Oh well another week to go but its all good. Cant wait to get this, seems to me a great Diablo/Gauntlet type 'RPG'. Instant purchase for me
I don't think I've been this upset at Apple before regarding getting an app out. Get the damn thing out Apple, what's the hold up!
*sigh* Not out today. Will it come in 1 week then? Or directly after approval? *looks at his backlog of games and is torn of being sad / cheerful*
Kepa has said if it gets approved by today that he might release it friday, otherwise it will be next wednesday(if it is approved in time obviously). Kepa wants to give enough time for websites to review it before release.
This is the biggest dissapointment this week. I was really hoping for a release and now it seems that it´s taking longer. I don´t get Apple sometimes, other titles get approved so fast and others are being held back. Well, one can hope for a release on friday, but I won´t get my hopes up that much.
Sadly, I'd have to agree with you-- I thought I was doing well keeping my anticipation at bay for this Wednesday/Thursday; now I'm going to have to dig deep to break through the despair at having to wait yet another week. Still, I feel most sorry for Kepa and the good people at rocketcatgames; they must be ropable at Apple's tardiness this week!
Well now this game won't be overshadowed by something like Scribblenauts. Which I would see as a benefit, financially.
I'm looking forward to the "EMAIL CAMPAIGN OF SHAME" I'm going to have to do. Will need to re-contact a lot of iOS gaming press sites, because we expected the game to be out like 3 weeks ago. Hopefully it doesn't hurt us too much. Most of this was due to catching crash bugs and having to hold off on submitting. More recently, we've been having difficulty with the approval process. Really little things that haven't required us to change anything or take the app down, but require us to send a brief explanation to Apple. Each time this happens it pushes back the release date by a couple of days, so I haven't even bothered to talk about it. Lesson learned I guess. This is our most complex game so far, from previous games we expected a delay to maybe cost us a week. Next time, we'll hold off on press stuff (except for a preview or two) until it's already approved.
I'm sorry to hear about your struggles Kepa, but I think we're all pulling for you and will be buying the game as soon as it has been approved and is ready. Its all good (so to speak). This is the *only* game I'm currently waiting for release on iOS so, well, no pressure... Thanks for the update. Looking forward to it soon.
@Arta: Yeah it's ingame music. From the demon chapter, specifically. I'm going to post slightly new footage of the above later today. Just been taking my time due to the delays.
Kepa that footage looks freakin amazing... I'm really psyched about this game.. Instabuy all the way and I'm gonna push this game hard, along with the rest of our staff on my forum! Did I read maybe fri?!
Since he didn't tell us yesterday that it was approved, I'm pretty sure the likely release date is the 20th.
It's still in the approval process, it's having a rough ride. 20th or maybe even the 21st, as long as it's actually approved soon.
Argggg. Stop the torture! Man.. this delay has gotten me more and more anxious. Apple..please hurry up already! lol. =D Yeah..maybe with the iOS5 & Lion update has tied up a lot of the Apple employees.
More likely is that the approval "committee" (whatever they're called) at Apple is replaying the game for the fifth time under the pretense that they're "still assessing the suitability of the age rating" or something like that
The music in that video is great, I really didn't think I could be more excited for Mage Gauntlets release but somehow I am now.
APPROVED 10/20 tell ur friendz Working on various press stuff, will be busy sending emails late tonight and tomorrow.
