Because of your generous support during our Kickstarter, all of the games in Ollie’s Arcade are now free to play in the App Store! 🕹️
We’ve begun working on adding Frenzic to the roster and later a new dungeon crawler that’s gonna be a blast. Stay tuned but for now enjoy the free air, our friends!
There’s only 6 hours left to kick in and help us bring more free, retro gaming fun to iOS. Even if you don’t game, your pledge helps keep us running and creating the software and stuff you love. Any support is appreciated! 😃🖖
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games
Only 27 hours left! ⏰ The clock is ticking on our Kickstarter—and we’ve already unlocked our first stretch goal!
Let’s keep the momentum going and reach stretch goal #2 to add even more fun, free games to Ollie’s Arcade. Jump in and help us cross the finish line! 🚀 🕹️https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games #OlliesArcade
Huge congratulations to our friends @Iconfactory for hitting their first stretch goal for the #olliesarcade #Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games/posts/4603761
Have you heard our chat with @gedeonm about the story of how they kickstarted this? No? Head to https://cwir.es/086 for your audio enjoyment.
One of the most common things people told us after we successfully launched the Tapestry Kickstarter was “I regret not backing high enough to get TestFlight beta builds.”
If you’ve backed the Ollie’s Expansion KS you might want to consider backing at the Expert level if you want to play/beta test Frenzic & the stretch games. Time is short, no regrets. Just sayin’!🤓
The podcast interview I did with @crossed about our #OlliesArcade Kickstarter is now online. We spoke about retro gaming, Musk, Tim Cook and lots more. Check it out.

We're always delighted to have returning guests on the show, and so we're pleased to have Gedeon Maheux from The Iconfactory join us again. This time we're talking about the Kickstarter for their wonderful retro gaming app, Ollie's Arcade. We also delve into retro-gaming memories, have a very open discussion about Apple, Nazis, ICE, and why little acts of kindness can really make a difference in our not so great world at the moment. What are your retro gaming memories, do you remember playing Snake, or even the original Frenzic? We'd love to hear from you, so please send us a note to [email protected], or why not come join the discussion on our Discord server. If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page. Affiliate Promotion "Don't you people backup? I backup, and I don't even know what backing up means!" - Nicola Murray, Secretary of State for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship If you have any kind of file that's important to you, be that a treasured family photo, your latest research paper, or just the list of the co-ordinates of your best places in Minecraft, you'll want to make sure it's kept safe, right? Well, just syncing that to the cloud isn't really enough, you need a proper backup strategy too. Part of a good backup strategy is having a backup that isn't in the same place as your computer, and this is where a good cloud backup service is so important. Our friends at Backblaze provide simple, reliable, and affordable backup options for your Mac or Windows PCs for just $9/month. You can get a 15 day free-trial when you follow this link to sign up. Episode Links Mastodon Links: Jae: [email protected] James: [email protected] Gedeon: [email protected] IconFactory: [email protected] IconFactory Website Ollie's Arcade on KickStarter Chapter Times 00:00:04: Introductions 00:05:13: The Elon Evilness Update 00:08:36: Ollie’s Arcade Kickstarter 00:37:09: Retro Gaming 00:51:55: Apple, Nazis, and Acts of Kindness 01:10:57: Wrapping Up Credits Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW
Thanks to you, we've begun working on the new Frenzic for Ollie's Arcade and wanted to give you a tiny sneak peek! Like Snake, Frenzic's vibe will be to emulate some of our favorite handheld electronic games of the 70's and 80's. 🕹️
But there's so much more we want to do! Pitch in and pledge so we can reach our stretch goals and help us spread the word on social media, blogs and more. Thanks, everyone, stay tuned!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games