Silver Oaks Breaks Into Online Gaming Scene

Silver Oaks has just released its first online game, Chatterblox Deluxe. The fast-paced word game challenges players to help Rex the dinosaur free the Icelings trapped in the ice by building words from the letter blocks. Both strategy and speed are tested against the timer, the rate of new letters falling, heavy rocks, bonus blocks, plus extra points for number of words built and longest word. High scores are tallied locally and can be submitted online to the Chatterblox Hall of Fame.

Silver Oaks developed the game entirely in house, from game design and programming to original artwork, characters and music. The development team worked towards fast-paced game play, quality graphics, and the elusive "addictive" nature of other successful online games. Check out the free demo and see if you get hooked!

Silver Oaks plans to release other games into the online arena this year, but continues to focus on its corporate client base. Chatterblox serves as a great showcase of Silver Oaks game development services. Currently, Silver Oaks partners with educators, publishers and museums to develop interactive games for a broad range of audiences.

Chatterblox is being distributed online as shareware, the try-before-you-buy model of software retailing. A free limited-feature demo of the game can be downloaded or played online at www.chatterblox.net. When players are ready to purchase the full version, they click the Buy Now link and the transaction is processed online. So far, over two dozen well established shareware and game sites are also selling the game as affiliates.

On many of these sites, Chatterblox has received 5-star rankings as well as recommendations from independent reviewers. Software Brat Inc. recommends the game, stating "Chatterblox Deluxe is a splendid word game that quickly brings mere word-smiths to their doom. If the player hopes to rescue Rex's hapless dino-babies then a knowledge of words must be matched by swiftly applied strategy. Chatterblox Deluxe is as much a visual game as it is a word game ... Either way it is tops."