Mobile Pie

Here at Mobile Pie we are a platform agnostic developer. We’ve worked on almost every mobile device and operating system going, from J2ME to Samsung bada, as well as Blackberry and Windows Phone 7.

Yet, there is one special set of devices that we work with more than any other, that we have launched more games for and that have allowed us to grow and think as big as we do. They are made by Apple and imagined by Steve Jobs.

The words genius and legend are often flippantly used and rarely are they deserved, but in the case of Jobs they are defined.

Jobs built a company which has revolutionised computing, especially mobile. His thinking was unique and his charm and passion, as can be seen in this video, were unsurpassed.

Waking up to the news of Jobs’ death this morning was saddening, but also gave me the chance to think back on a life of incredible achievement and a man I very much admire. As much as he will be missed, the mark he has left on, not just the technology industry, but the entire world is indelible.

We will continue to support Apple and I am thankful of everything Steve has created. He will always be a huge source of inspiration to me.

As you may have seen we’ve been hiring in recent months, which means lots of new faces!

Joining the team, alongside myself, Rich, Tom and Matt, are (from left to right):

Nick Dymond (Production Assistant): Nick oversees that projects run on time and not over time, helping to put together Agile backlogs, running daily stand-ups and overseeing QA. No relation to Dustin Diamond.

James Parker (Designer): James is a designer of pedigree, having worked at some top-class UK dev houses. He’s been drafted in for a top secret project which we’re working on here in the Oven. Check him out over at his blog.

Daniel Twomey (Developer): Dan started off life here as a programming intern having graduated from UWE. We set him the challenge of prototyping the Poster feature for My Star. It was so good that not only did we use his code in the game but we hired him.

Thomas Parry aka T-Dog (Artist): Tom studied Computer Games Design alongside me at Huddersfield University, but was always the better artists. So here at the Pie he hooks us up with all that is shiny and nice, creating the visuals for almost all of our games since B-Boy Beats, including the lovely looking My Star and Top Trumps.

Dave Callaghan and Valentin Kalchev (QA Intern): Dave and Valentin join us from Huddersfield University and UWE (respectively) on 12 month placements. They’ll be learning the ropes of making games as good as we make.

A massive welcome to them all.