Announcing Big Pharma – The pharmaceutical strategy game
Regular blog readers might know that I published a game by a third party indie developer called The Tiniest Shark which produced Redshirt, the sci-fi comedy social-networking life sim game, which you...
View ArticleJOURNALISTS..COME TO US…COME TO US….
Ok, this is my last day of peace and quiet amongst the fields and the cows and the sheep and the gentle tweeting of birds and clip-clop of horses. The next five days are one of BANG BANG...
View ArticleGratuitous & Big Pharma Development Blog Videos.
So I thought I’d put together a video showing what I’ve been doing on gratuitous space battles 2 since the Eurogamer show. I’ve also been recovering, and doing under-the-hood engine stuff and bug...
View ArticleNew Big Pharma development blog video
Enjoy… And don’t forget to like it on facebook… :D
View ArticleMore Crunch than crunch itself
Gah! this may be the year I dump firefox, its bugginess and post-eating crashiness is finally starting to try my patience… Anyway I am in crunch mode. I know that in theory indie devs do not crunch,...
View ArticleEven More Gratuitous than before (1.19) + Rezzed
Sooo… because making decent mac & linux ports, and translating into French German and Spanish takes so long…I’ve put back my target release date for GSB2 to … April 16th Which is a pain, but on the...
View ArticleBig Pharma update, GSB2 Trading Cards
Lots going on. Its good fun when you have two games in production, you get more stuff happening each day. Anyway… GSB2 is getting steam trading cards. I really enjoy getting art done for this stuff....
View ArticleGratuitous Space Battles 2 version 1.30 is GO!
Sooo…yet again we have an update to Gratuitous Space Battles 2. I wanted to get this one out the minute I realized I had found (and fixed!) a ‘disappearing designs’ bug at long last. This also does...
View ArticleBeta release date announcement (Big Pharma)
Guest post by Tim Wicksteed (Twice Circled): Yep, that’s right. Here it is: 4th June 2015 Just to be super clear: That is the date that anybody who has access to a PC and an internet connection will be...
View ArticleBig Pharma is on sale RIGHT NOW
Yup you read that, the strategy/management/cure-em-up developed by Twice Circled and published by us is now taking pre-orders with beta access from the ‘official’ site. You get a steam key with your...
View ArticleSo how about that big pharma game huh?
So big pharma is now being played, in beta, by the general public. And apparently, by most of you, looking at the sale figures. Yikes. We had a few ‘eek the payment provider is overloaded’ and ‘errr…do...
View ArticleGratuitous Space Battles 2 Updated to 1.38
A long list of fixes, tweaks and improvements this time for Gratuitous Space Battles 2. Here is the full list: Version Release 1.38 July ========================== 1) Fixed bug when toggling between...
View ArticleGames look (or feel) like their owners.
One of the best things about the indie dev community is that you get to meet a lot of people from all over the place who wouldn’t otherwise necessarily meet. You can be an indie dev living anywhere...
View ArticleBig Pharma Released!
So its that day! The lab management/strategy game Big Pharma, developed by Twice Circled and published by Positech Games is officially released. woohoo! Its now playable in English, German and French...
View ArticleInterview with Tim Wicksteed (Developer of Big Pharma)
For those who didn’t know, Big Pharma is Developed by Twice Circled, and published by us at positech. About two weeks before the game was launched on steam, we recorded a short interview with Tim about...
View ArticleBig Pharma en Español!
Can it be true? sí se puede! (blame google for this). We have a new update for Big Pharma and it now has Spanish Language support (Translated properly, not by google :D). Woohoo! In addition to...
View ArticleAnnouncing Big Pharma: Marketing & Malpractice
Yay! Its the day when I can announce something we have kept secret, thus making the danger of accidental twitter leakage much lower. Today we announce a groovy expansion pack for Big Pharma called...
View ArticleIts VIDEO TIME! (Big Pharma DLC & Democracy 3 Africa)
Wow, talk about busy busy busy. We are just SEVEN DAYS (OMG) away from releasing Democracy 3 Africa. My mind is full of Tourism, Malaria, Foreign Investment and cool African music. I’ve also been doing...
View ArticleBig Pharma DLC update
Yup, we released Democracy 3 Africa a few days ago, and its nothing but Africa and Democracy around these parts right now (although as I type this, the royal air force are practicing above my head and...
View ArticlePositech in Poland (And Big Pharma DLC)
Yes it’s true. Positech has some polish news. Oh yes. We have teamed up with CDP.PL to distribute polish copies of both Big Pharma and Democracy 3. Evidence can be found below (Actually boxed copies...
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