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Furious Tactics: A Window into The Development Process
November 15th, 2010 | Connor Turner

Does anyone feel like it is the inevitable calm before the storm. It’s been a quiet few months on the new app front, but from the grapevine it seems like there is going to be a wave of new apps from Calgary iPhone Developers on the horizon.

One of the most exciting apps we’ve heard about is from Stephen Gazzard’s Broken Kings with the new turn-based tactical game Furious Tactics. If you’re already a fan of their page, you will have seen the graphical progress of this exciting new game. If not, have a look at some of the preview screen shots and make sure you become a fan of the Broken Kings on Facebook.

Murphy’s Law and the myDomains App
September 27th, 2010 | Russ Fee

As per Murphy’s Law, coming up with a truly great url will only come in two possible instances: at a bar or on the toilet.

Truthfully, neither is an ideal situation to jot down a quick note. Also according to Murphy’s Law, the only time you’ll forget to renew a url you already own is when you really, really need it.

myDomains by A New Qualtiy and RandomType aims to boil down the process of finding and protecting your precious domains to a dead-simple exercise. Entering in a potential URL gives you just the information you need right away: whether it has been taken and (if it has) when it is up for renewal.

The New Look yycApps.com
September 22nd, 2010 | Connor Turner

Well good morning. Notice anything different today? Yes, we’ve gone through a much needed makeover. Over the past 6 months, yycapps.com has transformed from a simple idea to a single web page to a full on resource for the Calgary iPhone Development community. But unfortunately, over the past couple of weeks, it became quite clear […]

May 22nd – iPhone Dev Camp #3
May 17th, 2010 | Connor Turner

It’s that time again.

Time to clear the calendar, because this Saturday, Robots & Pencils is organizing Calgary’s third iPhone DevCamp. If you didn’t have the opportunity to check out the previous two camps, we highly recommend clearing off your schedule for this Saturday.

The Broken Kings GooTube Channel
February 14th, 2010 | Connor Turner

For those in the Calgary development community, you will be somewhat familiar with the success of Castle Conflicts from Broken Kings. For those not familiar with Castle Conflicts, I’d suggest you go and download this exceptional game and come back later this month when we write up a bit of a review.

Anyways, I digress, what this post is about is Broken Kings’ new GooTube (YouTube) Channel.

If you’re a developer looking to breaking into game development or just curious about what it takes to develop iPhone graphics, you need to check out this series of clips. Each clip explaining various aspects of Castle Conflicts Development in 5 quick minutes.

So, If you want a very cool visual introduction into the world iPhone app development, check out 5 Minutes of Development: Castle Conflict Map

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