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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Create an App From Your Drawings: Spooky Jump Offers a First Look at Sketch Nation Jump - iPad iPod iPhone

Engineous Games announce the launch of Spooky Jump, a Halloween-themed platformer created entirely from pen-and-crayon drawings – with a little help from an early version of Sketch Nation Jump, an upcoming game creator for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.


Engineous’ debut, Sketch Nation Shooter, allowed users to create top-down shooters for the iPhone by taking pictures of their drawings and plugging them into their games – with over 6,500 user-made games to date. Sketch Nation Jump takes it a step (or three) further, letting fledgling game designers create full platform games from physical drawings, or by using the in-app drawing tool on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad!

More ground-breaking, though, is the fact that Sketch Nation Jump will allow users to actually submit their creations for sale on the App Store!

Spooky Jump, the Halloween-themed jumping platformer, is the first game created using the Sketch Nation Jump engine.

“With Sketch Nation Jump, we’re giving those fledgling game developers a chance they could never otherwise have – the chance to design, develop and commercially release a game on the App Store. Maybe someone out there will create the next chart-busting blockbuster!” said Nitzan Wilnai, CEO of Engineous Games. “Spooky Jump offers a glimpse of the endless possibilities Sketch Nation Jump will offer.”

The first update to Spooky Jump will be available soon, including leaderboards, Game Center and Facebook integration, and a news feed.