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Announcing Buildbox 2.0

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes

During the 2015 year, there were over 30 Buildbox games that were featured by Apple and broke the Top 100. However, this was just the beginning of what we like to call the ‘Buildbox Movement.’ This year our customers have managed to reach an even higher level of success. With their Buildbox created games they’re …

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Mars Mountain and A.P.E.X. Receive Major Feature by Apple

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes, Game Showcase

It continues to be a banner year for Buildbox customers with 5 games featured by Apple just in the past 30 days. This week, the trend continues with two new Buildbox games:  Mars Mountain and A.P.E.X.Mars Mountain is the first Buildbox 2.0 featured game to hit the store!  This extremely fun game was created by the team at Tastypill and published by BulkyPix.  You will notice …

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Number One iPhone App Made with Buildbox

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes

Color Switch just reached the #1 position in the US App Store. The hit action arcade game was created by David Reichelt in only one week solely using Buildbox. Color Switch is currently ranked number one in over 100 different countries including United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Sweden.  The game is published by Fortafy Games and the concept was …

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The Pit Breaks Top 40 in US Charts

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes, Game Showcase

We’re very happy to announce that our latest game, The Pit, crossed the Top 100 during its initial launch and since … has been blazing its way through the charts. This week The Pit not only reached the Top 40 in the US charts but has continued to climb. At the time of this writing, it’s currently ranked #14 in the US app store’s Free Games category. It was also …

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Buildbox Ranks as 3rd Most Used Developer Tool on Edamame Reviews

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes

Recently, the team over at Edamame Reviews created a new developer tool ranking system to help game developers decide on the best game building software and frameworks in which to use. According to Edamame Reviews, the data shown in their ranking of the most used frameworks were collected directly from Review Submissions sent in by mobile app developers and is the most accurate and …

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Buildbox Games Hits 500,000 Downloads

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes

We’re proud to announce that our publishing company, Buildbox Games, has crossed the 500,000 downloads mark today. It’s a great start and we’re looking forward to seeing those numbers continue to climb. Go team Buildbox! Our customers are creating some phenomenal games and we’re really thrilled to have the opportunity to …

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Making Buildbox 2 Documentary

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes

Making Buildbox 2 is the third and final video in our three-part mini-documentary series, celebrating the upcoming release of Buildbox 2.0. In this documentary, you’ll watch an interview with Buildbox founder, Trey Smith, about the making of Buildbox 2. Learn the development process and the vision behind this …

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Buildbox: Year One Documentary

By | Buildbox, Buildbox Notes

Buildbox: Year One is the second video in our three-part mini-documentary series, celebrating the upcoming release of Buildbox 2.0. This documentary shows the first year of the game creation software, Buildbox, and highlights some of its major games and milestones. In 2015, Apple featured more games built using Buildbox than all other game builders combined. And …

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