WHAT’S THIS!?
Weird off screen mobile photos in bad angles of concepts for Simogo’s next game?
Why, yes. Yes it is.

We’re happy to tell you that production of the game after Kosmo Spin has officially started!

Actual window view from the Simogo Mansion/Castle/Base/Dojo

It’s a beutiful winter Monday and Kosmo Spin is featured in New & Noteworthy in more countries (Germany, Russia, Japan to name some) and these nice reviews are now up on the interwebz:

Eurogamer Review
8/10 Simple, beautifully illustrated and packed with addictive lunacy, you should give this a spin immediately.

FZ.se Review
4/5 “Mycket bra – Säkert köp” (“Very good – Safe buy”)

Player One Podcast talked about Kosmo Spin!Nice! Around 00:55!

Well it seems Russia dig Simogo:

iphones.ru review
4+/5

Have a nice Monday!

First of all, say hello to the newest member of the Kosmo Spin felt family by the amazing and talented Emma Lindberg!
“Hello!”

Ok. It’s Friday! Kosmo Spin and Simogo has been covered by a few sites more, so here’s a round up of the latest stuff:

App Store Heroes – Simogo interview on Girl Gamers UK

Funtouch.net Review
8/10 In French

Pocketgamer Review We’re not the ones who can’t take critiscism. Pocketgamer is entitled to their oppinion. They’re also completely entitled to smell of old cheese.

And I have no less than two Russian links for you:

Minimapp interview!
Kanobu Review

In other news:
Work on the first update for Kosmo Spin is soon done.
You can look forward to 12 new quests, 5 new achievements and Facebook (and Twitter, maybe?) score posting. And other nice fixes.

… And what’s this? Another piece of fan art!? Yes, why yes, it sure seems so.

By the amazing artist Willy Bartels.

Weekend coming up. Phew!

… And they are all pretty amazing:

Slide to play
4/4 Must Have
Kosmo Spin is pretty weird, but it’s also ridiculously fun. The game hands you a whole bunch of busywork all at once, and it’s all so silly, you can’t help but get caught up in its strange simplicity.

Appadvice.com
4,5/5
Kosmo Spin is simple and fun for everyone to pick up and start enjoying, but it’s much tougher to put back down. The game is oozing charm with such a great style that you’ll just fall in love with. The survival mode and quests provide plenty to do, and it’s tons of fun with so much action, and such simple controls.

Girl Gamers Uk
9/10
I am finding it very difficult to say anything negative about this game. It has the quick hit, pick up and play nature that works so well on the iPhone, along with the cute looks and easy gameplay that will attract players in the first place. If you combine all of this with Game Center leader boards and achievements, and a price of just 59p, you could easily be looking at the next App Store hit. I suggest that you pick up the game now, before everyone else finds out about it.

The Gamer With Kids
Kosmo Spin is a fun, addictive game for the whole family. It starts off easy but gradually gets harder and harder but it never gets frustrating. In fact, the more you play, the more you want get better and better in order to get your score higher. It really is a hard game to put down once you start and it’s very easy to lost track of time playing it. I highly recommend Kosmo Spin for anyone who is looking for a unique, fun game that is high in replayability. This game is family friendly and suitable for all ages.

Tapscape
8/10
Kosmo Spin is an incredibly charming game. The cute characters and humorous text and dialog make it a joy to play.

Game Reactor
7/10
Lovely cute design, intuitive gameplay mechanics, feels original, rather addictive.

IReview
A
Graphic Award
We are happy to recommend Kosmo Spin, especially for families with small children. Harmonious, sweet and innovative! (in german)

Minimapp
И так во всем: по Kosmo Spin видно, что ее создателей, простите, невероятно прет от собственной работы. В больших играх такое бывает нечасто — а это важный момент.
Yeah, I have no idea either. But this is the first Russian review and that’s cool enough in itself. Also, Minimapp might be the best name ever for a blog.

And some video reviews:
Appbuddy
NuRevu (iPhone)
NuRevu (iPad)
Appvideoreview (In italian. So I have no idea what he says. He might actually hate it.)

Swedish links:
Radio Speltorsk, Gästreview
iMan, Snurrigt rädda världen spel
Intervju på skillpoint.se
Touched by dreams

And to round it up here is another amazing piece of fan art:

By Jacob Hartmann (here’s his blog posts about Kosmo Spin:
iOS gaming 1: Kosmo Spin
iOS gaming 2: Kosmo Spin Again.

Phew. I think that’s it. Please contact us if you find anything else!

Are we dreaming? Pinch us or something ’cause this is too good to be true.
Kosmo Spin is featured by Apple in “New and Noteworthy” and “Hot New Games”

If we were not feeling, eeeeer, so-so from yesterdays adventures with the beer we would go out and celebrate. We’ll just settle for a little (slow) dance.

Busy day yesterday!
Kosmo Spin was released, so here’s a round up of things that happened on this legendary day.

Both me and Gordon were crazy nervous. I actually woke up in the middle of the night to buy Kosmo Spin.
We got in to the office early to finish up the last things on the website and have the press releases and trailer out before lunch. Spent the day with replying a lot of mail, watching feedback and talking on forums and stuff to get the word out.

Just the day before my friend Emma had sent me new fantastic Kosmo Spin fabric figures, so of course the office had to be decorated with them before people showed up for our mini-release party.

And a mini release party it was. But, the creme de la creme of Malmö’s game developers swung by. 0.7% of Massive Entertainment, about 22% of Southend Interactive, 50% of Coackroach Inc, 100% Simogo and the talented 3D freelance artists Daniel & Daniel (!) that we share office with.

Beers were bought:

…And consumed:

The last brave ones before we headed of to end the night at the pub Pickwick just across the street from our office:

Best thing that happened yesterday? That would be this amazing piece of Kosmo Spin fan art by Johan Gulldén, programmer at Southend:

Click sell worm to buy it!
EXCITED! We are.
Kosmo Spin is out and Gordon is shaking.

“NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.”

Big thanks to NASA for covering the release of Kosmo Spin!

NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery

This just in:
Kosmo Spin will be available on AppStore DECEMBER 2, 2010!
That’s right – This Thursday! Tell your friends, your mom and (above all) tell your dog!
Price? $0.99 / £0.59 / 0,79€ / ¥115 / 7SEK!

You want to know how happy we are about that?

So happy that our toes frenetically started wiggling by themselves. Proof:

Website update! Now this fantastic blog is powered by Word Press! Which means that Gordon no longer rules this blog with his big evil iron html fists. And there was much rejoicing.

This is what it looks like when you walk to the Simogo office a tuesday morning. It’s cold as fudge!