BlueGill Studios has placed first in Abilene Christian University’s SpringBoard Business Plan Competition.

The challenge was a mini-business plan competition for the Abilene community and universities. Jeff McArthur and Joseph Quigley of BlueGill Studios were one of the 123 people and teams who submitted a business plan this year.

The SpringBoard competition gave BlueGill Studios the opportunity to organize and present a business idea before a live panel of judges.

“It is all designed to encourage entrepreneurs and to create a more friendly environment for starting a business here in Abilene,” said James R. Porter, entrepreneur-in-residence at Abilene Christian University.

BlueGill Studios and the first place winners in two other categories were awarded a $7,500 cash prize. Bixby Enterprises and Mark Horn Enterprises donated a total of $24,000 of free rental credit to each winner as well.

Blast your way to survival with Open Fire Gold, BlueGill Studio’s new 3D arcade shooter built for the iPhone platform.

BlueGill Studios has announced Open Fire Gold for iPhone, a port of the popular PC arcade game, Open Fire Gold.

About The Game

Open Fire Gold blends strategy with arcade gameplay. It features two game modes: Timed and Survival mode where the object in each is to destroy as many tanks as possible before either time or health run out. The player is provided with rockets, land mines, weapons powerups and robotic turrets to aid them as they try to achieve the highest score possible. The game integrates the amazing OpenFeint platform to provide Achievements, Leaderboards, Chat, IM, and Facebook and Twitter integration.

Languages Supported: English

iPhone OS: 3.0+

Available on the App Store

About BlueGill Studios
BlueGill Studios is small Guatemalan game development and web site design studio. They are the creators of popular arcade game, Open Fire Gold and co-developers of hit arcade game, Open Fire.

BlueGill Studios’ vision is to make quality games aimed at both North and Latin American cultures. We focus on fun, cross-cultural games, polished products, and engaging story to create the best games ever to have come out of Latin America.

Contact

Joseph Quigley, Lead Programmer

jquigley-atbluegillstudios(dot)com BlueGill Studios

http://www.bluegillstudios.com

Announcing Open Fire Gold for iPhone

It’s here! The popular military-themed arcade is now more fun than ever before! Taking full advantage of the iPhone’s multi-touch screen, Open Fire Gold for iPhone is the best way to have intense arcade fun on the iPhone.

Of course, we couldn’t just squeeze the game onto the iDevices without giving it a new makeover and new features! Open Fire Gold for iPhone makes use of the very popular OpenFeint platform, giving it top notch leader-boards, (global, personal, regional, and friends), in-game chat, Facebook and Twitter integration, Achievements, and Player vs Player, friend vs friend challenges!

We’re so excited about this release, that we’re going to give away two $5 prizes, and 27 copies of both iOFG and PC OFG for free! So get in on the action!

Coming to  iPhone and iPod Touch April 2010 (with an iPad version following shortly thereafter)