For the past few months we decided to keep our progress under the radar. However, with GDC 08 being just around the corner, it is time to come clean and lay the cards on the table. These are very exciting times for us with lots of news, so hang on tight!

The image above is a piece of concept art for our current project What if? Thanks to Matt, now we have pictures to help visualize the game. This has proven to be extremely useful.

Our concept has created a lot of controversy during the Vortex Competition semi finals in July 2007 (at that time, the game was called Life). In November, we had the opportunity to present our game to Dreamcatcher Interactive. An opportunity such as this was a very exciting achievement. Moreover, Dreamcatcher Interactive expressed a lot of enthusiasm towards our project. We received great feedback and encouragement.

Our success continues: outside What if? Matt is currently competing in IGF Student Showcase Awards. This is an amazing achievement, since Matt is an art student who has learned programming and developed his game without any help. So go download Gesunheit! and cheer him on! It’s a GREAT game!

I am currently working on a project with ROLFMAO Productions (the guys behind the PurePwnage show - the largest internet show). More about that soon.

In the meantime, check out my blog and the newly added games section. The games you will find there were developed in my spare time for various competitions. I hope you enjoy them.

~Andrei

smARTertainmnet is a game development company based in the Toronto area. Our goal is to experiment with the game medium in new interesting ways, which are generally considered too risky by the current established industry. We are currently working on our first project which has a tentative release date for the end of 2008. More information will be posted here as we are ready to share it with you.