Archive for January, 2010

So, About That iPad Thing …

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

There was some news yesterday about something-or-other that Apple released. A bromide? A tablet? A pad? Something. Yeah, we were clustered around our computers hitting the refresh button, just like everyone else. It is still early days but we are excited for the new iPad and anticipate our games will be right at home on [...]

Zombie Pizza — Double IGF Award Finalist!

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

If to be nominated is to win, then Appy Entertainment is hip-deep in winnings right now. Joining Appy’s honors on the 2009 Best App Ever ballot (and there’s still time to vote on those awards … hit the buttons on our front page HERE), Zombie Pizza has landed two nominations in the prestigious Independent Games [...]

The iPod touch Advantage

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Apple will announce earnings today, and later this week Moses will reveal his latest tablet (actually it’s Steve Jobs, but there’s scant difference at this point), so you’ll be awash in news from Cupertino. Overlooked in the rush, as always, will be the iPod touch, and its importance both to Apple’s bottom line and the [...]

King of RPGs

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

This blog has previously confessed our love of all things geeky … we offered up a review of Mark Barrowcliffe’s excellent Elfish Gene, and we speculated on the existence of the Nerd Gene in our own offspring (who just last week went off to play D&D without us … it was like the nerd equivalent [...]

Free Pizza!

Monday, January 18th, 2010

What’s the only thing better than Zombie Pizza? How about some FREE Zombie Pizza??? For Tuesday, January 19th only, and in association with FreeAppADay.com, the full version of Zombie Pizza (normally $1.99) is FREE! That’s right. FREE! You can download the game and with the two bucks you save, you can treat yourself to a [...]

Tale of the Sale

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Last weekend Appy Entertainment ran a sale. Why did we do it, and how did we do? Read on! Our decision to put on this sale came together in about five minutes … and that’s one of the things we love about this job, and this market. You can be really nimble and try things [...]

War For Cybertron!

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

A few weeks back we ran the announcement of the new Transformers game being developed by our old pals over at High Moon Studios. Now a few more details have emerged — the game will feature separate Autobot and Decepticon campaigns, and the story will delve into how Megatron’s quest for power turned him into [...]

"Failing To Prepare Is Preparing To Fail"

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

The quote headlining today’s blog is variously attributed to Benjamin Franklin and John Wooden, but whatever the source, it is a truism that a complex undertaking like software development requires a degree of preparation and planning. the Appy scrum board Agile Game Development is one approach to the complex task of creating game software. Appy [...]

The Great App Bake Off

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The 2009 edition of the Great App Bake Off is going on at this hour. Appy Entertainment isn’t participating this year, because we won last year (even if we had to cheat to do it), and, well, because we’re really lazy when if comes to baking things. We’re not so lazy when it comes to [...]

Weekend Sale!

Friday, January 8th, 2010

To celebrate the new year — and as a way of introducing ourselves to the tens of millions of new players getting iPhones and iPod touches over the holiday — Appy Entertainment is having a sale! For the weekend of January 8-10 ONLY, all of our apps are only .99! FaceFighter $1.99 SALE PRICE: .99 [...]