https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog Johnny Two Shoes are game designers based in Shoreditch, London. Makers of Plunderland, Gumulon, High Speed Chase and a decade of free Flash games. en-gb https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/prevail-reveal-trailer https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/prevail-reveal-trailer Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:42:06 GMT joshsslade FeaturedAnnouncementsVideoGaming This is the debut trailer for our up and coming game for the iPhone/iPad Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uHkc6R-sLE Let us know what you think. https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/it-s-nice-that https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/it-s-nice-that Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:19:04 GMT meridimus FeaturedPressUsTwo Our friends at UsTwo wrote about Johnny Two Shoes on the It's Nice That blog, I've pulled out my favourite paragraph where they talk about how "pure" we are. If only they knew how untrue that is. Johnny Two Shoes are a two-brother team otherwise known as Joshua and Maxwell Scott-Slade – they are the perfect embodiment of purity, of… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/business-as-usual https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/business-as-usual Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:12:57 GMT meridimus FeaturedTeaser It seems we've been a bit quiet, not because we haven't got anything to say, just because we're not really allowing ourselves to say anything... just yet. All of our time has been wrapped up in our new iOS game, it's truly ground breaking, not just for us but for the mobile gaming genre. We really wanted to create something… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/mazes-the-layzell-brothers https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/mazes-the-layzell-brothers Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:29:09 GMT meridimus FeaturedMusicVideo You know when you come across people who genuinely love what they do? Well, we met Matt, one of the Layzell brothers at the UsTwo studio and instantly fell in love with his work. It gets across the grittiness of human behaviour by picking out traits that aren't always instantly obvious and exploits them for all their visual glory. We… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-1-1-1-to-1-1-2 https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-1-1-1-to-1-1-2 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:51:25 GMT meridimus FeaturedPlunderlandBugs What do all those numbers mean? Sometimes I ask myself that and Josh definitely asks me, but we need to somehow keep track of what's going on with Plunderland, especially with the big 1.2 update around the corner that adds a lot of new content. You might have noticed we recently released the 1.1.1 update and for some of you,… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-black-screen-fixed https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-black-screen-fixed Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:44:43 GMT meridimus FeaturedPlunderlandBugs A bug that has been plaguing Plunderland since release has been the notorious black screen bug. It's been a long journey to fix it and has made us clean up a lot of the underlying code in the process, but finally, we can say it's been fixed. Phew! The 1.2 update that is about to be submitted adds an unannounced… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-is-friends-with-ipad-2 https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-is-friends-with-ipad-2 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:47:04 GMT meridimus FeaturedAnnouncementsGamingHardwareOfflinePlunderlandAppsiPad We've been hearing rumours that our friends at Apple have made the awesome decision to include Plunderland as an app on the iPad 2 demo units in retail stores. Have you been to an Apple retail store in America to check out the iPad 2 and seen Plunderland running? Let us know, we'd love to find out! https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/dot5-turbo https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/dot5-turbo Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:32:02 GMT meridimus FeaturedGamingUsTwo Our friends at UsTwo just released a flash version of their upcoming iPhone title officially called DOT5URBO (which is insane) so we're calling it DOT5 Turbo. It's certainly a twitch reaction game where by hitting space you jump between the ceiling and the floor, we couldn't resist but be warned once you've played it enough the whole room will be… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/cnbc-shoreditch-silicon-roundabout https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/cnbc-shoreditch-silicon-roundabout Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:35:02 GMT meridimus FeaturediPhoneVideoTelevisionApps Max did a short interview with CNBC about Plunderland in the home office of Johnny Two Shoes, CNBC used about 6 seconds of footage but it's still worth watching as it gives you an idea of what's going on in East London as indie and not-so-indie app developers push the boundary of the industry. Johnny Two Shoes is a profitable… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/merry-christmas-and-all-that https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/merry-christmas-and-all-that Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:15:34 GMT meridimus FeaturedIllustration 2010 has been a lot of fun, this year we brought you High Speed Chase 2, Plunderland and The Flying Machine. We learnt a lot as well and honestly, it's been our best year ever. In 2011 we want to rewire the entire Johnny Two Shoes platform and release more games more often with more exclusive content to registered players… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/the-brothers-mario https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/the-brothers-mario Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:21:47 GMT meridimus VideoGaming Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk9oa_PiXAk When I saw this video, I was looking forward to a crappy rendition like I've seen a million times across YouTube, but this was actually awesome. Well done and barely even leaned into the Mario world for anything more that character references. It feels like it could be a real expansion to Grand Theft Auto, but of course… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/the-flying-machine-warsaw-preview https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/the-flying-machine-warsaw-preview Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:07:31 GMT meridimus FeaturedAnnouncementsVideo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0NQzi-R9Jw The Flying Machine is out latest game, we're showing a preview of the Warsaw level now on Johnny Two Shoes so be sure to check it out and let us know your comments in the forum, you could help shape the final release. We made this video to show a quick fly through of Warsaw and demonstrate how… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/advent-calendr https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/advent-calendr Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:31:27 GMT meridimus FeaturedDesignWebsite Advent Calendr is a creation by our friend Sam Raynor, we used to work with Sam a while back when Johnny Two Shoes was just a baby and we made our money by clocking in 9 to 5. Sam has an entrepreneurial spirit and is full of good ideas and never fails to execute them to a level of professionalism… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/music-zoo-kid https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/music-zoo-kid Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:00:32 GMT meridimus MusicVideo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaUjfCvcpLE I just came across Zoo Kid and I'm glad I did, reminds me of early Jamie T and he's obviously incredibly talented — can't wait to check out the UFOWAVE EP due out soon. Zoo Kid Myspace or Bandcamp (free Ocean Bed track) https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/why-plunderland-went-universal https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/why-plunderland-went-universal Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:19:56 GMT meridimus UpdatePlunderlandInsider With the new version of Plunderland that's now available on the app store, we chose to update the game with Universal instead of releasing a second "HD" version of the game for iPad because of a number of factors. Here are our reasons and why we think it made sense for Plunderland. Plunderland is a relatively expensive game for the… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-arrives-on-the-ipad https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/plunderland-arrives-on-the-ipad Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:26:01 GMT joshsslade FeaturedVideoPlunderlandApps Plunderland has become a universal app in the update, it will be free to anyone who has purchased Plunderland already and if you haven't - now is the perfect time. Check out the reveal trailer of Plunderland on the iPad: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMoTdak8kjI https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/music-summer-camp https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/music-summer-camp Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:02:13 GMT meridimus MusicVideo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twIiFKa6vWE Summer Camp probably don't need us to promote them but we think you should know about them. Catchy retro sounding tracks, even this music video is awesome. Summer Camp do have an EP out, it's called Young. https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/music-outer-limit-recordings https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/music-outer-limit-recordings Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:00:02 GMT meridimus MusicVideo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiPGp0ZXBYQ I needed to share this dreamy, Ariel Pink-esque band with you all. I'm really enjoying them — their EP isn't even out yet. https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/our-buddy-richard-wilson-on-itv https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/our-buddy-richard-wilson-on-itv Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:26:13 GMT meridimus FeaturedGamingSocialPress Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfHv_tek_-E It's important when any form of press highlights the issues for game developers in the UK, the fact is it's just an overlooked industry — where other countries like America, Canada and Japan understand that game development is required to help boost the economy — Great Britain, despite promises, recently blocked tax breaks for the UK games industry… https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/anti-social-happy-snapper https://johnnytwoshoes.games/blog/anti-social-happy-snapper Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:41:08 GMT meridimus FeaturediPhoneApps Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVs0w02k1Qg Yo, our friends over at UsTwo just released "Happy Snapper" a ridiculous snapping app where you basically undermine all your friends with stickers of SHAME. It's a lot of fun and I recommend you get it for the stupid price of less than a dollar. Tweet out your snappers and let the riotous laughter begin! Get Happy Snapper…