That ole App Store buzz

[Fungi]

Before TPA existed.
"Hm, an app store update."


After TPA's release.
"OOH! An update!!! I hope I hope I hope I hope!"

 

[Kolchak357]

I know what you mean. Hope the next iOS update brings some relief from the bugs. Just had a shutdown during CV. Restarted, then had a shutdown on BK. Restarted again, played Gorgar, but so much lag. So I shut it down for the night. Frustrating, but I still play this more than any other app.

 

[Shaneus]

There's an update?!?

 

[Kolchak357]

There's an update?!?

No, not yet. We are just talking about when you see a badge alert that you have updates, that we get exited that it is for TPA. Then you open your updates and find out it's just some crappy app that you never even open. I'm keeping fingers crossed that it happens soon though. I was thinking end of this week, but haven't heard anything. The last I heard was "soon".

 

[J2fold]

Before TPA existed.
"Hm, an app store update."


After TPA's release.
"OOH! An update!!! I hope I hope I hope I hope!"

LOL, I hate that! Between Zen, Pinball Arcade, and Pinball HD I always wait for an update. I see the update icon and I think to myself "YES!" Only to be disappointed by a boring Yelp update. I am actually interested to see what Pinball HD does with Mars or the other one they got. Pinball HD really is not that bad it just is not to the standards of Pinball Arcade, or Zen and I am wondering if Pinball HD is going to step up their game now that these new tables are getting more interesting.

 

[Shaneus]

So the next table pack has been announced and naturally, Android will get them first, followed shortly after by iOS. Any idea when we'll get those (roughly)? I'm hanging for some sweet, sweet Taxi action.

 

[bavelb]

End of the month, earliest.

 

[Worf]

Well, Android has no approval process - the update is posted the instant it's uploaded. iOS has an approval process and it ranges anywhere from a week to two weeks (usually closer to a week). I assume FS submits them all at once to the various stores. Xbox has a long approval and certification process. PS3 is shorter I believe (purely because they want content - it's why Valve got a sweet deal to bypass the approval process with PS3-Steam).

So any updates and DLC should appear in roughly Android first, then iOS (and possibly Mac), PS3 next, and last would be Xbox360. I know iOS also offers the ability for the dev to either post immediately after approval or to delay posting until a certain time if they want to make a release date.

 

[multivit]

So will the bugfixes and the new table be included in one single update or might we expext a bugfix update first and the new tables later?

 

[Worf]

Probably - I think Farsight has to update the app to support the new tables, and they ought to push the bugfixes in at the same time... otherwise they'd have to update the app twice.

 

[Shaneus]

End of the month, earliest.

Faaaaarout. I can't wait that long :/

 

[Fungi]

Ack! It was only Words with Friends!

 

[Laurence Merraine]

Woke up nope, got to work nope, tea break, nope, lunch break nope.


Not checking or anything.... 1 hour till afternoon tea. Will look then....

 

[mmmagnetic]

It's around that time of the month when I feel like Calvin in this strip:

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2010/04/16

The one after that is very relevant as well.

 

[Fungi]

It's around that time of the month when I feel like Calvin in this strip:

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2010/04/16

The one after that is very relevant as well.

Well, after reading the first one, of course I had to go and read the whole beanie epic.

 

[mmmagnetic]

One of my favorite C&H stories. The hype, the endless wait, finally it arrives, he almost breaks it, and then the crushing disappointment... Watterson is such a good storyteller

In other news: The wait is killing me. I love the 360 releases, with the better controls and superior lighting engine, but the arrival of an entirely new table plus Taxi with new physics and retina graphics makes me much more impatient.

 

[an ox]

as a developer I get to experience this from both sides . Waiting for an app to drop is just as frustrating as waiting for that update to appear (plus there's always the chance of having your chips pissed on by a rejection).

Got 3 of my own in the process at the moment .

Last table I played at the Pinball Party before leaving on the Sunday was Taxi so looking forward to getting that .

 

[Kevlar]

Last table I played at the Pinball Party before leaving on the Sunday was Taxi so looking forward to getting that .

You won't be disapointed, its very well done, as is Harley.

 

[Kolchak357]

Played some Taxi last night. Bring it on!