the soundtrack portion of their games down! And that’s what I want people to think of as well when they think about Notion. I want people to know that any game they pick up from us that the music will be of high quality and go hand to hand with the game style/art.

So I was researching and really trying to figure out what type of music to use for the ‘KnockOut Dodgeball’ game and I went from Rock Orchestra styles all the way to 8bit chiptuney music. Then I ran across my favorite ‘Streets of Rage 2′ music (Specifically the song ‘Dreamer’). I always go to that series whenever I think about video game music. It just has an amazing soundtrack.

So from then, I knew that I had to have something similar in that style… Just updated. Then I ran across a composer by the name of Madeon. His music is amazing. I’m referencing his song ‘For You’ as the base of the soundtrack for KnockOut Dodgeball. Take a listen. I’m sure you’ll dig it as well.

…And here’s a random picture that I’ll just stick… here…

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We have officially started production on our next game, ‘Knockout Dodgeball!’

This will be a Super Smash Brothers mash-up style game where you can choose your favorite character from Notion and battle in intense head to head dodgeball brawls. We are still fleshing out the gameplay documents and we’ve started work on the engine. We’re aiming for PC first and then iOS and Android.

More on this game soon.

Also, make sure to check out Up Up Ubi! The LITE version has been released and you can try the game out if you haven’t already.

click on an icon do get the free LITE version or the FULL paid version. Thanks for the support!

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I am so happy to announce that Up Up Ubi is available for download in the itunes app market!!!

For iPhone (3gs, 4 and 4s), iPod Touch (3rd and 4th gen) and ipad!!!

And here’s a quick trailer that I was working on… I wanted to work on it longer but Apple approved the game WAY sooner than we expected!

And go here to buy the app!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/up-up-ubi/id496389249?mt=8

or click the banner below! Thanks for the support!

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Thanks to everyone who has donated all the way to those who just gave me a simple ‘LIKE’ on Facebook. Those have all lead to boosting the team’s moral and motivation to complete this game.

We have submitted the final build to Apple for approval. Now it’s just a waiting game of about 1-2 weeks. If they approve (which I have a strong feeling they will) you can buy it!!! We’re targeting a $1.99 price tag and will also be selling the official soundtrack in iTunes for $5.99 (which comes with ALL of the songs from the game AND 5 extra tracks exclusive to the album!) or 99 cents for single song downloads . Trust me when I say the album JAMS!

So… what’s next for Notion Games? Well… depends on how well we do with ‘Up Up Ubi.’ It costs a lot of time and money to buy engine licenses, equipement, etc. to make games and unless we can make money from the projects we do create then it’ll be a lot harder to actually make another one… especially a BETTER game.

But we won’t stress that! We’ll get on the next project regardless because this is what we love to do!

And we’re celebrating the completion of Up Up Ubi!!!!! WOOooOOOoo!!!!

-Drew

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