joeybetz

Totally expected this question. When I first saw it, I thought "What a rip off". Especially when they had a 'crushthecastle' tag in the game. When it started growing in popularity it's become kind of flattering really. I've heard from a few sources that they had a game that wasn't fun but then they played Crush the Castle and decided to change the game. If that's true, then it's awfully flattering that they chose my game to "copy". :P

I work for AG full time so I get to hang out with this awesome crew every day. We're just a bunch of nerdy gamers that love what we do. I haven't personally talked with many Newgrounds folks (sadly) but I've always wanted to meet more of them. They seem like they would be in the same boat as us.

We kind of prefer the native ports on iOS and Android over porting our Flash games, so we almost always go for a contract person(s). We're definitely looking into things like Unity though as our main development platform gong forward though. Especially for the performance and ease of cross platform support.

Aw, very cool. Thanks for the support. :D

It kind of been a burden really. I want to make more Crush the Castle games, but I feel like they're flooding the market a bit. And now that they have a massive team with tons of developers, it gets harder and harder to make them relevant in the genre. Crush the Castle Adventures is the best I can do with a year and a half of development time and only a handful of developers.

Ah yeah, so we had a game launch on Armor Games called Castle Clout that was really awesome. My boss was talking with the developer at the time and I guess he mentioned to him about doing a version that was "Armor Games" themed. My boss paid the developer a lump sum for the idea and we went from there. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but such is the game industry. That's why I say I'm mostly flattered by Angry Birds because they may or may not have been inspired by a game I made. :)