“Little bit of a noggin’ buster there…”

Thanks for the review CrazyMike, we like you

We’ve just finished localising Coconut Dodge for release in Japan!

It looks like it was always meant to be…

We need help
None of us can read, write or speak Japanese, and so we are looking for someone to help us promote the game in Japan and share a percentage of the sales revenue!

The PSP is still doing serious business in Japan (even outselling Nintendo’s shiny new 3DS!), so there is potential for the game to do really well, but it has no chance without someone making a big song and dance about it.

Specifically, we’re looking for people to do the following:

1) Post up videos and articles about the game and the PlayStation Home items on Japanese gaming websites.

2) Submit game promo codes to Japanese games press.

3) Hang around on games forums answering questions about the game, including the Official PlayStation Forums.

4) Help us think up and execute wacky ideas to help give the game the attention it deserves. As an example, we did a ton of interviews and articles, and shot this video which helped a lot!

Can you help?
We’re not looking for professional marketing specialists necessarily, but someone who can write well in both English and Japanese, someone who likes the game, and someone who can act as FuturLab’s ambassador for the game in the SCEJ territory!

Can anyone help?

If you’re interested, please get in touch directly with me: james@futurlab.co.uk

Thanks for reading!

The iOS version of Coconut Dodge contains two mazes in Maze Master mode that are not included in the PSP version, Mazes 6 and 13.

These mazes require Clawrence to keep a ball bounced centrally on screen whilst zipping left and right to collect treasure.

The trick is to keep the ball as central as possible before the mazes appear. If you need to correct the ball bounce, do it by tiny amounts either side to avoid sending it hurtling off screen. A good way to practice is to try and guess where the ball will land, and position Clawrence so the first bounce sends the ball straight up in the air.

You’ll need to be able to do this every time so that you can zip in and out of the gaps and return to where you need to be to keep the ball central, so practice this in the main mode as there are more balls around.

Hope that helps, happy dodging!

We’d like to say a big thank you to the people at EA that helped us along the way: James Wright, James Dillon, Ed Rumley, Cristian Radulescu, Catalin Pica, Adrian Mocanu, Daniel Smaranda, Cristian Sadean, Surendar Modugu and George Ivanel.

We’d also like to thank John Steels for enduring the art asset production!

Most of all, we’d like to thank Andy Kerridge at Kadikoy Media for being _stupendously_ brilliant, caring so much about making the iOS port the definitive version.

Why not visit PlayStation Home next Thursday and secure yourself an Invincibility Viking Helmet!

Or a Classy Coconut Hat?

Perhaps some ‘well-bling-mate’ Giant Ruby earrings!?

Or even a bonkers crab head with sparkle pants?

Hi folks,

Here’s an update on our Coconut Dodge PlayStation Home items!

Coming to a PS3 near you soon…

When you’re an indie with a marketing budget smaller than the price of the game itself, any coverage is appreciated.

Foreign coverage, in a printed magazine no less, is pretty exciting then, even if it’s just two moderately long sentences

The best bit is the nice bold electropink text at the end:

‘BUY’

A big thanks to @Haskell420 for mailing us the scan!

PSNStores is running a bonkers competition to win one of 50 Coconut Dodge PSN vouchers!

To win a code, all you need to do is be the first person from your state to post a comment!

Check it out: 50 Codes, 50 States.

Coconut Dodge

Some screenshots from Shaun’s progress on the Coconut Dodge items for PlayStation Home.

Coconut Hat!

Crown Hat!

Rubies for Jewelery!

Comments welcome folks!