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360iDev – The Touch Arcade Game Jam

December 7, 2009 By John 3 Comments

What started as an idea during 360|Flex Denver, and executed with a day’s planning and work, is now “a thing”

We’re pleased to announce that 360|iDev San Jose, will host the Touch Arcade Game Jam!

The Game Jam in Denver, the brain child of Noel Llopis, who organized it, and stayed up all night to “run” things, was a huge hit, with more games being created in 10 hours, than I thought humanly possible. Touch Arcade has a great write up that links to a few others, and after Denver Touch Arcade approached us about making the Game Jam a more permanent and visible feature of the conference, which worked for us, because this kind of hacking is what we love!

Some of the projects from the Denver Game Jam are available in the store! You should check them out!

Hippo High Dive (iTunes Link) From our pals Imangi Studios

Gravity Sling (iTunes Link) from Riptide Games

for Example!

With Touch Arcade sponsoring the Game Jam, it’s gonna be epic. we’ve got time to plan for it, so it’s gonna rock, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see 2x as many games come the Wednesday Game Jam Review.

Touch Arcade is awesome, and we’ve wanted to work with them since we started 360|iDev, so it’s great to finally get a chance! I can’t wait!

Don’t miss the Game Jam, sponsored by Touch Arcade, your game idea could be launched in a night! Register now, before the early tickets sell out, and save $100!

Don’t miss the best iPhone conference in the world!

Filed Under: Announcements, Community, Content, Gaming, Geeking Out, Networking, Parties, Reasons to Come, San Jose Tagged With: awesome, Game Development, Game Jam, Hurry Up, Party, San Jose

360idev – it’s a wrap

October 5, 2009 By John Leave a Comment

I don’t even know where to begin, trying to wrap up the conference. David does a really great job of capturing why we do what we do, read it. It’s worth the read, but here’s a few of the many gems of why I love doing what I do.

We’ve raved on this blog about the speakers already, so I’ll wrap that up with, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS AWESOME! That’s really all there is to say. Special thanks to David Whatley, not only did he agree to speak at the last minute, but also stepped up to moderate a frakkin’ awesome lunch time panel on “The App Store” that inspired us to make sure panels are a bigger priority in future schedules.

We had a really great time, Tom and I both agree, the 4 days of actual conference make up for the 5 months of looking for sponsors, selling tickets, dealing with hotels, etc. It’s so amazing to be with such an incredible brain trust, exchanging ideas, talking opening about troubles and successes in iPhone development.

So much cool stuff happened too, that the mind wobbles, whether it’s every attendee getting a Mobile Sketchbook, courtesy of Apress and Dean Kaplan, or Aurora Feint Releasing Open Feint 2.1.

Our official sponsor, Apress provided 30 some odd books for our raffle, and Ebags (Local Denver Company!) provided 5 backpacks as well. The raffle is our way of encouraging attendees to participate in session surveys, and it works. We had a ton of submissions and since each submission is an entry in the raffle, those who submitted for each session they attended had awesome odds, and it showed.

We also got to experience what will now be a full fledged feature of the conference. The Game Jam. Mad props to Noel for throwing it together. I admit I was little unsure whether 1 night was enough to roll out a game, even a rough one. Turns out it’s enough time to turn out several.

Filed Under: Community, Content, Denver, Drinks, Gaming, Geeking Out, Hands-On, Keynote, Networking, Parties, speakers, Sponsors Tagged With: awesome, Denver, Hands-On training, Keynote, speakers, Sponsors

360|iDev to have 2 (yup, 2!) “Top 3 Paid App” developers at the show

September 22, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

Let’s be honest, you’re into iPhone development for one reason and one reason alone: to break into the Top 3 Paid Apps list. Sure, to follow your heart and make the world a better place is up there too, but you want to make money while doing all that.

That’s why we’re proud to announce that we have, not 1, but 2 indies that have cracked the highly coveted “Top 3″ chart.

First off, as we’ve announced already, Keith and Natalia from Imangi Studios. Imangi is a member of the App Treasures group. Their game, Harbor Master, broke into the Top 3 spot on Friday, July 17th. John and I are very addicted to the game. If you haven’t played it, go get it now (iTunes Link).

The creators of this (and many other great games and one non-game app) will share all their knowledge during the Wednesday Keynote. John and I officially sought Imangi out and forced them to come share their great knowledge with everyone.

We thought they were the only Top 3 speakers we’d be getting. However, on September 9th, Noel Llopis of Snappy Touch, send us an email introduction: “David Whatley, creator of geoDefense, wants to talk. Can you squeeze him in?” We have a fourth room for late coming stuff like this, so we said sure. I mean, who doesn’t love TD games, much less one of the best on the platform?” We work out the details, but all the while, David holds back a little secret from us. His new game, geoDefense Swarm was in review.

September 14: geoDefense Swarm gets approved
September 19: It hits #2 in Top Paid Apps

Lucky for you, David is still going to come talk. Only now, he has mad street cred to back up his talk, entitled “How to make Mad Money with an iPhone Game”. It’ll be going down Monday right after Matt Drance’s keynote.

Again, if you’re serious about learning how to be successful on the App Store, you have 2 chances to hear from 2 different parties that cracked the Top 3 charts. Registration price is just $699, which is a small price to pay for the millions you’ll make with their knowledge. Register now or forever lose out on this knowledge.

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360iDev Party Highlight: iLime by KeyLimeTie

September 18, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment

iLime by KeyLimeTie

Our friends at KeyLimeTie have created a great new service called iLime. It’s a service to help you implement Push Notifications. To help get the word out about it, they’ve sponsored a party for the fine attendees of 360|iDev.

Join the iLime team Tuesday night. The party will take place right outside the meeting rooms. They’re party will even have an opening act: The Compilers (a local Denver band). After the compiler set, the iLime demos will start to play in heavy rotation. There won’t be a need to stay in the demo room, walk around and just check in now and then. See what the guys have to offer and tell them thanks for the party.

If you can’t wait until Tuesday night to learn about iLime’s Push services, no worries. Chris Grove, Enterprise Architect for Mobile at KeyLimeTie, will be giving a session. Here’s the details:

Integrating Push Notifications in your iPhone application with iLime

Monday, September 28, 1:00-2:20 P. M.

Chris Grove, Enterprise Architect for Mobile, KeyLimeTie

Integrating Push Notifications in your iPhone application with iLime
Monday, September 28, 1:00-2:20 P. M.
Chris Grove, Enterprise Architect for Mobile, KeyLimeTie

With the internet, there’s no need to wait until Tuesday or even Monday of the show to get in touch with these guys. You can follow them on twitter (@iLimeBuzz) or drop ‘em a line at info@ilime.com to get the conversation going. I’ve been chatting with them for weeks, and they’re a great bunch of guys.

Remember the only way to get into the party is to be at the show, so go buy your ticket pronto. We’re down to the final week. Don’t miss your chance on what’s going to be a great event!

Filed Under: Denver, Drinks, Gaming, Parties, Reasons to Come, speakers Tagged With: iLime, KeyLimeTie, Party, Push

360iDev – Get Yer Game on!

August 18, 2009 By John 4 Comments

Chuck Smith brought up a great idea, and we’re more than happy to help support and promote it.

What is it?

iPhone Game Tournie! The two current suggestions are Worms(iTunes Link), and Tap Tap Revenge(iTunes Link) but Chuck is open to other suggestions. Leave a comment if you’re intersted or wanna propose a different game.

For our part Tom and I will help figure out how to set up something so everyone can watch some of the heats on the big screens around the conference.

So if there’s a game you’re pretty bad ass at, let us and Chuck know so we can get this bad mama jama ironed out!

GAME ON!

Can’t play unless you’re there! Register now to be a part of the best iPhone conference in the country! See you in September!

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Playing your iPhone/iTouch through your car speakers

April 1, 2009 By Tom Leave a Comment

I don’t get to game as often as I’d like. Therefore, I’m getting very much into casual gaming, especially on my iPod Touch. The other day, I took my brother-in-law to the chiropractor after our workout at the gym. This gave me 15 minutes to play a game. I’m currently stuck on FieldRunners.

Me defending my tower...poorly. LOL

As I got ready to play, I remember that I had one of those radio transmitters for my traditional iPod. I like long road trips and love to zone out to the music. The Ford Escape, surprisingly, has a good sound system in it, including a subwoofer.

After a quick setup, I was feeling my blasts vs hearing them squeak outta the device speakers. I was getting very into it until I had that “Someone is watching me” feeling. I look up and sure enough, one of the patients had stopped to wonder why there was a war going on inside my car. The windows were down (I’m in Arizona) and I think the entire parking lot was sharing my gaming experience. :)

We’ll need to get Subatomic Studios out to our next 360|iDev to get the lowdown on the behind-the-scenes. If you’ve had a similar experience, do tell so I don’t feel like the only total geek.

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