http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek Game Development behind the scenes | blog by Maciej Biedrzycki Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:50:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems we’re not alone in our struggle to bring our iPhone app back to the AppStore after it was removed basing on a complaint from a competitor. The StoneLoops! precedence has apparently repeated as more apps have been removed in the same questionable way. You can read about the AppVault ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/01/want-stoneloops-back-in-the-appstore-sign-the-petition/ I’ve been recently receiving lots of questions about StoneLoops! and about our upcoming games so I decided that it’s high time to write about it. Even though we didn’t release any new games in 2009, the last year was quite good for us. We weren’t affected by the collapsing economy ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2010/01/more-games-coming-up-in-2010/ I know that lately I haven’t been blogging a lot, but recently something very notable  happened that I feel everybody should learn about. As you know our marble popping game StoneLoops! of Jurassica has been ported to the iPhone platform and proved to be a huge success. It  stayed in ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/10/where-is-stoneloops-or-how-to-get-rid-of-your-competition-in-the-apple-appstore/ I recently answered a question on a polish gamedev message board about how game sales vary by Country and I thought that it would be a good idea to post it here as well. As far as I know this kind of stats are very difficult to find. The stats shown ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/06/sales-stats-by-country/ Just a quick notice for you, that StoneLoops! is out for the IPhone and the game has so far exceeded our expectations. We are currently nr 4 app in the US and nr 3 in games. In many countries we are already nr 1. Here is the link to StoneLoops ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/05/stoneloops-for-iphone-is-nr-4-in-the-world/ I’m happy to announce that our latest game Ancient Quest of Saqqarah is now available on the IPhone from the itunes appstore. The game has been ported to Iphone by Virtual Programming. What is interesting is that the conversion is a near direct 1-1 code port from the Mac version ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/05/saqqarah-available-on-the-iphone/ After previewing the upcoming StoneLoops! for IPhone a week ago, I would like to make one more announcement about a game that we have coming up. Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal is a game that’s been in the works for almost a year now, but it’s not an in-house production. ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/03/brunhilda-and-the-dark-crystal/ It’s not official yet, but I'm already sharing with you that we have licensed StoneLoops! for IPhone development and the project is already in a very advanced state. As a proof I have uploaded a short video that shows how smooth the game is on the IPhone and how close it matches ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/03/stoneloops-coming-to-iphone/ If you haven’t been watching the downloadable casual game market lately you will be surprised to learn that 19.95 is no longer a standard price. For some time the market has seen loyalty programs (such as giving discounts to customers who sign up to buy more than one game) but ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2009/02/prices-go-down/ I’m sure you’re disappointed about the recent lack of new posts on my blog (at least I hope you are) but I will try to get up to speed in the new year. Anyway, I would like to give you a short summary of what was happening here at Codeminion ... http://codeminion.com/blogs/maciek/2008/12/holiday-update/