Patrick Moberg

Dots: Week One

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:02:00 -0400

Hi, everybody!

What an amazing week! Dots reached #2 on the Top Free iPhone apps chart, and it’s on the way to a million players by the end of the day. Thanks so much for playing! There’s a lot more in the works.

How to Score

Squares, square, squares. Squares, or any enclosed shape, remove all other dots of that color, giving you extra points, as well as increasing the likelihood of getting another square. Get on a roll with squares, and you’ll be rolling on up to the high scores.

Power Ups

When used wisely, the three power ups at the bottom of the game can have a big impact on your score. Use dots to buy the powers. Get more dots for every dot removed from a game, or, if you’re short on time, buy ‘em.

Time Stops
· Stop the clock once a game for 5 seconds
· Great for squeezing in extra points

Shrinkers
· When you have shrinkers, double tap a dot to remove it from the board
· Good for getting dots out of the way in order to make a square or long connections

Expanders
· Great for the start of a game, to get the ball rolling
· Can be used once a game

Issues We’re Working On

· Colorblind mode
· iPad Support
· Repetitive dots of the same color falling down
· Scores not being up to date (should now be fixed)

Thanks

· Upright T-Rex Music for the incredible sound design
· Santiago Orozco for the typeface Josefin Sans
· Friends and everyone at Betaworks for help and support

Stickers!

Want a few Dots stickers? Send your address to patrick@nerdyoctopus.com

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I’m excited to share a little iOS game I made called Dots....

Wed, 01 May 2013 19:56:57 -0400

I’m excited to share a little iOS game I made called Dots. Let me know what you think. <3

Grab it here: http://nerdyoctopus.com/dots

Today’s batch of people telling me what to draw on...

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‏@wxmn draw a Grouper

@jamiew - James Franco with cornrows and machine guns

@GrantCuster a website that is physically being built by construction workers?

@kirtan can you draw the "intensive don't care unit"?

@MScotter83 How about a puffin riding a dolphin? or as I like to call it what Heaven must be like.

@rob_c_grant A sloth climbing on a bemused Beethoven while the latter is trying to compose

@micah me, two dogs, three cats on a boat. A sail boat. With a star on the sail. Under the moon. With a unicorn. But no rainbow. :)

@eqx1979 Anti-gentrification superhero who saves Williamsburg from the domino redevelopment

Today’s batch of people telling me what to draw on Twitter.

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I’m restarting my people project —...

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I’m restarting my people project — http://people.patrickmoberg.com/

Follow along @patrickmoberg or I’ll try to post most of them here.

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Been watching The Sopranos. So good!