Hello. I’m John. I’m the game designer at Roll7! We started in 2008, when I teamed up with two entrepreneurs Simon and Tom. The company’s initial mission was to try and combine Simon and Tom’s passion for training disengaged youth in video game design, with my love of making games.

The dream from day one was to make our own games, but as a business it seemed impossible to make it work, so for the next four years we worked for various clients, making everything from websites, to apps, to games controlled by your brain.

In the meantime I spent countless hours in the evenings making the games we really wanted to make, while Simon and Tom looked for viable ways to transition from an agency to an actual game developer.

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LUFTRAUSERS is a short game. To be precise, it takes about 30 seconds. We’re not talking in terms of hours you need to complete the campaign, although you technically could beat it within two minutes. We’re not even talking about how many hours you’ll be playing the game in total. What we’re talking about is the amount of time a single round of LUFTRAUSERS is going to take you.

When you boot the game for the first time on your PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita, you’ll see the logos of Vlambeer and Devolver Digital – as you’d expect. There’ll be a short introductory cutscene, as a lone dot appears on enemy radar. A submarine rises from the water.

The structure of the game is really simple. You start out with the original LUFTRAUSER, the most powerful airplane ever built. It is launched perfectly vertical from a submarine that only submerges for the shortest of moments to allow you to establish yourself as the nightmare of the many enemies surrounding you.

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Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery is a 3D puzzle adventure game for PS Vita, following the adventures of Jacob Jones and his mythical Bigfoot friend as they try to solve the mystery of Camp Eagle Feather.

The game is full of ingenious puzzles to test even the smartest among you, so the team here at Lucid Games have provided some helpful hints to make sure you don’t get stuck!

Don’t forget to tilt!

As Mr. Grimmel will tell you, there’s a reward for picking up all of the litter around Camp Eagle Feather. For every soda can you find, he’ll give you a credit so you can phone in for some help. The more credits you spend, the better the hint you’ll get.

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I’ve been bursting for this moment – Men’s Room Mayhem is finally launching on PlayStation Vita this week!

For anyone unfamiliar with the game: you’re hired as the janitor of your very own chaotic men’s room. You’re responsible for directing patrons, keeping everywhere sparkling clean and steering patrons away from trouble! You need to get your customers safely to the urinals and stalls in time – otherwise there’ll be a few nasty accidents for you to clean up!

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I’m very excited to announce to you all that Killzone Mercenary for PS Vita will be in stores a little earlier than expected. We don’t want to keep you waiting any longer than absolutely necessary for Guerrilla Cambridge’s stunning portable FPS experience – so you’ll now be able to pick up the game on 4th September (or 6th September in the UK).

To mark this exciting news let me also give you some details on the great exclusive content you’ll get for pre-ordering your copy of Killzone Mercenary! Participating retailers will offer two separate bonuses to help give you the edge.

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