Friday, January 07, 2011

Let me know when Game Dev Story is added to the Mac App Store, will ya?

Sure, I could drop $4.99 Angry Birds or the original version of Pac-Man (as opposed to Pac-Man: Championship Edition), but I'd rather save my hard-earned cash for something I really want--like Game Dev Story.

For those of you who have never heard of this Kairosoft-developed title, it lets you manage a game company as it attempts to create a million-selling game.


Players get to create said company's game console, develop an array of games (including "dance RPGs" and "ogre racing" titles, according to this hilarious Wired article), hire/fire employees and more--although not necessarily in that order, of course.

Anyway, it should go without saying that if Game Dev Story were available on the Mac App Store it would be sitting on my desktop already. Here's to hoping that happens sooner rather than later.

10 comments:

  1. Balloonfighter3:19 PM

    I'm so hoping that Game Dev Story will be released in a bigger, more complex computer version. If they'd make it somewhat like The Movies I'd ruin my favourite pants.

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  2. Bryan Ochalla3:22 PM

    Oh, that sounds good to me! At this point, though, I'd take even a bare-bones port -- since I don't have access to an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch.

    BTW, I believe I've read the game originated as a Japanese PC game -- which could make a Mac port easier, no?

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  3. Bryan Ochalla3:25 PM

    One more thing, Balloonfigher -- I just started following your blog even though I don't know a lick of Swedish :) (Sorry, I didn't realize until now that you had a blog.) Are all of the illustrations on it yours? If so, great work!

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  4. Balloonfighter3:40 PM

    Oh, I gotta find that original japanese PC game. If you can look at my pictures (yes, they're mine) maybe I could make something out of the japanese. And thanks! :)

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  5. Balloonfighter3:43 PM

    http://www.niahak.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/gamedevstory1.png

    Okay, perhaps it's a _bit_ too text heavy for one who doesn't know japanese.

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  6. Bryan Ochalla4:02 PM

    Wow. I have to agree with you about the game *probably* being a bit too text-heavy for someone who doesn't know Japanese. Oh, well, like I said, maybe Kairosoft will somehow bring it to the Mac...

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  7. Viewtiful_Justin4:55 PM

    Well, you've sold me on that. I'm loving the Mac App store. It's a good thing I only have $20 to my name, currently. Keep us posted! I'll bet it's on its way.

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  8. Bryan Ochalla5:45 PM

    Have you downloaded anything from the App Store yet, Justin? If so, which titles?

    Oh, and you *know* I'll keep you posted on this one :)

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  9. Viewtiful_Justin1:05 PM

    Nothing exciting yet. I downloaded some free software for idea mapping, but that's it. I'm way poor, at the moment.

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  10. Bryan Ochalla1:50 PM

    Sorry to hear you're poor at the moment :( Hopefully things improve soon.

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