We finished up version one of Warped Space on Friday, June 19th and submitted it for review that night. Now it is a waiting game on Apple while we develop our other games. However, we know Apple has done initial testing of it since they have posted high scores for two levels as the user “apple” from an Apple owned IP address.

In the meantime you should check out the product page we have up for Warped Space.

Unfortunately we had to push back the release of Warped Space for a few reasons. We decided there was functionality missing that should be in the initial release, especially that of global scoreboards so you can compete with everyone. This is also our first time getting intimate with the iPhone OS, so we’ve been hitting snags we did not expect.

It really is not bad news for you all, the game is looking and feeling better than I thought it would (here’s a taste):

Other than Warped Space we have two definite projects for the iPhone OS that we will start once we submit Warped Space for App Store approval. That should be very soon too.

Eric and I are once again living in the same state (for the foreseeable future at that) and we’ve been hard at work on Warped Space. We are submitting Warped Space to the iTunes App Store this Friday, June 5th.

Of course we still have last minute things to do on the project such as more play testing, scoring tweaks and, of course, more content. The way we’ve designed Warped Space is such that we can easily add new planets, projectiles, missions, backgrounds, etc… So that is what we’ve been hard at work doing.

We are in love with the idea that every mission is ad libbed by a computer. Not only will it come up with a, hopefully comedic, mission plan for you it changes the way you get from planet to planet. Sometimes you will go in an airplane, other times you’re represented by a family of three.

A taste of the delivery graphics

Here is a good example of one of the mission plans:
I am an expert in the creamcheese field. I'm studying the effect of half-human half-cat mutant on planet New New Mexico. Can you take me there?

I hope you’re as excited as we are.

Yes we have received our iPhone developer’s license, and that happened about a month ago. But we’re more excited about the game we are getting close to submitting to the app store. We have been working all week (a week in which Eric and I are in the same state) and have come up with some pleasing results.

The game, Warped Space, involves some planets, so we had to make some artwork. Now we have all sorts of planets made: ice planets, gas giants, earth like planets, what-have-you. Here’s just a small taste of Warped Space with an ice planet and the main menu:

One of many planets in Warped Space

The Main Menu in Warped Space

We’re excited about it. I think it is looking good.

We are still waiting on word back from Apple about a license for our company to develop for the iPod/iPhone. Everyone seems to be jumping into iPod development. This slows down the application process. I just hope we get contacted sooner rather than later.

Unfortunately there are so many developers out there who would make crappy products and that would reflect poorly on Apple. So as part of the licensing process they check out the company and their site and whatnot. This keeps their quality at a decent level. You can read the details about it here. Lots of man-hours involved there.

Do not worry! Just because we don’t have a company wide license yet, does not mean we cannot test on the hardware! We have individual licenses already and we have been testing our apps on the hardware. I look forward to posting “Yay! Apple issued us our license!”.

Hooray! We’re off to a start on this whole business thing. Eric and I are really excited about what we’re doing and can’t wait to get our stuff out to you.

What We Are Doing
We decided to start a company together a long time ago and we had some neat ideas but most of them weren’t realistic. Eventually, we decided to just do what we were really good at: software. Specifically iPod/iPhone software. So expect some neat apps for your iPod Touch or iPhone in the near future. Some will be free, some will not.

Why?
Eric and I both have to pay for food, water, shelter, etc… so we needed a way to do that. In today’s booming economy (sarcasm, something hard to detect on the internet) finding a job can be hard. Because of that we figured it would be more likely that we could make our own money and also be more happy doing it. In addition to needing money eventually, we can make some awesome apps for the iPod/iPhone and we think you’ll think they’re awesome too.

We do have a longterm plan for the life of this business but that is beyond the scope of this post. We’re looking at getting started before discussing our dreams (and I can talk for hours). HOORAY!!! It’s happening!