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OrbCatcher: A fun and addictive game for iPhone and iPod touch with 2 game modes and 3 difficulty levels, all for just $0.99! |
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Rebel Space: A unique RPG set in the vast reaches of space. Complete missions, battle other rebels and more in this ongoing game. |
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Ask Friends: Answer funny questions about your friends and get to know them better! |
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Battle Classic: A simple fighting game that you can play every day! Train your fighter to be the #1 champion on Facebook. |
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Collect Stars: Send beautiful stars to your friends and make your star shine brighter! Stars you collect can be displayed on your profile. |
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Ruby Rocket: A fun logic puzzle game where you have to collect the rubies without crashing into the walls. Can you beat all 10 levels? |
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Tweep Tycoon: Buy and sell your Twitter friends and compete to be the #1 social tycoon in all of Twitter. |
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Survive DX: Help the yellow hero avoid the gray attackers in this simple but addictive game. |
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Pop Answers: The ultimate survey-based trivia game. Find out if you have Popular Thinking™! |
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Whose Tweet: How well do you know your Twitter friends? Possibly the first game based on the Twitter API, Whose Tweet asks you to perform a very simple task: identify which friend this status message belongs to! |
Mappdev now operates an independent record label. Visit Dual Mode Records for news and releases.
I make original electronic music under the name "Decktonic," and I also DJ. If you would like to use my music in your next project, or you would just like to book me for live gigs or a DJ set, send an inquiry to contact [at] mappdev.com. Here are some examples of my work:
Original Tracks
DJ Set
Decktonic (DJ) Promo Mix #2 by DecktonicWith almost 3 years of experience in social media and social gaming, Mappdev can be a powerful force in helping you realize your goals for making your business viral. Here are just a few of the services I offer:
- Viral features design and optimization for social games
- Facebook Connect integration for community websites
- User interface and user flow design and planning
- Translation and localization for the Spanish/Latin American market
- Training and education in a wide variety of topics
Send all inquiries to contact [at] mappdev.com. Even if what you are looking for is not mentioned here, just send over a description of what you need and I will get back to you.
Mappdev is the independent venture of Christian Montoya, a games enthusiast who got his start at the age of five with his very first Nintendo Entertainment System. Years later, while studying Electrical & Computer Engineering at Cornell University, he taught himself web design and programming in his spare time. He would often design simple games with whatever platform he had available, even with his limited skills. For one of his senior design projects, he created and built a portable, tilt-controlled gaming device that bore similarities to the GameBoy Advance and the iPhone, which he named the “Weeboy.”
After graduation, Christian found himself working at a number of web companies, mostly startups, but one thing that persisted was that he always found a way to work on games. During his time at InvestorGuide.com, he designed Tickers, a game based on unusual stock quote symbols. Later, through a collaboration with Yaowei Yeo, he helped build DotA on the recently launched Facebook platform, which at its peak attracted over 20,000 daily players. He was then recruited to work at The Social Gaming Network, where he contributed to projects including, but not limited to, Fight Club, Jetman, Bubble Words, and Name It. In July of 2008, he started Mappdev, and within a week he launched his first product, Pop Answers. He got the idea from his fianceé, and within months it was attracting thousands of players every day. On January 19, 2009, Christian began his first day as a full-time, independent games developer.
Mappdev is built on the following principles:
- Games should be based on original & intriguing ideas.
- Games should be well designed.
- The barrier to entry for any game should always be as low as possible.
- A game developer should never abandon or ignore the community of players.
- If two people enjoy playing a game, it has a chance.
These guiding principles are inherent to any and all success of Mappdev.
- Element Analyst Rises on This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Facebook Apps by DAU (re: Entrevista tus Amigos)
- Inside Facebook, July 14, 2010
- Create Your Quiz Challenges the Leader on This Week’s List of Fastest-Gaining Facebook Apps by MAU (re: Entrevista tus Amigos)
- Inside Facebook, July 12, 2010
- Android Grows Quickly on This Week’s List of Top Facebook Apps by DAU (re: Entrevista tus Amigos)
- Inside Facebook, July 1st, 2010
- Quizzes and Twitter Appear on This Week’s List of Growing Facebook Apps by DAU (re: Entrevista tus Amigos)
- Inside Facebook, June 23, 2010
- Name Analyzer and Spanish-Language Apps Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Gaining Facebook Apps by DAU (re: Entrevista tus Amigos)
- Inside Facebook, June 2nd, 2010
- Orb Catcher App Review: Keep Going!
- Appmodo, April 25, 2010
- Pillow, Volcano, Graffiti Apps Beat Holidays for New Monthly Active Users on Facebook (re: Entrevista tus Amigos, Ask a Friend)
- Inside Facebook, January 11, 2010
- iPhone Leads This Week’s List of the 20 Facebook Apps that Gained the Most Daily Active Users (re: Entrevista tus Amigos)
- Inside Facebook, December 30, 2009
- (Don't) Quit Playin' MMA Apps on Facebook
- FIGHT! Magazine, July 27, 2009
- 6 Twitter Games To Make Tweeting Fun
- Mashable, March 28, 2009
- Whose Tweet? - an interesting twitter game about people you follow
- twi5.com, March 9, 2009
- Whose Tweet? Another Social Game Based on the Twitter API
- Inside Social Games, March 2, 2009
- Profile of the Week - Christian Montoya
- SocialCashed, December 15, 2008
- Survey Saaays... Pop Answers
- Inside Social Games, September 15, 2008
You can reach Mappdev via email at the following address: contact[at]mappdev.com
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