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Rube Works: David Fox and Jennifer George talk to us about the first officially-endorsed Rube Goldberg app

By Emily On January 21, 2014 · Add Comment

After being so thoroughly impressed with the recently-released Rube Works app, I contacted Electric Eggplant co-founder David Fox to see if we could talk more about the app’s creative process. He then suggested bringing in Jennifer George to the conversation. As Rube’s granddaughter and head of Heirs of Rube Goldberg — and co-executive producer with David — Jennifer was an integral part of helping to make David’s concept into a reality. iPad Kids: How did this game come to Electric Eggplant’s door? David: A better question might be, how did it come to HRG’s (Heirs of Rube Goldberg) door. I knew I wanted to do a physics puzzler as my next game, one that included Rube Goldberg-style chain reactions. While researching what was already out there for mobile, I saw an obvious pattern. All the games in this genre described themselves as Rube Goldberg-like or in the style of Rube Goldberg. It became clear that no one [...]

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Rube Works App Review – Check Out These Mighty Machines

By Emily On January 9, 2014 · Add Comment

A few weeks ago I was skimming through my Twitter feed and I stumbled across a tweet about a newly released – and officially endorsed – Rube Goldberg app. To say the least, I was intrigued and got in touch with the developers at Electric Eggplant to see if I could snag a promo code and more information about this really cool app. This was before the holidays, and yesterday I finally got the pleasure of sitting down with my iPad to see what Rube Works was all about. Designed with input from Rube Goldberg’s granddaughter, this app captures the essence of Rube from start to finish. Players create complicated “machines” to perform daily tasks such as getting a glass of orange juice or turning out the lights without getting out of bed. All of the items are supplied, it’s up to players to put them together successfully. At [...]

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Rube Works: David Fox and Jennifer George talk to us about the first officially-endorsed Rube Goldberg app

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