Graduate Games Blog

I haven’t blogged in awhile, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy.  With the help of Big Fish, I’ve translated the game into Dutch, French and am currently working on Spanish.  Then I’ve got Italian, Danish, Swedish, Portugese and a few other languages still left to do.  Needless to say, Best in Show has gone international.  Translating the game is a lot of monotonous work and the first time through was slower than subsequent translations have been. This week in the middle of working on the Spanish translation, I was a little bored and wanted to try something new so I started working on porting the game to Flash.

I am happy to announce that you can now play Best in Show: Arcade in any browser for FREE!  The Flash game that we developed is a stripped down and simpler version of the full game.  There are no fences, dog abilities, spares, pet store, stat tracking, undo button, squirrels, special cards, etc.  The new arcade version of the game is all about competing for high scores by going for big combos.  Everything is integrated with MochiGames so you can unlock achievements and challenge your friends.  Here’s a breakdown of everything Best in Show Arcade:

• Each hand of Best in Show Arcade costs 1 Paw Coin; when you run out of these coins it’s Game Over.
• Clearing Cards fills the bone-o-meter in the top-right – the better the combo the quicker this fills
• When the bone-o-meter is completely full, you will earn another paw coin
• You score points by clearing cards and getting perfect hands.  There are points bonuses for combos.
• The Wild Card – play wild cards by clicking the button.  This allows you to play any numbered card so choose carefully.
• Hands are randomly generated and randomly dealt – EVERY TIME you play will be different.
• A Perfect Hand will also give you a boost for your Bone-O-Meter.