NimbleBit

Sky Burger has seen its first 10 days on the App Store and we here at NimbleBit are proud of what its accomplished so far.

Here are some juicy stats:

• Over 100,000 burgers served.
• Over $3 Million earned in game.
• Over 3,500 employees worldwide
• Over 200 days of combined play time

If you want to keep up with the latest Sky Burger news and discussion, be sure to become a fan of the Sky Burger Facebook page!

Most iPhone developers know that communication with Apple is most often a one way street. One can hardly blame them when the developers of all 30k-odd apps would love to email Apple and tell them how special their app is and why it deserves to be featured!

A regular day outside of Apple's offices.

While the prospect of Apple choosing your app to be featured in any capacity may seem statistically improbable, I’ve found out the hard way its always better to be prepared for it. When I was emailed a couple months ago by someone at Apple asking me for marketing materials I was grossly unprepared. I found myself hastily hitting Photoshop, my brow dripping with sweat, futilely attempting to create high resolution artwork from the low resolution art I had been developing with.
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I’ve been lucky enough to win a coveted Appy Entertainment “Militant Optimism Award”!

He’s saying to follow your heart, and the money will follow you. It’s one of the maxims of the Militant Optimist, and for this observation and others, we’re delighted to recognize Ian Marsh of NimbleBit with this Militant Optimist Award!

Take a look at the lengthy interview conducted here.

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Many die-hard NimbleBit fans might already know me as David’s brother eeenmachine. For those that don’t, I’m David’s twin brother and good friend of Brian. I’ve been doing independent iPhone game development for about 6 months now and decided it was time I joined forces with NimbleBit to make some properly awesome games. NimbleBit will have a presence on the iTunes App Store as soon as the paperwork goes through! Watch the trailer below and go to the games page to check out the games joining the NimbleBit family.

I’m excited to bring the enthusiastic Zero Gear community together with some passionate iPhone gaming fans. To celebrate, we’re going to be giving away almost 200 promo codes starting Monday, March 16, redeemable for free copies of our iPhone games! These codes will be posted throughout each day on our twitter, forums, and chat. Register for an account and get ready for some free iPhone games!