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107					<span class="date">Sep<strong>19</strong></span>
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109					<h2><a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/simplerockets-2-is-now-available-for-mobile/">SimpleRockets 2 is now available for mobile</a></h2>
110					<p class="meta-info">Posted on Sep 19 by <a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/author/admin/" title="Posts by Andrew" rel="author">Andrew</a></p>
111					<p>After more than three years of development, SimpleRockets 2 is now available on the iOS App Store and Google Play. You can get it here.
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113As usual, here&#8217;s a new launch...</p>
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115											<article id="post-319" class="blog-item post-319 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-everything category-games category-ios">
116					<span class="date">Nov<strong>27</strong></span>
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118					<h2><a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/simpleplanes-trailer/">SimplePlanes Trailer</a></h2>
119					<p class="meta-info">Posted on Nov 27 by <a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/author/admin/" title="Posts by Andrew" rel="author">Andrew</a></p>
120					<p>Just remembered that I still have this blog. Well, the past year I&#8217;ve been writing a game with Philip Tarpley about building airplanes. The game is called SimplePlanes....</p>
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123					<span class="date">Nov<strong>25</strong></span>
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125					<h2><a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/jundroos-game-architecture-and-tools/">Jundroo&#8217;s Game Architecture and Tools</a></h2>
126					<p class="meta-info">Posted on Nov 25 by <a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/author/admin/" title="Posts by Andrew" rel="author">Andrew</a></p>
127					<p>I am frequently asked what I use to write my games, so I thought it was time to just write it down and put it in one place.
128Architecture
12995% of my code is in C++, and then I have...</p>
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131											<article id="post-261" class="blog-item post-261 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-simplerockets">
132					<span class="date">Sep<strong>11</strong></span>
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134					<h2><a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/landing-a-rover-on-smoon-in-simplerockets/">Landing a rover on Smoon in SimpleRockets</a></h2>
135					<p class="meta-info">Posted on Sep 11 by <a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/author/admin/" title="Posts by Andrew" rel="author">Andrew</a></p>
136					<p>It seems that every time I release a new game, my players manage to do the impossible. SimpleRockets has been no different. Within just days after release, I am seeing high...</p>
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139					<span class="date">Sep<strong>06</strong></span>
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141					<h2><a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/number-two/">Number Two</a></h2>
142					<p class="meta-info">Posted on Sep 6 by <a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/author/admin/" title="Posts by Andrew" rel="author">Andrew</a></p>
143					<p>My newest game, SimpleRockets, was released yesterday (9/5) and rose to the #2 spot in the iOS App Store. Needless to say, it&#8217;s been an exciting day and I thought it would...</p>
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146					<span class="date">Sep<strong>05</strong></span>
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148					<h2><a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/simplerockets-has-launched/">SimpleRockets has launched!</a></h2>
149					<p class="meta-info">Posted on Sep 5 by <a href="https://andrewgarrison.com/blog/author/admin/" title="Posts by Andrew" rel="author">Andrew</a></p>
150					<p>SimpleRockets is now available on iPhone/iPad, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Windows Phone 8, and PC. It&#8217;s just $0.99 on everything except for PC. Be sure to get it now,...</p>
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