http://www.archonclassic.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:00:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our latest beta build, which released today to those who bought it has a bunch of new things in it, including: Secondary Abilities...which means each piece has another fire/ability unique to it. For example, one of the pieces that has previously been pretty weak is now VERY vital on the ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/247/ We worked 25.7 hours Friday (from Friday morning to Saturday morning) to get the latest build finished and out. We put in a bunch of additions to this latest build, which includes: MANY tiny enhancements to the core game, MANY visual effects (it now rains on the dark ... http://www.archonclassic.com/uncategorized/245/ Here's an interview I did about Archon...check it out! BigDownload http://www.archonclassic.com/news_article/240/ We've still got a few bugs to work out tonight with the delivery mechanism for the download, but the installer is done, the game is ready...just a few more wrinkles. I should have everything done tonight...For those who've bought the game already, a few more hours of patience and you'll be ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/238/ Here is a quick shot of the New Golem, which is just one of the graphical updates we're doing for the game.  We're really excited about getting this Pre-Beta build out and into the hands of fans around the world.  Currently we are only building for XP and Vista, but ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/232/ We attended and partially sponsored the quarterly "Indie Game Night" which was hosted by the great folks at Ninja Bee/Wahoo studios.  Steve Taylor (Studio Owner) and Greg Squire (Indie Organizer) let us come and show off our pre-Beta build of Archon PC.  We took down several machines and had a ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/228/ Archon:Conquest is now on the App store for $0.99.  We've put a lot of hard work and testing to make this one of the best games around.  I still play it when I have a chance and haven't gotten tired of it.  We designed this with the single player in ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/226/ To anyone who has played Archon in the past, there was one piece you either loved or hated...and that's the Phoenix.  Most people I've talked to say this was the one piece that was way underpowered, even though she held a high ranking in the lineup (opposite of the much ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/221/ Since we're doing everything with HD in mind, we have a lot of lateral room to play around with.  So we've added a few new things to the PC version (design-wise.)  See the screenshot below: We have the players name along with a nifty (huge) recharge indicator.  We've need to really ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/216/ We've been so busy...I can't believe it's been over a month since my last entry.  Well, it's official...we'll be releasing the PC version soon.  We've been playing it for the last couple of day and it's been GREAT, AWESOME, FUN, and all those other wonderfully descriptive words.  4 player definitely ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/214/ Salt Lake City, Utah: October 5, 2009 Archon, which was first released in 1983 by Free Fall Associates, now makes its way to the PC, after more than 25 years.  The remake from React Games first made its appearance on the iPhone in June of this year to critical acclaim. "It reached ... http://www.archonclassic.com/news_article/212/ We're just finishing up our "Achievements" list for Archon.  Some of them are pretty fun, some are hard, but most are easy.  We're finding that in one game, a person will get 5, 6 even 8 achievements from the list we have.  In a game like Archon, you could possibly ... http://www.archonclassic.com/uncategorized/210/ Sorry it's been a while since this update...we're hard at work!  We submitted the last update 1.7 two weeks ago and we're still waiting.  They came back with a small issue that had to be fixed, but I'm hoping it will be available soon.  Mainly so you can experience some ... http://www.archonclassic.com/uncategorized/202/ The new update for Ascension has been out for a little bit, it's getting TONS of downloads so I'm curious to see what you think about it?  Sound off in our forums http://forums.reactgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1071 We really like this board and the different strategies involved.  For example, your flying units are extremely important and ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/199/ I was hoping Apple would follow the trend of approving each update we sent in about a week, but alas...this one has taken a week and a half.  We've already got 1.7 ready to go, but can't submit it until this first update (1.5) hits.  Oh well.  That's how it ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/187/ Gameplay Video of Archon 1.5 update Our newest update, due out next week is 1.5 and we refer to it as "Ascension"  We call it that because it contains a new board of that name.  Now, when you want to play a game, you can select "classic" or "ascension" as your ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/184/ React Games just released the free Lite version of their classic game, Archon for the iPhone/iTouch.  It is a limited version of the classic game, which gives a good taste of the full game and includes:  Play as either Light or Dark, 3 smart fire settings, easy AI, use 8 ... http://www.archonclassic.com/news_article/181/ We are looking for Beta Testers for our iPhone version of Archon.  Development has sped up to the point that we need people willing to test out the new features, while we developing them. If you're interested, please visit our forums for more details (http://forums.reactgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=760) http://www.archonclassic.com/news_article/176/ After the 1.2 update is made available on the App store, which should be this week (probably tomorrow, if the Apple approval trend stays consistent,) the Lite version will hit next.  Most likely that will hit the store the week after. We're pretty excited about the LITE version and the potential ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/174/ I can't wait to show everyone what we are working on!  As well as working on the multiplayer aspect, we are working on the 1 player "campaign" mode which we'll call something else...something cooler.  This portion of the game has exploded from a small mode into a whole game in ... http://www.archonclassic.com/generic/172/