This week we (well, Thomas) had the opportunity to be interviewed by Roaring Women Radio with host Mandie Crawford. The topic was Dreams, and what they cost us.
Dreams are tough to pursue, if they weren’t everyone would be doing it. In this interview Thomas relates some of his experiences as a serial entrepreneur and how Mirthwerx is the result of a long standing dream.
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We just finished the free version of Catch the Monkey and have written a behind the scenes article of our decisions, experience, and lessons learned. Enjoy!
We’re happy to announce the launch of our new family friendly free game Catch the Monkey Free.
This is not a “lite” version, or crippleware, it’s an entirely self contained free game in the Catch the Monkey universe.
In the free version, the player starts with 10 plants then faces wave after wave of monkeys. The plants you keep go with you into the next wave, so each wave really matters!
To help you along the way, we’ve added several new features:
1. Pink stars rain down gum into the field
2. Green stars give you a trusty plant to protect your plants
3. Purple stars purple stars give you a random star power like Lullaby or farmer speed boost
4. A rain cloud will come every few levels and give you a few more plants
We had a lot of fun making this special free edition of Catch the Monkey. Download it and more importantly share it with your friends, enemies, and frenemies!
We’re pleased to announce we’re working on a free version of Catch the Monkey for iPhone and Playbook!
This is a whole new Catch the Monkey experience, not just the typical “lite” game. This free version is designed to be a quick, fun pickup and play game on the go:
We’ll be sure to let you know once we’ve submitted the free version to the App Store and App World.
Catch the Monkey is coming to Playbook! We’re actively working on a HD version of Catch the Monkey for Playbook which we think will be in testing sometime next week. How long it takes to get into the store after that we don’t know.
Mirthwerx is committed to multi-platform mobile gaming. We use the industry leading tool
Marmalade to allow us to bring our games to iPhone, Android, Playbook, Windows Phone, and more. However, it’s one thing to have the tool and another to know how to use it. 
We’re starting our multi-platform experience with Playbook ahead of Android for several reasons. The simplest reason is testing. It either works on Playbook or it doesn’t. Android is more fragmented and therefore requires more testing to be sure it’s right.
