The work of switching to the play store would be far too much work, and it
would vastly deplete the number of buyers. All of the games would have to be
rewritten from scratch for a smaller market than what exists as a developer for
the Apple platform. The reasons for not doing this to begin with still are
valid. For one, troubleshooting would be a developer’s nightmare. Two, not
enough gamers. Apple was, and still is, the way to go.
If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!!
From: Josh Kennedy
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 8:46 PM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates
just switch to google play store so we android users can have more games
please. thanks. and a new talkback just came out recently 6.0 beta. it works
very good.
On 11/8/2017 20:37, Liam Erven wrote:
It’s unfortunate, but I’ve talked to some other developpers who have had the
same issues.
Mainly developpers who are designing apps as 3rd parties get hit by this.
I will certainly write and Call Apple though. Maybe enough people can give
you some sort of free pass, though I doubt it.
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From: Joe Quinn
Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 7:28 PM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates
What does this mean for the end-user? Will we still be able to do in app
purchases?
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On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Marty Schultz <ma...@kidfriendlysoftware.com>
wrote:
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 or you can call
1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games.
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