Merry Christmas!

As everything winds down for the holidays, here's a Christmas greeting from the Art team at Cobra. Thanks for stopping by and visit again in the New Year to see what we're going to be up to, and to find out who the kid in the Tea Cup is.

Art by Mark Brown.

Low Grav Racer 2 - OUT NOW!

Low Grav Racer 2 has passed Apple's submission process. Here is the direct link to the App Store.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/low-grav-racer-2/id341773746?mt=8

And visit the Low Grav Mini Site.
http://www.lowgravracer.com/

Trailer for Low Grav Racer 2

Here's the trailer for Low Grav Racer 2. The game should be live on the App Store by Friday 4th December!

Visit the Low Grav Racer site at www.lowgravracer.com

LGR2 - Low Grav Racer 2

Low Grav Racer 2 has just been submitted to Apple, so should should go live on the App Store before the end of next week. In the meantime, here are some screen shots, taken from in-game, to whet your appetite. Art by Rosalind Galloway and William Hazle (modelling and texturing), Carrie Guthrie (Logo, Front End and HUD) and Colin Gordon (Weapon FX). Dan Leyden and Michael McDonald programmed.

Trailer for FORE!

The trailer is up for FORE!
In-game Course art by Rosalind Galloway, and Front End & HUD by Carrie Guthrie.

FORE!

This is Carrie Guthrie's logo design for our soon to be released golf game, FORE!

DOTS! - Available to download now.

Here's the trailer for our new puzzle game DOTS! This is a real tough game... are you up for it?
All art by Mark Brown, coded by Andrew Haining.


Purchase DOTS!

Route 666 - The Dragon's Wrath

A new Route 666 wallpaper for your desktop, iPhone and iPod Touch. Art by Colin Gordon.

GoBomber!

Here's Carrie Guthrie's reworked logo for iBomber, which is being retitled GoBomber for a future release on the PSP and PSPGo. Read the press release at CasualGaming.

Route 666

Here's a tasty look at a game that's currently in pre-production at Cobra; Route 666. Design and artwork by Colin Gordon. I've posted a selection of wallpaper sizes for iPhone, Mac & PC, so go ahead and treat your desktop and iPhone/iPod Touch. And head over to Pocket Gamer for some more info. http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Route+666/news.asp?c=14409

DOTS!

Some teaser images from our, currently in production, adventure puzzler DOTS! Art by Mark Brown.

In Development - Concept Art

More concept art, this time by Mark Brown. These sketches will eventually form part of the comic strip cut scene in our new puzzle game DOTS!

In Development - Concept Art

More cool concept art from Colin Gordon.

In Development - Concept Sketches

Here are a few sketches from iBomber artist Colin Gordon, for a new game currently in pre-production, with more to come.

Numba is back on the App Store!

Numba, our successful 'match numbers game', has just been re-released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Originally published by I-play, Numba is now self published by Cobra, and it's a steal at $1.99!
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318176575&mt=8

All Art by Colin Gordon.

Evolution of a Logo

When Cobra started, one of the first briefs handed out was for a company logo. The brief went something like this; the logo needs to be adaptable and stylish, abstract and bold, and has to work in a single colour. The logo had to straddle both corporate and games worlds. Carrie Guthrie set to work sketching out ideas, these are just a few from her sketchbook.

The finished logo was sharp and completely filled the brief. It has proven itself to be a very versatile insignia.

As we were originally producing games for mobile phones, we were cursed by ridiculously small jar sizes, and the flat, single colour logo worked perfectly on splash screens that had to be 'crunched' down in size for the smallest of handsets. As the phones got better we experimented with the logo. Mark Brown tooned it up a little.

As we became established in the mobile sector, I decided that there was no need to be precious with the logo and that where possible it should be themed to the game. Mark Brown created a pink and powerpuffy splash for Powerpuff Girls - Mojo Madness. The blue reflected logo was used for Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines and segued seamlessly into a blue sky cut scene..

Once production began on iPhone Apps, we were able to animate our logo and have a lot more fun with it. Colin Gordon produced an animated splash that made its debut in numba, then LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games.

It was then suitably blinged up, in the worst possible taste, for Zombie Chav Hunt.

Colin then themed it perfectly to fit iBomber.

Mark created a suitably retro and very British logo for Dam Buster.

For Mouse About Mark created a cool Looney Tunes homage where the logo became a cheese. He also reworked the animated logo for the limited release of Nose About for Comic Relief and Stuck Genie.

Carrie has since produced this polished logo for use in our Trailers.

And there you have some of the key moments in the ongoing evolution of a logo.

Color Now

Here's a wee taste of what to expect from the first Color Now update (coming soon) with Colin's Happy Dinosaur.

LGR 2 announced

LGR 2: Low Grav Racer 2, the sequel to Low Grav Racer is now in development. Here's Carrie's new logo for the game.

Color Now Trailer

Direct link to purchase from the AppStore:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=315517019

Stuck Genie Trailer

Here's the trailer for Stuck Genie...

Buy it now at the App Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=314420223&mt=8

The Color Now trailer will be posted later today.

New iBomber Trailer

Our boss Mark Ettle has put together a new iBomber trailer, and here it is...

iBomber is Live on the App Store!

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=316774112

Dam Buster - Coming Soon!

Here's the Teaser Trailer for Dam Buster. Coming soon to the App Store.
Art by Mark Brown, programmed by Sam Taylor with assist from Dave MacKeddie.

Mind Games 2 - Coming Soon!

Mind Games was a hugely succesful mobile game that we developed, published through Player X. Now Mind Games 2 is making its way onto the App Store as well as returning to mobile. Roz Galloway created the look for the iPhone/iPod Touch version.