Bitsplitting

Episode 6: Amanda Wixted

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Daniel is joined by game developer Amanda Wixted, who was Zynga’s first iOS developer and now runs Meteor Grove Software.

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Amanda had the opportunity to jump straight into professional game development after graduating from college in 2005. Since then she has co-developed many successful iOS titles including Pac Man, Mafia Wars, and Farmville.

Additional Links:

  • @commanda – Amanda’s Twitter account.
  • AmandaWixted.com – Amanda’s home page
  • Meteor Grove Software – Amanda’s consulting and development company.
  • Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity – Video of astronaut playing David Bowie’s song in space.
  • Space Shuttle Challenger – The disaster-fated NASA space orbiter that Amanda’s dad was a finalist for boarding.
  • Saudi Aramco – The Saudi oil company whose residential compound Amanda grew up on.
  • Multi-User Dungeon – Text-based social adventure game that Amanda enjoyed as a child.
  • Stevenson School – Amanda’s High School in Pebble Beach, California.
  • Napster – The peer-to-peer file sharing service.
  • Surrealist Automatism – Artistic method used for Automatic Poetry and other arts.
  • Susan Kinsolving – One of Amanda’s poetry inspirations.
  • E.E. Cummings – Another poetry inspiration.
  • Dune – The science fiction novel by Frank Herbert.
  • Nokia 6682 – The smartphone Amanda used prior to debut of the iPhone.
  • Turf Geography Club – Crunchbase profile of the “FourSquare meets Monopoly” game Amanda worked on.

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