trism

iPhone’s Trism Creator Rich, Working on Trismology And Others

7:00AM Brian Crecente | CNN has an interesting take on the recent iPhone boom for game developers. They tracked down Steve Demeter, the guy behind mega-hit Trism, to find out that in the first two months alone his game netted him $USUS5 a pop. Sheesh, that’s a downloaded game. More »

iPhone Game Development Can Make You A Quarter-Millionaire!

10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Remember Trism? It’s the clever triangular puzzler from Steve Demeter of Demiforce, a Bejeweled-style iPhone app that uses the hardware’s touchscreen and accelerometer for innovative play. Well, that little five dollar game has made Demiforce a cool $250,000 since its July release; not bad for someone who isn’t Sega and comes armed with pre-established franchises like Super Monkey Ball. Start whipping up your apps quickly, kids, while the gettin’ is still good — and make sure you don’t make any Atari clones. Trism, Made $250,000 since July 11th [FingerGaming] More »

Trism iPhoning It In This June (And Cheap!)

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Trism, the clever iPhone puzzler from Demiforce, will be arriving in June for the very reasonable asking price of five American dollars, according to an update from the game’s developer. The Bejeweled-esque title uses the iPhone’s accelerometer for a hardware appropriate block matching twist on the genre, something Apple fans can try for themselves when the demo ships this summer. Demiforce writes that the final product will support online achievement rankings and teases the odd hidden feature. Still filed under “Do Want.” More »