This week Ben and I talk with indy game developer 2TonStudios about their new iOS game: Ninjaboy

Show Notes

• Why program video games?
• Performance and how video games are the indy 500 of programming
• Carmack’s Keynote
• Optimizing the challenge curve.
• Why choose Unity?
• Tried MonoTouch and MonoGame for the initial port from Windows Phone 7
• How’s the $0.99 price point working? (no longer first marketing, we took too long to get the show out)
• How much does marketing play a role?
• Why is the price point so low for iOS games, when DS games are ~$30?
• Can’t pay for updates? Use In App Purchases
• How should people start? Should they try and get into digipen?

So go download it!

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