"Buttonless" book on iOS games

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  1. jschidlowsky

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    I'll throw my hat into the pile. Super Stickman Golf is in there too ;)
     
  2. RKRigney

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    I did in fact land exclusive interviews with the CEO of Rovio and Angry Birds' lead designer (that's Mikael Hed and Jaakko Iisalo, respectively). That game has a pretty interesting/odd origin story :)
     
  3. Kepa

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  4. RaptorF35

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    Yup, if kepa's in it I'm so buying the book.
     
  5. cosmos

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    The 18-year old story of Babylonian Twins is in this book too. Looking forward to read the other stories
     
  6. Capy_Nathan

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    the harrowing tale of the coming together of superbrothers, capy and musician Jim Guthrie to create Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP can be found in this book as well.

    Ok it's not that harrowing. But check out the book anyway!
     
  7. backtothis

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    Not going to lie, this sounds pretty amazing.
     
  8. Firemonkeys Sam

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    +1!

    I highly recommend checking this book out. It's always great to hear the stories behind the games we all love!
     
  9. Luke Kellett

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    Gotta check this one out, with some many devs promoting it :p
     
  10. luketrueaxis

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    I did an interview for it giving the full Jet Car Stunts story, I should check it out my self.
     
  11. TimoVihola

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    Thanks Ryan for having Minigore in it as well! I can't wait to read all the other dev stories! :)
     
  12. ChaoticBox

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    Ryan was kind enough to include a chapter about Silverfish as well :)
     
  13. MidianGTX

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    I was actually going to pass on this (sorry Ryan), but only due to being completely broke. After seeing so much dev support however, I think a better idea would be to add it to my Christmas list ;)
     
  14. RaptorF35

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    :D can't wait to read the book, so many good games/devs
     
  15. divinerobot

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    And our game Blobster by Chillingo (featured #3 on US app store in July) is in this book too! From what I've read there are some really amazing stories in it! A must-read for developers.

    /Marita
     
  16. Big Pixel

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    There's a section on Big Pixel and Land-a Panda in the book as well. Definitely worth checking out if you are at all interested in iOS games.
     
  17. MicroByte

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    Sounds like a great book! Thanks, had no idea that this was coming.

    Have to ask, will there be a Kindle or iBook version?
     
  18. MidianGTX

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    I asked a few weeks back and he said it wasn't currently planned, something to do with image formatting I think.
     
  19. LOLavi

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    The more devs coming here and telling they're in it, the more I want to buy it!! :D And awesome to hear you interviewed Rovio!
     

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