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SimplePlanes Trailer

Posted by on Nov 27, 2014 in Everything, Games, iOS |

Just remembered that I still have this blog. Well, the past year I’ve been writing a game with Philip Tarpley about building airplanes. The game is called SimplePlanes. It’s available right now for PC and OSX. We are launching for mobile on Dec 11th, unless we get a rejection from Apple. Here’s the...

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Landing a rover on Smoon in SimpleRockets

Posted by on Sep 11, 2013 in SimpleRockets | 0 comments

It seems that every time I release a new game, my players manage to do the impossible. SimpleRockets has been no different. Within just days after release, I am seeing high scores that I never thought would be possible, and I’m seeing picture albums detailing long, complex, and well thought out missions that players are creating by themselves in the...

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How I got to #7 in the App Store

Posted by on Apr 5, 2011 in Games, iOS, Marketing | 0 comments

I wanted to share my experiences over the past week, as a beacon of hope to my fellow indie game devs, as I sit here watching an app that I created sitting comfortably in the App Store’s Top 25 Overall. The name of the app is SimplePhysics, and it became available in the app store Thursday (3/24/2011). I have been preparing for this moment for a few...

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