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Zombie Karts Sales: How Much Can a Kart Game Make?

Say you invest $50 in the TGB Kart Kit, spend a month developing, and publish a game to the iPhone App Store. How much money can you hope to earn? As it turns out, a decent amount!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 11/20/2009 (3:41 am) Comment 15 comments

Zombie Karts Now Available for iPhone / iPod Touch!

Zombie Karts, a retro "mode7" style racing game, was built with iT2Db and the TGB Kart Kit. It took four weeks to develop, runs on all iDevices, and costs a trifle 99 cents! Read on!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 10/23/2009 (6:56 am) Comment 13 comments

TGB Kart Kit v1.1 Has Arrived!

The TGB Kart Kit, which enables 3D "mode7" rendering in TGB and iTGB, has been updated to include new tutorials, extra content, and code improvements. Read on!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 09/26/2009 (1:53 am) Comment 8 comments

Xeno Sola (Re)Launched for iPhone and iPod Touch

The game's previous name, StarcaCENSORED, caused a mild bit of controversy. At my own expense, I changed the name, updated the app, and now have launched again!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 09/15/2009 (8:43 pm) Comment 2 comments

Mini Makruk (Thai Chess) Released to iPhone App Store

The 5x6 variant of Thai chess is now available in the app store. This is my 4th chess game and 5th iPhone product. Thoughts on its development inside.

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 07/03/2009 (7:18 pm) Comment 1 comments

Mini Shatranj (Persian / Iranian Chess) is out on iPhone!

Ironically just in time for the Iranian elections comes Mini Shatranj -- Mini Persian Chess for the iPhone! This is my 4th iPhone product and 3rd chess game.

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 06/17/2009 (5:00 pm) Comment 0 comments

Mini Chess Released for iPhone / iPod Touch

Mini Chess, ported from TGB 1.1.3 to iTGB 1.2, is now in the App Store. A look at the game and what it took to create it are inside.

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 06/05/2009 (4:02 pm) Comment 3 comments

TGB Kart Kit Now in Developer Store!

The TGB Kart Kit enables 3D mode7 display for TGB and iTGB. It comes with an example kart racing game. Thoughts on the kit and what you can do with it inside!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 05/05/2009 (9:59 pm) Comment 18 comments

Mini Shogi (Japanese Chess) Available for iPhone

The mini Japanese chess game with the solid AI is ported to iPhone using iTGB. Pics and thoughts inside.

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 04/19/2009 (6:32 pm) Comment 3 comments

3D "Mode 7" Racing in iTGB

The "mode 7" retro 3D effect has been ported to the iPhone. Kart racing demo video and pics inside!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 03/25/2009 (4:13 pm) Comment 7 comments

3D "Mode 7" Racing in TGB - Part 2

A brief update on the "mode 7" modification for the Torque Game Builder engine. Retro goodness inside!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 02/02/2009 (7:19 pm) Comment 19 comments

Alpha version of Xeno Versus available - review for free game!

Xeno Versus is a 2D space combat game in the vein of Star Control. Download, pics, and video after the jump!

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 01/23/2009 (7:30 pm) Comment 3 comments

Eight Mini Shogi Reviews. Mixed, so Fixed!

http://www.xenoclone.com/game_minishogi.html, a shrunken Japanese chess game, has been out in the wild for a little over a month now. The reviews started rolling in a couple week...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 12/19/2008 (6:43 pm) Comment 2 comments

Mini Shogi Released

I've just "released" my third game off my http://www.xenoclone.com/game_minishogi.html, Mini Shogi. It's my first attempt to take an existing game of mine ([url=http://www.xenoclone...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 11/10/2008 (11:43 pm) Comment 4 comments

3D "Mode 7" Racing in TGB (Vid-Pics)

You know what I love? 16-bit era games. Specifically, the platformers and "mode 7" racers are close to my heart. A while back I set out to figure out how to mimic something like Mario Kart or F-Zero (...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 09/07/2008 (11:42 pm) Comment 16 comments

Fifteen Xeno Sola Reviews! Oh, the Humanity!

Howdy folks.... howdy, howdy, howdy.... One June 4th, 2008 I did something that I'd never done before. I put up for sale on my website my first indie game. Huzzah! That game was Xeno Sola... a qui...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 07/23/2008 (12:47 am) Comment 9 comments

Xeno Sola Full-Featured Beta!

Hey there GG'ers. I've got a beta available for my Carcassonne-style game, Xeno Sola. I'd love it if you could check it out and tell me what you think! [url=http://www.xenoclone.com/images/xs_p...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 05/16/2008 (4:40 pm) Comment 11 comments

Look Out, Carcassonne Lovers!

Inspiration struck me a little over two weeks ago. My wife and I were playing Carcassonne, one of our favorites, on our Xbox 360. It was a promotional free download a while back. We'd never heard of i...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 04/16/2008 (8:34 pm) Comment 7 comments

Mini Chess Beta 2.0

Mini Chess Beta 1.0 Expires on the 16th. But the feedback and responses have been very good! So I thought I'd go ahead and upload a Beta 2.0 for people to try out and give me their thoughts. [b]Upd...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 03/14/2008 (8:39 pm) Comment 3 comments

Download and Play Mini Chess!

Mini chess is here! Features: * Plays three different mini chess variants: western chess, makruk, and shatranj * Challenging AI that has 5 difficulty settings * Capacity to handle multiple th...

Author Chris Jorgensen Date 03/10/2008 (8:33 pm) Comment 2 comments

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