![]() ![]() News Galcon developer wants YOU to improve rankings system. More information on the iPhone Games Summit, which can be attended via All-Access or Summit-specific GDC 2010 passes, is available on its official webpage, with a number of additional talks due to be confirmed in the near future. Space strategy title Galcon gets price slashed on iPhone, iPad, Android. ![]() ![]() Notably covered are "lessons learned about player behavior in the wild that further evolved the game’s design, marketing and monetization." In this just-confirmed talk from Andrew Stern of Stumptown Game Machine, the creator of Ngmoco's microtransaction-powered Touch Pets Dogs "discusses how the game’s design had to grow and adapt as the iPhone game market filled with limitless low- and no-cost gaming and entertainment options. New Dogs, New Tricks: Breeding Social Networking and Virtual Pets Julian Farrior, CEO of independent developer Backflip Studios, will discuss the company's 13,000,000 downloads and over $2,000,000 in sales of Ragdoll Blaster and Paper Toss on the iPhone Store, focusing on "marketing wins/flops, distribution opportunities, sales catalysts and key takeaways", with special attention given to presenting real-life numbers across sales, in-app purchases and advertising. One Year in the App Store: A Case Study of Backflip Studios If you don't want to loosen your purse strings so much, you can also go for the 'cheaper' models in this. Studded with a huge Pink Diamond on the back, these iPhone 6 models come in platinum, 24-carat gold and rose gold and cost a humongous 48.5 million apiece. Galcon franchise creator Phil Hassey has created successful multiplayer modes for his acclaimed iPhone games, and is part of the iPhone Games Summit this year, giving a technical talk on how "using test driven development, you can develop a solid code base that will both pass the App approval process and work when the masses arrive." US luxury brand FALCON has pushed the price tag for premium gadgets through the roof with its SuperNova iPhone 6 Pink Diamond range. Nuts & Bolts of Internet Multiplayer iPhone Game Testing Beginning with its humble Flash roots, the presentation will cover "OpenGL optimizations, shockingly high price points, guerrilla Twitter marketing, reverse-engineering the App Store, and strangely low piracy rates." Falling to Your Death: The Canabalt PostmortemĮric Johnson, co-founder of Semi Secret Software, talks about making and marketing Canabalt, the hit followup to word puzzler Wurdle. With other major lectures to be announced soon, a number of significant talks have been revealed on the Summit homepage. Some of the heavyweight Summit advisors for the event from the world of iPhone games include Electronic Arts' mobile VP Travis Boatman, Snappy Touch founder Noel Llopis ( Flower Garden), and Ngmoco VP Alan Yu. The second day will focus on the business and marketing strategies behind successful iPhone game companies. The two-day program will highlight the best of iPhone development, with an entire day discussing the nuts and bolts of technical and design techniques. The notable new summit, taking place on the first two days of Game Developers Conference 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco next March, will bring together top game developers from around the world to explore ideas, share best practices, and discuss the future of Apple's handheld platform. GDC 2010 organizers have revealed the initial iPhone Games Summit line-up for the March 9th-10th event, including tech and biz talks from the creators of Canabalt, Touch Pets Dogs and more. ![]()
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