Same here, never have and never will download a game over 3G lol. I don't know anyone who has downloaded games via 3G. And if the retina display update isn't very good due to the file size the reviews for this game will plummit which is a shame. This game *could* look stunning on the iphone 4 but obviously it won't because they are sticking to the 20mb limit. quality over quantity comes to mind here.....
I had one quick request for a future update possibly: Would it be possible to add a Sound Effects slider? I'm noticing that when I'm listening to my own music, the game sounds start to drown out my music. They're simply too loud sometimes I know I could easily just turn them off, but I depend on the sound effects so I can be prepared for bombs, combos, and the sound effects add a layer of concentration. I can't quite explain what I mean by that, but I do better with the sound effects on. But I would really like a slider or something so that I can tweak the sound effects volume a bit. They just need to be a tinge quieter for my taste. Just thought I'd throw that suggestion in here. Keep up the great work.
What are you currently working on right now? Will there be a new element added to the dojo to go along with sensai swag?
We have a new update which has already been submitted to the App store. It has new Dojo items, new fruit and also semi-retina support as mentioned earlier. It could even be coming out sometime today, but I'm not sure. In regards to the download limit, I can tell you that hundreds of thousands, if not millions of iPhone owners download over 3G. I do, a lot of my friends do, and most casual users do. Making the file size over 20MB would have a far greater impact on exposure than you realise, so we definitely won't be doing it. However, we are doing our very best to get as much content and retina quality with every update, squeezing as much improvement in as possible. If Apple raises the 3G download limit, we will most certainly add even more!
Wow. I didn't know HalfBrick Studios makes games for other platforms! You've made games for Nintendo DS and PSP (Avatar: Into the Inferno!) Thats heaps awesome
I think he means has the iPad version of the same update been submitted. The answer to that is no, but it's 99% percent complete and we will submit next week. I can never guarantee that the updates will come out simultaneously, but I can guarantee that what the iPhone gets, the iPad gets - pending unforeseen hardware limitations.
Hey halfbrickphil did you consider adding an in app purchase that would make it fully retina enabled buy downloading the necessary files to bump it up to retina quality. This would make it that you could still sell it over 3G and you are also offering a fully retina version but it's on us if we want to download it over wifi I would hope it would be a free in app purchase or charge 59p I'm sure people would pay for it. Failing that idea why don't you just release a specific iPhone 4 version that can only be downloaded over wifi and charge for that. I can only see these two options as making you even more money it seems to be a no brainer for me
No one would buy it because like all games are doing free updates for retina display and people would view them as money leechers wantning to suck our money dry. Not a nice reputation to have.
They could still do the free in app purchase to upgrade it to a full retina title and that would surely please everybody
