Pinball is not the sexiest game a developer can choose to make - especially on iOS it is a bit old-fashioned and targeted towards a niche audience. Some programmers might consider it a simple mechanic, like Pong or Tetris - a nice hobby project, but...
In our recent Interface Design Tutorial, I mentioned that the interface was getting a complete makeover. With the retina interface for the new iPad, we had to do the whole thing over again (always use vectors!) and while we were at it, the interaction designs...
While working at our upcoming game Momo, I am keeping a close eye on performance. It needs to run smoothly (60fps) on an iPhone 3GS, and that is a constant challenge. While its great to develop for mobile platforms, it can get tricky when you don't obey...
As you know, recently the Paladin team built an iPhone game in two weeks. It includes fun gameplay, nice graphics, music, sound and character voice, and highscores that can be shared on Twitter. In this post, I want to look back on what happened after...
Lets start with a little about me: I usually go to bed around 10.30 pm. As some of you might know, Jimmy Pataya started out as a research project for us. Since it got a little bit out of hand and we became more serious about it we...
When we decided that we would try to build an iPhone game in two weeks, we knew it would be tough. We knew it would involve doing a lot of technical research, creating a lot of designs and making a lot of tough decisions. Lukas...
Let me start a with bold statement: Apple Macs suck. To be more precise, I don't like OS X and I don't care about cool window animations, fading etc. I'm the guy who likes Windows and still uses the classic theme. Anyway, that's not what I wanted...
Last Friday we put all the artwork and gameplay we had so far together to create a playable demo. The idea was to let a couple of testers play the game and listen to what they had to say. Like always, there were both positive...
Things are moving smoothly now. We have a test application working on our iPhones, including main menu and gameplay loop. There's motion control, rings to fly through, colors to select and match, obstacles to avoid...
Paladin proudly introduces the main character for our new iPhone game. Meet Jimmy Pataya! Jimmy's a cool guy. He practices all extreme sports, preferably mixed together. Started basejumping at age six. Started basejumping on a motorcycle off a cliff at age eleven. Broke more bones in...