When you suggested to make an app and put all of the games in the app, I thought that you meant to make an app that contained all of the games. It sounds like what you want is not an app, but a folder, which you can create on your device. Then you would buy the games that you want, individually, and put them into the folder that you created. That can currently be done on any Apple device. Marty does have an app that will access all of the Blindfold games that are on your device as well as let you know of those that you don’t have so that you can get them.
In any case, we’ve all got to let Apple know that there is a difference between all of these games, and how important they are to us. We’ve got to do our darndest to make them see that these are not copycat games, as well as the importance of leaving the menu system unchanged in these games so that Voice-Over users can easily navigate and use the games. If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!! From: Josh Kennedy Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 9:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates you would not have to buy them all at once. you could buy them over time. say maybe 2 or 3 games a month till you bought them all. On 11/9/2017 10:24, Charles Rivard wrote: So, if he has 80 games at $4 each, and he puts them all into a pack that costs $320, you would buy it? Quite a majority of blind people don’t have that kind of income. And he wouldn’t be making money at that price, either. Both Marty and the perspective gamers lose. They can’t afford the app, he makes no money, but it would satisfy you personally. You keep trying to get the games for Android users, he has said that he won’t make the transition and has stated the reasoning. I don’t think you’re going to get your wish any time soon. If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!! From: Josh Kennedy Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 9:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates I would pay $4 or $5 per game if they were on android. just maybe make an app, put all games in the appp and enable in app purchases. On 11/9/2017 07:40, Charles Rivard wrote: Each game in the Blindfold series is different. Why should they be bundled? This cuts into any profit, it adds complexity, it adds work for Marty, and seems totally unnecessary, in my opinion. It also might cause easily affordable games into an unaffordable package if Marty wants to make any money at all. This will also decrease from his customer base due to the cost. If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!! From: Tyler Wood Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 2:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates There are 80 separate apps in the app store. The card games, for instance, could be melded into one game. No offense meant, but 80 apps (10 or more of which are essentially bundled into the same category, anyway) should probably have been made into one to begin with and at the current moment seems a little excessive. I fail to see how this would make it more difficult for the end user. Just have a menu of games to pick from in the single app. I understand this is a lot more programming, but maybe think of it as starting fresh and new? Just my, probably, unpopular opinion be as it were. From: Shaun Everiss Sent: November 9, 2017 2:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates So basically all games need to be physical apps no tons of games in a single app. That sucks all the sonnar games bar cricket are 1 app wow. On 9/11/2017 3:26 p.m., Marty Schultz wrote: > Yes, but they may block me from releasing updates. > > --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > From: "Joe Quinn" mailto:[email protected] > Date: 11/8/17 6:28 pm > To: [email protected] > > What does this mean for the end-user? Will we still be able to do in app purchases? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Marty Schultz mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and Apple's decision is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of apps, they will no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates to be make. > From a technology perspective, that's extremely hard and time-consuming. From a business perspective, that would mean spending hundreds of hours recoding the games, with no possible return-on-investment. Most of the games generate sales in the first three months of the game being released, and I've been building these games for 4 years. > From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be ridiculously complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and almost unusable. > If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your opinion to Apple. The accessibility desk is at [email protected] or you can call 1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games. > > > > -- sent with mozilla thunderbird -- sent with mozilla thunderbird
