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Addmired (YC W08) launches super addictive iMob Online on iPhone App Store
- arasakik 18y agoThis app is going to explode (in a good way).
- rantfoil 18y agoSeriously, Gabe and the addmired crew understand gameplay and virality in a way that absolutely blows my mind. They're a team to watch in 2009.
- henryl 18y agoThat's a lot of praise for a knockoff idea.
- rantfoil 18y agoa) They were first to market with a great game of this type on the iPhone. b) The realtime mobile nature of this game transcends knockoff status. Try it.
- unalone 18y agoRealtime meaning what? Meaning you can do stuff based on time? Because that's a concept that's been around for a little while, though never on a mobile.
- gabrielleydon 18y agoJOIN MY MOB! 100000288
- thorax 18y agoI don't think this worked? Maybe they have a bug or I entered it into the wrong spot.
- gabrielleydon 18y agoyou could have entered it wrong. we need to fix/simplify a lot of things. Whats your ID ill add you
- thorax 18y agoI typed it a number of times here, not sure if that's the right screen: http://pics.posterous.com/untitled-17116 http://pics.posterous.com/untitled-17116 Let's team up (anyone who wants): 100239599
- rantfoil 18y agoMy mob code is 100119202. The more mob members you have, the more powerful your mob, of course... so lets team up. ;-)
- Shammy 18y agoMine is 100652918. Aaaante up! Help me build my crew. Together we will rule the internets.
- chris111179 18y agomine is 100826099
- lacaca 18y ago115437629 add it :)
- jojorenoir 18y ago
- maxwell 18y ago"Invalid redemption code entered."
- atestu 18y agoTry "Friend Code" instead of "Redeem". Btw, mine is 100448262.
- ashleyw 18y agoMines 100358785 I really suck at this game, I'm level 7 but I keep running out of money, and I loose most fights! Very addictive though, checking it every 5 mins now, hopefully I can break away else I'm not going to get anything done!!
- skaterboi108 18y agoheres a redemption code: donttasemebro you get 10 tasers. add me - 185-446-714
- brl 18y agoOh, fuck me. Why didn't I think of this idea. This game is going to knock the ball out of the park. Anybody who owned a modem in the 90s knows how dangerously addictive these games are.
- fallentimes 18y agoOr a TI83 during high school.
- Alex3917 18y ago"Anybody who owned a modem in the 90s knows how dangerously addictive these games are." As embarrassing as this is to admit, I was actually addicted to Idle RPG at one point. This is the IRC game where you level up based on how long you can go without saying anything.
- rms 18y agoThere's still plenty of room in the market for similar games -- pick your theme: sci-fi, fantasy, pirates, ninjas, vampires, etc.
- gills 18y agoWow, that looks very cool. Most MMOs generate revenue through subscriptions. I see that the iMob game itself and the gameplay are free. Are you selling in-game ads or something?
- teej 18y agoMost games like this (and all of the super proftiable ones) have monetized through virtual goods.
- gabrielleydon 18y agoYou buy apps that unlock virtual currency so the entire game is open but you have to pay to get ahead quicker.
- alaskamiller 18y agoimob 10 respect points: $0.99 imob 75 respect points: $4.99 imob 200 respect points: $9.99 imob 400 respect points: $19.99 How delicious. The only gripe is not discounting those points. Edit: Oh, yeah, join my mob! 100260987 Edit: 5 minutes in and I'm addicted. Edit: Typos in the FAQs. Edit: This burns the battery faster than the Energizer bunny in bed.
- gabrielleydon 18y agoTypos=features
- Alex3917 18y agoAre you guys updating things on the fly? The minimum bank balance seems to have just changed from 2,000 to 1,000. (And it still says 2,000 in the FAQ.) Also, how does one gain mobsters? The FAQ seems to suggest it is by inviting friends, but I see some level five characters with dozens of mobsters. I don't even know that many people with iPhones. Are these just NPCs or what?
- gabrielleydon 18y agothere are issues for sure. the bank seems like something we should look at. the forums are mentioning this too
- Alex3917 18y agoSomeone attacked me right as I was putting all my money into the bank, and now I have $-100,000. Then I turned around and deposited my -$100,000 into the bank, so now my bank balance reads $-184,000. update: I quit the app and opened it again and now my bank balance is positive. And somehow it has jumped to $171335824. Sweet. update 2: The fact that you can gain XP by winning a fight on defense seemingly makes the game unbalanced. You can just put all your points into defense and none into attack, and then wait until other people attack you so you can win the fight.
- lyime 18y agoOne of my friends is not happy right now. http://www.grabup.com/uploads/7670d4cf3feb6e5f53a469e59935e8eb.png http://www.grabup.com/uploads/7670d4cf3feb6e5f53a469e59935e8...
- alaskamiller 18y agoSwitch the art and call it Earth 2025 or Utopia or Oilwar.
- gabrielleydon 18y agoswitching the art is easy (for us) making the thing in the first place is the hard part.
- unalone 18y agoIs it sad that I've played two of those games and recognized the names?
- alaskamiller 18y agoI think you're much younger than me so it makes me sadder.
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- pakiller 18y agoJoin The Don: 146 536 333 Get a huge signing bonus!!!
- flapjakman 17y agomine friend code is 212-624-941. add me.
- pieter 18y agoI don't get why you need an iPhone app for this. Wouldn't an iPhone-optimized site be enough? You'll also draw in more players, and it'd be easy to add a desktop frontend.
- gabrielleydon 18y ago1. itunes store distribution 2. easy way to charge iphone users 3. it looks and plays way better than a iphone web app could
- unalone 18y agoI haven't downloaded this, because I've got an iPod touch and my college has no wireless. Is there anything that I could do WITHOUT wireless, or would I pretty much be screwed when I go back in a few days?
- gabrielleydon 18y agothe game continues while you are offline so if you go away you might have been beat up a few times but you will be all recharged and ready to go.
- ivankirigin 18y agoWorking on stuff that matters? http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/01/work-on-stuff-that-matters-fir.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/01/work-on-stuff-that-matters-...
- blader 18y agoMaking something people want?
- ivankirigin 18y agoGood point. If people make money by selling games, that's awesome. But personally, I don't respect this kind of game. There are a lot more interesting games to be made for the platform. That's probably why I posted a dig. I like clean arcade games like iilwy, stories with depth (e.g. oblivion), and things that get me excited like zombies and FPS. For me, most social games on facebook are a whole world of "who gives a fuck?". No offense. Let me stress that they are fine businesses, just not my kind of game.
- blader 18y agoNo offense taken at all. Different strokes for different folks.
- gabrielleydon 18y agoyeah lets work on something that matters like mailing in twitter posts...
- blader 18y agoAhahaha. Touche.
- ivankirigin 18y agohahaha!
- webwright 18y ago
- Dilpil 18y agoI recall hearing somewhere that YC doesn't fund games. I can see why they may have made an exception here though.
- ssharp 18y agoI think these text-based iPhone games could be a pretty good thing. I have a couple ideas bouncing around right now. I'll be following how much steam this app picks up...though I'm sure if this idea does become popular, the market will get flooded.
- thorax 18y agoCheck out this list of mobsters for lots of invites: http://ri.ms/mob http://ri.ms/mob
- kajude 18y agoEnter friend code 117908262 to get a MOB
- redlionjr 18y agohi, i think i have found a way how to make alot of cash on imob by doing nothing, all you have to do is wait for it to lag this means all your stats go to - somthing, when it does quit the app then get it again but make sure you turn the ipod off before getting the app back, it has worked for me 3 times and i now have $9012657700 and im a level 8, i have told all my mates and they have done the same and got the extra bit of cash.
- Jackh94 18y agoI found a way by getting a property then on settings go back in time and you will have a lot of negative money I put this in the bank and by some glitch I. Ould buy loads more property with negative money. So when I put the date back to normal I had loads more money from the income.
- Kalebz 18y agoImob is 1 of the most fun and adicting game I have ever played
- adamssfarley 18y agolol.. 108 727 181 add me
- ruggaz 18y ago132213604 i'l add quickly
- gutovazmmoretti 18y ago140649691 The most powerfull, wealthiest add to win
- gutovazmmoretti 18y ago140649691 The most powerfull, wealthiest add to win
- twiztidaxe1 18y agoadd me please 131756172
- sk95 18y agomy friendcode : 128 568 102
- mememe1 18y agoadd me! 148 568 102
- kaigan 18y agoADD ME too 140 043 701
- bluassfly 18y agoi am darkest dirtiest mobster eva to get extra huge wealth and points u now what to do 162538405
- SeaWolf 18y agoIf you want to make a real killing make an iphone app that reads lpmud code.... There was a huge following of MUD's in the 90's and I am sure you could find a lot of worlds and items already created... just need an interface to read the code. SeaWolf add me 151020688
- skaterboi108 18y agoREDEMPTION CODE: donttasemebro add me: 185-446-714
- skaterboi108 18y agoREDEMPTION CODE: donttasemebro add me: 185-446-714
- Kbickel 18y ago183283363 invite me Up and coming level 13 started about 2 days ago... Pretty legitimate.
- Imob4lyf 18y ago162415909 The most powerful imob in the world
- JAWILL1113 17y agoADD ME 178764042
- JAWILL1113 17y agoADD ME 17876442
- TierneyS 17y agoNEW!!! REDEMPTION CODE!!! ADD 199-721-428 i will be sending out new redemption code for 10 AK 47s to all people in my mob soo add me up!
- flapjakman 17y agomine friend code is 212-624-941. add me.