We sense some kind of impatience. Where are my games? My discs? And the Polls? Where is the team!

We are busy updating our prices! Hahem, no, we were wondering when we could announce a release date that wouldn't be missed again. Will take few more days, for the better!

Everyone having preordered something will receive the news in time and will have to validate their shipping address, no stress to have.

Thanks again for your patience.






What happens? Where did it happen? Be creative and answer in comments below.

We have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is the OST, Reprint & Reprint EP are delayed yet again. As mentioned before, we want the releases to happen simultaneously, so the shipping schedule can be more efficient.

There seem to be some misunderstanding about the shipping fee. It shall be paid when the item is ready to be shipped, something which was written, but perhaps not bold enough. We charge 6usd for shipping.
As patches on the wounds (the delay and this misunderstanding) we will be giving away next week free GEMS to people who pre-ordered.

The good news, for European people, is we setup a distribution channel in Europe, which will mean faster shipping and no taxes to be paid on your side.

Thank you for your understanding. We are once again very sorry for this delay and inconvenience.

You will be contacted once we have a set release date. For any questions or concerns feel free to contact the support.

Greetings,

Yes, as you may know, we have closed the setting poll for Project Y and the winner is post-apocalyptic/cyberpunk. It was perhaps the most exciting battle so far, with historical losing despite having the lead several times. WIth the end of this poll (the language poll will go on for now), the development of Project Y will start in a few days. If you have some ideas for the project, please share them with us on the boards. More polls for Project Y will come in the future.



A few great lads on our boards have begun working on the Pier Solar strategy guide, based on tim333's text version on GameFAQs. It is really looking top notch so far, but if it will really happen may depend on you. Please give us your opinion on it via the poll to the right, where you can also give us some other feedback.


A pretty long while ago, we had a competition where people could win a custom-painted Pier Solar Sega Nomad. Martin won in a awesome around the world masterpiece!








This entry however has never been seen before, a "parody" of the shipping apocalypse which plagued the first run of Pier Solar, where Tim and his friend demonstrate outside a post office to get their "Polo Solos". Congrats to them too!

Until next time, punks!
All the best,

First we'd like to congratulate "Touken" and "blockeight" for guessing the number of tracks on the OST closest of all; 77 and 79 respectively. 500 Gems, glory and our hats off to both of you!
Second prize winners of 100 Gems is: "sydyx" and "Axyron", who guessed 76 and 80 respectively. Congrats to you!

That gives a total of 4 winners, so nobody will get the third prize. As you may have figured out, the number of tracks on the OST is 78.


Next contest! Simply guess how many NPCs there are in Pier Solar.



The "setting" poll will close the 27th of March. Once again, we have a fierce battle, this time between Historic and Post-Apocalyptic/Cyberpunk. Who will win? YOU may decide!

Help us spread the word about the Factory by using our banners and stuff in your forums sigs etc. See this link for all images. Thank you!

That is all for now, until later this month...

All the best,

After a long, hard and fierce.. hrm, battle!, the beat 'em up and platformer genres both destroyed the rest. The winner is beat 'em up. With a pinch of RPG. For the platformer fans: don't worry, it's not the genre which makes the game great, it's.. hrm, and the Factory!

The OST contest is over! The winners will be contacted by email prior public announcement. Congratulations to you, whoever you are!


So, about the new polls. Perhaps you aren't too familiar with the themes/settings we have suggested. So, here are a few examples that should give you more meat on your bones:



Also added, a language poll.

And finaly, a scaler regarding the number of playable characters.
Note that this is the playable characters, not the number of joypads. There will be for sure 1-2 player mode.

The polls and scalers will go on for now and we will announce their ending by email and blog a few days before it happens.

Until next time... happy voting!

The excitement keeps growing around Project Y. The poll is having a fierce battle and the MEGA POWER bar start to reach serious levels.

The "game genre" polls will end 3rd of March (1st second of first hour of 3rd of March, GMT), and as of yet, we have no definitive winner. It looks like platformer or beat 'em up will win, but nothing is clear or decided yet.
When the poll is over, we will move on to next one.

Due to request, an improved feature of the poll is the added more precision to the percents shown! How awesome is it?!

Also ending 3rd of March is the competition. If you want a chance to get some GEMS and perhaps a signed Pier Solar OST, place your guess of its number of tracks in a comment to the previous blog post.



Until the poll ends... Have a great time!

team

Greetings!

We are very happy with the enthusiasm and participation on the Magical Game Factory! The positive feedback from everywhere is overwhelming and we are very thankful for that.

As you may know, we ended the platform poll for Project Y. The winner was Mega Drive/Genesis. As you may have read, we may port the game to modern systems as well, but those conversions may be inferior due to the lack of Blast Processing.
Right now, we have a raging battle of the genre Project Y will be. Platformer just passed Beat 'em up in the primary choice and RPG just passed Strategy for the second or "mix" choice. If you are not pleased with this, invest more GEMS or tell your friends to help you out! Due to the excitement, the poll will go on for now!

To celebrate the awesomeness of the Factory, here is a competition.
What you have to do is guess the following question: How many TOTAL audio tracks will the Pier Solar Definitive Original Soundtrack have, discs 1, 2 and 3?



Later, aces!

/WM

’s Magical Game Factory is our own unique approach to crowd sourced fundraising and will allow fans to support and influence the direction of future products. In short, we are attempting to eliminate the unidirectional approach to game design that treats customers and fans as simple sources of income.

Our first project, Pier Solar, taught us just how important community collaboration is. We received financial support, quality assurance testing, translations and promotional opportunities from people all over the world – people who wanted to see a unique project come to life and ensure that the end product was the best it could be. Developing Pier Solar with the help of the community not only made the game what it was, but guaranteed we’d never develop another project without community involvement.

This is where The Factory comes in.

The Factory will allow fans of ’s previous efforts to invest in future projects. The more GEMS a user has invested in a project, the more weight is given to their opinions during votes and consultations about the games direction. The best part is: GEMS invested will be converted to games once the project is completed. Investors that have supported the project from the beginning will also earn a number of perks and bonuses. An example would be a special “Investor Version” of the game, similar to the Posterity Edition of Pier Solar.

With the Factory we hope to develop a direct working relationship with our community and, more importantly, ensure that we are making exactly the kinds of games our customers want to play. After all, if our players are supporting us, we want to make sure they get the best experience possible. And we hope that people will get involved in for the same reasons we did.

Because it’s fun.

Greetings,

Once again, by the word of mouth of YOU, the great fans - can proudly (or not) say "we are out of stock", two weeks after sales began!

So we are now taking pre-orders for it like with the "REPRINT EP" with English, Spanish and Portuguese and the Definitive Original Soundtrack.

Get ready for the 16th of February. Get MEGA ready because that's what it takes to prepare for the awesomeness!



All the best,
/WaterMelon team

First things first: happy new year everyone, hope you've had a great holiday. Now, onto the important stuff.

Welcome to 's Magical Game Factory! WaterMelon is back, stronger than ever. We have a lot of stuff going on, of which some will be explained in detail very soon!

The REPRINT is back! Orders for the REPRINT edition of Pier Solar with English, German and French are now open and available for immediate shipping. We also opened preorders for the REPRINT edition of Pier Solar with English, Spanish and Portuguese, attending the high demand.

Preorders are also open for the Pier Solar Definitive Original Soundtrack. It includes four discs, including the full Mega-CD/Sega CD soundtrack, a bonus CD with unused tracks and re-arranged tracks, as well as mp3s and VGM files. The fourth disc is nothing less than the Enhanced Soundtrack Disc which was included with the classic and posterity editions. That's right, now reprint buyers can get their official Enhanced Soundtrack Disc as well!

That is all for now!
Now, please register, get 50 gems FREE,
spend them, order, pre-order and don't forget to have fun!


Best wishes,

/WaterMelon