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BeerTender – my first game in app store :)

Vladimir Boychentsov — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:46:47 +0000

Увлекательный тайм киллер, не забывайте про девушек в игре :) Будут улучшения по мере поступления предложений и в зависимости от количества потребителей :)

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***** 50% OFF INTRODUCTORY SALE UNTIL 31st, OCT 2010! GET IT TODAY! ***** YOUR OWN IRISH PUB AT YOUR FINGER TIPS.
Have you ever dreamed to work in the bar, serving drinks effortlessly, receiving tips, and catching shiny smiles from the hottest girls on the block?

Serve cold refreshing beers to the dancing crowd with a slight touch, get tips along with the hottie’s smiles and enjoy yourself. And do not worry about bosses, bar fights or drunkies puking all over the floor. No “Quick Serve” license’s required. Interested in a position? Get it today! Paid training included.

FEATURES:
* Get the hottest girl in the bar after every successful working day;
* Game’s “Artificial intelligence” will keep you busy and is incredibly addictive. Though it never forgets to have a quick pint or two in the meantime :))
* Exclusive sound-track from Marksheider Kunst – extremely sunny music.
* Local scores and global online leaderboard, twitter integration and lots and lots of beers

WHAT GAMERS ARE SAYING ABOUT BEERTENDER:
* “Awesome! Wanna get a drink! ” – Silver’s Pub owner
* “You’ll know it’s fun and you’ll keep playing.” – User review
* “This game oozes style and humor” – Iphone Gamer review
* “This is one game I am sure you will keep for a long time.” – GameCentral review

HOW TO PLAY:
Just click on the label of the right color and slide the beer to the client. Remember: the faster the client gets his beer, the more money you get and the hotter the girl smiling at you!
If you serve many right beers in a row you receive a bonus:
10 pints – 15$
15 pints – 20$
20 pints – 50$
25 pints – 75$
30 pints – 100$
40 pints – 250$
50 pints – 500$
PS: Do not forget about girls! They like you!

Спасибо за внимание!

Universal web services suite for iPhone/iPad and Android apps

Vladimir Boychentsov — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:08:13 +0000

Hi there! We are a group of iPhone / Android developers who have developed a suite of web services to assist us and other developers in building great apps.

After numerous projects we have become tired of having to set up the server scripts to do all the same things for different clients. Most of the server functionality

is typical: 1) storing location data for Google Maps; 2) storing users’ high scores / ranks; 3) sending Push Notifications; 4) storing files / XML; etc.

We couldn’t use the existent solutions because in some cases they didn’t provide the required functionality and in most cases they require your users to be exposed to some social network of theirs, while our clients just want a simple functionality without users knowing of any services behind that.

So we have launched what we call Mob1serv, a universal server solution for the typical needs of iPhone / Android apps. It consists of modules which deal with most common tasks:

* High Scores – a powerful online high scores table
* PushNote – a module allowing to send immediate or delayed Push Notifications (you can build instant messengers or alarm clocks, anything with this)
* GeoPos – stores locations of Google Map objects, their statuses and ‘last seen online’ time
* OAuth contracter – allows you to implement transparent authentication and integration with Facebook, Twitter, Google etc
* More modules to come!

We have tried to make it as simple as possible for developers, so you just need to register at the back end and then you can add as many apps as you want and start using these services. From the client (app) side, you need to add a library to your project and put a corresponding ID there, that’s it.

The service is free, it’s a ‘freemium’ model. It has been built by developers for developers. Some developers and apps are already using it as it was open for alpha testing before, but now we are launching it open for the world so that we can see what you’re thinking of it and also get your feedback of how we can improve the existent modules or what modules to add next. Welcome to Mob1serv!