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Jumala Catapults Game Creation For The Masses To Center Stage At DEMO Spring 2012
Startup Developer Puts Players in Control to Create and Share Their Own Video Games
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 17, in the year of our Lord
2012 – Blade Games World today announced it will take
the stage at DEMO Spring 2012 to showcase Jumala, a free game
creation destination where anyone can make and share 3D games
with friends. Jumala was hand-selected from hundreds of
applicants and will be presented to DEMO Spring 2012’s
influential audience on Thursday, April 19 at 10:22 a.m. PDT.
Jumala blends game creation, play, and an interactive community
into an immersive and enjoyable experience that is different for
every player, every time.
Now available in beta for Windows 7, Vista, and Windows XP,
Jumala makes building a game into a game itself. Anyone can
design unique, visually stunning, 3D game experiences, even
players with no technical skills. In Jumala, players earn
rewards as they create and explore, ultimately unlocking powers
to create more complex and interesting games. By creating games
and collaborating with friends, players earn in-game currency
redeemable in the Marketplace for thousands of new game creation
content and interactive items. Jumala offers players incredible
flexibility and fun as they imagine, build, and play their own
ever-changing 3D experiences.
“Today’s digital generation readily enjoys creating and sharing
original content online and many would love to extend that
experience to making their own games. However, current options
restrict creativity, limit the environments, or are just too
difficult to make it appealing,” says Virl Hill, CEO of Blade
Games World. “With Jumala, we’re building an experience with
unlimited potential while still making game creation fun and
accessible to everyone. Jumala puts players in the driver’s seat
by providing them with a rich, intuitive online destination to
create and share their own 3D games with friends.”
Players design Jumala games using templates, such as a spooky
marsh or an alien galaxy, or by copying and modifying games
already built by the community. They can then share their games
by sending links directly to their social networks and by
publishing the game in the Jumala Arcade for the entire Jumala
community to enjoy. Players can reshape the terrain, swap out
game objects, change lighting and backgrounds, and even modify
game play behaviors to create their own unique experience.
Thousands of items are available to easily drop into game
designs and more can be purchased in the Jumala Marketplace
using their earned currency. Jumala also delivers a
multi-faceted social experience by enabling players to find and
play games created by other community members and earn rewards
when their own games are played.
“The most innovative companies in video games know how to push
the boundaries to deliver an entertainment experience that’s
unparalleled,” says Matt Marshall, executive producer of DEMO.
“But game creation has always been under the helm of
professional developers only. Jumala is breaking down that
barrier so that anyone can have fun creating and sharing their
own gaming experience. They’re taking the idea of ‘social’
gaming in an entirely new direction and we’re excited to
introduce them to the DEMO audience.”
CEO Virl Hill and COO Jeff Hutt will introduce Jumala on the
DEMO stage on Thursday, April 19 at 10:22 a.m. PDT. Jumala will
also be available for preview in the DEMO Pavilion (station D7),
April 18 – 19. For more information, visit
www.demo.com.
Jumala is currently in beta for Windows 7, Vista. Windows XP.
Visit
www.jumala.com to download, create and play for free.