Hooray! Game Dev Story, the rather niche iPhone game about working in the video game development industry, has launched on Android – with developer Kairosoft releasing its iPhone SMASH on Google’s OS over the weekend.
Basically you run a video game development team and are charged with developing a smash hit, managing budgets and hiring talent. Here’s the description:
Manage your own game company and try to create a million-selling game in this unique simulation. Features the ability to develop your company’s own game console, plus a system for changing your staff members’ professions.
Your staff members can have a variety of game-related professions, from programmer to sound engineer
And here are the shots. Looks like the developer has just put iPhone grabs on the Android market listing, which is a little naughty…
Game Dev Story is probably of most interest to those of you with an interest in or job to do with video games. The iPhone version went down a storm with game nerds. It’s on the Android Market now, for 400 Japanese yen.
Which translates to around £3.00 if you get a good exchange rate out of your bank.
UPDATE:
We’re put together a gallery of screenshots from the Android game here.
shrinkwrapped
/ December 14, 2010Anyone know if this can be saved to SD?
Gary C
/ December 14, 2010Sadly not. Greyed-out option of shame.
Steve Eason
/ January 5, 2011I love this game. I was just about to ask the same question. Bummer, wish I could move it to the SD card. I need some more space!