iPhone Applications: Trism dev pulls in $250k, Puzzle Quest, Ocarina, Adventure
Trism pulls in $250k
There's definitely money to be made from iPhone applications, if you develop something that is approved and promoted by Apple and becomes popular.
Steve Demeter has reportedly made $250k over the space of two months from his casual game Trism.
"Apple has made it so easy to put [game publishing] in the palms of developers," Steve said to CNN. "You just make it and then you submit it to Apple. If you have a relevant, fun game or application, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be approved."
(Via G4TV
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Kotaku reports that Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is due for release on iPhone and iPod Touch in December priced $9.95.
Currently making its way through Apple's approval process "the game will include new story lines, new characters and new conquests" according to developers TransGaming.
Ocarina tops paid app chart
Ocarin, one of those slightly bizarre applications that a whole bunch of people suddenly want to get hold of, has hit the top of the iPhone paid application chart.
The concept is pretty simple: by blowing into the iPhone's microphone, it triggers off musical notes controlled by pressing buttons on the screen.
As well as creating your own "tunes", it's possible to tap another button and listen to those made by other users. It comes from the developers of the virtual lighter, who say that its users have listened to over three million melodies already - not each, obviously.
It's just 99 cents from the App Store.
Atari 2600-esque "Adventure"
Hey look at this - Adventure, which was one of the first action video games, is now available on the iPhone. If you're a new convert to video games and / or under the age of, say, 20, this really might not mean much to you, but if you lived the days of the Atari 2600 games console, it'll mean everything.
The app is free and works using tilt controls. If it looks dated, blocky, and with terrible sound effects, that's because it is dated, blocky, and has terrible sound effects. It's nothing if not authentic.
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