Happy New Year everyone!

To kick off 2018 we thought we'd share a retrospective of the past few years of this project, with events stretching back to before Super Plexis even had its name. Feel free to skim to the end for what we have planned for the end of the month!

2015

January to May- Sporadic, casual conversations about making games turns to serious consideration
June - Andrew moves to FL, planning begins for a “Puzzle Action RPG” for iOS, concept art/story writing begins
July - Research and experimenting with Apple frameworks in Xcode, along with a custom SDK.
August - Pixel art, tilesheets, and animation of assets. Alpha engine builds with basic character movement. Weekly vlog begins.
September to October - a “proof of concept” demo is completed mixed RPG and puzzle elements
November to December - the game gets a name, finally. A long break from the grind is taken for the holidays.

2016

January - through much consideration, the RPG concept is shelved in favor of a streamlined multiplayer experience
February to March - the base game is rebuilt in Objective-C (instead of Swift), the shared office is dissolved as Gabe moves next door
April to May - youtube channel launches, new menus designed, special abilities are added to gameplay.
June - characters implemented, online multiplayer testing, SFX & music are added
July - rush to have a playable build at Metrocon, host a panel/tournament, and get the word out for our closed beta.
August to September - iOS beta announced for October, multiplayer menus (profile, leaderboards, shop, etc), account data, etc.
October - Closed beta launches on Testflight
November to December - iteration based on feedback, break for the holidays

2017

January to February - Introduction of single-player “Adventure Mode” map and levels, Super Plexis goes live on the iOS App Store
March - Promotion and game maintenance, planning begins on how to tackle porting to Android
April - The Kickstarter is launched to support the next phase of development. More promotion ensues!
May - Kickstarter success! Connections formed with the community. Preliminary planning of new engine and account system
June to July - Post-kickstarter cool off period, with work on servers/accounts (Medley IDs) underway.
August - New website designed, to be used with Medley IDs. Trip out of state to view total solar eclipse.
September - Hurricane Irma strikes! Forced to move in with friends for 2-3 weeks until power returns at home.
October - Work on servers/accounts resumes normal pace, complete UI design overhaul begins.
November to December - Medley IDs are completed, website goes live, and sign-ups for the beta open.

2018 ...?

...which brings us to today! At our current pace we’re on track to have our first playable multi-platform build before the end of the month. It will feature very early gameplay (so no character abilities yet), the ability to log in with your ID, and possibly our first test of cross-platform multiplayer. This will be a major milestone for us, as all the planning and foundations we've laid will be put to the test!

We'll have more news about this first build very soon!

2017 was a huge year for us: we established ourselves as an official company, published our first app ever, ran a successful campaign, and met so many amazing people with so much support along the way. It was truly a year of grounding ourselves for the long haul, and now that we're firmly rooted, we look forward to blooming in 2018!

- The Medley Studio Team

Welcome, fellow puzzle fans, to our new site! Super Plexis finally has an official home. More than just a place to share dev blogs and announcements, this space will serve as the safe and secure hub for the brand new Medley ID account system.

Signing up for a Medley ID will gain you a spot in the upcoming multi-platform beta release (starting first on Android). And in the future, your Medley ID will be your key to taking your account and game progress anywhere, on any device.

We're excited to share more news soon, like when you can expect the first beta to go live, but in the mean time we'd just like to thank everyone for their patience and support stretching all the way back to the success of our Kickstarter earlier this year.

It's been an uphill battle researching and engineering the exact type of server and database backend to suit to our needs as a small indie studio. Since we'll be running the show ourselves now, not depending on any third-party systems like GameCenter and Apple IDs as we did on iOS, we needed to make sure we created something flexible, cost-effective, and scalable. These efforts will translate into a much smoother user experience for the online components of Super Plexis, such as matchmaking and friends-lists, while also providing a much more solid foundation to build future content on.

While it might seem like a simple update for now, this marks a major step forward in Super Plexis' development. As we transition out of this massively technical stage and move back into the game engine, you can expect to being seeing a lot more regular updates and info!

Keep an eye out for more blog posts like this one coming soon!