Outer Level

Outer Level

  • Starting up with a Friend

    Daniel Tenner shares some great advice for starting a business with a friend (or anyone else for that matter). What could possibly go wrong? It seems like a fool-proof plan: start up with a close friend. You’ll get along (obviously), and you’ll get to share the exciting, fantastic, scary experience of starting up with someone…

  • Bullfrog Touch 1.2 Adds New Point Bonuses and Sound Effects

    Bullfrog Touch 1.2 is now available in the App Store. This update introduces a new double point bonus when you successfully chomp more than one bug in a tongue attack. This adds some nice skill-based depth to the game. Also, I added a new animation for earn a time bonus by chomping a hard to…

  • LicenseKeeper 1.4.5

    LicenseKeeper 1.4.5 has been released. Use “Check for Updates” under the main LicenseKeeper menu or download it directly from here. This free update adds improvements to the Serial Number Scanner and fixes some issues with the Yojimbo importer. Serial Number Scanner Added support for several new serial number formats Fixed false positives in PayPal receipt…

  • Bullfrog Touch Video

    In preparation for the upcoming release of Bullfrog Touch 1.2, I thought I would share a short video of what game play is like. This is my first attempt at recording an iPhone screen, so please pardon my terrible video recording skills. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C5D3ey_JsQ&hl=en&fs=1]

  • The App Store Effect

    Paul Kafasis (Rogue Amoeba) writes about The App Store Effect on iPhone software pricing. If developers could charge a price lower than 99 cents, there’s no doubt that some would, and the price curve would shift even lower. Update (Dec. 28, 2008): Daniel Jalkut (Red Sweater Software) ads his take in Touch and Go Pricing.…

  • Code Example: Drawing the iPhone Back Button

    Recently, I had need to provide a back button similar to the one used in Mobile Safari for a consulting project. Many of the buttons used in the built-in iPhone applications are made available via the SDK with built in button types and graphics. Unfortunately, the back button is not one of these. Because I…

  • Bullfrog Touch Preproduction Artwork

    Mike Rohde posted some of the design work he did for me on Bullfrog Touch. I always find it interesting to see preproduction artwork for games. Mike took the icon that Jordan Langille created and produced the Bullfrog Touch logo which you can view here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rohdesign/3104150434/ Mike also helped design the look and feel of…

  • TidBITS Names Bullfrog Touch as Top Pick for iPhone Games

    TidBITS readers voted Bullfrog Touch as one of the favorite iPhone Games for their 2008 Gift Guide. The top three vote-getters were Bullfrog Touch, Scrabble from Electronic Arts, and MotionX Poker Thanks to everyone who voted.

  • TidBITS Gift Guide 2008 Survey

    Bullfrog Touch is in the running for Best iPhone Game for the upcoming TidBITS Gift Guide 2008. You can help decide what makes it into this year’s guide by placing your vote. But hurry, the deadline is December 5.

  • uDevGames 2008 Game Programming Contest

    iDevGames announces the start of their uDevGames 2008 contest: iDevGames is proud to announce the start of the fifth uDevGames Mac Game Development Contest! The contest challenges participants to create a Mac OS X game in three months time, which will then be subjected to public vote and peer vote, with the best in a…