If you like this, (which you probably do) be sure to hit us up on Kickstarter http://kck.st/cnTzcP.
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graFighters v0.1 a working prototype
Posted in Company News Tagged beta, demo, here is proof, it actually works, Petunia, Razor Blazer, Smokescreen Leave a commentgraFighters on Kickstarter
As of a few hours ago, graFighters is officially featured on kickstarter.com. http://kck.st/cnTzcP In case you have not heard about kickstarter.com, it is a great way to use crowd-sourcing to fund new and innovative ideas. graFighters has just been accepted, and is live on the site for the next 29 days. Be sure to check out the video we made for our application and read our posting on kickstarter. We are really counting on the community to help us in bringing this game to life because we know we are not the only people who see what this could become. Of course there are other ways to help graFighters that are not related to money and be sure to hit up everybody@grafighters.com if you are interested, or even just have ideas and want to talk to the team. Also, if you feel like sending this link along to anyone you think would be interested, (which might as well be everyone in the world). We would also like to say that we don’t frown upon excessive spreading of this link. Even if you become “that guy”and resort to constant spamming your social networking sites like your account has been hacked, we would not be opposed to that either. We promise we wont think less of you.Posted in Company News, Startup Life Tagged boats and hoes, cash money, crowdsourcing, kickstarter, you wont do it Leave a commentDemo Day Crunch Time
Over the past 48 hours, a combined 5 hours of sleep been obtained by the graFighters team in preparation for Demo Day. We are fueled by Mountain Dew (or even the cheaper knock off, Mountain Top), excitement, and the thought of sleep when this is all over.
We also rearranged the desks into what we call “ultra productive formation” that prevents people wandering by and catching a glimpse of the awesomeness that is graFighters, only to have to spend the next hour calming them down because they are so excited.
Also, by popular demand, we decided to share here the inspiration Cornelius had for his Petunia character we showcased a few posts before. Yes that once a sandwhich. Yes that was his lunch; and yes he liked it.
Be sure to check us out around 3:45 (guesstimate) for a live presentation by Eric for Syracuse Student Sandbox Demo Day.
http://bit.ly/c7QUPi
Posted in Company News Tagged can someone not get me a sandwich, demo day, do the dew, not sleeping Leave a commentgraFighters in Print Magazine
graFighters was featured in a magazine that people read! Woot woot! Thanks to Sarah Zimmerman for writing the article.
Posted in Company News Tagged grafighters in a magazine, not a computer screen, old school, print, reading Leave a comment1st Legit Fight in graFighters History!
Cornelius has done it!! It took an entire year to get to this point, and it’s all worth it. Literally moments ago, the graFighters team witnessed the first ever fight between two characters powered by the freshly built game engine. If you’ve been following us over the past year you have probably noticed that graFighters was more of a design and video production company than a game
well those days are over! No longer do we need to fake fights happening in Flash and After Effects. Instead we can just play the game. And hopefully soon, you will be able to join in on the fun.Now, as much as we would love to show you documentation of this historic occasion we are going to hold off on releasing this top secret information until Demo Day. (Demo Day is the grand finale of the tech incubator that we are a part of) and it’s happening this Wednesday. But in the mean time, we will do our best to describe the scene…
Meet Petunia, part dinosaur, part the sandwich you found under your couch cushion last week. She’s one tough piece of paper. In fact, she is the epitome of toughness in the graFighters universe. She was born from the hand of Cornelius, with the sole purpose of busting skulls. In fact, Petunia’s so tough that she challenged herself to a fight. (We promise it had nothing to do with the fact that she was the only character programmed into the game). After punching the sky, the ground, and just about everything else that wasn’t Petunia, she landed one mean punch that rocked the entire graFighters world. The next 30 seconds was a mix of punches, blocks, and donkey kicks that looked something like a pair of 3 year-olds throwing temper tantrums side by side and eventually knocking one another out. In other words… it was absolutely beautiful.
Posted in Company News Tagged game, Grafighters, old sandwich, Petunia, something that actually works Leave a commentLate Night Luchadores
It was late last night, about 12:30ish, when we received one of my personal favorite emails of all time. The author, Andrés, and his subject… Luchadores for Beta. Our first reaction was almost disbelief. Had graFighters just been spammed by some sort of underground Mexican wrestling league?? (Basically we imagined a picture of something that looked like Jack Black from Nacho Libre pointing a bloody and battered finger straight at our souls, recruiting the graFighters team to join forces with them like some sort of twist on the old school Uncle Sam posters. Well, our first instincts were slightly off… but not by much!
We laughed, we cried, we took a siesta, and then it hit us… graFighters is really happening and not just for our close friends and family, but for everyone. Whether the game is a day, a month, or a year from launching it doesn’t really matter. (actually we know that it really does matter) But the point is that graFighters spirit is in the air!! People want this game to happen, and it’s not just us. We can’t tell you how encouraging it is to get an email from someone we’ve never met that says (in many different ways) “I’m so ready for this game, here’s a taste of what’s to come.” And then they drop one or several awesome drawings right in our laps.
Right now, there’s this very exciting feeling that comes from these emails. It’s kinda like lighting the fuse of a firework, and watching the flame slowly creep towards the explosives. Basically, what we really want to say is thanks to all of you who have sent us drawings over the past few months. It’s way cooler to us to get your drawings in our inbox than you can probably understand. It definitely keeps us going.
Shoutouts to the dudes from Coburn Design, Chris and Alden. Also, Jack and the manager of the Luchadores, Andrés.
And so, without futher adieu, the Late Night Luchadores and other awesome creatures!
Annnnd we’re back
After hiding out in a mysterious underground lair plotting social gaming domination for the past nine months, graFighters has finally emerged fresh and juiced to re-join the world of social media. What was in that underground lair you ask? Well lots of things actually. The lair consisted mainly of things such as life, college, game development, friends, more development, whiteboards, actionscript 3, failing, drawing, pitching, failing, designing, business planning, failing, and trying harder. It was quite the place actually and I would recommend it to anyone!
But seriously, the past 9 months have been a wild and amazing ride for graFighters. Instead of cramming 9 months’ worth of posts into one epic post (it would be way too epic for anyone to handle), We will be sure to catch up on all the activities this week post by post as if they were happening in real time (just pretend). Some of the highlighst to look forward to include our epic report card from the 2009 IGF panel, our consideration of turning graFighters into a T-shirt company, the birth of “The C0rne1ius”, the founders graduating college, and receiving funding, precisely in that order.
graFighters is coming along nicely and we can’t wait to share what we’ve been hard at work on with everyone who has supported us along the way. We are going to stay away from guaranteeing any specific timeframes but we can say we are much closer and plan to keep everyone updated every step of the way.
Posted in Company News, Startup Life Tagged back in black, return of the jedi, return of the king Leave a commentCitrusTV on the Sandbox and Grafighters
Matt Rivers of Citrus TV with a story on Grafighters, the Syracuse Student Sandbox, and what it is like to be a college student starting a business.
Student Start Ups from Matt Rivers on Vimeo.
Posted in Company News Tagged CitrusTV, Grafight, Grafighters, Sketch, Syracuse Student Sandbox 1 CommentDemo Day 2009
After 32 hours with no sleep, 8 cups of coffee, 14 power point versions, and a last minute demo completion, Grafight had reached Demo Day. This wonderful event, hosted by the Tech Garden, marked the end of a 12 week journey made by four teams.Brand-Yourself.com- a one stop online presence makeover for job applicants.
Congruser- a universal service for celebrities to have one account name across social media sites, including sub-user-names for interns.
OpenQuad- a five pronged attack at creating a site for college students to get the most out of their college experience.
Grafight- an online game that allows users to upload hand drawn characters and watch them battle it out.
Grafight was up against some stiff competition but took home a $1,000 check for the best presentation voted by the audience. It was a great feeling and overall a great experience for everyone involved in the program.
Although this was the end of the official program, now is when the real work begins. After speaking interest at Demo Day, Grafight is currently ramping up development for our February 2010 release. We plan to stay hard at work in the TechGarden while hopefully making it to some classes this semester. We would also like to thank the TechGarden, their entire staff, all of our advisers and especially our coach John Liddy for making all of this happen. Thank you to our readers and followers for showing interest at such and early stage. If you haven’t already, make sure you sign up for the Alpha testing on the homepage. We cant wait to show you more of what we have been working on.
Posted in Company News, Startup Life 5 CommentsOur pad at the TechGarden
These are our work-spaces as of a few months ago. Nice eh? They are decorated with a combination of original drawings and design inspiration from around the internet. Eric works on a Mac and I work on a PC trying to prove that the two operating systems can live in peace. Every inch of the desk area itself is covered in paper to allow for maximum doodle space. This massive sheet of paper has been put to great use from sketches to appointment reminders and even book keeping. I recommend to anyone who has a desk to do this immediately. Maybe this week I will take a picture of our current desk situation in order to display current state of madness.
