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Movie Buff apps gets a much deserved facelift

supermonko — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:04:15 +0000

You asked for more questions and we listened. New Movie Buff app will be coming your way very soon!

We have created a full version Movie Buff app loaded with over 4500 questions from different categories! So if you thought the original app was too easy with only 2 categories of actors and directors, get ready to be truly challenged.

But that is not all. We have added iPod library integrations, so you can choose your background music from your collection adding to the excitement. The new Movie Buff also lets you share your results on Twitter and Facebook...

On top of all this, the new Movie Buff comes with a brand new stylish interface to match the new super functionalities.

We still wanted to offer a free version for the Movie Buff, so we have decided to offer the old Movie Buff as a Lite version. We will of course still upgrade the functionality and interface.

Stay tuned for our release announcements.

Sagakure and Super Monko team up for a Vampire Knight style app

supermonko — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:36:43 +0000

We have teamed up with Sagakure, the fan-art artist to bring a new version of 'Love or Dump' to you, Vampire style!

This time a series of cute Vampire Knight's characters will be taking to the stage... pick the one you like and be guided through the right love choice for a little vampire!

This gothic app, coming soon for iPhone and iPod touch, lets you choose your comparison criteria and go though a tough love quiz to really find the best match for you. You will also be able to share your results with your friends on Facebook.

Keep an eye out. Love or Dump vampire style is coming soon!

For all the Vampire Knights fans, here is the opening song from You Tube.

Super Monko Studio will be supporting POP charity

supermonko — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:27:53 +0000

We are extremely pleased to announce that we will be officially supporting POP (Play Our Part) charity.

POP is an inspiring organisation, run entirely by volunteers, that funds overseas community projects in support of people affected by HIV/AIDS. POP will also be supporting a project in Haiti.

Every month we will be donating the profits of one app to POP. For this month, if you buy Buddha Fortunes, POP will receive all the profits. Play your part.

If you want to know more about POP, check them out on Facebook or stalk them on Twitter.

Sherlock Holmes Quiz app is now FREE

supermonko — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:57:11 +0000

We created Sherlock Holmes Quiz app a while ago in a crazy 48 hour siting. We have now decided to give this app away for free.

Try it out and see how much of a fan you are!

Download the app here.

Movie Buff iPhone app now in Italian

supermonko — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:54:19 +0000

As promised our latest update of Movie Buff now comes with Italian. Thanks to Riccardo Rossi.

Movie Buff is still free so why not give it a try. Download it from here.

Also we are working on a general facelift for the app with all new graphics and animation. Here is a sneak preview.

We'll keep you posted!

Persian Poems 2 iPhone app is now live

supermonko — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:06:08 +0000

As promised Persian Poems 2 is released and live on the App store.

We are happy to announce we have been able to get some of the top requested books in this volume. Persian Poems 2 presents the works of:

Molavi (aka Rumi, Molana)
Attar
Khayyam

This volume has all the great features of the first volume. So you can easily browse, search and save your favorite poems.

We hope you enjoy this app. Do let us know what you think.

Movie Buff iPhone app in Italian coming soon!

supermonko — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:37:36 +0000

Thanks to Riccardo Rossi, one of our super fans in Italy, we now have all the translations ready to go and not long to go before we can submit the updated Movie Buff app. Riccardo has done an awesome job!

Movie Buff still has its intuitive interface with large buttons for fast answers when the inspiration of one of the answers comes to you quickly. So, whilst you thumb-in the answers, your expresso need never leave your other hand.

Benvenuti amici italiani!

Become an awesome fan of Super Monko Studio on Facebook!

supermonko — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:39:41 +0000

We just launched our Facebook fan page. Become a fan and stay in the loop with all Super Monko news and offers.

Not only we want to share with you what we are up to, we would love to know what you guys think and want. So join the page, take part in discussions and who knows maybe one of your ideas will be end up on the app store.

See you soon!

Persian Poems Update

supermonko — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:07:36 +0000

We've decided to release an initial update for Persian Poems that improve it's current (and core) features before adding new features such as Micro-Payment and Facebook / twitter sharing. Also Persian Poems Vol 2 is ready to go.
Here's a list of the improvements to the app :

   * Many bug fixes
   * Persian biographies for poets
   * Improved the poem browser performance (It's so much smoother now !!! )
   * Added a feature to jump directly to a specific poem via search screen (by entering it's number in the search bar.)
   * New graphics for bookmark dialog
     * Added loading screen for large chapters that take a while to load
   * Improved the icons in the app

Vol II includes 2 books from Attar and Khayyam and 2 books from Molavi (AKA Molana) while sharing all of the above features/improvements.
Please note that Apple reviews all new apps and app updates for an average of 2 weeks before posting it to the App store.

The sharing features that were mentioned in our previous post (Update On Pesian Poems) will still come, at a later date.

Design Lessons

supermonko — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:17:10 +0000

I've been reading a couple of (game and software) design books recently and I wanted to share some of the key lessons that I've come across :

"When in doubt, make it simple. Pare the feature list to the minimum and create an application that does one simple thing. When you see how people use and respond to the application, you might choose to create another version of the application with a slightly shifted focus or altered presentation. Or, you might discover a need for a more (or less) detail-oriented version of the same concept."

"Design your games as play experiences, not visual experiences."

"Limit yourself to one major innovation per game."

""Let's get some code up and running, then we'll get to designing the game!" = FAILURE"

So what we need to do is to always ask:

What does the user do?
What do you expect to be the user’s motivation for using the application?
What do you intend to be the user’s experience while using the application?
What is the goal or focus of your application?
How does your application organize and display the information people care about? Is there a natural organization associated with the main task of the application?

Then identify "three types of requirements:

Normal – if present customer is satisfied
Expected – if absent customer will be significantly dissatisfied
Exciting – goes beyond customer expectations "

And finally "write a product definition statement by first defining users followed by distilling the list of features into a single statement with the image of your user audience in mind."