App Treasures Unveiled!
I have some exciting news to share: the secret project I’ve been involved with for several months was unveiled today!
- App Treasures (www.apptreasures.com)
Here’s a bit from the official press release:
Five independent iPhone game developers announced today the creation of the App Treasures label: A collection of top-quality, indie games for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The App Treasures label is a seal of quality that consumers can trust, and will help users find hidden gems in the App Store. When someone plays an App Treasures game and they like it, chances are they will also like the other games available from the label.
Developers releasing games under the App Treasures label are carefully considered and hand-picked to ensure maximum quality.
The App Treasures members are:
- The Blimp Pilots (Koi Pond, Distant Shore)
- Imangi Studios (Imangi, Word Squares, Little Red Sled)
- Snappy Touch (Flower Garden)
- Streaming Colour Studios (Dapple)
- Veiled Games (Up There, Payday Roulette)
You can find the full press release on the App Treasures website, if you want to read the whole thing.
We’ve been working on getting this project up and running for months, so it’s fantastic to see it finally launch. We’re starting to see some press about it today. I’ll post some links once we’ve got a few more stories to share.
One of the really exciting things we’re doing is allowing players to browse other App Treasures games from inside our games. The Dapple 1.2 update contains a new feature that lets you browse the other App Treasures games, read about them, and then buy them. Other App Treasures games will be rolling this feature out over the coming weeks as well.
We hope you enjoy it, and we hope that it helps you to find some fun games that you didn’t already know about.
If you want to follow updates on App Treasures, follow our new Twitter account where we’ll be posting news stories and any news we have: @AppTreasures
Owen
Hi Owen,
Congratulations on getting App Treasures up and running. It looks to be a good move, and you have a great bunch of Developers to work with. Good luck with this new venture.
There is a bit of a conflict of interest, you putting your own game in the list!
@George – Thanks!
@Jyaif – Sorry, I’m not sure what you’re getting at. The group is run equally by all the members of the group. App Treasures is a label that is made up of (currently) 5 members, myself included. The games released under the label are the games created by the members.
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