Seen by Matt on September 11 2009:
Arcade Hockey for the iPhone (App Store link). Co-creator Benjamin Jackson of Brainjuice emailed us about his team’s simplicity-based approach: “After testing all of the other air hockey apps and finding a lot of bloat, we really tried to strip it down to the essentials and focus on making a simple, addictive game…The game is simple enough for anyone (even small kids) to pick up and play. Startup time is minimal, and you can get from startup to gameplay in less than 10 seconds on pretty much any model (much less on the 3GS). Our competitors in the space went out on a limb with complex options screens and ‘features’ like trapping and throwing the puck. Ours has just three gameplay options, and players only have to choose 1P-2P and best of 5, 9 or 15.”
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4 comments so far
Justin Jackson 11 Sep 09
I suppose the other benefit for building your product “simple” is that you might get featured on SvN!
Ha ha. I am clicking the App Store link right now…
Don Schenck 11 Sep 09
Give me a manual transmission, manual convertible top and some floor vents and I’m a happy sports car driver.
God bless simplicity.
Eva 11 Sep 09
Amen to Don Shenck! Well, looks like the spirit of old games, like those from first Atari consoles never dies.
Matt 15 Sep 09
Wow… What a sucker I am.
I figured that since this game was featured here, it must actually be good…
Nope – it’s terrible. Laggy on my 3g, lame gameplay (your finger obscured WAY to much of the screen) and overall just wildly not fun.
I don’t know if the maker played 37s for chumps by getting them to post a free ad, or if 37s actually has an interest in the game.
Either way, boo. A big hit to this blog’s cred, IMO .
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