Magic Notion

iOS 8 - Updated!

Richard Franke
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Hello everyone,

we are aware that there are some issues with the game on some Apple devices when updated to iOS 8. We are working on a fix and will be submitting it to Apple within 24 hours, so you should see it within the next few days.

The game is still playable, but you may notice that it is a bit more zoomed in than usual.

Apologies for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience!

UPDATE - the fix is now live, so please make sure to update your build!

Making Matchmaker - The Sound of Muzak

Richard Franke

Today we thought we'd bring you a first look behind the scenes of how we made Kitty Powers' Matchmaker, starting with the music.

We spent a long time looking for the perfect title music for the game. Not too energetic (as that would become annoying), cheesy enough to fit the mood but expensive sounding, and of course distinctly British.

Then we happened to be watching Spaced for about the third time, and heard the perfect music. Right after the ad break in episode two of season 1. It was gold. Here's that moment in Spaced (If you haven't seen Spaced you really ought to watch it. You can find out about it here on IMDB).

Season 1, Episode 2 of Spaced, where the house party is about to start...

Season 1, Episode 2 of Spaced, where the house party is about to start...

Thank goodness for Shazam. We discovered that the track was 'Red Carpet Ride' by a guy called John Shakespeare and were overjoyed to discover that it was production music, which made it a bit more affordable to license. It was created in the 1970's so has that authentic big band quality (you can hear it on Youtube here).

We also found the series of albums on the KPM label (you can read more about them here) that the track came from, so we scoured them and found the second major piece of music too. It's called 'Full Flight' by Syd Dale. It's a bit more upbeat and fabulous as we needed something for our 'game show' style screens (you can hear it here).

Most of the rest of our tracks were sourced from the Audio Network and a couple of others from EMI's world music collection.

We hope you enjoyed this little insight into the music in Kitty Powers' Matchmaker. Stay tuned for more 'Making Matchmaker' stories by subscribing to our blog!

The Daily Dot!

Richard Franke

The Daily Dot has done a wonderful write up on the game!

Hello, Kitty Powers' Dating Agency!

Hello, Kitty Powers' Dating Agency!

Clearly EJ couldn't get enough the crazy antics in the game. Sounds like she got the hang of it though!

There are so many amazing things about Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker that it’s difficult to pinpoint the thing I love most about it.

I'd put five pounds on it being the fart game ;-)

Click here for the link, or on the image above!

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/kitty-powers-matchmaker-app/