"Buttonless" book on iOS games

[keithburgun]

Hey guys. Just thought I'd let you know that there's a new book coming out that features a ton of info about some of the best iOS games. It's got backstories on a lot of the games (including my game 100 Rogues, which, thanks to the magic of the alphabetical ordering system, comes first) too.

Right now it's just in pre-order mode, but anyway thought I should pass it along to y'all. Check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/Buttonless-Incredible-iPhone-Stories-Behind/dp/1439895856/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

-Keith Burgun, Lead Designer @ Dinofarm Games

[Halfbot]

Cool! We're in this book. *Shameless plug*

[Little White Bear Studios]

We're in it as well, with our game Compression. If you're at all interested in some of the behind the scenes in game creation, give this book a look!

[Adam Atomic]

Canabalt gets a few pages in there too :)

[nickd3000]

I second this! I've seen a preview of one of the chapters and it's very interesting - really looking forward to getting a copy as it has the back-story and info about the development of a lot of games I like.

Mos Speedrun is in it too, very excited to be amongst a list of other great games!

[davecazz]

Pocket God makes an appearance

[Madgarden]

Fargoal is in there as well, whee! Everyone should check it out! NOT JUST FOR FARGOAL OF COURSE. ;)

[eeenmachine]

As does NimbleBit!

[RaptorF35]

Very clever to get all the devs to 'sign' this thread, now I want to read it!

[woodn]

And «No, Human» is in it too :-)

[BlueDog]

Perhaps this is a shameless plug, but our game Cow Trouble is featured in Mr. Rigney's book! :)

[stfj]

Halcyon is in the book too :)
and actually, i'm pretty excited to read about all your other stories. The app store is such a strange and interesting place to develop in

[Venan]

You'll also find the story of Space Miner within said pages as well. I'll definitely be picking up a copy just to read the other stories.

[Frand]

Secret Exit managed to sneak in to that book as well - a madman's ramblings about the development of the Zen Bound games are included.

[OneManLeft]

The harrowing tale of Tilt to Live is also in there, including details on Alex's sex scandal!*

*Not in there.

[crimson_penguin]

Frogatto is in this book as well, and our semi-affiliated game Wesnoth! I saw a couple preview chapters, and it seems quite interesting.

[Touch Foo]

Our game Soosiz will also be there. Should be quite interesting reading the stories. :)

[BrokenKings]

Some of you might remember earlier this year when Broken Kings tried releasing a game every weekend...well, the story of our most successful title from that, Dirt, is in there as well :)

[LOLavi]

Wow, all these devs telling how their game is there! Might as sell pick it if dad lets me :) Waiting on Rovio to comment here, lol :)

[untoldent]

Cassie and i were thrilled to have the story of Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure (http://www.ponycorns.com) covered in the book. It goes to show that there's a real difference between a critical success and a financial success when it comes to app development. And if you've never considered alternate rev streams like merchandising, i highly recommend it. Buy this book!

- Ryan

[jschidlowsky]

I'll throw my hat into the pile. Super Stickman Golf is in there too ;)

[RKRigney]

Wow, all these devs telling how their game is there! Might as sell pick it if dad lets me :) Waiting on Rovio to comment here, lol :)

I did in fact land exclusive interviews with the CEO of Rovio and Angry Birds' lead designer (that's Mikael Hed and Jaakko Iisalo, respectively). That game has a pretty interesting/odd origin story :)

[keithburgun]

Here's an excerpt from the book: http://i.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/excerpt-behind-the-app-book-buttonless-explores-broken-sword/

[Kepa]

"I KILL WITH THIS PIECE"
(holding up tiny copy of "Buttonless" I got printed special, at half normal size)
-- Kepa

[RaptorF35]

"I KILL WITH THIS PIECE"
(holding up tiny copy of "Buttonless" I got printed special, at half normal size)
-- Kepa

Yup, if kepa's in it I'm so buying the book.

[cosmos]

The 18-year old story of Babylonian Twins is in this book too. Looking forward to read the other stories

[Capy_Nathan]

the harrowing tale of the coming together of superbrothers, capy and musician Jim Guthrie to create Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP can be found in this book as well.

Ok it's not that harrowing. But check out the book anyway!

[backtothis]

Not going to lie, this sounds pretty amazing.

[Firemonkeys Sam]

+1!

I highly recommend checking this book out. It's always great to hear the stories behind the games we all love!

[Luke Kellett]

Gotta check this one out, with some many devs promoting it :p

[luketrueaxis]

I did an interview for it giving the full Jet Car Stunts story, I should check it out my self.

[TimoVihola]

Thanks Ryan for having Minigore in it as well! I can't wait to read all the other dev stories! :)

[ChaoticBox]

Ryan was kind enough to include a chapter about Silverfish as well :)

[MidianGTX]

I was actually going to pass on this (sorry Ryan), but only due to being completely broke. After seeing so much dev support however, I think a better idea would be to add it to my Christmas list ;)

[RaptorF35]

I did an interview for it giving the full Jet Car Stunts story, I should check it out my self.

:D can't wait to read the book, so many good games/devs

[divinerobot]

And our game Blobster (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blobster/id424226882?mt=8) by Chillingo (featured #3 on US app store in July) is in this book too! From what I've read there are some really amazing stories in it! A must-read for developers.

/Marita

[Big Pixel]

There's a section on Big Pixel and Land-a Panda in the book as well. Definitely worth checking out if you are at all interested in iOS games.

[MicroByte]

Sounds like a great book! Thanks, had no idea that this was coming.

Have to ask, will there be a Kindle or iBook version?

[MidianGTX]

Sounds like a great book! Thanks, had no idea that this was coming.

Have to ask, will there be a Kindle or iBook version?

I asked a few weeks back and he said it wasn't currently planned, something to do with image formatting I think.

[LOLavi]

The more devs coming here and telling they're in it, the more I want to buy it!! :D And awesome to hear you interviewed Rovio!

[Snarp]

Yay, there is also a chapter about my "a short game about jumping" in this book! Thanks, Ryan!! I now have the perfect christmas present for all my friends :) !

[nyarla]

sounds like it's going to be an interesting book. i'm super keen to read some devs' stories (THE ENVIROBEAR GUY is in it!) ... there's a little bit on Forget-Me-Not in there somewhere as well ^_~ .. thanks Ryan!

[Nullroar]

There book also features "I have candy, get in the van" by Random Tomato studios***


***This is actually a lie

Seriously though, it's crazy seeing how many folks were involved in this! This was quite the project. Definitely looking forward to it.

[semyon]

The story of Cut the Rope's development can be also found in the book!

-Semyon, ZeptoLab

[CosMind]

hoo dee hoo! Cow Trouble gets a wink and nudge in this nifty noteworthy novella :D

[RKRigney]

Oh wow, even Semyon made an account to post! Awesome :)

[2Dcube]

My game "Karoshi" is in this book!

A lot of interesting games, looking forward to reading all the other interviews :D

[dukope]

Piling on. Helsing's Fire is in here as well.

[Astrand]

Acne Play is happy and honored to have our game Pizza Boy featured among so many other great games!
I personally look forward to reading about all the other developers experience of creating a game for iPhone or iPad.

/Annica
Acne Play

[Agas]

List of games in the book :

100 Rogues / Keith Burgun and Wes Paugh
Across Age DX / Philipp Döschl
Angry Birds / Mikael Hed and Jaakko Iisalo
Babylonian Twins Premium / Rabah Shihab, Murtadha Salman, and Mahir Alsalman
Battle for Wesnoth / David White and Kyle Poole
Blobster / Henrik Jönsson
The Blocks Cometh / Derek Laufman and Melvin Samuel
Broken Sword: Director’s Cut / Charles Cecil
Canabalt / Adam Saltsman
Compression / Craig Kemper
Cow Trouble / Justin Leingang
Cut the Rope / Semyon Voinov
Dark Nebula: Episodes I & II / Anders Hejdenberg
Dirt / Stephen Gazzard
Doodle Jump / Igor Pusenjak
Doom II RPG / Katherine Anna Kang
Edge / David Papazian
Enviro-Bear 2010 / Justin Smith
EpicWin / Rex Crowle
Flight Control / Robert Murray
Forget-Me-Not / Brandon Williamson
Frogatto / Ben Anderman
Fruit Ninja / Luke Muscat
Garage Inc. / Wojtek Kawczynski
Geared / Bryan Mitchell
Godville / Dmitry Kosinov and Mikhail Platov
Halcyon / Zach Gage
Hand of Greed / Farhad Shakiba
Hard Lines / Andrew Smith
Helsing’s Fire / Lucas Pope
Hook Champ / Kepa Auwae
The Incident / Matt Comi
Infinity Blade / Laura and Donald Mustard
Jet Car Stunts / Luke Ryan
Karoshi / Jesse Venbrux
Labyrinth 2 / Marcus Andersson
Land-a Panda / Paul Virapen
Minigore / Timo Vihola
Monkey Island: Special Edition I & II / Craig Derrick
Mos Speedrun / Nick Donnelly
Nimble Strong: Bartender in Training / Adam Ghahramani
No, Human / Rolf Fleischmann
Osmos / Eddy Boxerman
 Pizza Boy / Annica Strand
Plants vs. Zombies / George Fan
Pocket God / David Castelnuovo
Pocket Legends / Jake Rogers
Poto and Cabenga / Ricky Haggett
The Raging Dead / Travis Houlette
Robosockets / Nadia Sydorenko
Rolando / Simon Oliver
A Short Game About Jumping / Markus Ruh
Shot Shot Shoot / Erik Svedäng
Silverfish / Frank Condello
Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure / Ryan Creighton
Solipskier / Mike Boxleiter and Greg Wohlwend
Soosiz / Ville Mäkynen
Space Miner: Space Ore Bust / Brandon Curiel
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor / David Kalina
Super Stickman Golf / Jordan Schidlowsky
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP / Kris Piotrowski
Sword of Fargoal / Jeff McCord
Tilt to Live / Adam Stewart and Alex Okafor
Tiny Tower / Ian Marsh
Toki Tori / Colin Van Ginkel
Words With Friends / Paul Bettner
Zen Bound / Jani Kahrama

Now I want to collect each of these games that I don't own yet. :)

[MidianGTX]

I count 68 games there (with the Dark Nebula/Monkey Island games acting as one), and I own 42 of them. Not too bad :)

[RKRigney]

The Kindle version is out today. It's nearly 50% cheaper!

Amazon Link (http://www.amazon.com/Buttonless-Incredible-iPhone-Stories-ebook/dp/B006W9BMTQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1326312008&sr=1-1)

And here's the link for the physical version (http://www.amazon.com/Buttonless-Incredible-iPhone-Stories-Behind/dp/1439895856), for the old-school types.