About 3 months ago, Patrick Moberg started experimenting with various iOS interaction designs as part of the hacker in residence program.  We didn’t set out to build a game, but quickly realized there’s a desire for well designed mobile entertainment so that’s where we focussed.  Patrick worked for a few weeks to build something that looked beautiful and provided you some level of stimulation.  After a few days playing one of the initial concepts, we were all completely hooked.  Several betaworks employees and their partners clocked hours and hours of playtime off a fairly rudimentary pilot.  Over the next few months, we refined the scoring, design, and overall aesthetic to come up with what we simply call Dots - a game about connecting.

As you play you earn “dots” which is the game’s currency for advanced powers.  You can earn these by playing or via in-app-purchases, but both routes produce the same outcome.  One of the principles Patrick established from the start was to never take advantage of players – so you can always earn your way to powers if you don’t want to pay for them.  You’ll never reach a point in the game where you have to shell out cash to keep playing or advance.

We think it’s simple, beautiful, and fun.  Give it a try and let us know what you think.

- paul