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Two Tribes Has Gone Mad, Has A Contest
Two Tribes Has Gone Mad, Has A Contest is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Being a developer in the iPhone world is a tough life to live. You’re bombarded every day with all sorts of worries like “Where is my app in the App Store?”, “What if people don’t like our new app?”, and “How many shots of espresso should I get in my latte?” While some people handle the stress quite well, many fall into the dark world of addiction. From the sounds of things, employees at Two Tribes, makers of the hit game app (Toki Tori), fall into the latter category.
There have been reports from inside Two Tribes that their employees have been experiencing some sort of mass confusion. Items are going missing, things are being found in absurd locations, and people have been doing jobs that they weren’t hired on for. Most importantly, the staff at Two Tribes has completely forgotten what kind of app they were developing.
All that they have to go by is an obscure game trailer (see below) and a picture that is too pixelated to make out, and they need your help solving the mystery.
If you have any idea what kind of app they are producing, send Two Tribes an email; they would be extremely grateful. According to Two Tribes, they will reward the most helpful answers with “an exclusive goodie-bag as well as a free copy of the game when it hits the iTunes store!” The deadline for emailing your thoughts is Wednesday August 18th, so don’t miss out on your chance to do a good developer a favor.
Click here for more information on the addiction and related contest. And remember, friends don’t let friends forget what they are developing.
[ Two Tribes Has Gone Mad, Has A Contest is a post from 148Apps ]
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Camera+ Makes $250k In First Month – Writer Considering Career Change
Camera+ Makes $250k In First Month – Writer Considering Career Change is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
tap tap tap (Convert, Voices) has done quite well in the App Store despite not being a game developer. Continuing this trend, the company has announced today in a lengthy blog post that their newest app, Camera+, has made $250k in its first month. Surprisingly enough, the app did so with no advertising (the company doesn’t advertise for its apps anymore due to costs) and quickly declining sales in the US market.
So how did they do it? Here’s the abridged version.
Since tap tap tap does no advertising anymore, John Casasanta, head of the company and writer of the blog post, says that the key is to start with a HUGE launch. Huge as in contest for $10,000+ worth of camera equipment… but the key is how to get the word out. Fortunately for tap tap tap, John Casasanta is also the head of MacHeist, so the company got a large head start, but now tap tap tap has its own opt-in list with 70,000 subscribers. Says Casasanta, “Granted, not every developer has access to such resources, but there’s no reason that anyone can’t build-up resources of this sort over time… it’s taken us years so patience and persistence is key.”
I guess in any business, you’re only as successful as the people you know, or in this case, the amount of people you know.
The rest of the success lies in the app itself. Since the US App Store is completely dominated by games, it’s imperative to have a flawless, detail oriented app with some fun touches and well done social network integration. The post talks, in detail, about making things feel right, with not too many options, but enough to work correctly. Also, developers need to be completely open to feedback, and update when the app needs to be updated, but only when the updates are necessary.
As a non-game, it’s very important to keep hope even after sales wane in the US. The app market overseas is very different from our game and entertainment app dominated store, with countries like Finland having 14 of the top 25 being non game and entertainment apps. Check out the sales chart on the right to see how foreign app store are supporting Camera+.
The post ends with a warning. “You can spend a year on an app and hardly make a dime on it. It’s not just the nature of the App Store… it’s the nature of practically any business.” Only make an app if it’s something that you love, and be sure to slave over every last detail.
So good luck to all the devs that are out to make your own $250k. If every app turns out to look as well made as any of the tap tap tap apps, the world would be a much better place.
[Source: taptaptap]
[ Camera+ Makes $250k In First Month – Writer Considering Career Change is a post from 148Apps ]
Guess and Win 2010 – iPhone App Review
Guess and Win 2010 – iPhone App Review is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Guess and Win 2010 ($0.99)
Version – 1.1
Review – “Compete with your friends on Facebook and Twitter!”
Guess and Win 2010 is a unique guessing game that allows you to compete with the world! The basic idea is that you see how few guesses it takes you to guess a randomly generated number! It features a simple interface, a high score list, and a contest to win some money at the end of the year 2010!
When you open Guess and Win 2010 you’ll see a brief splash screen and then be taken to the main menu. The menu is simple, containing just four buttons: Play, a level select button,
Options and a Leaderboard. The options menu just has a few basic settings, all of them related to sharing your progress. You can choose whether you’re scores will post to the global leaderboard or choose whether or not you want the game to ask you to post to Facebook or Twitter when you win another round!
So how do you win? Well the very first level asks you to guess a number between 1 and 3. It will then tell you if you got it right, or if your guess was too high or too low. The object is to guess the number in as few tries as 
possible! If you guess the number on the first try then you get to advance to the next “Level.” Each successive level increases the range of the numbers that you are guessing!
This is definitely an app that you’ll want to share with every one, and what better way to do that then on Facebook or Twitter? You can do so easily on either Facebook, Twitter, or both! Twitter has a setting in the options to “auto-tweet” when you get a high score,
while you can set either of them to ask you everytime you get a high score if you want to post it to them. I will say this, Twitter’s auto-post isn’t that big of a deal, but setting either one of you to prompt you when you get a high score gets old really fast! If you really want to share with your friends, the way to go is definitely Twitter if you have it!
So the basic idea of this game is how patient are you? If you can manage to be at the top of the high score list at the end of the year you’ll win a prize, but how much time are you willing to dedicate? The prize for winning will be anywhere from $100-$20,000, the developer states that it depends on how many people buy this app. So what are you waiting for? If you find yourself with lots of free time, maybe you can use that time to win some money! If nothing else, this game will offer you hours of entertainment, and it’s only $0.99 so grab your copy today!
- David H.
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URL: http://www.manyappolis.com
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Weekend Fun: Strategery
Weekend Fun: Strategery is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
This weekend, we’re going to have fun in another brain game. This time, it’s a game similar to Risk, Strategery.
Strategery is a land battle game where you battle up to 4 other players on random maps of various sizes. You start out controlling an equal part of the world map and battle to control more. You initiate a battle against another country on the board and then automatic dice rolls determine the winner. You turn continues until you have done all of the valid battles you wish. After your turn you can reinforce your troops in the countries that you still control to give you stronger forces for the next round. The game continues until one player or the other obliterates the others and controls all of the countries on the map.
The game takes strategy, planning, and a little bit of luck.
Strategery includes an online, 2 player battle mode that works similar to last weeks Words With Friends. Each player takes their turn on their own time and there are push notifications to let you know when it’s your turn. While the multiplayer system isn’t very robust, it gets the job done.
Now, the contest part! Add your Strategery user name below so that we can have a group of willing players to play against. I am, as usual, Jeff148Apps, feel free to hit me up for a game. We’ll pick a random winner from all the entries and announce it next weekend.
If you want to check the game out before buying, there’s a Lite version available for the iPhone, but it lacks the online battle mode.
$1.99
+ Universal App – Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2008-12-09 :: Category: Games / Strategy
Check our our previous Weekend Fun posts.
[ Weekend Fun: Strategery is a post from 148Apps ]
Appular Anounces Prize-Packed Hand Of Greed Contest
Appular Anounces Prize-Packed Hand Of Greed Contest is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Appular and Brainium Studios, developers of Hand Of Greed, have announced a competition to promote their new blade-dodging game.
A huge collection of prizes are available from free copies of the game through to an iPad as the grand prize. Using Twitter, Facebook and Email entry methods, prizes are being given away regularly until the closing date of 5/12.
For more information on how to enter, head to the Appular Facebook page here
Note: This competition is open to US iTunes Store account holders only
[ Appular Anounces Prize-Packed Hand Of Greed Contest is a post from 148Apps ]
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Weekend Fun: Words With Friends
Weekend Fun: Words With Friends is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Last week, we kicked off our Weekend Fun series with We Rule. 99 of you joined us to build our kingdoms to new levels. We’ve announced the winner of last weekends $15 iTunes gift card on that page and emailed the winner. This week, it’s time to step it up a notch and start to exercise our vocabularies a little.
Words With Friends is our Weekend Fun contest for this week. If you aren’t familiar with Words With Friends, it’s a multiplayer Scrabble type game. What makes it work so well on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad (with HD version), is that you play it at your own pace. Once you play your move, the control passes to the other player who will play at their own pace.
Want to play Words With Friends? The cheapest way is to download the free version (link below), set up an account, and get started. From there you can initiate a game with someone you know, or have the game pick a random player for you. If you are looking for opponents, please add your username in the comments below and I’m sure someone will be more than happy to challenge you! Feel free to challenge me if you feel like winning (jeff148apps) — I have about a 3rd grade vocabulary. (and yes, vocabulary is the largest word I know how to spell)
We’ll pick a random player to win a $15 iTunes gift card (for the US iTunes Store) — all you have to do to win is leave your Words With Friends id (not email address) in the comments below.
Good luck, and happy wordsmithing!
Words With Friends
Our Rating: 
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Released: 2009-07-19
Price: $2.99
Words With Friends Free
Category: Games / Word
Released: 2009-07-19
Price: FREE
Words With Friends HD
Category: Games / Word
Released: 2010-04-01
Price: $2.99
[ Weekend Fun: Words With Friends is a post from 148Apps ]
Weekend Fun: Let’s Rule We Rule!
Weekend Fun: Let’s Rule We Rule! is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
We Rule from ngmoco:) is one of the more popular community trading games. A genre of game most popularized by Farmville. This type of game revolves around building things and trading goods and services with other players. In We Rule one of the best ways to gain experience points and in-game currency is to sell and buy services with other players. Both buyers and sellers gain in these transactions.
To sell services, you just need to build buildings that sell goods and services. This is basically any of the buildings other than farms and homes. Users can then come to your kingdom and order from those buildings just by touching them. This is the same way that you can order services from other kingdoms. Visit other kingdoms and look for open signs to see what’s available.
So let’s use this post as a place to share each our Plus+ Network usernames so that we can start trading with each other. The idea being that we build a community within the We Rule community all trading with each other to build our XP as fast as possible. I’ll start, I’m jeff148apps.
Add your Plus+ Network username below, in the comments. We can then all add each other as friends and start building up experience points and gold. To make it a little more enticing, we’ll pick a random user from below for a $15 iTunes Gift card so you can buy more mojo in the game. We’ll give away the gift card next weekend.
Also, make sure you have the latest version installed. Ngmoco recently fixed some bugs related to open businesses that should make things easier for us all.
[ Weekend Fun: Let’s Rule We Rule! is a post from 148Apps ]