Mobile Game Development + Win Free Unity iPhone/Android License

Hey folks,

Every 4 months, we’ll cover a “new theme” … an area of games that may be useful and interesting to experimental game developers. In the past, we’ve done things with Alternate Reality Games and Social Games…now we’re going to focus on mobile game development.

Every week, we’ll focus on topics related to mobile game design and mobile game development. By the end of the 4 months, the goal is to spec out the unique aspects of the mobile design space.

To kick things off, we’re announcing a Unity iPhone/Android basic game license contest. You can enter the contest by doing one of the following…
a) Write an article about mobile game design/development that will be posted on the blog…it can discuss a mobile game you’ve worked on
b) Do an on-show interview about your current/previous indie/mobile game
c) Help to get someone else interviewed for the show…if you know another game developer that preferably does mobile games and would like to be interviewed, help set that up 🙂

The contest will go on until October 7th, 2010. The winner will be announced on October 15th, 2010.

Enjoy 🙂

The Unity iPhone SDK Contest Winner Is…

Kahoots!
http://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/kahoots-designer-diary

Congratulations…here is their game entry…
Hi everyone! We’d like to make Kahoots!

http://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/2009/07/31/kahoots-intro-cut-scene/

Kahoots is a fun, crime-themed puzzle game modeled entirely in clay. We’ve been developing it using the iPhone’s screen size, but the Objective-C learning curve has really put a roadblock in our path. Here’s an article about our struggles:

http://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/2009/05/22/one-step-forward-nine-miles-back/

We’d LOVE to use Unity3D for the project. It uses similar rules as a game called Set, if you’ve ever played that. It’s funny and challenging and it looks really cool. There are 50 levels in the game, with 5 game types and 2 modes – Story Mode and Quickplay Mode.

Nearly all of the graphics and cut-scenes for the game are finished, and we’re already a licensed Apple developer. All we really need is a Unity iPhone license to plug in the assets, and we’re off to the races!

If you want to try the Closed Public Beta build from a few months ago, please send me an email:

info@untoldentertainment.com

Finally, here’s the Designer Diary for the game:

http://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/kahoots-designer-diary

Thanks! And good luck, everyone! (It’s great to see so many people interested in making graphic adventure games!)

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Stay tuned for more contests coming up 🙂