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July 31, 2010: Zombie Dice App On Sale Now!
The Zombie Dice app for iPhone is now in the App Store! (Download it here!) And it's bargain priced: it's free.
You get the exact same play as in a two-person Zombie Dice game; it's you vs. a computer-controlled zombie, each trying to eat 13 brains and win. The zombie AI is, WE HOPE, not as smart as you. But it will give you a run for your money, and gloat when it rolls well, and heckle you and give you bad advice, and say "Braaaaainnns" a lot.
And if you like the free version, we will happily sell you a 99-cent upgrade that lets you include up to 8 players, by passing around the phone. The full version also has more animations and a setting that makes the zombies smarter. Still not really as smart as you, WE HOPE.
I now have a tiny sense of what it's like to be a "producer" on a digital game. And I know that if we go much farther, I'll have to hire a real, full-time producer. But this has been the most interesting thing I've done recently.
This took more and different talents than a physical game, and some really amazing work went into it. I am not a humble person, but it's humbling to look at this and realize all the talents that went into the digital version of my silly little zombie game . .
- Kira Hamilton's code
- Justin De Witt's graphic design
- Alex Fernandez' art
- Will Schoonover's voice and SFX
- Tom Smith's music, err, noise. (Honest! He wanted to be credited for "Background Noise.")
- And excellent bugfinding by Steven Marsh and Bob Hood!
I hope you like this. Please try it out, tell your friends about it, and send us 99 cents for the full version if you think the freebie is fun! Because I would really, really like to do more of these.
-- Steve Jackson
(Late update! As of 11:10pm Friday night, it's the #11 free dice game in the App Store – apparently, just on word spread via Twitter.)
Cthulhu is supposed to be creepy. If you were close enough to touch the Elder God, you a) wouldn't want to, and b) certainly wouldn't describe the experience as "soft and cuddly." In fact, I'd imagine one of those tentacles would be hazardous to your health. But Mega Chibithulhu is huggable, soft, and cuddly. How do you explain that one, Mr. Lovecraft?
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