Social Gaming: Build your own kingdom on We Rule

A new free social game catching up on popularity on the iTunes App Store is We Rule by ngmoco, Inc.

It’s a friendly game of “building” and “growing” much like Farmville on Facebook, but enjoy the convenience of managing your virtual world on-the-go, anytime anywhere! On We Rule, you design your own kingdom – build castle, towers, villages, marketplaces and farms; lay roads, fences, ponds, rivers and statues; and plant trees, flowers and shrubs. Invite your friends be your neighbors, visit their kingdoms and do businesses.

Expand your land and keep as you level

Harvest crops to earn gold

Build properties to trade with neighbors

Design or re-structure every detail of your kingdom

It’s a really simple game that can be addictive and a chance to show off to your friends how creative you are at designing a beautiful city! At least, that’s where the fun is for me. Perhaps ngmoco can host a series of “Best Kingdom for…” contests, so players can submit screenshots of their own kingdoms to share, promote and vote by all We Rule fans!

Getting started?

Download the game from the App Store and here’s a quick jam of the basic gameplay from ngmoco:

Some creative juices…

Check out these videos for ideas on building your own kingdom on We Rule:

Expand your alliance!

Pop by and say ‘hi’ on We Rule’s Facebook Fan Page or tweet with #werule if you are on Twitter. There are always people looking for neighbors. 🙂

R.T

The Apple App Store Economy – Are current paid apps overpriced or underpriced?

Source: The Apple App Store Economy, 12 Jan 2010 [GigaOM]

Very nice infographic done by GigaOM! They also pointed out an interesting fact:

Indeed, three-quarters of the apps in the App Store are “paid apps,” which was used to calculate the average app price and the subsequent revenue figures in the previous version. However, only one-quarter of the apps actually downloaded are “paid apps,” so the average price per transaction (paid + free downloads) is actually much lower than the average app price in the store.