jvrossb

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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   My experience as well. I travel a lot and never had an issue with the TSA.
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   So it's all the more puzzling it's this bad then?
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   Shameless plug: makegameswith.us. Drop me a line at jeremy@makegameswith.us if you want help making this happen.
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   I can confirm the French dub is great, though the dubber cuts the end of his sentences off a couple of times. You may want to specify Mandarin/Cantonese/Other instead of just saying Chinese.
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   Would adding metronome functionality make sense for this kind of app?
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   They make their voice heard through upvotes, we notice when the top voted comment every time we turn up on HN is about FB login.
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   Desktop gaming I don't know. Android yes.
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   We assume you know some object oriented programming and we do teach you all the Objective-C you need to know to make an iPhone game with Cocos2D. Our last tutorial/project involves making a one-level Angry Birds clone. All of our games ( ht
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   by jvrossb 14y ago

   They'll only let us rest once there are alternatives to Facebook login but this is a step in the right direction I'm sure :)
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Yup, removing the login wall is on the TODO this week. Account creation will be Facebook only for the time being, but you soon won't need an account to browse the site's content.
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    Why play when you can code? MakeGamesWithUs helps the new generation make games(venturebeat.com)

    73 points by jvrossb 14y ago|30 comments
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Set up a profile on Elance.com and bid on some dev projects. It's not a particularly non-traditional mean but I mention it because you say you're competent in web and mobile development.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    People tend to post about the constraints involved in building their product e.g. boostrapped single founder, weekend project, used xyz new framework, etc... What do you think of the game? :)
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    There are a lot of industries where crowdfunding makes the most sense as a payment mechanism. There are always ads in college dorms for package deals on spring break trips to Florida or ski weekends - they will be so much easier to make hap
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Nothing's wrong with focusing on customer value and quality, but you also have to focus on customer acquisition. You don't have to either make a good product your customers like or do a publicity stunt to attract more customers. You can do
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    It was done in Kobold2D, a version of Cocos2D that's also free.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Shameless plug: if you publish through makegameswith.us, we cover the $99 fee. You do need a Mac though.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    I think you're half right. If you opt-out of the online precursors to offline gatherings, then yes you'll be left out of those offline gatherings. That's still separate from whether your friends are the type to take pictures of their food a
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    I think the comment you replied to is trying to point out that it's not representative of the millions of redditors out there.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Simplified, we own the art and music, the developer owns all the code. We get a license to the code and can publish it across multiple platforms, we owe the developer their share no matter what platform their game ends up on. The developer
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    YC changed a lot for us and we're still going strong on the startup we did with YC. Perhaps that'll be next week's blog post :) EDIT: And it'll be full of more silly things we did that probably didn't matter and that you should also not do.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    You summarized it exactly as we experienced it.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Thanks! It occurred to us that had we been reading HN before applying we'd have gotten a little demoralized once we found out that all YC companies had apparently "hacked" their way in with some generally non-reproducible gimmick. We figure
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    We wrote a solid application, made a silly video, and got into YC (hack-free?)(blog.makegameswith.us)

    79 points by jvrossb 14y ago|37 comments
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    I use this to browse HN, it's great.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Downloading it now :) Let us know if you're ever interested in making another game!
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    I don't think that's what he was asking. I think he was asking about how to structure his corporation so as to be legally out of reach of patent trolls.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    Touché. We'll make sure the screenshots all look great for the next update.
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    I'd like to think that the visual/art side is significant in all the games we've helped produce! Check out the one we released right before The Deeps: http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/killah-killah-whale/id5320424... The thing is so far, no
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    by jvrossb 14y ago

    We'll definitely explain this in a clearer way as we move out of beta. Out of 99c Apple takes 29c and we take 20c leaving the developer with 50c, so slightly over half :)