First off, because we wanted to keep the controls simple on mobile devices, we had the ball automatically jumping. With Phases I did a few different things. What is different or unique about your app? If we have a shot at the top it’s important for us to create widely addictive gameplay if we want a chance of a going viral. I test our games on my 7 year old daughter and my 64 year old father. We’ve had 3 games published by Ketchapp, so we’re strongly focused on the casual audience. I created every part of the game from the graphics and level design to the music, so it’s a special one for me. It was the first game ever created with our software, was greenlit on Steam and broke the Top 28 of the App Store. What was your first app and which app are you most proud of? We were featured by Apple, made a decent ROI and I decided to try a few more.įast forward 5 years and Nik now lives in the US, we’ve had multiple top games and created a drag and drop game builder called Buildbox. I hired a coder from the Ukraine named Nik Rudenko on Odesk and made a game called Kolo’s Journey for about $1700. Back in 2010 I was blogging often about creating software and decided to take a stab at the app market. I pretty much stumbled into this whole game business thing. We’re in La Jolla, CA, but in the process of moving to Palo Alto this summer. He currently resides in La Jolla, CA with his wife and two children.įrom where do you hail and how big is your company/team? He’s had 7 games break the Top 30 of the app store including Phases, Bounce, Jump Pack, Maze+, Monster Magic and The Line Zen. Trey Smith is game developer and founder at Buildbox™ and Kayabit Games. We recently sat down with Trey Smith for a candid conversation about where he sees the industry going, and asked him to share his experience from the front-line as an app developer. Welcome to the latest installment of Leadbolt’s interview series, The Crazy One, celebrating and learning from the best minds within the mobile industry. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
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