Wow, Apple is on fire! =)

I just submitted the update to Stuntmanbob the other day and it has already been approved and is live on the App Store, wicked =)

This update is special because i´m trying something new there: It features a preview version of the Cannonball physics editor which is still work in progress. Hence that message shown below which one sees when one uses it =)  I thought it´d be cool to get feedback from the players on a feature while i can actually still change it considerably. Let´s see how that goes =)

Here is the App Store link:

Stuntmanbob on the App Store

So yeah, i thought in between i could also write about some games by developer mates when they are noteworthy enough =)

And well, today the iPhone version of tumbledrop by my mate dock came out on the app store and it is very noteworthy =).

At its core its a simple physics based puzzle game, but man is it nicely polished =)

It has slick menus, smooth transitions between all screens and is stuffed full of cute animations. Its just way “oooh, adwowable” when the star gets the panic face expression before falling into the water =)

Its also not just a quick port of the online version, it has lots of new levels and other cool additions and its impressive how much time dock spent on adding and refining all that.

As game developer i also find it a great example for how something can be very simple at its core but when executed in such great way still really stand out a lot.

Definately one of the must have iPhone games =)

Have a look here:

or just get it here =)

Its been a while since i last posted on a blog. I´ve been thinking about setting up a blog again but never got to do it, always so many things to do..

Well, good thing my mate dock started a blog a few days ago, motivated me to finally do it again, too.

That, and also that i wanted to write about some things i´m working on =)

In the last few days i worked on a level editor update for stuntmanbob on the iPhone. Basically one can place and connect parts with joints, build levels or just goof around

For some reason it turned out more tricky to do than i expected (haha, yeah, this is an injoke to fellow developers cause that just happens all the time in development, no? ) to connect the wheels using my custom collider setup and still have them be able to spin freely, so once i got that working i was so happy that i made a second screen capture right away

I´m intending to release the update to stuntmanbob featuring a preview version of the editor on the app store shortly so more on this soon =)