Group 2 Questions for Shoot 1UP Phone Skin

This is the second group of Shoot 1UP Phone Skin Giveaway questions.
Check out the first group of questions and answer those as well to win the cool prize!

Normal Group Questions: 

1. Shoot 1UP is out on Windows Phone 7 but on what other platform has it been released?
2. What type of objects are lying destroyed in the background of the first level in Shoot 1UP?
3. What's the name of the female android boss from the box art of Shoot 1UP?

Email me the answers (see below) to this second group of questions for a chance to win!


Intro
To celebrate Shoot 1UP being available on Windows Phone 7 we're giving away awesome phone skins!
The skins sport a sprawling battle across the first level of Shoot 1UP, are made of high quality vinyl, and allow you to protect your phone from bumps and scratches, all while making it look like your from the future.

You have several chances to win!
All you have to do is answer some Shoot 1UP trivia!

Prize as shown on a LG Quantum. Pick any phone you want for your skin!

Next group of questions on Friday!

Essentials: 

• Get any group of three questions correct. For each group answered correctly, that's another chance to win!
• Sometime around Sunday, September 16th, I'll announce the winners. 
• Like us on Facebook and follow MBG on Twitter for more chances to win!
• See at the bottom for details.

Details
You have 3 chances to win. No game purchase is necessary (bug your friends for the answers, or check the Internet), but it's greatly appreciated! Answer the Shoot 1UP trivia questions. Several groups of questions will be offered throughout the week of September 10th, 2012. If the answer is particular to the Windows Phone 7 version it will say as much. If you get any group of 3 questions correct, you'll be entered into the pool of potential winners. Be good to each other. For each group you get correct, I'll enter you into the pool once (answer 3 groups correctly, you'll be 3 times as likely to win). For those people with correct answers, I'll randomly select (at most) 3 winners. You can only win (at most) one phone skin. I'm the judge of the answers, and all rulings are final. 
Prize details:
I'm buying the skins through SkinIt.com. If I pick you as a winner, I'll need your phone model to know what to make the skin for. If they don't have the model on the site, I'll have to pick someone else! Sorry! (Check first then for your phone before entering? Or just enter for fun anyways.) If there's international shipping involved, I'll have to see how much it costs first before I can agree to send it. I think international will be doable! Unless it's like a hundred dollars or I have to pay off your local government or something. Just mentioning that caveat.

How to send your answers:
Email: nathan@mommysbestgames.com, subject "Shoot 1UP Trivia"
or Facebook: Message me personally (Nathan Fouts) (since company FB accounts don't seem to be able to send messages.)
You could also just leave your answers in a comment below, but make sure I can contact you somehow.

Good luck!
Check back for more ways to win this week!

Win a Shoot 1UP Phone Skin!

To celebrate Shoot 1UP being available on Windows Phone 7 we're giving away awesome phone skins!
The skins sport a sprawling battle across the first level of Shoot 1UP, are made of high quality vinyl, and allow you to protect your phone from bumps and scratches, all while making it look like your from the future.

You have several chances to win!
All you have to do is answer some Shoot 1UP trivia!

Essentials: 

• Get any group of three questions correct. For each group answered correctly, that's another chance to win!
• Sometime around Sunday, September 16th, I'll announce the winners. 
• Like us on Facebook and follow MBG on Twitter for more chances to win!
• See at the bottom for details.

Send me the answers to this first group of questions for a chance to win!

Chilled Group Questions: 

1. In Shoot 1UP, does choosing the path that goes right make it easier, harder, or the same difficulty?
2. What do you unlock if you collect 2 MBG pies in Shoot 1UP? A new level, a new game mode, or a new ship type?
3. What's the maximum number of ships one player can get in Shoot 1UP on Windows Phone 7? 10, 20, or 30?

Next group of questions on Wednesday!

Details
You have 3 chances to win. No game purchase is necessary (bug your friends for the answers, or check the Internet), but it's greatly appreciated! Answer the Shoot 1UP trivia questions. Several groups of questions will be offered throughout the week of September 10th, 2012. If the answer is particular to the Windows Phone 7 version it will say as much. If you get any group of 3 questions correct, you'll be entered into the pool of potential winners. Be good to each other. For each group you get correct, I'll enter you into the pool once (answer 3 groups correctly, you'll be 3 times as likely to win). For those people with correct answers, I'll randomly select (at most) 3 winners. You can only win (at most) one phone skin. I'm the judge of the answers, and all rulings are final. 
Prize details:
I'm buying the skins through SkinIt.com. If I pick you as a winner, I'll need your phone model to know what to make the skin for. If they don't have the model on the site, I'll have to pick someone else! Sorry! (Check first then for your phone before entering? Or just enter for fun anyways.) If there's international shipping involved, I'll have to see how much it costs first before I can agree to send it. I think international will be doable! Unless it's like a hundred dollars or I have to pay off your local government or something. Just mentioning that caveat.

How to send your answers:
Email: nathan@mommysbestgames.com, subject "Shoot 1UP Trivia"
or Facebook: Message me personally (Nathan Fouts) (since company FB accounts don't seem to be able to send messages.)
You could also just leave your answers in a comment below, but make sure I can contact you somehow.

Good luck!
Check back for more ways to win this week!

Even Up the Odds

Shoot 1UP on Windows Phone 7 is out now! It's got exclusive content like strange, new enemies, a new ship, a new game mode, Achievements, friends Leaderboards, and free ringtones! Get it here: marketplace link

In addition, we made a short, live-action commercial called "Even Up the Odds" to mark the release. Enjoy!

Game press kit for WP7:
http://www.mommysbestgames.com/Shoot1UP_WP7_PressKit/

More game details here, including the original Xbox 360 link:
http://mommysbestgames.com/shoot1up.html

Help Microsoft Fix the XBLIG Forums

About a week ago, Microsoft split the XBLIG and WP7 site back into two sites. One for Xbox LIVE Indie Games and one for Windows Phone 7 development. This is nice... actually it's more funny than anything as originally the XBLIG had it's own site.. but anyway.


UPDATE (September): Looks like the forums and searching is working again. Hooray! Thanks Microsoft for getting it fixed.

ORIGINAL STORY:

After that change it turns out that doing a search for information on the forums does not work. Let that sink in. Search is broken.

Doing a search for most things on the XBLIG development forums fails. What happens is you are redirected to a pretty page that asks if you want to make an Indie Game or WP7 game. Even if you click on the Indie Game, it ignores whatever you were looking for and just takes you to the main XBLIG. Search aborted. Can't find the help you're looking for. I've found a few things that work, but the vast majority of searches fail.

We need to get that fixed, and that means writing "creators@microsoft.com". If you develop Xbox LIVE Indie Games, let's get this change happening.

Here's the body of an email I've sent. Please write your own, or use mine as a starting point or wholesale. I'd keep it short, polite, and say what's broken.

Hello team!
After the transition from pulling the XBLIG site back out of the apphub/phone site it seems the forwarding links when doing a search for information don't work. I was hoping this was just a short matter of time, but it's still not working.
This is critical for the site to be useful. That impedes not only seasoned developers but especially new developers which will crush growth.

Can we please get someone on this?
Thank you!

In any case developers, it's up to us to help convince Microsoft this is an important issue. Please write them!
I love playing and developing XBLIG as I'm sure you do as well. Keeping the forums in a healthy state is critical to the platform's ongoing growth and development.

Shoot 1UP Yours August 22nd

You can Shoot 1UP your phone on August 22nd for $2.99!
New gameplay video extolling its exclusive virtues:

 New features include:

• A new weird level, enemies and extra bosses!
• Extra unlockable ship!
• Exclusive game mode called Score Tilt which utilizes the phone's tilt sensor!
• Free sci-fi-techno-catchy ringtones!

Just twenty days to wait till your phone gets a new workout!