The homepage of Ola Zandelin

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Hi there and welcome!

On this site you can find out about art, music, editors & games that I've created since I once started out on the unforgettable Commodore 64 back in the 80's. I've been involved in pretty much all aspects of game development, from concept and game design, to programming, graphics, music and sound effects.

To be able to work and publish my games independently I started Arcade Lab in 2003. After releasing the 2 first games Superstar Chefs and Digi Pool on my own, my brother Daniel joined and started to help out. The company form changed, and the new legal name became Swedish Game Development AB. The company now runs and operates Arcade Lab, Mac Joy and Donut Games.

Enjoy your visit,

Ola

News

2008.09.25 ... Finally, our new website for Donut Games is online. A lot of work have been put into it, and it's a big improvement over the old one that didn't have much of community features. There are new games for it on the way as well, so stay tuned.

2008.09.18 ... She is back! The girl with the blond pigtails makes an eagerly awaited return in Alice Greenfingers 2. Many fans have been asking for a sequel, and I hope they are as happy as us how it turned out.

2008.09.11 ... Retailboxes for Alice Greenfingers arrived at the office today.

2008.07.04 ... Once again, Arcade Lab have started a trend in the casual market. With the release and success of Alice Greenfingers, there are now similar farm games coming out almost every week.

2008.05.16 ... Tropico Jong was released today. It's a theme based Mahjong adventure, with a nice relaxing feeling to it. Must say it feels great to have a new download game out.

2007.12.15 ... The year is comming to an end, and there is quite a few things that didn't fit into this years release schedule. From an optimistic perspective, that only means more to come next year instead :) There is several download games that is "almost finished", as well as a major update for Donut Games to be expected in a not to distant future.

2007.11.15 ... I've got a new toy to play with, a Yamaha Motif XS Synthesizer. It's a fantastic machine, with great sounds for all kind of music styles. My hope is that I will get the time to start to contribute with some music and jingles again, for some of the games.

2007.09.21 ... Added a gallery with sprites, and updated the site design.

2007.09.17 ... Alice Greenfingers breaks 100 days on the Reflexive Best Seller Top 10, according to Game Sales Chart

2007.09.05 ... Donut Games been developing a couple of games with American Greetings, featuring the Care Bears. The games are now live and available to play on AG's new website.

2007.08.28 ... Jason Kapalka from Popcap make a visit to the office, and brings a bunch of Chuzzles in different colors with him. My dog simply love the one she got... in fact, so much that she already chewed up one of it's eyes.

2007.08.20 ... Alice Greenfingers is the #1 casual game at the moment, topping charts everywere. 5 weeks as #1 on Logler's Global Casual Games Top 10, based on top ten information from all major portals.

2007.05.30 ... This months new Donut game is called Lucky Coins. It's a twist on the coin subgame we did for Spin & Play. The playfield now have vertical scrolling and is built from several screens packed with bonuses and pinball style elements.

2007.05.10 ... Who is Alice? Well, It's neither the one in wonderland, or the one in a famous TV show. It's the main character of our new download game Alice Greenfingers. A simulation game were you harvest, decorate and build up your own little farm. The game have taken us quite a while to finish, with about 18 months in development. Our inhouse testers got so captured by the beta version, that you didn't hear a sound from them in hours, except... click, click, click...

2007.04.30 ... Summer is getting closer, weather is fine, and it's time to pick out the lawnmower from the garage! If you don't have a mower, or maybe not even a lawn to cut, then you can always play the latest Donut game called Sunday Lawn instead.

2007.03.27 ... We've been busy working on our download games lately, so Donut Games been a bit slow. But just in time for Easter comes Chicken & Egg. The concept is 1 of 4 puzzle concepts I did in the same period as Funny Faces, and now when the art is at least 3 years old, you can finally play it. Hooray!

2007.01.27 ... Castle Smasher was released yesterday. Based on an old idea I've had for years. The game plays a bit like a sidescrolling breakout, were you use a catapult instead of a paddle.

2007.01.20 ... I've started to work on a new design for the Arcade Lab site, as the current one starts to look a bit dated.

2007.01.17 ... Retail boxes for Spin & Play and Bricks of Egypt 2 arrived at the office today. I'll add some photos of them on the media page soon.

2007.01.01 ... It's a new year, and 20 years since I finished Blast Force, my first game in assembler... yikes!... time flies... Last year sure was a productive year, with 17 new projects finished and released.

2006.12.15 ... Icy Escort becomes the second christmas game at Donut Games. A one button game featuring some icy tile graphics that originally was made for one of the early Arcade Lab concepts.

2006.12.01 ... Rudolphs Kich n' Fly went live today. A little christmas game starring Rudolph the reindeer. Happy XMas everyone!