Saturday, June 19, 2010

New Tic-Tac-Awe Pro uploaded to AppStore

We have completed modifications to the Tic-Tac-Awe Pro application, our free version of the Tic-Tac-Toe app. The new version has improved memory management, speed, stability. It incorporated all of the changes we made to Tic-Tac-Awe, and improved a few more things besides.

It should be less than a week for Apple to approve. They are very busy over there in Cali :) I will let everyone know once the updates are available.

-the Lion

Friday, June 11, 2010

Tic Tac Awe update & video

Hi everyone. The Lion here. We have some updates for you here :)

First, Superiority Studios has published a demo of our Tic Tac Awe app onto YouTube! You can take a look at it here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmIIenm1qU

It is a great video to learn what this app is all about, and is a great start of Superiority Studios to YouTube!

We've also been updating some of our applications. We have updated both They Say, and the free version of Tic Tac Awe. The updates bring improved performance and memory management to both apps, and also brings in a new products information screen. I am very excited about bringing these updates.

Still working on these - the same memory management and performance updates will be brought to Tic Tac Awe Pro. Also, Satellite Observatory and I are both working to bring you awesome RPGs soon!

Lastly, Superiority Studios will soon branch out into Droid programming, translating our games to that new platform.

It is a really exciting time for Superiority Studios. Check us our also on our Facebook page :)

Monday, June 7, 2010

iPhone 4 is annouced!

Steve Jobs gave the opening keynote for WWDC today. The newest iteration of the iPhone is a very impressive device, and shows that Apple is going to fight the Droid with everything they have.

There is nothing like watching the keynote for yourself, but I wanted to mention a couple of the features that I am particularly interested in. First, there is the video-conferencing. It uses the new front-facing camera built into the phone, and looks pretty awesome. Unfortunately, it only works over wifi for now. AT&T's bandwidth problems shows why this is so.

Second is the high-def video recording using the iphone's rear-facing 5 megapixel camera. And you can edit your video using iMovie, which is an app right on the phone!

Third is the multiple-tasking. It will be great to be able to run more than one app at a time.

And finally, there are folders. Anyone who owns an iPhone, or iPod Touch, or iPad, knows how unwieldy pages and pages and pages of apps can be.

There are more new features as well, but these are the ones that jump out at me.

Oh, and one. more. thing.

iAds. You can now insert ads into your (hopefully free) apps. It is a great way to generate revenue with free applications, and is definitely something that I am going to be looking into :)

-the Lion

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Tic-Tac-Awe is Ready! (by the Lion)

Well, I have been slaving away at finishing up the new version of Tic-Tac-Awe. And it is done! The memory management in the code is significantly improved. Also, the Product Information screen is now available for the app.

I will post again once it is approved by Apple. For now, on to the rest of my weekend!

Apps in Motion! (by the Lion)

Well, there has been a lot of activity from Superiority Studios lately on the app front! A new version of They Say is out the door and published in the AppStore. It implemented over 50 new sayings. Plus better memory management. Plus better performance.

Last but not least, since this is one of our free apps, we added a new "Products Info" screen, to inform our customers about some of our other great products. Especially our good art apps!

Second, we have resubmitted the "Superior Wallpapers - Science and Sorcery" app. I corrected the small icon to match the larger AppStore icon, which is what Apple wanted. It should be available in the AppStore soon.

Lastly, I am fixing up Tic-Tac-Awe (the free version). I am putting a ton of work into reworking the memory management. Plus, I am adding the same Product Information screen that They Say has.

Also, Satellite Observatory is also hard at work on an RPG! He is designing it in C# for now (an awesome language) and XNA at first. But he is going to make it work with C++ and OpenGL, so that it will easily port to the iPhone.

Lastly, we are going to branch into Droid programming!! Droid programming has some advantages, in that there are less hoops to jump through to get things published. The first apps that I will port to the Droid OS will be the Art apps, since they seem to be our most popular ones to date, and they are also fairly easy to make :)

Well, that's it for now. Watch for more activity from Superiority Studios!