Tiny Tim Games

So way back in January, we started a project called Safety First, and I wanted to blog about its development. The problem with blogging about indie development is that sometimes life gets in the way (day job, baby on the way), and there’s just nothing to write about for a long time. There’s also nothing to write about if you run into a creative wall.

We had put together a few quick levels, and while the general idea was fun enough, I found myself unable to come up with interesting level designs. Part of this has to do with the fact that I’m just not that into level design. I like creating game mechanics, but I don’t necessarily like coming up with interesting variations on them. I guess that’s why I became a programmer and not a designer.

So is the game canned?

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From now until the end of the weekend, all Tiny Tim Games are on sale! Get 50% off on both Sheepstacker and Word Monkey! But hurry, because the price goes back up once the weekend is over.

It’s once again time for us to take a look back at the development of one of our games here at Tiny Tim Games. This time, it’s Word Monkey, our second game. We’ve been pretty silent of late due to lots of cool stuff that we’ve been working on. I recently joined the iDevBlogADay waiting list, and figured it was finally time to see how things went for our little game about words and monkeys.

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A new Word Monkey update has just been approved by Apple! Version 1.2 includes support for iOS 4.0, including fast app switching. In addition, it fixes a few bugs that some users had reported. The update is available in the App Store now.

We’d like to thank everyone who picked up Word Monkey during its time as OpenFeint’s Free Game of the Day! There are literally tens of thousands of new monkey trainers all over the world.

As part of this “thank you”, we’d like to announce that not only have Sheepstacker and Sheepstacker Lite been updated for iOS 4, but we’ve also given a NEW LOW PRICE to Sheepstacker! If you haven’t tried the game yet, now’s a great time to pick it up. You can buy it from the App Store or try out the lite version first.