Hi Dark, Yes, I will be doing the same thing. I was shocked when I read this announcement earlier. Marty’s games have kept me entertained, literally, for hours. David
Sent from my iMac > On 9 Nov 2017, at 7:59 pm, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > > That’s rather ridiculous, especially with the amount of time you’ve spent > making games and updates and I can’t believe Apple would be so ridiculously > stupid about thi this, especially considering the amount of people who’ve > enjoyed your games. > > I’ll certainly be sending them an indignant email. > > Al;l the best, > > Dark. > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > From: Marty Schultz <mailto:ma...@kidfriendlysoftware.com> > Sent: 08 November 2017 23:34 > To: blind-gamers@groups.io <mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io> > Subject: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and Apple’s decision is > that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of apps, they will > no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates to be make. > > From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and time-consuming. > From a business perspective, that would mean spending hundreds of hours > recoding the games, with no possible return-on-investment. Most of the games > generate sales in the first three months of the game being released, and I’ve > been building these games for 4 years. > > From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be ridiculously > complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and almost unusable. > > If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your opinion to Apple. > The accessibility desk is at accessibil...@apple.com > <mailto:accessibil...@apple.com> or you can call 1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to > everyone for enjoying my games. > > >
