Morgan Camilleri
MiniGames · Reflex
An early mini-game series on the App Store, built to experiment with simple mechanics and distribution.
This product is no longer online: the app has been removed from the App Store.
Data · iPhone
The project
MiniGames bundled nine short games into a single app, published while I was still a student. It was a testing ground: each game explored a different mechanic, reflex, memory, platforming or fighting, and the whole thing was a way to understand how App Store distribution actually worked, across a free and a paid version.
The most ambitious one, miniFight, offered two-on-two battles over Bluetooth multiplayer, at a time when mobile multiplayer was far from a given. Around the games sat leaderboards and achievements through OpenFeint and Game Center, a chat, forums, and iPod music controls without leaving the app.
What the app did
- Nine games in a single app: Réflexe, Jump!, Tennis, Boxe, Fusée, miniFight, iBlob, ABCool and Puff Puff
- miniFight: two-on-two battles over Bluetooth multiplayer
- Leaderboards and achievements through OpenFeint and Game Center
- Forums and instant messaging between players
- iPod music controls without leaving the app
MiniGames LITE: "No. 1 game, No. 2 free app overall." MiniGames Premium added the "Puff Puff" submarine mini-game with Game Center and OpenFeint.
App Store listing, at the time
What this project says
An early practice of product experimentation and App Store distribution across free and paid versions.