Words from dabble3/17/2023 ![]() “And now, I have the satisfaction of knowing that I didn’t waste all those years!” When it comes to this game, the sky’s the limit. INI will expand Dabble further with plans for Dabble Jr., Super Dabble, an app for Android and a game on Facebook. The whole score is custom, nothing was off the shelf. The game’s letters make a satisfying “clink” like Scrabble tiles as they are placed on the board. This is Scott’s second game soundtrack but, based on the catchy song he composed for Dabble, it won’t be his last. The resulting music is charming and the sound effects are spot-on. (Watch the a video at the bottom of this post to hear more from Flowers on how the game works.)įlowers worked with musician Robert Scott on the soundtrack for the Dabble app. The app’s base will grow thanks to the flyers going out in all new Dabble board games, encouraging players to download the app. Flowers notes that the hardest part of building a successful app is acquiring a player base. He says he had a playable prototype of Dabble within eight hours of development. This is the first time we’ve been able to sit down with our friends and family and share a game we’ve built.”įlowers has rave reviews for Corona SDK. The first time you play the app you may not win, but you will understand how to play. “We usually create games for competitive gamers ages 18 to 40, but this time we focused on keeping it simple since the board game is simple. “It was easy to see how this could be come an app,” Flowers says. The Dabble app was developed by Joesph Flowers of Flashy Substance, who says the award-winning board game provided a unique foundation to create an app. Dabble had the three keys to game success: It was easy to tech, easy to play and could easily transfer to digital. Then Vohra took it to the New York Toy Fair where the CEO of Toys ‘R Us and Mattel’s VP of digital played with it and, according to Vohra, loved it. Vohra introduced the game to Barnes & Nobel who helped market it as a physical board game. “Then everything started falling into place.” ![]() “He was just happy that someone took interest in his product,” says Vohra. That family connection helped Weiss feel more comfortable sharing his idea. Vohra was introduced to Weiss through a family friend who had grown up with Weiss. ![]() He reached out to me, saying he didn’t have much longer to live and wanted to see his idea expand. “There’s this fear the idea will be stolen. “When you’re a creative inventor, you hesitate to share ideas,” said Jay Vohra, president and founder of INI. There’s a free version of Corona and a $349 version that lets you publish to the App Store.Įven though he didn’t code the app himself, everyone who has been a part of the game’s success points back to Weiss, from the developers at Flashy Substance to the founder of INI. It uses the Lua language, which is easier than Objective-C, the programming language used for most iPhone games. Corona lets users create graphically rich applications and games for the iOS and Android operating systems. ![]()
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