Archive for August, 2012

Remembering Jerry Nelson

Friday, August 24th, 2012

Those of us at CloudKid HQ were extremely sad to hear of the passing of Jerry Nelson, the voice and original puppeteer of Sesame Street’s Count Von Count. We all grew up learning to count with the help of Jerry, and we were honored that he was able to provide the voice-over for the Count Me to Sheep game that we produced earlier this year. We know that Jerry’s legacy will live on for future generations, and we hope you all take a moment to think of your favorite Count memory today, in honor of Jerry.

Posted in CloudKidHQ, Shout-Outs

Island Adventures

Monday, August 20th, 2012

As we’ve mentioned in the past, we think it’s super important to get out of the office every now and then for a day of fresh air and fun. So, we packed our cooler (seriously, we filled every cubic inch with Capri Suns, water and snacks) and ferried over to George’s Island. On the island, we played a bunch of games (lawn jarts, ladder golf and Cards Against Humanity to name a few), jammed on ukeleles and explored the simultaneously creepy and awesome civil-war era Fort Warren. We also made as many references to Lost, the island, hatches, and the likes as we possibly could. Check out the photos from the outing here. We highly recommend a trip to George’s Island if you’re in the area!

Posted in CloudKid Shenanigans

BostonFest Recap

Monday, August 13th, 2012

We’ve been super busy at CloudKid HQ since we last posted about prepping for BostonFest. Good news: the event was a huge success! It was really exciting to talk with tons of fellow Bostonians about CloudKid and to share a couple of our games (Snacker Stacker and Hectic Harvest) with new audiences.

We also shared an exclusive preview of our upcoming original iPad app, Negative Nimbus. We were so excited that the crowd loved the game’s trailer as well as the character and background designs. So many folks told us they couldn’t wait to play the app, and Nimbus buttons were the quickest CloudKid schwag items to go. We can’t wait to share more of this game in the upcoming weeks, including at our next local event: the Boston Festival of Indie Games. In the meantime, check out the photos from BostonFest in our Facebook Album.

Posted in News

CloudKid at BostonFest Tomorrow

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

It’s no secret that we think our hometown of Boston is wicked awesome. So we were excited when we heard about BostonFest, an event conceived to “celebrate living, working and playing in one of the world’s most amazing cities.” We jumped at the chance to be involved in tomorrow night’s event, where we’ll be hosting a gaming table with some of our projects (and a sneak peek of work to come). If you’re in the area and like Sam Adam’s beer, food truck noms, music, merriment and/or CloudKid, register here for free to join in on the fun! And make sure to stop by our booth to say hi, play games and get some cool CloudKid shwag (t-shirts, buttons, high fives, etc.).  See you there!

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