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Developer Bits. Why Free to Play?

Recently I read a Google+ post from one of the Triple Town developers on why they didn't just make the game 99 cents on the App Store. He seems to think that buying games for a fixed price is a bad model and goes into detail on why. Ultimately because he doesn't see many indies survive in this way.

"Imagine free-to-play games as practiced by a private company that makes games with long term retention for passionate players in a tightly knit community. That fits my personal goals substantially better. So I'm experimenting. I'm learning. Spry Fox may not figure it all out this time, but at least we are driving in the right direction.

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The perfect bathroom game for iphone. Seriously. Play for 1

The perfect bathroom game for iphone. Seriously. Play for 1 minute or 15. Simple puzzles get complex, with a cute interface.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/03/2012 at 08:40pm

Downloading it now! Thanks for the tip.

Tungsten wrote on 05/04/2012 at 01:09am

I admit, I do love that game. I used to play 3 rounds or so a day. It's one of the few games where I really like the free to play restriction because it kicks you off after 150 turns. Without that restriction I could play for hours.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/04/2012 at 01:42am

I tried a few rounds of it and didn't entirely get the rules but it was fun. Ill play more tonight and try and learn it entirely, its a really cool concept from what of the rules I do understand after one play through.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/04/2012 at 05:30am

Wow, I just sunk an hour into this and it was awesome. Such a unique kind of puzzle game. Fantastic, thanks for the recommend!

Tungsten wrote on 05/04/2012 at 10:33am

It's tetris meets sim-city. With bears.

Talky wrote on 05/04/2012 at 03:10pm

Have me interested. I will have to have Jon download it for me.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/04/2012 at 03:54pm

Yeah, its great I will.

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AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 11/20/2012 at 01:48am

I admit I didn't watch the video clip, but my first thought is this: When I see a game of $0.99, I assume it's a piece of crap and I don't bother with it. On the other hand, if it's free, I'll download it and try it out. I might miss some great cheap games, but that's just what goes through my mind.