Congrats Zaphod/Nimblebit

That's some nice money you got there, can I have it?

That is pretty damn good, congrats!

congratulations zaph !

Cool stuff, I actually talked to my flatmate about game development for the iPhone, I might just have to tell him about this game and the article.

awesome! congrats!

Saw this the other day and thought "goddamn"! Nice job fellas!

Ribbit!

Congrats on your success!

Grats Zap, you definitely deserve it~~

Is he too busy living the millionaire lifestyle now to come and talk to use mere mortals?

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Is he too busy living the millionaire lifestyle now to come and talk to use mere mortals?

He can't get to the keyboard from all the coke sniffing strippers

Awesome, grats guys!!

(How about helping mapcore afford vbulletin with all that money? )

Gratz

Wow congratulations guys!

How did things go with Zero Gear's release?

Zero Gear was pretty much a flop, I actually lost money on that whole experience. Our iphone stuff has been way more successful.

It's a real shame Zero Gear never had any kind of console release, its failure seems undeserved. While Minecraft has clearly shown that indie PC games can be wildly successful, I'd imagine the risk of not making a splash is exponentially higher (just like with high-profile PC games really). Was it ever considered? Too much upfront cost, etc?

Just a PC release was already stretching beyond what we were really capable of, spending even more time on a console release probably would have been a step in the wrong direction. I think we just aimed too high with ZG, and after the whole experience I find smaller projects on iOS to be the real sweet spot for me and my bro.

do you have any numbers on ZG? I really like the game, although didn't play it too much. Thrik's point might be valid though. A proper PSN or XBLive launch might have targeted a better consumer group for the game. And the iOS games make enough profit to make a living?

Hehe Yeah I think you were wrong about targeting PC for what seems like would be a blast on xbox live or ps3.

I just hope that Pirates on new horizons dont suffer the same fate