Caymanian game designer hits global apps stage
(CNS): Local games designer Garth Humphreys has made history by becoming the first Caymanian to have a game application he designed published and distributed by Apple iTunes. His game Wubble is now available in the iTunes App Store and Humphreys says he feels like he has hit the big time. The game is a simple, yet fun word challenge for all ages and it has placed Humphreys on the world stage of game applications. While Humphrey’s says he’s not expecting to be rich beyond his wildest dreams yet the satisfaction of getting his game published is a pretty good reward.
“It won’t make me rich, but just seeing Wubble take off, gives me great satisfaction. Being picked up by a global company is a big feather in my cap and shows that perseveration pays off. This is abig break for me,” Humphreys explained, adding that he loves animation and games and has been working on perfecting a game of his own for some time. Gizmoko Games is the studio owned by Humphreys where he works on developing games, interactive websites and animated commercials with Adobe Flash.
As with many big ideas, Wubble had a rather obscure start. “It actually came from discussing a puzzle game with an underwater bubble theme with my fiancé in a restaurant, hence my tag line ‘burst their bubble with the highest score in the game called Wubble!’” Humphreys revealed.
The game challenges players word skills as they must try to unscramble as many six-letter words as they can in order to be crowned the champion wordsmith.
Wubble is now available for download for the iPhone and iPad for $1.99 (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wubble/id368103509?mt=8 ).
Category: Technology
WOW, seems like the person(s) giving a thumbs down on everybody congratulating Garth is either (1) and idiot or (2) a hater…. I think it’s both!
Anyways Garth if you are reading this, they obviously didn’t stop you from achieving your dream and we are all proud of you, well most of us are anyway!
CONGRATS GARTH!! From designing our graduation yearbooks & T-shirts to your own app, eh? Go deh my boy, go deh!! I’m sure it’s safe to say that the entire JGHS Class of ’97 is proud of you!!
May others follow your lead…
C
My baby mudda uncles second cousin had did one of them las year but unna never had hear about it cause he for PPM.
Awesome! Congratulations.
So nice to see a positive story about young Caymanians that shows the bigots that we are not stupid, lazy or uneducated.
I am thinking fourth leg of the economy. Tax free baby let,s get a bunch of web developper types to come down and work for Garth !!!!!!!11
Fantastic job! You deserve a round of applause. Not only did you create a game, you created one where one has to use their minds. I love word games, it keeps me young! Congratulations!
A BIG CONGRATS to Garth!!!
good job yo!!
keep it up lets get some more!!
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Congrats Garth, we are proud of you. Keep on shining.
Garth, great initiative, good job, may you prosper. If our carriers could provide iphones here it would be even better.
Yes, both carriers are so busy fighting each other for market share, they fail to recognize the real demand from consumers which is true 3G networks and better smart phone support such as IPhone and Droid.
Congrats Garth! Your family and your community is very proud of you. I’m even more impressed that you taught yourself programming – that shows initiative! Passion and persistence led to your success and I wish you much more success in the years to come. I know many of our techno-savvy children would be impressed so share your experience and let our young ones be inspired by your accomplishment.
Congrats Garth on your achivement. This what other young Caymanians should emulate. Stick to your education, and you parents out there who are not sitting down with your kids to assist them with their home works and motivate them to higher heights please start doing so now. Instead of second jobs(I know that this is a necessity for some struggling single parents) and parties sit down with your young ones and counsel them,motivate them, love and encourage them, because they are the treasures of tomorrow.
W Clement Stone says in his book,"What the mind of man can think and believe ,it can achieve". Napolion Hill says "ideas are things". all achievements in human history started as an idea. From the pyramid of Egypt, to the Empire State Building. Our young people are the future let us put them first . Let us lay the foundation for bridging the gap between the "haves" and "the haves not"
So where is this so called app that your husband did post a link I’m curious……..
Awesome! This is the direction young men. Be entreprenuers & direct those skills in whatever your good at.There’s acceptability & room for everyone. Look at watch brands,there’s a endless number,but yet almost every single one appeals to different people & sales aren’t slowing down. Congrats Garth. Commitment is the difference between winning & almost winning. Proud of you.
good going…can’t wait until this appears on Installous
To Tue, 09/21/2010 – 21:30 – Oh come on man, why rip him off by getting it from Installous which offers cracked software. He’s put a lot of work into it, support him and get it from its legitimate source at the iTunes Store.
Your response was not unexpected. I wonder how many other people would share your view while at the same time believing that there is nothing wrong with downloading commercial software, movies, music etc? What about hacking your game console to play "backed-up" games, using a FTA satellite box to access DishNetwork signals (in fact using a subscribed box in Cayman is only marginally better), jail-breaking your iphone/ipad/i-whatever-the-hell-apple-comes-out-with-next, renting tapes from the typical tape club (I guess that would be DVDs these days)? Are these activities really any better from an ethical standpoint, than walking out of Foster’s without paying for the items hidden in your jacket? I’ve often thought that many people here were morally ambiguous when it comes to intellectual property rights. The fact that these same people would be angered by my suggestion to rip-off this particular young man’s hard work, only demonstrates my point. Anyway, my movie just finished downloading so off to watch the latest Hollywood release!
By the way, I was sincere in my compliment…it is an admirable achievement
Congratulations!!! How exciting – may you have sweet success.
any plans for a Blackberry version?
Sweet Congratulations!!
These are the kinds of stories that I like to read about. Positive and fills you with PRIDE!!!
Proud of you Garth–keep it up!!!!
Congrats Garth! As soon as my shiny new iPhone 4 arrives I will def be supporting you and getting this app!
Congrats!!
Congrats Garth!
I guess being one of the "odd" ones back in high school has its long term perks huh?!
Nice one bro!
All the best to you – clicking over to download it right now …
Way to go, Garth! This is GREAT!
BIIIG thumbs up to this young Entrepeneur!! I, for one, am extremely happy to see a young Caymanian make his mark in this world. These are the kinds of people other young Caymanians should be trying to emulate…NOT those idiots who wear a rag on their heads and stand around trying to look tough..Garth, I don’t know you personally, but you have my admiration..
My husband also recented had his app published in the Apple iTunes .. so I guess Garth is not the only one.. congrat all the same!
Sheesh! Can’t you just be happy for Garth? Not cool, man, not cool at all.
Way to go Garth! This is so freakin’ awesome!
probably wasn’t a big deal …..
What’s the app called?? in future it’s either one or the other, u can’t dumb down a man’s success and congratulate him at the same time.
Garth, I’m getting my iPhone 4 next week or so.. and you can be sure I’ll be getting this app. Great stuff man! 🙂
…JEALOUS much??
We need more young people like Mr. Humphreys, especially our young men. Congratulations on this mile stone. I hope and pray that this will be the begining of many big things for Mr. Humphreys. Well done.
Congrats Garth, keep it up!!!
Congratulations, very excited for you!!!
Congratulations Garth. I wish you all the best! So good to see Caymanian IT talent exposed like this, and we all know the influence Apple has right now. I’ll have to go buy Wubble now, iTunes Store here I come.
Congrats on your acheivement!!! Keep up with your hard work!
Congrats!
Well done, I’ll be downloading a copy of it today!