Ian Marsh

I’ve won a coveted Appy Entertainment “Militant Optimism Award”! Take a look at the lengthy interview conducted here.

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I’ve been doing independent iPhone game development for about 6 months now and decided it was time I joined forces with NimbleBit to make some properly awesome games. NimbleBit will have a presence on the iTunes App Store as soon as the paperwork goes through! Watch the trailer below and go to the games page to check out the games joining the NimbleBit family.

I’m excited to bring the enthusiastic Zero Gear community together with some passionate iPhone gaming fans. To celebrate, we’re going to be giving away almost 200 promo codes starting Monday, March 16, redeemable for free copies of our iPhone games! These codes will be posted throughout each day on our twitter, forums, and chat. Register for an account and get ready for some free iPhone games!

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Maneuver your ship through an asteroid field, testing your reflexes as your ship builds up more and more speed. The “boost” asteroids have a gravitational field which propel your ship forward, while the “brake” asteroids’ gravitational field slows you. Use the radar display to keep an eye on what’s coming up, and get ready for some intense flying.

Compete locally and online for the top speeds in the universe.

Textropolis has been lucky enough to be covered by Touch Arcade, the biggest iPhone gaming site on the web!

With 30 starting words and thousands of possible words, this $1.99 game offers plenty of gameplay. Without time limits, it can be a rather relaxing experience that you can pick up and continue at any time throughout your day.

Read the entire article here.

I was lucky enough to be chosen “Developer of the Month” over at the newly launched site the Appera! They are even giving out some promo codes to random commenters, good luck!

Currently, there are only a handful of devs who can deliver hit after hit. Thankfully and rightfully so, Ian Marsh is one of the few…Here’s the kicker… Scoops is NOT the only game Ian is currently famous for. His first iPhone game was Hanoi which is free (later the paid, Hanoi Plus version). The game reached No. 1 in Top Free Apps… just another reason why Ian IS getting this recognition.

Travel word-wide and build up your Textropolis by finding the words hidden in each city. Play through 30 different cities in this free-play word discovery game. Stumble across a new word? Textropolis includes definitions for every word in the game. Watch each city grow as you discover its words and add to your total Textropolis population! Shake your phone or iPod to get a helpful hint when you are stuck! You can even send postcards from your best cities to a friend via email to show off!

Available for iPhone and iPod Touch on iTunes

With 30 starting words and thousands of possible words, this $1.99 game offers plenty of gameplay. Without time limits, it can be a rather relaxing experience that you can pick up and continue at any time throughout your day. - Touch Arcade

The best puzzle games will keep you thinking about them long after you’ve stopped playing. I found out too late that Textropolis is one of these games. I made the mistake of playing it at around 2 AM the other night, intending just to give it a quick try, and ended up spending a good hour on it. Afterward, all I could think about while lying awake in bed was how many words I missed in the last puzzle I played. Damn you, Textropolis. - FingerGaming (4.5/5 stars)

In the end I found Textropolis to be a very clean, polished, and educational game with a challenging and addicting objective. It’s a pleasure to find games that challenge the mind, and get you into the game. This is one of those titles that should be on everyone phone. - appVersity

Textropolis is without a doubt one of the most enjoyable word games I have played on the iPhone… word game lovers won’t want to miss out on this globe trotting fun. - TouchMyApps.com

Textropolis should be a mandatory download for anyone who loves wordplay. - 1UP.com

Compared to Wurdle, Textropolis is a much more zen-like game. It has no time limit, nothing exploding, and there’s no real pressure to muscle through it. Instead, you’re pleasantly trying to form as many words as possible from the letters that comprise various city names. - Untold Entertainment

This game is well designed… The coolest feature of the game has to be the scrolling definitions that fly across the screen when you correctly spell a word. - Appletell

Learn new words and have fun, that’s Textropolis in a nutshell. - OSX Reality

I’d recommend this game for any ‘word’ junkie out there. - Macgasm

Developer Ian Marsh has created some gems in the past, but this has to be his finest work to date. - Loot Nina

Scoops has won nominations in four separate categories in the 2008 Best App Ever Awards!

Give Scoops a hand by clicking the links below!
Vote Scoops Best App
Vote Scoops Best Casual Game
Vote Scoops Best Kids Game
Vote Scoops Best Kid Distraction App

Scoops was lucky enough to be reviewed by the mobile site MODOJO! Here’s a quote:

With a daily leaderboard, addictive gameplay and the ability to send high scores to friends via email, this is a cute and enjoyable app that’s worth the $1.99 asking price.

Scoops has been reviewed by iphoneappreviewer.com. Here are some quotes:

Scoops acheives what almost every game should have, simple but immesely fun gameplay. Not is it just good fun, this game will have you flicking through your home screen’s right back to it.

The interface is fantastic, adding high scores and selecting from the menu is a breeze.

148apps.com has created the BestAppEver awards site to try and choose a list of the best apps of 2008 not based solely off sales numbers (like Apple’s).

Click Here to nominate Scoops for the Best Casual Game! I think it matches the category description pretty well: “The game that is easy to pick up and play while you wait for your coffee to brew”.