Yep, that old favorite – Hangman.  I think I’ve already laid out my criteria for making this decision in previous posts.  But here is how I see Hangman fits:

• Simple game.  Rules are well known and defined but can be modified easily if needed.
• This is a word game and if I build it in a slightly intelligent way I’ll be able to modify and create new games in the future.
• I like word games.
• Hangman caters well to the iPhone interface.   In fact there are at least two other version of this game already available on the iPhone App Store.  But I don’t care since I’m not trying to make any $ on this.
• The graphics required for Hangman are pretty simple.  Being new to the platform it’s good to have a simple place to start.
• People will play the game.  Maybe not a lot.  But I’ll be able to get some feedback.
• I don’t like the name – Hangman – but, whatever…it doesn’t matter at this point.  (Any other suggestions?)

Next steps are to find out if there are any patents or copyrights on Hangman that I need to consider and to get my iPhone Development environment set up.