December 2, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
Today we’re announcing the release date for our 2nd Facebook game - The Attack on Glowbuleville. A public Beta version will be made available on December 15th. The game is simple, cute, challenging, funny and easily learned.
The game
You take on the role of a young hero, which has to save his village, Glowbuleville, from occupation by the evil Gorbs. You have to enter every house, whack every Gorb and save the innocent Globules that are held captive. You begin with a twig but as you work your way up, you are able to pick up better whacking weapons and other things that will help you succeed.
Your profile is a very important aspect of the game. There, you can see what trophies you have achieved, how your journey is going and what you need to improve. You can also view the profile of your friends and compare your success to theirs.
We’ve been working hard at making this game a great community experience!
Screen shots
Enough text. Here are some screen shots!
The Store - Where players can purchase items, upgrades and weapons.
A hut - Players enter huts and fight the evil Gorbs by whacking them
Players Profile - Check out all the stats, facts and figures!
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November 30, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
Woha! We’ve been completely overwhelmed by all the positive response that The Crisis Game has generated. Yesterday our CEO was interviewed by a reporter for the Financial Times, and earlier today The Crisis Game was covered on their front page for Europe! You can read the article here.
Iceland Review seems to be the source that got the Financial Times interested in the story. IR covered The Crisis Game a couple of days ago. Read their article here.
But best of all is the response we’ve seen from Icelanders. They’ve already submitted hundreds of cards through the website that we set up (www.kreppuspilid.is). Our pre-sale price of 2.990 ISK seems to be another positive because the response to our pre-sale offer has been incredible - a lot more than we originally expected. We might have to consider offering more of our stock through pre-sale if the game keeps on selling at this rate.
We are happy, touched, giddy, joyous and incredibly humbled by all of this. What a ride this is shaping up to be 
Tags: Kreppuspil, Kreppuspilið, Crisis Board Game, The Crisis Game, Financial Times coverage, Iceland Review coverage, Crisis Game, Financial Times Article, Iceland Review Article
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November 25, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
Gogogic is launching a board game in December (Iceland only). In Icelandic, the game is called “Kreppuspilið” - or “Recession” “The Crisis Game*”, in English. We see the game as ideal for parties and family gatherings over the holidays. It’s topical, humorous, ironic and - last but not least - fun fun fun.
Usually, Gogogic would not be involved in board game production, but these are unusual circumstances. The concept was brought to us by Valur Þór Gunnarsson, a business contact that lost his job in October through mass layoffs that were in direct connection to Iceland’s declining economy.
Valur instantly became committed to doing something new, fun and creative - never allowing the situation to drag him down. After a couple of weeks of idea work “Kreppuspilið” was born and he decided to talk to us about producing it. Since it is an absolutely crazy idea - to design, produce, market and sell a board game in just over a month - we decided to commit to the project, mainly because we love crazy ideas. When something seems impossible it becomes more exciting and challenging to pursue.
So, here we are. The game is designed, it is fun and it is ready for production! Who knows - if this goes well, we might produce more board games - or re-design this one for the US market. You might even see an on-line version of it, some day 
*NOTE: Financial Times and Iceland Review posted articles that translated Kreppuspilið as The Crisis Game.
Tags: Board Game, Crisis, Crisis Board Game, Financial Times coverage, Iceland Review coverage, Kreppa, Kreppuspil, Kreppuspilið, Recession board game, The Crisi, The Crisis Game
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November 13, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
We’ve set up a group on Facebook to prepare for our next Facebook game - Attack on Glowbuleville - which we’ll be announcing soon. There is a small Trailer Video already posted on the group page, so go check it out
Find the group here!
Tags: attack on glowbuleville, facebook, facebook game, facebook group
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November 7, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
Team Gogogic (most of it, anyway)
Today was “Ugly Clothes Day” at Gogogic. Everyone joined in and dressed for the occation. We took pictures and, believe it or not, we are sharing them with everyone who wants to see them via Facebook!
Enjoy!
Tags: fun at work, gogogic friday fun, ugly clothes, ugly clothes day
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October 31, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
Last week the president of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, visited Gogogic. He familiarized himself with the company, its background and future plans.
The visit was most welcome, especially because we here at Gogogic got the opportunity to talk about Icelandic startup companies and the environment that they have delt with over the past couple of years. We also got to present our ideas for fixing and improving the environment, so in the future there will be more support for companies like Gogogic.
Currently, given the economic situation, it is vital to look closely at startup companies and etrepreneurs. They hold the key to building future economic success.
We want to thank Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson for visiting and for the chance to present our company and our vision.
Tags: Ólafur Ragnar, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, head of state, Iceland, Icelandic President, president of Iceland, Presidential visit
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September 15, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
Inside Social Games reviewed Stack’em last Saturday. Here is an excerpt of what they had to say:
The game play is very simple and easy to learn (stack sheep until you miss three times and loose) which is something more developers should take to heart (you’ve all heard the saying). Gogogic knows the game is simple, so instead of piling on loads of complicated features that so many other designers do, they instead choose to polish this one feature to be as fun and amusing as possible. The game is just funny, and it’s impossible to play without cracking a smile.
Read the full review here!
And play the game here!
J#
Tags: facebook, facebook game, flash game, sheep game, stack'em, stacker
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September 3, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
Ladies and gentlemen! We’ve released our very first Facebook game - Stack’em. The story behind the game is simple: stack as many sheep as you possibly can and create the ultimate tower of bleeping sheep! Easy and doable by pressing a single button (although, repeatedly).
When we decided to build games for Facebook, we also wanted to start by launching something simple and addictive. We think we’ve achived that with Stack’em.
We’re currently ironing out a couple of minor issues and we will be updating the game every day for the next week or so. Further updates depend on how well the game does with the Facebook crowd. But we’d love all and any pointers/comments that you maight have
And oh… We expect to release at least 2 more Facebook games over the next few weeks, with more games rolling out before Christmas!
If you have a Facebook account, add Stack’em here!
J#
Tags: facebook, facebook game, flash game, online game, stack'em, stacker, stacking game
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September 3, 2008 by Jónas Antonsson
The Minister of Commerce, Björgvin G. Sigurðsson, visited Gogogic in August. We invited him so he could familiarize himself with the realities of an Icelandic start-up company.
He stayed for an hour and we discussed the game industry, the current economic situation and the potential of Icelandic entertainment companies. Overall, we had a very good meeting and we enjoyed talking to one of Iceland’s ministers.
Björgvin G. Sigurðsson (left) and Jónas B. Antonsson (right)
J#
Tags: Björgvin G. Sigurðsson, Minister of Commerce, viðskiptaráðherra
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