News – Vanadium Games

Discord Server Updates

24/01/201924/02/2019
by Joshua Heng

Hi all,

Recently we’ve been working on growing our Discord server, and we’re pleased to say that the work is mostly complete. For those of you who aren’t aware, Discord is an online communication platform mainly used for gaming.

This server is open to everyone, and anyone can message or talk to each other. We are also normally online on there, so if you need any help or would like to speak to us you will normally be able to find us .

Vanadibot (our custom written bot) moderates our server and provides a levelling system. We have moved most of our internal communications to Discord, and Vanadibot tracks the time we spend on each project so we can accurately predict how long things take.

If you would like to join the Vanadium Games Discord Server, go to https://to.vanadiumgames.co.uk/discord

Bimonthly Newsletter

Monthly Review – September 2018

01/10/2018
by Joshua Heng

Welcome to the first monthly review! At Vanadium Games, we are aiming to publish a review every month, covering a summary of what we have been up to.

All reviews will also be available in our monthly newsletter, of which you can subscribe to here.

Anyway, what we have been up to in September?

We have been focusing on developing our platformer The Stacks to the point where it can be released to the App and Google Store, as well as making multiple improvements to the game:

We added the functionality of having multiple languages available, with Spanish already translated
We added touchscreen controls for mobile devices, as well as a slider to allow the user to change the GUI size
We added the opportunity to gain an extra life on mobile devices by watching an advertisement
We totally updated our leaderboard system to use our server and to have separate leaderboards for mobile and PC
We fixed multiple bugs

The Stacks is available as a public beta on both Apple and Android, so if you want to help test our game, you can join our testing programme.

In other news, we have made plans to start our next game, Tapping Tournament. Nothing is set in stone though, so we are not revealing any details until later.

We also have been sorting our admin and background jobs, which will enable us to develop games faster and more efficiently in the future.

Our social media manager Morgan has been busy posting and updating our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages (which you can follow by clicking on our social media links or searching us – @vanadiumgames). If you want to receive quick updates and interesting facts, follow us there!

Anyway, that’s all for this month.

Joshua

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Latest Updates & Supporting Multiple Languages

02/09/2018
by Harry Groom

This week at Vanadium Games we have been working on various projects and we are developing a new game, which is set to be released in the relatively close future. It will be an online multiplayer game involving minigames, and it will support multiple languages.

We are also planning to begin support for multiple languages in the near future, such as Spanish and French. It is a good idea to do this as it allows more people from different countries and cultures to play the same game, regardless of their language. This results in a better game for everyone, as well as creates a larger player base, helping our community to grow.

We have been very busy this week developing fun, interesting, and engaging games for you, our customers, to enjoy, as well as focusing on the admin side of things such as setting up our bank account and licenses. You will not be disappointed by the projects that we currently have in development, including a new edition of The Stacks for mobile!

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Company Officially Incorporated

19/08/201826/08/2018
by Joshua Heng

On the 14th of August 2018, Vanadium Games Ltd was officially incorporated by Companies House. Since then, many doors have been opened – this has given us the opportunity to do a lot more things.

We are now eligible to release games on the mobile markets, such as the App Store and Play Store, as well as the Microsoft Store. We will be applying for these licenses soon, once we have games ready to release. The Stacks is likely to be the first game published by us on this store, which will be ported over to these platforms. This will include it’s own, dedicated leaderboard, as the difficulty of the game might differ to the online version.

In addition to this, we are also planning a new game, Tapping Tournament, which may be our second game on the mobile platform, probably releasing this month, or next month (no promises though!). The concept is simple – a networked, multiplayer collection of many minigames, with an overall winner. We are currently at the stage just before we start actually writing some code, where we have many plans and ideas.

All in all, the incorporation of Vanadium Games Ltd has been a huge excitement and may be the start of something awesome yet to come.

Joshua Heng

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Who Are We?

03/08/201826/08/2018
by Joshua Heng

Welcome to the first blog of Vanadium Games! This post aims to answer a few questions that you may have…

Who are we?

Vanadium Games is an indie video game development company, consisting of a group of pupils aged 13-15. We all have a passion for making awesome computer games and are located in East Yorkshire, UK.

So far, we have created 3 browser games: The Stacks, Life of Fish, and Block Runner, however, we hope to make many more in the future, utilising mainly the mobile platforms (such as the Apple Store and Google Play Store).

How are we different?

We believe that we are different from other game development companies because we are the ‘younger generation’, i.e. we were born after 2000 and therefore can cater for younger players. In addition, we all are dedicated and have a passion for making interesting games.

I want more information! Where can I find it?

We have a press site which explains our company in greater detail, at www.vanadiumgames.xyz/press, but you can also find more information in the ‘About Us’ section. Feel free to join our mailing list, to get new updates and sneak previews of our future games.

Thanks for reading,

Joshua