News

Oh God…a Shopping Mall Simulator…On The iPhone…

When I was at university, I was designing a game with a friend. With The Sims making buckets of money and Theme Park being a big inspiration, we set out to make a game based on…running a shopping mall.


January 4, 2011
Mobile

The IPhone’s Gamiest Game Is Getting A Little Brother

Kairopark’s Game Dev Story may be – pause for effect – the best game on the iPhone. So a sequel of sorts will have a lot of Game Dev Story addicts either pleased or terrified. Or maybe both!


December 16, 2010

Gaming Moments Of 2010 #8: Game Dev Story

Kotaku AU

All the big guns have come and gone. The best games are all now on shelves and we’ve just decided on our game of the year. Now we’re taking a look at our 10 favourite gaming moments of 2010. Be aware that these are just my subjective choices – feel free to let us know some of your favourites in the comments below.


December 2, 2010

While You Were Sleeping

Kotaku AU

While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


News

There Will Be Another Game About Making Video Games

Game Dev Story is a neat little iPhone game that’s about running a studio that makes video games. It went down well with people. So well, in fact, that its developers will be releasing a sequel.


November 16, 2010

Kotaku’s 2010 iPhone Gift Guide

With Christmas not long away, it’s probably a good time to start thinking about what sorts of gifts you want to give and get this year during the holidays.


October 21, 2010
In Real Life

Game Dev Puts Game Dev Story Into Perspective

Adrian Chmielarz, creative director at Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly, weighs in on iPhone mini-sensation Game Dev Story, later explaining it “might actually be tons of fun for people who are not in game dev, but for us… I mean, what developer’s first hire is a secretary?”


October 16, 2010

Watch Me Run My Tiny Game Studio Into The Ground

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Game Dev Story is a fantastically addictive game from Japanese developer Kairopark that has run you own mini Activision, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft.