{"id":7426,"date":"2010-02-01T09:22:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T17:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=7426"},"modified":"2010-02-01T09:22:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T17:22:28","slug":"carlsbad-iphone-developer-up-for-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=7426","title":{"rendered":"Carlsbad iPhone Developer Up For Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Appyent<\/a>Appy Entertainment<\/a><\/strong>, our favorite Carlsbadistan<\/em> based iPhone applications developer has been nominated for an “Achievement in Art and for Audio Achievement” award from the Independent Games Festival<\/a><\/strong> for their game Zombie Pizza<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecognition by the Independent Games Festival is a significant achievement for our young company,\u201d said Appy CEO Chris Ulm<\/strong>. \u201cZombie Pizza was one of only two games to secure multiple nominations, and was chosen from a record field of 170 entrants. We are especially pleased given that these awards recognize excellence not only in iPhone design, but actually encompass all hand-held systems, including the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congrats to the guys. If they don’t win this, something is wrong with the voting system. Follow the jump for all the details.
\nINDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL HONORS APPY ENTERTAINMENT
\nMultiple Award Nominations Cap Stellar Debut Year
\nFor California iPhone Start-Up<\/p>\n

CARLSBAD, California — January 28, 2010 — Appy Entertainment\u2019s critically-acclaimed Zombie Pizza (www.appyzombiepizza.com) has been nominated for Achievement in Art and for Audio Achievement by the Independent Games Festival.<\/p>\n

Established in 1998, the Independent Games Festival recognizes the best independent game developers, similar to the way the Sundance Film Festival honors independent film makers. \u201cRecognition by the Independent Games Festival is a significant achievement for our young company,\u201d said Appy CEO Chris Ulm. \u201cZombie Pizza was one of only two games to secure multiple nominations, and was chosen from a record field of 170 entrants. We are especially pleased given that these awards recognize excellence not only in iPhone design, but actually encompass all hand-held systems, including the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zombie Pizza, a fast-paced action-puzzle game that challenges players to construct pizzas for the ravenous undead, has already received widespread critical acclaim. Zombie Pizza was App of the Week in Entertainment Weekly, and was featured by Apple on their iTunes App Store throughout the month of October. The game received 4\/5 Mice from Macworld, and was reviewed by the Huffington Post.<\/p>\n

These honors are just the latest in a string of recognitions for the Carlsbad, California iPhone game design studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first game, FaceFighter (www.appyfacefighter.com) has already been nominated for Best Use of Bluetooth and Best Productivity Killer by the 2009 Best App Ever Awards,\u201d said Appy Entertainment Brand Manager Paul O\u2019Connor. \u201cAppy Newz (www.appynewz.com) is up for Best Photo Manipulation App, and FaceFighter was also a finalist in VentureBeat\u2019s DiscoveryBeat Apps Contest. Appy Entertainment was named to Pocket Gamer.biz\u2019s Top 50 iPhone Developer list. We are proud that every original title Appy produced in our first year has received an awards nomination.\u201d<\/p>\n

FaceFighter earned 4.5\/5 Mice in its Macworld review, and in all its forms has been downloaded nearly 1.5 million times. Along with Zombie Pizza, FaceFighter appeared in CNBC\u2019s \u201cPlanet of the Apps\u201d television special, and was also featured on \u201cThe Gadget Show\u201d in the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese awards nominations and mainstream media attention show how Apple\u2019s iPhone has captured the public\u2019s imagination,\u201d said O\u2019Connor. \u201cAppy Entertainment offers the kind of fresh, original creations this new market demands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Appy\u2019s mission of creating games as personal as your iPhone continues in their most ambitious game to date, a song-based app called Tune Runner that provides a platform for players to discover and recommend music to their friends anywhere in the world. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited about the possibilities of Tune Runner,\u201d said Appy Project Director Emmanuel Valdez. \u201cIt\u2019s the kind of game that can work only on the iPhone, as it uses the iTunes music library and a wireless connection to create a continuous international tournament based on every song in the world. The success we\u2019ve achieved with our first games has encouraged us to keep pushing the boundaries of what games on Apple\u2019s devices can be, including the new iPad!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tune Runner is slated for a mid-February release.<\/p>\n

Winners of the Independent Game Festival\u2019s awards will be announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco in March. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Appy Entertainment, our favorite Carlsbadistan based iPhone applications developer has been nominated for an “Achievement in Art and for Audio Achievement” award from the Independent Games Festival for their game Zombie Pizza. \u201cRecognition by the Independent Games Festival is a significant achievement for our young company,\u201d said Appy CEO Chris Ulm. \u201cZombie Pizza was one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7427,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions\/7427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}