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Apple’s App Store gold mine: ‘Trism’ developer makes $250,000 in two months
Friday, September 19, 2008 - 01:20 PM EDT

"The game is called Trism, and it's an example of why – despite Apple throwing its toys out of the pram every time it sees an iPhone App it doesn't like – developers will continue to make quality software for the App Store," Charlie Sorrel blogs for Wired.

Trism:


"Trism has made $250,000 for its developer, Steve Demeter, in just two months," Sorrel reports.

"If the game keeps selling at this rate for a year, he will have made $1.5 million," Sorrel writes. "Not bad for a lone coder."

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]

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Sep 19, 08 - 01:24 pm Comment from: JadisOne

Cha-Ching.

Sep 19, 08 - 01:30 pm Comment from: columbus

one word.... "WOW!"

Sep 19, 08 - 01:37 pm Comment from: jtc

"purchases a programming cocoa for OS X book"

Sep 19, 08 - 01:44 pm Comment from: DRM sucks

ruh-roh

time will be wasted

Sep 19, 08 - 01:51 pm Comment from: anthony007

I enjoy the irony of knowing that someone spends their time developing this and making money and the user ends up losing production and money.

Sep 19, 08 - 01:57 pm Comment from: Me In LA

Holy shit - it's the new Ebay!
Good job to all.
Time for another change in the Microshaft commercials?

Sep 19, 08 - 02:06 pm Comment from: Jimithy

Hats off to that guy! Hopefully the money will lead to more great apps!

Sep 19, 08 - 02:12 pm Comment from: Me In LA

@ Jimithy:

No, more likely a condo on Brazil! smile

Sep 19, 08 - 02:12 pm Comment from: Angelus520

Damn! Makes me wish I hadn't blown off my Pascal class in high school. Never could get my head around programming and thought it was boring, kind of like math. English and History were my best subjects.

Guess it's kind of like writing in that lots of people try it but only a few hit the jackpot and sell tons of books. How many apps are on there that only make their developers a few bucks a month?

Sep 19, 08 - 02:37 pm Comment from: Modbus

It's time for an updated version of "Paint Your Wagon" with programmers instead of prospectors. Eastwood could direct.

Sep 19, 08 - 02:52 pm Comment from: lagomiami

dayum! ok where do i pick up my copy of "iphone programming for dummies"?

honestly, where? cuz i just discovered a new hobby.

Sep 19, 08 - 02:55 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

I bought this last month and love it.
This one stands out because it an original idea that is also fun, a combination that is not as common as one would think.

Sep 19, 08 - 03:00 pm Comment from: Julius

All new money making platform, folks. The world is on board. $99 to get the SDK and $99 to publish...all you need is a Macbook, a coffee shop, and some free time.

Sep 19, 08 - 03:01 pm Comment from: dan

Trism is a great game- I play it almost every day during idle moments. Even the selection of game sound effects was tastefully chosen. The author of Trism deserves to become prosperous.
dd

Sep 19, 08 - 03:36 pm Comment from: Nick Fury

I'm developing a new tip calculator for cheap people.

Submit Amount > [clear function] > Result = zero.

Very little debugging required. Stunning icon and graphics.
The only problem is getting the target market to pony up anything.

Sep 19, 08 - 03:41 pm Comment from: R2

250,000 clams in two months?

How the hell could you NOT develop for the App Store?

Sep 19, 08 - 04:22 pm Comment from: Paul Zune's Brain

Time to dust off that old Punch Steve Ballmer in the Face game

Sep 19, 08 - 04:23 pm Comment from: web d-ziner

I've been hit up by a bunch of friends/distant relatives, all with "crazy cool ridiculous" ideas about how to make millions on the iphone, and I don't even know the first thing about developing under Cocoa, they just assume since I'm a geek that I can make their iphart programs.

Dammit!! Guess it's time to get that SDK and learn!

Sep 19, 08 - 04:43 pm Comment from: alansky

It was obvious from the very first announcement that the iPhone App Store would be a goldmine for creative developers. How could it not be when ALL apps for the hottest mobile device in history can be found in only one place?

Sep 19, 08 - 05:13 pm Comment from: rsbell

So I guess that guy quit his day job...

Sep 19, 08 - 05:25 pm Comment from: The Tax Man

I get my cut too, you know...

Sep 19, 08 - 06:36 pm Comment from: Ed

Some jerk will find a reason to sue him and he'll lose have his money to lawyers.

Oh yea, now the IRS knows all about him. Open up your books, buddy.

Sep 21, 08 - 01:57 am Comment from: theloniousMac

I am Barrack Obama, please hand over 60% of that money. It belongs to the people. We will take it. YES WE CAN! YES WE WILL!

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