Stateside: Lessons from Flappy Bird
A morality tale for the app dev generation
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Carter Dotson
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Articles by Carter Dotson
Stateside: Believe it or not, Dungeon Keeper isn't the end of gaming as we know it
There's nothing to fear from F2P
Stateside: Nevermind smartphone games, Nintendo's next move should be a Mario Mobile
Giant needs to do something revolutionary
Stateside: Taking Ridiculous Fishing F2P would be a 'disaster'
Vlambeer got it right the first time
Stateside: Developers, video sharing is your future
Let gamers record gameplay and then reap the benefits
Stateside: Mobile needs to find a balance between success and failure
Focusing solely on either is no good
Stateside: It's time for the testosterone-fuelled games industry to grow up
Time is running out if we want to be taken seriously
Stateside: Violent change is coming. Only the innovative will survive
F2P consensus is fragmenting
Stateside: It's time to stop blaming Apple and Google for poor app discovery
Your game's destiny is in your own hands
Stateside: The 'indie bubble' won't burst, but the one around King and Supercell just might
The indie glass is still being filled
Stateside: The iOS-Android duopoly is over it's time for developers to acknowledge Windows Phone
There is a third way
Stateside: It's time Apple stopped playing around with gaming
Time to take developers seriously
Stateside: Nevermind launching your iOS game on Android, it's time to target your oven, too
The future of games dev is multiplatform
Stateside: F2P needs to earn the player's trust to unlock longterm success, says DragonVale's Backflip
Playing the long game
Stateside: The US mobile scene needs to can its obsession with San Francisco
Time for the west coast to look east?
Stateside: Apple is powerless to thaw the App Store's big freeze
Mobile creativity is being throttled
Stateside: Why SteamOS threatens to outmanoeuvre the microconsoles
Mobile market has lost its momentum
Stateside: Mobile devs need to follow in Grand Theft Auto's footsteps
Create content that's worth paying more for
Stateside: PS Vita TV is the microconsole developers have been waiting for...
...so long as it gets a western release
Stateside: Nintendo doesn't need to go mobile, mobile needs to go Nintendo
There's every reason for indies to go 3DS
Stateside: Developers need to think bigger to fulfill the potential of tablet gaming
More than pumped-up phones
Stateside: The ethics of IAP are complex which is why the industry needs to define them
Because if we don't do it, others will
Stateside: It's time for mobile devs to kick the IGF to the curb
The indie scene should go independent
Stateside: It's time to say bye bye to the era of iOS-only games
Stand up, multiplatform masters
Stateside: Ouya is like a badly run Brazilian steakhouse where users fill up on free salad
It's time to pay out for meat
Stateside: Don't try and fight your pirates make the most of them
Making lemonade from stolen lemons
Stateside: Indies, are you yearning for an App Store revolution?
Change needs to begin from the bottom up
Stateside: Double Fine debacle threatens legitimacy of entire crowdfunding model
Hitting your funding goal is just the start
Stateside: Why Google should shelve its plans for an Android unconsole
Giant should stick to what it does best
Stateside: Does Ouya risk being this generation's N-Gage?
Is it the right product, launched at the wrong time?
Stateside: Why King's word isn't law when it comes to pulling in-app advertising
But the firm isn't royally wrong, either
Stateside: When it comes to E3 versus WWDC, only one show matters
Can you guess which one it is?
Stateside: Think life is tough on mobile? Try getting your game onto Steam
Why mobile is PC's master
Stateside: Don't be ashamed of F2P, but don't assume players will spend out of the goodness of their hearts
Dirty lessons from the coal face
Stateside: Is Google's social gaming platform the Game Center people think it is?
Developers should adopt a measured approach
Stateside: Developers beware PC and mobile are uncomfortable bedfellows
Why studios need to do more than just port
Stateside: Don't be fooled proper monetisation tops marketing might every time
Why IAPs beat ads on the App Store
Stateside: Why hedging your bets across multiple mini titles is becoming the secret to success on the App Store
One title does not fit all
Stateside: AppGratis ejection proves it's never wise to bet the farm on Apple
Developers, multiplatform is the future
Stateside: Two novel ways of increasing game session length
Thoughts arising from GDC 2013
Stateside: Why game pads and smartphones will never be happy bedfellows
But does mobile need them?
Stateside: Mobile devs can learn a lot from SimCity's server strife
Prepare for success as well as failure
Stateside: Ouya talks a good game, but is it making it up as it goes along?
Founder Uhrman goes on charm offensive
Stateside: Why Real Racing 3 is free-to-play's make or break moment on mobile
A real bellweather
Stateside: Stormy weather for game developers who want to use iCloud
Winter of discontent for Apple's cloud storage solution
Stateside: The rise of unconsoles like Ouya is the industry's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo moment
Our opportunity is their threat
Stateside: What are the key issues that will define 2013?
The questions every dev should ask itself
Stateside: Should developers avoid launching games in time for Christmas?
How do holidays affect the app stores?
Stateside: Unity's mobile might is giving Unreal a kicking
How can Epic fight back?
Stateside: OpenFeint fiasco proves devs should never get comfortable with third-party APIs
Lessons to be learned