20th
May
2009 – Wordsnake update
We are pleased to announce that Wordsnake, the number 1 brain
training game, will be coming to the Apple iPhone and the Google
Android platform.
The current Java phone version has been temporarily withdrawn to allow
updates to bring it into line with some of the developments in the new
versions on other platforms.
As the publishing deal with Alten8 was terminated by Pixel Magick, a
release date is still to be fixed for the release of the latest
version, whilst we arrange a new publishing/distribution deal.
Keep checking back for more updates.
20th April
2009 – Change of Address
Please note that we can no longer be reached at our Edinburgh
address and any mail sent to this old address will be returned to
sender.
New contact details will be released in due course.
20th April
2009 - Digital Goldfish Ltd pay settlement.
Today the legal case against Digital Goldfish Ltd, the Dundee
based iPhone and mobile phone game developer, brought by Mr Greenberg,
in which it was alleged that he had suffered a loss of income due to
alleged modifications made by Digital Goldfish Ltd to software written
by Mr Greenberg, which only Mr Greenberg could have carried out without
infringements to his intellectual property rights, and in violation of
the legally binding agreement between both parties prohibiting
reverse-engineering of the software supplied by Mr Greenberg, was
dismissed after the defendants agreed to pay a settlement to Mr
Greenberg on the day of the court hearing to resolve the matter,
without admitting liability and prior to any evidence being heard.
This is the 2nd occasion on which Mr Greenberg has felt it necessary to
take legal action against Digital Goldfish Ltd. The 1st action, over a
refusal to pay any royalties to Mr Greenberg as set out in the legally
binding agreement between both parties, was settled out-of-court, after
Digital Goldfish Ltd. agreed to settle the claim a matter of days
before the evidence in that case was due to be heard in court.
Mr Greenberg commented "My personal experience of dealing with Digital
Goldfish Ltd has been that after the work I was contracted to do had
been delivered, legal action was the only way to enforce the terms of
the legally binding agreement I have with Digital Goldfish Ltd, even
for something as straightforward as a royalty payment.”
He went on to say “As we had all been students together, and I
believed that we were all friends, I would have expected to be treated
at least on a par with anyone else they do business with, if not
better. Needless to say, any friendship, if it had ever indeed been
genuine, has now, most certainly, been lost.”
22nd
January 2008 - New Websites. New Wordsnake and Pixel Magick
websites go live today!
21st
January 2008 - Wordsnake ME released. Wordsnake ME (Mobile
Edition) released today on selected websites.
29th
August 2007 - Wordsnake website update A new Wordsnake website
is being created for the launch of the new and vastly improved version.
At the moment there is a holding page with details of all the versions
currently in production.
So far there are 7 versions covering phones, PCs and consoles and we
are in discussions to make the game available on even more systems.
Check it out at
www.wordsnake.com,
and check back over the next few months as will be posting some nice
screenshots from various versions.
And remember all our mobile phone games can now be found at
www.1thumbfun.com.
20th April 2007 - Wordsnake goes
multi-format
Pixel Magick are pleased to announce it has signed a deal with Alten8
to bring Pixel Magick’s best selling mobile phone game,
Wordsnake, to the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and PC.
Pixel Magick will be working closely with Alten8 to ensure all the
playability and addictiveness of the original are preserved in this new
version which will feature several improvements and new features.
David Greenberg, from Pixel Magick, said “We are very please that
Alten8 will be bringing this game to a wider audience and the DS
version, with its use of the two displays and touch screen, makes good
use of the hardware and is looking especially promising.”
About the Game.
In Wordsnake, the aim of the game is to build words of 3-8 letters from
the random selection on the tile rack, and reach a target score before
the time runs out.
Each new word is placed on the board from an existing letter tile,
forming snake like structures, which means the words must begin or end
with the existing letter. Subsequent tiles will disappear after a set
time, which means the player must form new words to keep the snake
alive and invalid words will reduce the players score.
New features include the ability to randomly shuffle letters and move
letters to a second tile rack to help with word construction. Special
tiles let the player gain extra lives, decrease/increase remaining
level time.
As the player progresses to each new level, they will have less time to
complete the level, the target score will increase, and extra walls
will appear that restrict the playable area.
4th March 2007 - Get Bush Wacked FREE
We are pleased to announce that Bush Wacked, as well as our other
mobile phone games, Adam Angel? and Word Snake, are now available for
FREE.
To get the FREE versions, just go to the Games page at www.1ThumbFun.com and select FREE
Games from the menu at the side of the page.
These versions of our games are paid for with advertising, which is
downloaded to your phone. You may be charged normal data rates by your
operator to download these adverts, and it may be cheaper in the long
run to buy the game from us.
27/02/2007 - Digital Goldfish Ltd.
settle out-of-court
We are pleased to confirm that an
out-of-court settlement from Digital Goldfish Ltd. for overdue
royalties has been paid, including interest and expenses, and that the
case against Digital Goldfish Ltd. is being dismissed.
We have made this news public for 2 reasons:-
1. Out of fairness to Digital Goldfish Ltd, so nobody is left with the
impression that the debt is still due.
2. To ensure that any other current or potential business partners are
aware that we will pursue any unpaid debts as far as necessary and for
as long as it takes, and recover all monies possible in such cases.
This will inevitably cost more than paying the original debt; over 150%
of the original debt in our experience, and not including any
additional legal fees incurred by the debtor.
16/02/2007 - Pixel Magick Sues
Digital Goldfish Ltd.
Pixel Magick, are currently suing Digital Goldfish Ltd. for unpaid
royalties for the mobile phone game "Babygrow".
29/01/2007
Pixel Magick
TM is currently expanding and plans are underway
to create new and exciting games for PCs and consoles.
Don't worry if you have come here looking for mobile phone games. We
will continue to develop mobile phone games and have created a new
label and website just for that purpose.
So from now on, head over to
www.1ThumbFun.com
to get all our latest mobile phone games.
In the meantime, don't worry if this page doesn't change for a while.
That just means we are very hard at work on all our new projects. There
will be far more activity on
www.1ThumbFun.com.
We expect to re-launch this site in the 3rd or 4th quarter of 2007.
Until then, thank you for your visit and support, we hope you enjoy
www.1ThumbFun.com and if you need
to contact us in the meantime about anything then drop us an email:-
General enquiries:
info@pixelmagick.com
Product support:
help@pixelmagick.com
Employment enquiries:
jobs@pixelmagick.com
(no recruitment consultants please)
