Game Oven

Dutch independent game studio. Made Fingle.

GDC, Fingle & a new office!

Valentine’s Day is far behind us and we have been working on a great new feature for Fingle that will give the game another twist. More on that soon!

The Game Developers Conference this year was, once again, amazing and inspiring! As Fingle being a ‘Nuovo Award’ finalists and honorable mention for Best Mobile Game for the Independent Games Festival, we had the opportunity to show our game to the masses of game developers and games-related businessmen. We did not win the award (Storyteller did – but we honestly thought it would be Johann Sebastian Joust) but we did receive tons of great reactions, feedback and hopefully some interesting follow-ups. To be continued!

We cannot stop bragging about how incredibly good Fingle is (still) doing! Although we have disappeared from most charts by now, people are still buying and playing Fingle all over the world. More than 3,5 million levels have been finished around the world and we feel that it is time for an update! We heard some players loved the game on the new iPad too, which is incredibly good to hear.

Some exciting news about our office; we now have one! It’s located right in the middle of the Dutch Game Garden, the heart of the Dutch game development (in Utrecht, the Netherlands). We are extremely thankful to the organization of the Dutch Game Garden as they let us occupy their last free space. Give them some love and follow them on twitter too!

And for those who have missed it: Fingle received some incredible attention in the last month! To name a few, check out Joystiq’s Indie Pitch: Fingle for an in-depth interview about Fingle, Road to IGF: Game Oven’s Fingle on Gamasutra for more talk about Game Oven and the review Gimme a hand by the Daily, which is full of applicable words on Fingle.

Fingle: Valentine’s update

Three weeks ago, we released our iPad game Fingle on the App Store. Literally thousands of people all over the world have been playing Fingle over the past three weeks. People around the world have been showing their affection for Fingle through the App Store ratings and ranks: Fingle is a huge succes.

Over the last three weeks, there have been a number of positive reviews on Fingle. We felt incredibly honored by the following three quotes.

“Big-budget console games like Fable III and Ico demonstrated that even on-screen hand-holding can be remarkably affecting. Ubisoft’s hilariously dumb We Dare also tried to be a romantic ice-breaker, but it lacked Fingle’s playful subtlety.”

by Kirk Hamilton, Kotaku

“The interface is extremely low-key and works wonders for keeping the player focused on the actual game.”

by Chris Stutzman, Indie Game Magazine

“If Fingle also could dim the lights and pour two glasses of wine, it’d be the perfect way to seduce someone.”

by Martin Watts, Bits ‘n Bytes Gaming

With an average of 5 stars in all App Stores world wide, we are incredibly happy that everyone has been enjoying Fingle so much! We want to thank you for your incredible support – we will continue to support you with improvements to Fingle and… more levels!

We have been working on a Valentine’s update and are glad to announce it was submitted to the App Store! It will hit the store before Valentine’s day, so lit the candles, dim the lights and lower your voice: it’s time to play Fingle with someone special.