How to Make a Successful App
So you wanna make a mobile app? Excellent! Welcome to the exciting world of app development! There are a lot of great reasons to create your own app. Perhaps you have a killer idea or a need which no one has created an app to fulfill. Perhaps you’ve heard of the large sums of money independent […]
Finding A Look
Donkey Kong Country (DKC) was released on November 21, 1994 for the Super Nintendo system. I bought it the week it was released and was absolutely enthralled. One level in particular, “Snow Barrel Blast” still stands out in my mind as perhaps the perfect combination of beautiful graphics, fabulous level design, spot-on gameplay, and rich, atmospheric […]
Cross-cultural iOS Apps
I’m incredibly surprised that one of the most enjoyable development tasks for our upcoming iOS app has been localization. What is Localization? To many, the term localization is defined as translating an app into another language. Yes, translation is part of localization, but translation alone would be internationalization as opposed to localization.
Streamside Software’s Next App
We’re incredibly busy working to bring our newest iOS app to market. We’re somewhat stingy with details at this time, but I can tell you four exciting details about this project: It’s a game for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It features a beloved H. P. Lovecraft character. It will be translated into several languages. We are working […]
Cocos2D-Swift 3.0 and SpriteBuilder
Here I go again. Same framework, new features. When we created Spirit Story Box* in 2013, I used the Cocos2D game engine to handle the graphics and particle effects. It was a great choice to pull off some of the eye candy, but integrating native iOS views (like the tableview and carousel) proved to be […]
And So It Goes…
Every blog has to start somewhere. This is my small beginning. This blog will present the personal side to my journey as an entrepreneur. Here I give the straight, behind-the-scenes stories. My wife Jill and I dove headlong into pursuing our business ventures full-time. No more cush job to support us. We are all in and […]