Hello to old and new listers,
I have made the devision to stop ios development due to rising costs
and falling revvenue.
The other reason is the almost constant admin requirements from Apple
which are getting more and more inaccessible at every request.
Many of my apps are starting to disapppear due to apple stating some guideline
but it comes down to downlad counts which is fine as all apps have their day.
The trigger for the decision was the game Wordfinder now has the axe hovering
above its head. Which is a shame as i like the game.
I am not stopping just swapping from Apple to Windows and the
platform itch
I would like to say a huge thank you to all who have supported
me through all my dodgy apps and games.
The apps will not disappear until next year sometime as that is when my developer
licence runs out and at this moment will not be renewed.
for those of you who do not know me then sorry for the waste of time
John from Woodside apps
Comments
Itch Games
I completely understand the situation. Is the Itch page available yet? I'd love to support you by purchasing some of your games for Windows.
You can also promote your work on the Windows forums here
Assuming that is within the rules of course. There are plenty of threads already on the Windows forums, tackling all sorts of interests.
Best of luck. 😊
Super Tile Smash.
I think that might be the only game of yours I play, but it's great. Nice casual game, great when you just need a bit of a break from something and don't want to chew up a ton of time. IMO it is the easiest to play out of the category, at least the ones I've seen.
I support your decision
I support your decision to cease developing for Apple. I am not a blind developer, but the constant admin requests becoming increasingly inaccessible is a real concern, and Apple accessibility should be made aware of this. The more of us who reach out to them, the better things will possibly be for blind developers in the future. My 2 favourite games from you are Super Tile Smash and Pattern Play Story.
hope you reconsider
I don't know anything about ap development, but just as a game player, I hope you reconsider keeping these games around. I bought and enjoy Super Tile Smash after playing it on a friend's iPhone. It seemed to me to be similar to a lot of the popular puzzle games that are perfect as mobile games.
Sighted people have a zillion mobile puzzlers to choose from, like the ever-popular Candy Crush, and new ones pop up all the time. There are only a few accessible games like it.
If the games go away, what happens if you upgrade your phone? Do you lose that purchase because the game isn't on the app store anymore? What about if you need to offload an app to save space, but want to reinstall the game to play it later?
I get that a lot of popular games never got updated when Apple pulled support for 32 bit apps, but what's the difference in this case?