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The Right Lite
For this week’s iDevBlogADay post, I’m going to share the thought process I went through when creating a “lite” version of Trainyard. What is a lite game? A lite game is a feature-limited and/or content-limited version of a paid game. … Continue reading
Posted in App Store, iDevBlogADay, iOS Development, Trainyard
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Going 8-bit
In last week’s iDevBlogADay post I talked about how I was considering making my next game in the “doodle” style, but I eventually decided otherwise. This week, I’ll talk about the style I’m going with instead: 8-bit. What is 8-bit? … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, iDevBlogADay, iOS Development, The Future Game
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The Doodle Dilemma
Over the past week I’ve been considering using the “doodle” style for one of my upcoming games. I mentioned it on twitter and got a variety of responses, most of them very opposed to doodle games. I completely understand everyone’s reactions, as they’re the same as my own, but it’s a question that I found interesting, because it gets to the roots of why some developers make (or don’t make) some types of game. For this week’s iDevBlogADay article, I’m going to delve a little deeper into the Doodle Dilemma. Continue reading
Posted in App Store, Game Design, iDevBlogADay
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Sharing Solutions
For this week’s iDevBlogADay post, I’m going to explain how I implemented sharing of user solutions in Trainyard, my iPhone game. If you don’t know what Trainyard is or how it works, you can check out the trailer here. This isn’t really meant to be a tutorial, but rather just an overview of my approach to sharing solutions. Continue reading
Posted in iDevBlogADay, iOS Development, Trainyard
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High-res graphics in Cocos2D
This is the second of two posts about supporting high-res graphics in iOS games. The first post was a general overview called Retinafy Your Game, and this post is a more specific look at how I implemented high-res graphics in … Continue reading
Posted in Cocos2D, iDevBlogADay, iOS Development
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