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Freebie! Baby Monkey weekend Give-away 21 Nov 2011 | 10:04 am
Kihon is running a special this weekend by offering Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig) for free. If you haven't already, now is the time to check it out! Still hesitant? Whats wrong with you! ...
Speaking Monday at UofA 19 Nov 2011 | 05:02 pm
I'll be at UofA Video Game Developer's Club this coming Monday, Nov. 21st. It'll be at 5pm in the Gould-Simpson building, room 813. I believe non-students can attend. More details can be found on t...
Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig) ... THE GAME! 5 Aug 2011 | 10:20 am
DISCLAIMER! DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THESE LINKS UNLESS YOU DON'T MIND THE SONG BEING STUCK IN YOUR HEAD FOR 15 DAYS. Kihon partnered with youtube sensation Parry Gripp. It was released in app stor.....
Would you like to connect? Casually? 18 Jul 2011 | 05:00 pm
I am looking forward to checking out Casual Connect Seattle this week. If you have any interest in meeting up, shoot @kihongames a tweet and we'll work it out. We should be carrying a demo around of...
1 Year of Sun Turns a Developer into an Entrepreneur 2 Jun 2011 | 01:07 am
June marks 1 year since I packed up, left my corn-fed Indiana life, and moved to the Tucson desert to make games for Sony. I had the chance to ship one game with Sony, which was an outstanding experi...
Do Positive Reviews and PR lead to Being Featured in the App Store? ( Part 2 ) 28 Mar 2011 | 07:06 am
In Part 1 I decided to follow #Sworcery and see if positive reviews and pr could lead to being featured in the App Store. As I stated before, this is by far not a fool proof case study since I do not...
Do Positive Reviews and PR lead to Being Featured in the App Store? 24 Mar 2011 | 03:44 pm
I had an interesting exchange w/ a guy from g4 who claimed: "The way mobile games are priced, they're typically an impulse purchase vs. someone seeking them out based on coverage." That made me stop...
The People Have Chosen 12 Mar 2011 | 06:04 am
The People's choice for Hackathon came down to a photo finish. Winner, gets FDT Max. Runner-up, joins the rest of the participants and receive FDT Pure. (thx Bruno!) Voting was done by using the gam...
And the Winner is... 26 Feb 2011 | 05:17 am
The judges have spoken and the votes have been tallied. It was a very close competition, cheers to all of the entries! Below are the top three winners from the Hackathon Game Competition. If you pa...
New Job: Going Freelance / Indie (Game Development) 21 Feb 2011 | 01:54 pm
Roughly two weeks ago I parted ways with Sony. It was a short ride, but very fruitful. My exit was on the best possible of terms and I have been told the door is always open to return... which is th...
