Author Archives: Bramus!

The McDonald’s Theory of Bad Ideas

I use a trick with co-workers when we’re trying to decide where to eat for lunch and no one has any ideas. I recommend McDonald’s. An interesting thing happens. Everyone unanimously agrees that we can’t possibly go to McDonald’s, and better lunch suggestions emerge. Magic! Remember: There are no bad ideas while brainstorming! McDonald’s Theory …

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Indie Game Devs vs. Piracy

When we released our very first game, Game Dev Tycoon yesterday, we did something unusual and as far as I know unique. We released a cracked version of the game ourselves, minutes after opening our Store. The cracked version is nearly identical to the real thing except for one detail … as players spend a …

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It’s not a web app. It’s an app you install from the web.

The people over at forecast.io on how often they receive mails from people looking for their app in the App Store where it is not to be found:/p> You don’t get Forecast from the App Store: just go to http://forecast.io/ on your phone, and you’ll be given instructions on how to download it. It’s 2013, …

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