Right, we submitted a revised version without the intro video. We will patch it back in once we get it working. Hopefully it should make it to App store next week. We've petitioned Apple to give us a quick review however that isn't guarantted. But we are hoping on it! (Thanks to our 2nd gen testers we got it tested quickly, hopefully they can enjoy the game with audio now)
Hello people, Thank you for all the support we've gotten through testing and mail. Phoenix Spirit has grown to be a noteworthy game which release date now is imminent. It has been accepted into the AppStore and will launch as planned on the 17th of May. Castlevania, Metroid and Aquaria have all three been big inspirations in making the game, so I hope that people that recognise these titles as well as the general iPhone gamer will consider trying it out. If you are interested you can visit http://spirit.spearheadgames.com to get to know a bit more about the game. The release price of Phoenix Spirit will be $0.99 , even though the average price our testers would pay for it was $1.99 - $2.99. Best Regards, Tobias
The good folks at Apple just told me that they are going to try to hurry reviewing our game. Hopefully that means that the game will be working properly for everyone by release.... maybe even later today for the people who have gotten a promo code! No promises though! Apple support is always fast for some reason. Everytime I contact them it takes at most 24h for them ro respond. Points to them!
i really think 99 cents would be stabbing yourself in the foot. (no, i havent played the game, but from my experience many games that started at 99 cents usually didnt get lucky.)
Yes, you are correct. Statistics show that most 99 cent games don't do very well. Our reasoning is really just to try to shoot for a charting position. It is very hard but we aren't confident that we can reach out to enough people without it. We've been trying our hardest with marketing but as a game developer these things are quite hard for us to come to terms with. So ya.... wish us luck and be sure to give the game a whirl... I mean it is quite cheap I'd say! If you think it is a decent game then please recommend it to someone you know and we'll have made that dollar back that we lost on making the game cheaper Also I hope us being active here will give us some kind of credibility for the future and I hope everyone here will stay along for the ride.
Right, looks like the update may be a little late. Apple didn't approve this one today and it's weekend now and I don't think they do approvals on weekends.
