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Update On Children Of Neinzul Donations For Child's Play: We Hit Our Goal!

Feb 12, 2011 AI War: Children of Neinzul 0 comments

Children of Neinzul, AI War's expansion which donates 100% of its profits to Child's Play, has reached its 2010 goal of $14,000. Even so, Arcen Games...

First A Valley Without Wind Screens And Video!

Feb 5, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

Arcen Games is excited to announce its third full title A Valley Without Wind, a procedurally-generated action-adventure game coming this year to PC and...

AI War: Light of the Spire Expansion Now Available as Game Hits Version 5.0

Feb 12, 2011 0 comments

Arcen Games has released Light of the Spire, the latest and largest expansion yet for space strategy title AI War. Alongside the expansion, the base game...

A Valley Without Wind Screenshots And Video Show Off New Spells And First Enemy

Feb 12, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

We present a progress report for our upcoming procedurally-generated action-adventure title A Valley Without Wind, which now has magic spells and an enemy...

The Art Pipeline For A Valley Without Wind

Feb 13, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

In our latest developer journal, Chris Park discusses the innards of how he's going about creating the art for AVWW.

What's Coming Up For AI War?

Feb 13, 2011 0 comments

Now that it's reached 5.0, we discuss where AI War goes from here.

AI War 5.0 and LotS Expansion Out on Steam with Sale

Feb 15, 2011 0 comments

The latest version of AI War: Fleet Command along with its new expansion Light of the Spire are now available on Steam, and they're both on sale to celebrate...

A Valley Without Wind Music Dev Diary and Interviews

Feb 16, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

Our composer Pablo Vega continues a series of developer diaries for AVWW, and we chat with Rock, Paper, Shotgun and BigDownload about the game.

A Valley Without Wind: Shadows, Traps, and Particles, Oh My!

Feb 21, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 1 comment

We present AVWW's latest screenshots, video and dev diary focusing on the latest additions to the game: HUD, shadows, more robust particle effects, a...

AI War Beta Updates, Subreddit, and IncGamers Review

Feb 25, 2011 0 comments

The ever-evolving space strategy game gets a pair of new beta updates, the AI War subreddit plus Steam group are officially launched, and IncGamers reviews...

A Valley Without Wind: Multiplayer, World Map, Regions and Windstorms!

Mar 2, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

We peel back the curtain for multiplayer plans in AVWW, complete with server support. Also we reveal the World Map, new regions and those pesky windstorms...

A Valley Without Wind: New Music Diary, Energy Lance Spell and Minimap

Mar 10, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 3 comments

This week we reach a multiplayer benchmark for AVWW, as well as introduce the Energy Lance spell, minimap, new regions, objects and more. Our composer...

New AI War Beta Update and Name Dropping at GDC '11

Mar 10, 2011 AI War: Fleet Command 0 comments

The beta version of AI War v5.003 is out now, and our game gets a very nice mention at the GDC 2011 panel "Strategy Games: The Next Move."

Tidalis Out Now on Desura and Tidalis Lite

Mar 21, 2011 Tidalis 0 comments

Our block-based puzzle title is available now through Desura, along with a demo of course. Check out Tidalis Lite, a free browser version of the game...

"The RAMinator" and "The Balancer" Beta Updates

Mar 22, 2011 AI War: Fleet Command 0 comments

AI War hits beta version 5.004 and 5.005 with some significant improvements, and the latest official version receives a glowing review from i-luv-games.

AVWW Update: New Footage, Screens and Dev Journals

Mar 28, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 4 comments

It's been a couple of weeks since our last update, so we're making up for it with a big time update that includes interiors, lighting, crafting, new regions...

AVWW: First Public Release Now Beta

Mar 31, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 1 comment

We make a difficult, but ultimately beneficial decision regarding the A Valley Without Wind's release schedule, as well as share a new lighting video...

AI War Beta Updates, LotS Videos, and Child's Play Update

Apr 6, 2011 0 comments

This weeek we share a player-created seven part video playthrough of the Fallen Spire campaign, an update on the Child Play's donation amount for Children...

AVWW: Weather, Characters and Monsters

Apr 14, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

AVWW shows off a huge update with new video footage, screenshots and dev journals. Additions and improvements this week include: A host of new weather...

Q&A: In What Ways Is AVWW Randomized?

Apr 18, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

Arcen Games' Chris Park answers in detail a question we've received several times since we announced A Valley Without Wind.

AI War Beta 5.010 "Blade Shield" Released

Apr 25, 2011 0 comments

AI War beta update 5.010 "Blade Shield" hits, and all three of the game's expansions get sparkling reviews over on Big Download.

Overworld Maps, Soft Focus, and NPCs

May 4, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 1 comment

AVWW has seen a very busy couple of weeks, highlighted by the new Soft Focus visual style, revamped Overworld sections, and solid progress on Crafting...

Crafting Q&A, Facebook Page, and Jordan Rivas Preview

May 11, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

Our latest news post discusses three separate items related to A Valley Without Wind. Our latest Q&A discusses economies and crafting in the game...

AVWW Hits Alpha: Side View, Underground, and Increased Variation

Jun 21, 2011 A Valley Without Wind 0 comments

A Valley Without Wind update #12 has us showing off Alpha for the first time, with some major changes and additions in tow. The biggest of all being our...

(More) Musings On Iterative Game Design

Jun 26, 2011 0 comments

Arcen Games Lead Programmer and CEO Chris Park provides an update on his thoughts relating to iterative game design, and why as a company we swear by it.