A variation on the classic game of Snap! Definitely one to play with the kids. I made a decision early on not to involve any play that might have the potential of inflicting rough treatment on your new phone, that said, it was also important to maintain the essence of the game – which, as... Continue Reading →
Goblin Harvest!
I have teamed up with Ian Williams (of Textise.Net and the Textise App fame) to work on a Windows Phone 7.1 strategy game to be called ‘Goblin Harvest’. It’s my first real collaborative experience working on Windows Phone and I am pretty excited about it. After several lengthy sessions (yes, down the pub) to hammer... Continue Reading →
Shove Halfpenny Special Promotion!
To celebrate reaching 10,000 apps in the Marketplace Web Services UK is running a special promotion on the price of one of the first apps to hit the platform from the UK, Shove Halfpenny,down to just 79p (99c). Back in 2009, before the release of the Windows Phone SDK this game was one of the... Continue Reading →
Shove Halfpenny
http://apps.WebServicesUK.com/Shove Since finding out that the world championships for this old pub game are often held locally (Cheltenham & Bath) it has been in the back of my mind to bring this game to Windows Phone 7. My Dad remembers playing and I picked his brain for the rules, essentially the objective is to get... Continue Reading →