I’m just starting work on a new product for game developers. While there are a lot of game development tools out there, I don’t think any of them are doing it right. Here are some of the best of the bunch (oh, I’m talking about 2D mobile development for the most part – 3D stuff is a whole other kettle of fish (and a kettle I care nothing about)). Stencyl – one of the oddest game development tools I’ve seen because while it’s based around a visually-oriented IDE, the logic of the game is created by dragging little blocks together to form a kind of flow chart....

On May 5th I’ll be teaching a 2-day course for beginners who want to get started in mobile game development. Have you ever wanted to create your own game for iPhone, iPad, or Android? This weekend course will show you exactly how to do that! Get all the details here: Mobile Game Development: Crash Course

There’s a lot of be said about focusing on a specific niche, but if your niche is too narrow you may not have a large enough market to build the kind of business you really want. I’m kind of in that boat right now. My niche is game programmers who use the Corona SDK framework. But as wildly fanatic as Corona developers can be, there are only so many of them. My business has been good, but it didn’t seem like there was a ton of room for growth. And now with two competitors offering the same kind of tool I’ve been selling, it’s going to be even harder. I have two options and...

Everybody’s heard the best way to make money during a gold rush is to be the guy selling picks and shovels to the miners. Very few people will “strike it rich” but even the guys who lose their shirts need the tools to mine. I want to be a miner in the worst way — I daydream about what will happen when I hit the mother lode. And I know that big strike is right around the corner, so I keep digging and digging. And yet, the money I make continues to be in the sale of tools to other miners. Sure, I come across a nugget or two in my mining (I do use my own tools), but the bulk of the...

Today I read an interesting article called, “What is the Everyman’s PC?” by Ben Brooks. “It’s easy to see why one would argue that the iPad could be better suited for most people than a MacBook Air, but a cellphone? That seems like a stretch, right?” An iPhone is a very cool phone, but a computer? No way. That may be your initial reaction, but I ran an experiment today… I paired my iPhone 4S with my wireless Bluetooth keyboard and sat down in my recliner. Then I mirrored my iPhone onto my 42″ HDTV. You can do that if you have one of those little Apple TV...