As well as our recently announced Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/StrawdogStudios) you can now also keep up to date with the dogs via our new Facebook page. Check out http://www.facebook.com/pages/Strawdog-Studios-Ltd/79843542837

We will also be posting a Space Ark development blog in the next couple of weeks as well as Space Ark videos on our Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/strawdogstudios).

The unofficial finally becomes official with the announcement that our newest original game Space Ark will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade in Q3 2009.

Space Ark, which was formerly known under the working title of Bounce, is a fun homage to the bright and bouncy arcade games of the late 80s such as Rainbow Island and Arkanoid, with an added mix of Pinball.

A wandering black hole has passed through the galaxy destroying planets and leaving others damaged and desolate in its wake. The Arkonauts – a team of space traveling animals – have been dispatched in their Space Ark on a mission to terraform the damaged worlds, and bring life back to the shattered worlds. You must aid the Arkonauts in their quest by bouncing them into the air to collect DNA (which helps to heal the planets) whilst also collecting bonuses and power-ups.

The game features 180 levels, split across 5 worlds, of ‘Arkonaut’ bouncing entertainment with 24 selectable Arkonauts, five mini games, bonus levels and a host of powerups.

For more info and screen shots check out our games pages – Space Ark game page

Space Ark – Let’s bounce!

An interview we did with Ben Parfitt has just been posted over at Intent Media’s casualgaming.biz site.

The interview was set up by PR guru Dene Landucci (every indie developer should hire a PR person to help promote their business) and in it we discuss a range of topics including the challenges of developing original games,  iTunes vs XBLA vs PSN, piracy (boo hiss) and our new XBLA game.

You can find the full interview at http://www.casualgaming.biz/news/28626/INTERVIEW-Strawdog-Studios