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Me and my friend have put the finishing touches on our first iOS game. Check it out now!




Caution! Watch for falling nuts!

Nutty Bugs HD brings Retina support as well as 3G/3GS support right from the get go! Fend off swarms of crazy wasps that are out to ruin your day. You’ll have to make do with just a pair of nuts. But don’t let this fool you, these aren’t your averages nuts! Build up your attack combos and be gifted with a number of special attack features to aid you against the onslaught. Use giant mutated nuts, brutal combo nuts or make them rain down from the sky using the multi-touch screen!
With a blend of real physics and multi-touch support, this will test your skills against the growing swarm.

Buy ONE VERSION that will play on all your iOS devices!

-Instant support for the iPhone 4’s beautiful Retina Display.
-Works perfectly on 3G/3GS/iPod Touch’s screen resolution. Download again for free if you plan to upgrade to iPhone 4 or the new Retina iPod Touch!
-Interactive Facebook scoreboard now live!

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Secret Nut Uncovered

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Above is a photo of an apparent secret nut you can use in Nutty Bugs. The photo definitely looks genuine. See if you can find it and be the first post up your screenshots!

Hidden Secrets in the Games

Game developers have been sticking little secrets in their games they release for as far back as we can remeber. These can either be hidden features or cheat codes. One of my favorite classics would be UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT A B A B from Contra. We are sure you have some classics you remember from some old games. If so please leave a comment with your favorite classic game secrets below.

During the development of Nutty Bugs we came across the topic and decided to add a few fun things in our own game. What you see above is one of them. We’ll definitely be thinking of more wacky new secrets to add in, without upsetting Apple of course =). For now we hope you enjoy the process of uncovering this one!

Secret Nut Uncovered
 
Looks nice, I must check it.

Thanks a lot of checking out the game!

The Latest news about Chopstick apps

Chopstickapps is Two Guys Crushing It : Stephen Baugh

I’ve been so excited by this story since yesterday I just had to share.

Yesterday Danny told me that one of our developers, Simon, had launched a game on the iTunes app store. I was interested but to be honest, at least initially, more polite than excited. That was until Simon introduced me to “Nutty Bugs”, and then I was blown away.

I am not easily impressed, but it’s not an overstatement to say that I was stunned. Stunned, not just because I had no idea about the project, but because what they have created is so complete and professional. In six months they have not only developed a game, they’ve started a company, they’ve integrated it into Facebook, in fact they even needed to learn how to program the damn iPhone.

Seriously, I can’t see any difference between this game and those launched by much bigger organisations. It’s impressive, the game play is great, it’s good fun, maybe even a little addictive.

That isn’t however the part that excites me

What excites me is the entrepreneurial spirit these guys have.

I loved getting this skype message from Simon as orders rolled in a little faster after I tweeted

“my heart is pounding with excitment!! thank you!!”



In Gary Veynerchuks book Crush It, he talks passionately about the fact that if you want something bad enough you have to Crush It!. You have to throw yourself at something, you have to work through the night while your friends sleep. You have to commit your personal time to your passion constantly. Then you have to get up and go to work so you can pay the bills until your successful.

In my opinion, not many people have the heart and stamina to do that but … Simon and his partner have done exactly that. Launching however is just past the starting line, getting noticed will be as hard. When they get there, their success will be completely deserved. I’m of mixed emotions, I know that if this takes off a great developer will probably leave us, but I would never want to deny someone the excitement of chasing their passion.

Well done guys, you have my every support, and I trust success will be with you soon.
 
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