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2 May 10

SteamBirds gets Business Management

I never quite understood how Colin felt when Fantastic Contraption started getting mega-popular. Sure, I can see the benefits to partnering with a company like inXile Entertainment, but I never quite knew why he didn’t want to just do it himself. Well, SteamBirds has gotten quite popular, and now I understand exactly why. I’m being [...]

2 Comments Posted in SteamBirds by Andy Moore
19 Apr 10

Value, explained

It seems my last post on The Numbers Behind Steambirds has made a few waves! “[...] A few sponsors have recently been complaining that developers aren’t required to pick the best bid, considering all the terms and conditions. Sometimes developers just pick bids that are clearly worth a lot less, just because they like a [...]

7 Comments Posted in Monetization, SteamBirds by Andy Moore
31 Mar 10

SteamBirds: By the Numbers

People have been practically begging me for the numbers behind SteamBirds. Now you can stop IMing me every other day :P As an aside, I can’t help but feel that this post is coming way too early. The game launched on March 3rd, which means we’re coming up on the 1 month birthday soon. There [...]

41 Comments Posted in Monetization, SteamBirds by Andy Moore
30 Mar 10

The History of SteamBirds

I haven’t talked much about SteamBirds on my blog.  Now that things are post-release and over-the-hump, I think it’s about time I discuss the history behind SteamBirds, and some other random thoughts. Numbers post to follow. First up, about the Secrecy; I had often knocked Closed Development practices but hadn’t actually tried them myself. I [...]

10 Comments Posted in Events, SteamBirds by Andy Moore
25 Mar 10

SteamBirds in User Comments

“bad” – dragonboe “Kiss Your A** and hope for the best thats what I did” – LtKillaMonkey “uff” – MexicanJudge “quite fanny” – CIANI “This is idiotic. 4/5″ – Magilvia “Educational! There’s history and trajectory physics.” – NoThln6n3zZ “Also, it’s awesome how everything stops every few seconds while you figure out what to do next, [...]

5 Comments Posted in SteamBirds by Andy Moore
25 Mar 10

SteamBirds in the Media

Since it launched back on March 2nd, SteamBirds has been getting attention from just about all the blogs in my feedreader. Because I’ve already lost track of a few, I thought I’d list a few of the quotes I’ve pulled! The first to mention it was of course Dan Cook @ Lost Garden. I hear [...]

1 Comment Posted in SteamBirds by Andy Moore
6 Mar 10

SteamBirds Sells!

I guess saying “Steambirds Sells” is a bit of a misnomer, but “has been licensed!” doesn’t sound as cool. Last Wednesday SteamBirds went live on ArmorGames.com! Click here to play it. I’ll make a retrospective post with sale details and game performance in a week or two, but right now the game is doing very [...]

17 Comments Posted in Monetization, SteamBirds by Andy Moore
8 Feb 10

Blog Relocation: Complete

Finally! Got my blog moved over to my own domain. My old blogger account can now die. Farewell, Aught Nine; it was nice while it lasted, but it could only last a year. I’ll be working on making this site themed up nicely and have some links to my games. For now, why don’t you [...]

0 Comments Posted in Personal, SteamBirds by Andy Moore