Porting a game from the desktop to mobile devices can be a challenging balancing act. The tension comes in that to create a great mobile version of a desktop game, certain alterations need to be made to the game. However, … Read More »
I could not have more respect for an organization than I do for Charity: Water. This talk inspired really touched and inspired me yesterday. Since first hearing about Charity: Water in 2009, I have always been impressed with their integrity … Read More »
How do I market my app? Should I hire a marketing agency? I’ve bet you probably heard these questions or seen them posted online. If you’re an app developer you’ve probably even asked them yourself. We have published a few … Read More »
Preface: on Twitter, Peter Baily @peterbailey encouraged us to write about marketing and developing apps, so from Peter’s encouragement here is the first of a series of blog posts on those topics.
Recently I’ve been reading several business books and … Read More »
I don’t believe in mission statements. Too often they are dry, broad statements that are conceived at the birth of a company and then filed away. These problems were pointedly mocked by Scott Adams’ Dilbert Mission Statement Generator. Sadly this … Read More »
Being a small studio, I find yourself wearing many different hats at Paper Tower. The last two weeks I feel like the only thing I have been doing is wireframing. Looking back—that feeling is totally valid, I have wireframed one … Read More »
I recently spoke with a company interested in creating an app. The company is a leader in their field with multi-million dollars in revenue every year. Going into the meeting I had high expectations. However, during the meeting I discovered … Read More »
In the very early days of our studio we lost some extremely important project files. We had been working on the project for about a year and one day the project folder disappeared. I frantically scoured the trash bin, scanned … Read More »
Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, gives a great talk about “design thinking”.
Float is a game that makes you feel happy. Try to keep the balloons in the air and off … Read More »