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Ah, welcome to this development web log, or 'blog', where messers Pickford and Pickford detail the significant events in the development of their enchanting new game, Magnetic Billiards.

For the less patient among you, apparently even more frequent missives from the development trenches are available via the Magnetic Billiards Development Twitter feed, @MagBilliardsDev, whatever that means.


REPLAY - Blueprint new feature #4

Blog posted by Ste Pickford on Sat, 18 Feb 2012

REPLAY - Blueprint new feature #4Here's another little demo of one of the new features coming in Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint version 2.0 - REPLAY! This feature is kind of a cousin to the UNDO feature, but more cosmetic, and just added as a bit of fun really. After taking any shot ...

BAFTA nominated!

Blog posted by Ste Pickford on Thu, 16 Feb 2012

BAFTA nominated!I woke up this morning to the news that Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint has been nominated for a BAFTA Video Game Award in the Mobile & Handheld category. Blimey! We're listed next to Quarrel and Peggle, and some game I've never heard of called 'Ma...

UNDO - Blueprint new feature #3

Blog posted by Ste Pickford on Mon, 13 Feb 2012

UNDO - Blueprint new feature #3Here's another little demo of one of the new features coming in Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint version 2.0 - UNDO! We're really excited about this feature, it's our favourite of all the things we've been adding. Players will now have the ability to UNDO...

Nominated for a Pocket Gamer Award 2012

Blog posted by Ste Pickford on Fri, 10 Feb 2012

Nominated for a Pocket Gamer Award 2012We got a surprise email the other day from Pocket Gamer informing us that Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint has been nominated in their 2012 Pocket Gamer Awards. It took a bit of rooting around on their slightly odd web page (where the nominees in each catego...

Second Best Puzzle Game App Ever 2011!

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Wed, 1 Feb 2012

Second Best Puzzle Game App Ever 2011!We were delighted to spot that Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint has come second place in the 148apps.com 2011 Best App Ever awards, in the iOS Puzzle Game category. We were beaten to first place by Disney's 'Where's My Water?' Just below us in third pl...

Struts - Blueprint new feature #2

Blog posted by Ste Pickford on Tue, 31 Jan 2012

Struts - Blueprint new feature #2The new update to Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint (v2.0) is almost complete, so we thought we'd blog about some of the new features that we've added to the game. Along with Pegs we've also added another new feature to the Classic Game - Struts. Struts ar...

Pegs - Blueprint new feature #1

Blog posted by Ste Pickford on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Pegs - Blueprint new feature #1The new update to Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint (v2.0) is almost complete, so we thought we'd blog about some of the new features that we've added to the game. One of the new features we've added to the Classic Game is Pegs. Some of the new tables will...

Top 10 Games of 2011 - Pocket Gamer

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Tue, 27 Dec 2011

Top 10 Games of 2011 - Pocket GamerHot on the heels of Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint for iOS being named one of the 100 Greatest Apps of All Time for 2011 by Tap! Magazine (a list that only included 13 games, surely making us one of the top 13 iOS games of all time?), the Pocket Gamer websi...

Icon v2.0?

Blog posted by Ste Pickford on Wed, 14 Dec 2011

Icon v2.0?This is either the best graphic I've ever drawn, or the worst. I've no idea any more! It's an idea for a new icon for Blueprint on iOS, for version 2.0 which we're just finishing up at the moment. It makes me laugh when I look at it, so maybe it's a...

82% Retro Gamer review

Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Tue, 6 Dec 2011

82% Retro Gamer reviewA lovely little review from the smashing people over at Retro Gamer (the UK print magazine dedicated to retro games and hardware), which was a nice surprise as Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint is bang up to the minute, ultra-modern, and NOT THE SLIGHTEST BIT ...

 

Magnetic Billiards is a fresh new puzzle game by The Pickford Bros.

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