Recently I received an email from Emanuele Feronato with some great news about an upcoming book on Flash game development! If you’re not familiar with Emanuele Feronato, he’s an Italian programmer who blogs frequently about topics near and dear to a Flash game developer’s heart such as game programming, design and monetization. Many developers over [...]

Get to Know Berzerk Studio I had a chance to catch up with the Berzerk Studio team last week. These guys have made some really great games, such as Homerun in Berzerk Land, Berzerk Ball, and Gunbot. Gunbot was actually our Flash Game Friday winner last week. Take a minute to get to know them [...]

Casual Connect, Hamburg Mochi’s “Mr. Shen” (aka Alexander Shen) presented at Casual Connect in Hamburg last month. He had a great turnout for his presentation, titled “Smashing Creative Roadblocks”, and really enjoyed talking about the creative process with the Casual Connect attendees (watch the video). In case you didn’t know, Mr. Shen is a pretty [...]

This is part three of the Indie Road-Trip to FGS! Make sure you read the first and second parts first. Our FGS 2011 Takeaways All the talks and panels put on my professionals in the web and mobile industry were one thing, but the sheer amount of creative individuals all mingling in one location was [...]

Winner’s Circle This week’s Flash Game Friday winner is Moops- Combos of Joy by HeavyBoat! Your character in this game is a “moop”, and your job is to bring some joy. You do this by firing your cannon at a random array of characters, turning their frowns upside down. This game is really addicting. The [...]

We Made It! This is part two of the Indie Road-Trip to FGS! If you haven’t yet read the first part, you can do so here. Arriving in California So we rolled into California early Saturday afternoon, tired from a dozen hours of driving across Oregon, but also really excited to be in our destination state. [...]

Due to the holidays, the Flash Game Friday post is going up a little early this week Winner’s Circle This week’s Flash Game Friday winner is Hurry Up Bob! by Fortunacus_Lucas!  Your character is Bob the miner. You have a big problem: rising lava in your mine. You have to climb to stay ahead of [...]

Toge Shares With The Developer Community As promised, here is the video playback from the Mochi Virtual Developer Community Event on December 16th with Toge Productions. Kris and Sudarmin put together a fantastic presentation, generously sharing their lessons learned in game design as well as some tips on ad placement and micro transactions. The video [...]

Developer Spotlight: MediaMeg You might have heard of MediaMeg, they are the development team responsible for titles such as the Sift Heads series, Douchebag Workout, as well as a plethora of dress-up games…and in case you hadn’t noticed, they’re pretty good at this whole game-making thing. I had a chance to catch up with MediaMeg [...]

Get to know Raketspel! Enjoy this quick interview with the prolific Swedish game creators Raketspel! Be sure to check out Raketspel’s recent Flash games on MochiGames.com. Q: Tell me about Rakespel- how many people are on your team? Where are you based? Raketspel is a game studio with five employees based in Stockholm, Sweden. Q: [...]