I just released a new game Meteor Blast which you can Play on ChromePlay right now! I'll be releasing it here on Newgrounds very soon so look out for it the portal this week. This is my first self sponsored game through my new gaming site ChromePlay so I'm pretty excited to see how well that turns out. I've included Newgrounds API ads for the first time too to soften the blow if it doesn't work out!

Last week I posted about the ChromePlay Facebook Application, this has been doing really well with over 100 users already. Today I added a commenting system so you can leave comments on games using your Facebook account! Much much more planned for this so add it now to get it all first.

Been a long time since I've had a game out but I've managed to get a new one together for the Halloween period. A fun little music-based shooter, play as Satan and fend off the Ghosts of Hell:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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Thanks very much to whoever put it in the Halloween collection btw! I didn't originally intend this for Halloween but it worked out pretty well that way.

Hopefully the gap till my next game wont be as long, I've got two in the works which should both be out this year (probably one in November and one in December). Check the news on the Chrome Shark Media website for more details about these.

Despite the lack of games it's been a pretty eventful summer for Chrome Shark Media. For starters there's the new logo, if you were familiar with the old shark logo you might've noticed that it'd been redesigned to look slicker and chromier than before.

In bigger news I've setup a completely new gaming website called ChromePlay. Originally this began as a showcase for my own games but has now grown with over 30 great games to play from various artists. Game Developers - you can submit your games too!

Because a website just isn't enough, I've recently launched the ChromePlay Facebook Application. Play every game from ChromePlay straight from your Facebook! This has been a big success so far with 50 users in a few days, really interested to see where this will go, especially after some of the major updates I have planned for it.

I'll try and keep this blog updated a bit better in future, but you can always check my website Chrome Shark Media for regular updates. Or if you dont really care about any of this, here's something cute.

Hope you're having a great Easter, I've got a new game out for the holiday period called Easter Rampage. An alternative to your usual cutesy Easter games, you gotta crush bunnies and chickens to keep your machine going and fuel your rage. Play it here:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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Thanks goes to TheHappySheep for the artwork and UGO Player for sponsoring the game. And everyone who voted 5 for getting it to daily top ten! It'd be great if you submit it to the Easter collection too : )

As the game was submitted under UGO Player's account I can't respond to reviews on this one, but I'll be reading them all and appreciate any comments and suggestions you have.

Dont forget to join my Facebook Page if you like my stuff!

Happy Valentines Day, thankfully I managed to get HappyLand Valentine finished in time. Your girlfriend/gay lover will love it!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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Please help out by suggesting it to the Valentine's Day collection ^_^

Also I recently launched a Chrome Shark Media Facebook Page. If you like my games and you're a Facebook user, you can become a fan to get updates on new games sent right to your news feed.

Finally launched my redesigned website, check it out here -

Chrome Shark Media

As well as being recoded from scratch, there's a few new features such as news commenting, internal games and a few new sections. Read the first news post on the site for full details of what's changed.

After the original HappyLand went down reasonably well here on Newgrounds I've begun work on a follow-up to be released next month, called HappyLand Valentine. It's much more than just a quick rehash to tie in with Valentines day though, there's a great new chain system that lets you power up your happy hearts to spread even more love!

The original survival style of gameplay is now just a bonus to the main Adventure mode, below is an early design for HappyLand itself which is to act as the level select screen. Expect some in-game screens soon ^__^

Get in the Christmas spirit by crushing some Reindeer!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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This could be my very last AS2 game, next year will be all about AS3. I've already started work on a game for Valentines day, I'll post some details soon.

Also coming soon is the relaunch of my site AKA Chrome Shark Media 2.0, I'll be posting about that shortly too.

Have fun crushing the reindeers and hope you have a great Christmas (or whatever else you're celebrating around now!).

HappyLand is now on Newgrounds!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
413943

Daily 8th place, not too bad!

As I said in my last news, I'll have another game out very shortly (due to this one taking longer because of sorting out sponsorship, whereas the next one will be a contest entry). No sad toilets, but lots of killing reindeers!

Yeahh, exp and b/p level ups in the same day. Feel the wrath of my switch blade!

This is pretty much a meaningless blog cause I'm bored, but I do have some big things coming up soon.

Firstly there's HappyLand, currently already available to play at MoFunZone, but coming to Newgrounds in a few days.

Then I'll have another game out just a couple of weeks later in time for christmas. Won't say too much about this one yet cause it's possible it'll get lost in development hell.

The New Year is when things get really exciting though, with my site relaunch aka Chrome Shark 2.0. Won't give away any details here, but you can find some previews on my current site.

Also got a handful of games planned for 2008, including the much anticipated Osiris III, all of which will be AS3.

I was pretty surprised to find this PM in my inbox today:

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This message is to inform you that the following review, which you left for Waterlollies on 10/24/07 at 5:31:35 AM, has been deleted:

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Score: 0 / 10
Summary: f**k u fag
Review: worst movie ever noob go die f**k u u faggot noob fag
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Please review the review guidelines in the FAQ to ensure that you're following the rules and to prevent any further action being taken against other reviews you make.

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Hard to know where to start on this. Needless to say I didn't make this review, I loved Waterlollies, and if you check my Flash Reviews you can see that I put a lot of time into every review I make, and generally only review submissions that I like.

I'm thinking that this is one of a few things;

-Someone hacked my account, and left this review without me noticing.
-Someone has found a way to send PMs from Mbot.
-There is a bug with Mbot, and this should have been sent to whoever really left this review.

So has anyone else had a similar thing happen to them, or know of somebody who has? I'd like to hear of any ideas why this happened, and if an admin reads this, maybe check it out as a possible bug/security problem.

To other news, I've got a new game coming out very soon. It's called HappyLand and is my first game in AS3, my main aim with it being to test how much AS3 is capable of and getting in loads of speed and effects.

The Alphas submission still doesn't seem to be working, but you can check out some new screenshots from the game on my site, and I've also posted one below.

Some big news regarding my Osiris series - both Chapter I and II have been updated to 'remastered editions', with improvements including:

Osiris (Chapter I)

-Those gargoyles don't take as long to kill now, as this was a common complaint previously.
-Improved walking, less static looking.
-Backwards walking majorly improved.
-Ammo at 0 warnings added.
-Bug with rolling fixed that would send Orchid's legs all over the place.
-Fixed a bug with level names not showing in full.

Play it here!

Osiris II

-Accelerated movement: Much smoother and more natural feeling, plus you can run up to jumps to go further.
-Recoded falling engine: A major bug before was that Orchid would fall faster than the camera could keep up, not any more. The completely recoded engine makes jumping and falling much easier.
-I've also set the Flash file here to it's normal size. It was reduced before to help prevent lag on slower PCs, but nowadays I think most of you should be able to play the game fine at this size.

Play it here!

This week also marks the launch of the official Osiris website:

http://osiris.chromeshark.com/

On the site you can find initial details on Chapter III, a walkthrough for Chapter I and an FAQ. Soon I'll be adding user-made Osiris II levels, and check back for updates on Chapter III, which will be out next year.