A great update to our word game was released yesterday. The new Letter Blocks 3D is faster and got optimized to run great even on older devices. Be sure to check out our FREE Christmas edition as well! Letter Blocks is an educational game series that is fun and enjoyable for all the family: an… →
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The best Christmas themed 3D Word Game of 2010 Holiday season on iPhone and iPod Touch is here, and it’s FREE!
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (November 22, 2010)—Surgeworks Mobile Lab — the mobile devices application design and development team at Surgeworks, Inc. — releases a free Christmas themed game for iPhone and iPod Touch, as a holiday season edition of the original 3D word game, Letter Blocks World. The game challenges players to manipulate 3D letter… →
Top 10 Most Popular iPhone Word Games
According to 148Apps, “the word game genre suffers from a deluge of clones, and like all of the App Store, finding the best apps can be hard”. That’s why they built a top 6 at the end of last year to recommend the best apps that existed back then. That’s why when we decided to… →
Would you like to beta test our next iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch game?
Are you an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch user? Would like to play an active role in iPhone games and app creation? Are you a passionate, U.S. based “iUser” that purchases a few apps from the App Store every month? Surgeworks is in the final stages of development of a new exciting word game named… →
How to implement shadows with OpenGL ES on iPhone SDK — an overview
One of our projects currently under development is a 3D puzzle game where player will manipulate a number of cubic blocks. Those blocks can be moved above the board so to look realistic they need to cast shadows onto the board. Despite shadows are used in many 3D games and OpenGL ES does have all… →
Unity iPhone game engine Version 2.6, Unity is Free for indies
Unity Technologies – the leading provider of multi-platform development for Web, PC, Mac, Wii console and iPhone – announced that its user base has increased by 158 percent to 33,500 registered users since the Unite 2009 conference’s opening keynote on October 28 due to the overwhelming demand for its interactive content solutions. Unity Technologies, the… →
Apple Tablet coming in 2010, focus on e-books and games
As reported by rumors sites, Apple is hiring top level iPhone games developers. People expect Apple to get into the games market on the iPhone platform and this is very likely. Apple also reportedly partnered with several mainstream magazines to create a new subscription based iTunes marketplace tailored to the press. It is also likely… →
How to build iPhone Native Apps with Flash CS5
Flash Professional CS5 will enable you to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch using ActionScript 3. These applications can be delivered to iPhone and iPod touch users through the Apple App Store. A public beta of Flash Professional CS5 with prerelease support for building applications for iPhone is planned for later this year.
Creating an iPhone Game, the Developer's view
I personally enjoy game development very much since every game is a challenge to program, an exciting experience unique by nature unlike those boring database applications that as it seems constitute the majority of custom software market. Many of the games will use your hardware up to the limit and require thorough optimization in fight… →
Market analysis: iPhone Games and Development
Game Developer Research has revealed select results of its first ever State of iPhone Game Development report, helping to illuminate the iPhone and iPod Touch game software market. The iPhone game development market is growing, and game development projects are becoming more ambitious. Select report metrics have revealed a trend towards longer development cycles for iPhone… →
The Secret of Monkey Island is: iPhone is faster than Wii
Yes, you’ve read it well: for less then 10 USD, you get a revamped, redesigned, and reorchestrated Guybrush on your iPhone or iPod Touch. And you’re lucky to play it on the iPhone, because fans complained on the Telltale Games forums about the Wii versions’ framerate. Telltale Games, which also worked on Sam and Max,… →
How to add Global High Scores support to your iPhone Game without really trying
If you recently developed an iPhone game like we did, you will likely want to implement a global hall of fame with worldwide high scores for the best, higher rank players of your game. Several drop-in solutions now exist. Here is a “hall of fame” for the “global high scores” services and web apps available… →
iPhone Puzzle Game Design Concept, the process
Creating the user interface for iPhone Apps is a great challenge where we have to break some paradigms and keep some things in mind such as the fact that we have a really limited space to work on, the application has to be as much obvious and easy to be understood by users as we… →