GO! How two guys made an iPhone game (and lived to tell the tale)

Tim Sears and I give some tips to other first-time indie game developers based on the surprise success of Ramps for iOS. Presented at WebVisions 2011.

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Transcript

1. GO!HOW TWO GUYS MADE AN iPHONE GAME (AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE) WEBVISIONS 2011
2. @tylersticka @u2elan
3. 1 HISTORY LESSON
4. 2006-2007
5. OVER 1,000,000 PLAYS
6. THIS IS WAY BETTER!
7. (SOB STORY)
8. FIRST EXPERIMENTS
9. 2 PROCESS
10. CREATIVE PURSUIT PRODUCT
11. WE CHOSE TOOLS THAT HELPED US COLLABORATE QUICKLY, LOOSELY, CHEAPLY:
12. WE AVOIDED OVER-PLANNING
13. WHY THE HECK NOT?
14. WE — SMALL DETAILS
15. SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM YOUR PEERS WAY FASTER THAN GRAPPLING WITH YOUR OWN SELF-DOUBT ( )
16. ITERATE!
17. http://www. ickr.com/photos/pietermorlion/5014362542/ “WE MADE IT, SO IT’S OURS TO DESTROY. AND THAT’S LIBERATING AND EXCITING IN A REALLY CREATIVE WAY.” - JEFF TWEEDY
18. IF A GAME DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT, NO AMOUNT OF MARKETING CAN MAKE UP FOR IT WIKIPEDIA SAYS THIS GAME LOST ATARI $100 MILLION
19. 3 RECEPTION
20. http://www. ickr.com/photos/mukumbura/4180968389/
22. TRADITIONAL EXTRA HIP
23. COVERED US FIRST, FOLLOWED BY... THE APP INFORMER IGN SLIDE TO PLAY 148APPS iFANZINE.com APPOLICIOUS APPMODO DOWNLOAD SQUAD APPSPY TOUCHREVIEWS.net ...AND MORE (THANKS, EVERYONE!)
24. “A NEAR-PERFECT MIX OF SIMPLICITY AND ORIGINALITY THAT MAKES IT A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT AN iPHONE GAME SHOULD BE.” - SLIDE TO PLAY http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/ramps-review
28. 4 IF YOU REMEMBER NOTHING ELSE...
29. RESIST OVER-PLANNING
30. ITERATE OFTEN
31. LISTEN TO YOUR PEERS AND USERS
32. ABOVE ALL ELSE, MAKE THE BEST THING YOU CAN
33. backabit.com @playramps THANK YOU! @u2elan @tylersticka