Kahoots™ is a fun crime-solving game created with modelling clay! Every week, we’ll be looking at a different aspect of production. Whether you’re a fan of Untold Entertainment, a claymation nut, or a designer looking for tips on making your own clay game, you’ll find a lot here to keep you in the know!

Before the Announcement

• Clay Game Attempt #1: Abject Failure Our very first shot at shooting clay for a video game. It didn’t go so well.
• The British Are Coming! Our first hint at the theme of Kahoots™, including a poll about the fake British town names we wanted to use
• The British Were Here! We post the results of the poll
• Feast Your Eyes on Fingerprints More details on Kahoots™ as “Codename:Fingerprints” with a teaser shot of a prop
• Fingerprints Bits n’ Pieces Includes a production still of various clay pieces that we’d shot for the game

The Announcement

• Untold Entertainment Announces ‘Kahoots™’, By Jove! The official press release, revealing Codename: Fingerprints to be Kahoots™, a crime-themed puzzle game in clay for the web and the iPhone/iPod Touch

Pre-Beta

• Kahoots™ to be Offered in Esperanto An April Fool’s Day gag gone awry
• Get a Game Credit in Kahoots™! We announce the upcoming Closed Public Beta, in which our testers can earn a credit in the final product
• The Evolution of a Clay Character in Kahoots™ A look at the various visual treatments we gave the Captain during the creative process

Beta

• Beta Test Updates Daily details of progress on the game following the first round of Closed Public Beta test feedback
• Untold Entertainment in KidScreen June 2009 Industry mag KidScreen gives a nod to Kahoots™
• Kahoots™ Intro Cut-Scene The unveiling of the voice of the Chief Inspector, and the animated intro that sets up the plight of Londonton
• Our Release Plan for Kahoots™ Our strategy to release three separate versions of the game across two very different distribution channels.

Popularity: 6% [?]