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TUAW's Daily App: Game Dev Story

by Mike Schramm Oct 15th 2010 at 8:00AM

Man, I love everything about Game Dev Story -- from the excellent premise to the cute, pixelated aesthetic to the great simulation gameplay. The idea is that you run your own game studio, and that idea is executed flawlessly. You hire your staff, choose a game genre (or do some contract work if you need extra cash), and then build up your game in terms of fun, graphics, sound, and gameplay, all while trying to keep your staff paid and avoid bugs when possible. Finally, you ship out your game and hope the reviews come back well, even while you're planning out your next title.

It's incredible fun, and the great chiptunes and graphics bring a lot to the table. There's a wild sense of humor in the mix here, too. New consoles are released into the market, a video game magazine comes every month, and you slowly build up your own studio's fanbase.

Game Dev Story is a ton of fun! It's somewhat pricey at US$3.99, but honestly, if you're a fan of the game industry at all (there's even a fake E3 where you can promote your games!), you'll find a lot of joy in this one. It's a very, very cool title.

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Ghost Salsero

You know what's sad? I work at a game company, and during today's standup meeting I was playing Game Dev Story, making a "Game Co." genre game... I like to think that inside those pixels one of those programmers is actually playing that game and making yet another Game Company game.

Yes, very fun game. And to answer someone's earlier question, no these are not retina display graphics. They're barely old display graphics :P. There's no tilting, and honestly feels like it was built with portability to other devices in mind (NDS, other phones, etc).

STILL GOOD. Please look beyond the (still high quality) pixelated graphics.

October 19 2010 at 1:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
helbert john

Finally a game with a similiar concept to GameBiz!
I tried it and I must say I like the graphic style used.
This will sustain me until GameBiz 3's launch.

October 17 2010 at 9:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DjFIL

Thanks TUAW for ruining my life. There will be hours wasted on this game for me. Well worth my $3.99. Excellent game.

October 15 2010 at 5:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

What's with it only using about 80% of the screen? Is this a Gameboy port or something???

October 15 2010 at 10:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Noah

Are those "Retina" enabled graphics? I can't tell...

October 15 2010 at 9:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

Oh god. This sucked away all my time when I heard about it. Highly addicting and way more deep in gameplay than most iPhone games that get released.

October 15 2010 at 9:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
James Norton

Does it have the "send email to tuawapprs@gmail.com and get no response" feature? If not, then it's not realistic enough for me :)

October 15 2010 at 9:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HappyWulf

How about getting an Android port?

October 15 2010 at 9:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Christopher

yo dawg we heard you like playing games so we put making a game in your game so you can make your game while you play your game!

October 15 2010 at 8:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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