I Was Shot This Morning
Well, virtually that is. Over the past few months, I’ve been trying to broaden the types of video games that I play to learn more about gaming overall, and I stumbled upon Bang! Howdy, by the team over at Three Rings. All I can say is, wow.
In my About section, I list one of my favorite video games of all time as Oregon Trail. Think of Bang! Howdy as the next version of Oregon Trail with incredible graphics and gameplay. After it’s 5-1o minute install (download), I was up and playing and some of my colleagues in the office joined me through the interactive tutorials.
In March of 2007, CEO of Three Rings, Daniel James gave an interview with GigaGamez talking about the growth of the company. By July 2006, Three Rings was doing about $300k per month of revenue, combining subscription and in-game items/currency. They forecast a 100% increase for 2007 which would put this independent developer on a nice trajectory.
I can see why so many people love these games… they are fairly easy to learn (not master) and addictive!