Hey everyone!

We’ve just released Sparkle IM version 1.3.3 in the AppStore today.

New features include:

• In-app email of chat and IM logs (for iPhone OS 3.0 users only)
• X,Y,Z support in the custom start location screen
• Support for alternate chat channels using the “/#” command
• Fixed some potential crashes for some users
• “Japan” location added to the start locations

The “Japan” location in Second Life is for Sparkle users who want a common space to hang out in.  You can chat with other Sparkle users, or sometime catch some Genkii-ites on there as well.

Many of our added features come from user requests.  The best place to request new features is on our GetSatisfaction page.  We are happy to hear your input and feedback, so please keep it coming!

Genkii is very excited to have an article up now on Techcrunch about Sparkle IM, our first virtual world application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The article also goes into some detail about our upcoming developments in Sparkle.

We hope Sparkle IM will be of use to current Second Life and Opensim users and that everyone else is excited about the direction of Sparkle 3D! Check it out and let us know what you think.

-Ken

As many have noted, we sort of dropped off the face of the blogging earth. Genkii’s been busy with all manner of projects, many of which you’ll see coming out in the next month or two.

We’re excited to launch One Coin Comics, a comic imprint available for iPhone. One Coin Comics will publish interactive iPhone comics, in multiple languages using our proprietary Hybrid Engine.

Our first title is “Foxfire,” an interactive manga in Japanese and English (with more languages planned) and you can read more about it here. Issue #1 will be available soon. Other titles to follow soon after.

Sometime in spring, we will open the One Coin Comics platform to allow writers/artists to submit their own finished artwork, which we’ll assemble and release in the iPhone App Store, sharing revenue with the creators.

Read a brief post about One Coin Comics in Techcrunch.

We’re still doing virtual worlds and social media work, with more to announce on those fronts shortly.

Beyond that, we promise more blogging and the occasional rant. You can follow our tweets from Genkii, from me, Adam, Yuki, and Jeff.

Bug us if we don’t keep in touch!

-Ken

ご無沙汰しております。ご存知の方もいると思いますが、最近色々なプロジェクトの開発にかまけて、暫くブログの更新を怠っていました。でも努力の甲斐あって一、二ヶ月の間には新サービスが日の目を見ることができそうです。

まずひとつ目は、One Coin ComicsというiPhoneで読むコミック専用アプリ。独自のハイブリッドエンジンを搭載したこのアプリで、One Coin Comicsが提供するインタラクティブiPhoneコミックを読むことができます。さらに、配布されるコミックはすべて多言語で公開される予定。

記念すべき初のコミックは「狐火」。日本語、英語のバイリンガルで配布されます（将来的にさらに多くの言語オプションを予定）。詳しくはこちら。この作品の第一話と、他のタイトルを近日公開予定です。

今春中にはOne Coin Comicsで執筆していただける作家さん、アーティストさんを募集できるようにしたいと思っています。ここで採用され、iPhone App Storeで公開された際にはクリエイターさんとの売り上げをシェアする予定です。

TechcrunchでOne Coin Comicsが取り上げられているので興味がある方はご覧ください。

バーチャルワールド、SNSの方面でも何やら企画が持ち上がっているので、そちらの方も近いうちに発表できればと思います。

今後もスタッフがここのブログにたまに愚痴を言いに来たりしますので時間があれば遊びにきてやってください。TwitterでもGenkii、僕、Adam、 Yuki、 JeffのTweetが読めますよ。

消息不明になったら一言声をかけてくださいね！

ケン

Our client, Quillpill , is now on Techcrunch ! Read it here . Adam and I are in Shanghai right now, and just seeing the post. Here it is in Japanese .

Quillpill is a new tool that allows anyone with a story idea to write it via the web or mobile. Talk about your writing, jot down ideas, or write an entire novel. It’s good stuff, and Techcrunch agrees. Synthetic Entertainment , the creator of Quillpill is on Crunchbase , along with Genkii .

Eric Rice (Spin or Spin Martin in other spaces) is an author and geek-of-many-stripes in the Bay Area. He’s been using Quillpill to write interesting stories and you can check those out here .

Many thanks to Serkan Toto for a great article!

Oh yeah, and Quillpill is a featured staff pick at Apple for iPhone web applications.

Let us know what you think.

-Ken