Codeminion revealed more details on Saqqarah's varied gameplay along with in-game screenshots and information on the amount of levels. The company also presented the box art, featuring Khufu - the game's main character.

May 5, 2008 - Today Codeminion revealed the details on Saqqarah's varied gameplay along with first in-game screenshots showing its unique mechanics. The company also presented the box art, featuring Khufu - the game's main character.

Company's website provides an exact list of gameplays in Saqqarah:

o   Isis Swap - A classical match-3 on the Saqqarah’s "distorted grid" board topology.
o   Sobek's Rotate - Rotate clusters of tokens to create closed groups of one type.
o   Puzzles of Thot - For the logic puzzle fans. Rearrange tokens freely to find a winning solution that
     matches the underlying distorted grid.
o   Chains of Anubis - Drag select mechanics known from Magic Match on the "distorted grid" topology.
o   Horus Token Pop - Quick paced mode challenging player's perception. Find the biggest
     visible chains of tokens and race against time.
o   Hand of Osiris - Use the token in hand to create one-colored closed fields on the distorted grid.
o   Paths of Bast - Strategically move the tokens along the paths on the grid to create colored groups.
o   Glyph Search - A sort of hidden object gameplay used in bonus rounds.

Konrad Olesiewicz, one of the company's owners, adds: "What's really wonderful, is that these gameplays share common winning conditions and obstacles, but the differing mechanics encourage the players to develop varied strategic approaches. For example - removing an obstacle with an exploding token requires different approach in the classical Isis Swap than in the strategic Paths of Bast, where you have a direct control over the pieces and each move should be carefully planned. This makes the game very easy to learn due to the common features, yet it offers a lot of depth at the same time".

Codeminion also presented the promo/box art for the game, featuring Khufu - a Magical Monkey from the Underground Oasis - the game's main character and player's mentor. This rather extraordinary gentleman will speak with the voice of Michael McConnohie, known from such titles as Diablo 2 or World of Warcraft. The box art and a voice sample are available on the game's teaser website at www.saqqarahthegame.com.

Saqqarah, Codeminion biggest project so far, was announced as a rich and deep puzzle game of quality and proportions not seen in the casual industry before. The exact launch date remains unannounced.

Codeminion, Polish independent developer, revealed more details about game play and other features of their upcoming major casual title - Ancient Quest of Saqqarah. The studio has also released new media from the game. More information is available on www.saqqarahthegame.com.

April 23, 2008 - Codeminion releases more information and media from their upcoming major casual game - Ancient Quest of Saqqarah.

About a week from revealing Saqqarah - their secret project, Codeminion released more information and media from the game on www.saqqarahthegame.com. The developers revealed more details about the promised variety and length of the game as well as released new in-game screenshots. They also provided first samples of the game's music and voice-overs.

"In Saqqara, the player will discover a mysterious underground oasis where she or he will be tasked with a quest to restore temples of the Egyptian gods. Each temple will provide a different type of puzzle challenge. Some of them will be well familiar to the casual players, while others were never seen before. They all share some core features and goals, but provide completely different pace and game mechanics" describes Tom Grochowiak, designer at Codeminion. The developers haven't revealed the exact amount of temples or the total amount of hours needed to complete the game.

Studio representatives also provided more information on the game's audiovisuals. Maciej Biedrzycki, game programmer, musician and Codeminion's co-owner says: "We really tried our best to get the production value to the highest level. Saqqarah features graphics rarely seen on this market and puts much more emphasis on soundtrack than the competition. It will feature over 25 music tracks, many from the same people who worked on The Witcher soundtrack. The game's story will be voiced and among many actors the main character will feature the voice of Michael McConnohie, known from core titles such as Diablo2 or WoW". Samples of music and voice recordings are available for listening and download from the game's website.

Game's exact launch date is still unannounced, but the developers promised to reveal more information and media in the upcoming weeks.

April 16, 2008 - Codeminion, the makers of hit Magic Match released first information and images from Saqqarah - their upcoming major project, details of which were held in mystery to this day.

Saqqarah is described as a mind teasing game with an adventure movie feel to it, of length and production values not seen in the casual industry before. "From an average casual game you expect simplistic presentation and around 8 hours of game play. We wanted to produce something that could match AAA titles. For us, casual games should be fun and accessible to *everyone* - stereotypical women in their thirties, as well as for their teenage hardcore gamer sons" says Konrad Olesiewicz, Codeminion's co-owner and game producer.

Saqqarah has been Codeminion's secret flagship project for a about a year. Said Tom Grochowiak, game designer: "Content-wise the game is pretty much complete. However, for us that doesn't mean it's done. We're now focused on polishing and play testing. We want to make something really great, so perfectionism is the way to go". The developers promised to release more news in the near future and pointed to www.saqqarahthegame.com as an aggregate of all the available information.