Pretty sure it's dead. I've still got it on my phone... but I've given up on having any hope for an update. And I completely understand that. I know this game didn't do anywhere near as well as it should have. I do, however, think that if the developer were to re-release the game, with widescreen support, ect... (any iCade or external joystick support would be complete icing on the cake), that it would do a lot better than it originally did. Aside from all off the people that now have an iDevice that didn't back in January of 2011... gamers are always on the look-out for a full game, no IAPs, not freemium. Charging a real price for it (I'd re-buy this at $3 without thinking about it, $5 for sure [though I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority of people that would pay $5 - but this is still one of my favorite platform games on the iOS; top 10 for sure], and I think it would do quite a bit better than the first time around. Alright... I do have hope. Damnit...
Cant see this ever coming back sadly, its a great platformer, i dont mind its not widescreen, i still play it a lot. But as you say it didnt do too well saleswise, if this did come back, if it had a price of 2.99/3.99 there'll be tons of people asking for a price drop or a promo code. Think this ones sadly well and truely buried. Hope its not as its an underated iOS classic but cant see this coming back to life. Just had a look, the website says 'coming soon' (which obviously its not), his twitter account has 0 followers, 0 tweets etc, think its totally dead
A new update will be available tomorrow Miss Claire Garden 1.5 - Optimized for 4 inch retina displays - Universal app - Support iOS 7 controllers - Game Center Achievements - Fully remastered HD graphics - 60fps animation - 25 new Feathers to collect - Checkpoints - New items and gameplay mechanics - 8 new levels
I... I don't even know what to say. I'm SO excited for this update and to play this again. It sounds like you went above and beyond for this update. Us fans really appreciate it. I hope it can boost some sales for you too!
I will buy this now, only heard praise about it and now its the perfect time Edit: Bought! And the update is out now
Holy crap! That's amazing. How much better could SV's timing have been? Definitely redownloading this beauty of a game. Hope the dev can get placement in Apple's featured games. I noticed that they DO put games with significant updates in there. This game deserves more recognition.
Great update to one of the best platformers on the AppStore. Let's keep this thread active and on the first page, so we can make Chris some money for his labor of love.
Wow amazing! That's great. I don't even have it installed anymore on my current devices. Going to grab it now. So happy! Thank you for your hard work!! You mean my timing?
Has anyone been able to get the update in the US? I've been able to see it for hours but just can't get it to download... BTW, THANK YOU!!! I've been bouncing off the walls since I read Chris's post!!! Gaaaahhhhhhhahahahaaaaa
Well, I didn't update it (wasn't on my phone), but I was able to download it with the latest version in the US.
I was having trouble in U.S. too, I had to delete and re-install to get the update. Once you click download, stay on the App Store page and click update. It asks for your iTunes password for the update, but won't charge you because you've bought a previous version.
Welp...this just went from an essential iPhone platformer to "If you don't have this on every single one of your iDevices, do everyone in this thread a favor and stick your head in the crapper". I'd also like to thank Mr. Void yet again for persuading me to give this awesome game chance after chance years ago, when I absolutely wouldn't. Haven't steered me wrong since then.
Wow reading all these comments and the fact that a dev shows commitment and love for his game after 3 years can only lead to ...: instabuy!! Btw : impressive update!
Ha... I still can't get this update, I keep trying, the thing takes a minute and then the little circle with a stop thingy inside it appears and the circle goes around really fast, like its instance-downloading+installing, then tells me it can't be downloaded, and asks me if I'm done or want to retry. I've tried downloading it about 500 times now (seriously, I've been trying since 6... It's now 3...)... I deleted n tried to reinstall so now I don't even have the old version to play anymore... I'm gonna ####ing cry
Since you've already deleted the old version, try killing the App Store from the multitask bar and hard resetting your phone. Something's gotta give. :/ EDIT: I see Chris is with us here, while typing this. I noticed the game's still a buck. Like Void said earlier, I'd seriously contemplate increasing the price with this update. Perhaps have a "Limited $0.99 v1.5 release sale" and then add a couple of bucks to it. There's seriously too much love poured into this game to have it stay at a buck, especially considering it's still IAP-free.
Beautiful game resurrected. Just one very small thing with a controller (with which it works beautifully too) is that when the screen is untouched for a little while it fades so you have to touch the screen. The Mikey Shorts guys sorted it on theirs, when implementing controller support (I think). Anyhow - magical stuff. Spending all my time now playing golden oldies.
