ColorGuess Plus and iOS 6

It has been recently brought to my attention that ColorGuess Plus does not run on devices running iOS 6 or earlier. I wanted to take a second to touch on that.  

In the beginning this was by design, Matt and I had the oversight that everybody would be using iOS 7. What we didn't know was that older iPod Touches do not support iOS 7, but support iOS 6 and 6.1.  

Upon looking at the code to see if there was an easy fix to this, Matt found that the expanding cells used in many of the game screens do not seem to work properly on devices running iOS 6.

Expanding cells running on iOS 6

This is an error that sometime we would like to address, but probably won't come until we are ready to work on version 1.1 or whatever nomenclature we decide to go with. 

For now, if you can only use a decide with 6.0 or 6.1 please leave a comment here or get in touch with us on Twitter. If enough people are interested, we will consider putting this higher on the priority list! 

As always, thanks for your continued support.

A&M

ColorGuess Plus Compilation

Well, the big news we have been teasing the past few weeks is finally ready to be shared. The Developers of Symbiotic Studios are pleased to announce that a re-release of ColorGuess! is under development. 

This re-release is going to come packed with new features, and I'm going to share some of them with you now!

• A new scoring method is under development, I can tell you that the score will be capped, and the maximum score will be achievable. This means no more ever approaching infinity scoring algorithm!
  • ColorGuess! New Scoring Algorithm -- Part 1: Theory
  • ColorGuess! New Scoring Algorithm -- Part 2: Detailed Breakdown
• 2 new game modes are under development, I can tell you that they are called Blitz Mode and Challenge Mode. (More information to come.)
  • Challenge Mode: A Lesson Learned
  • A Little Bit About Blitz
• A complete aesthetic re-design for iOS 7 is coming. (More information to come.)

As opposed to doing this in an update, we have decided that in the name of science, that we want to stick this up as a sequel, with a price tag of $0.99. However, we are discussing a customer loyalty program for those of you out there that have kept ColorGuess! on their iOS devices, it means a lot to us that you have supported us in our first game.

So head on over and download ColorGuess! and give it a try. 

If there is anything, anything at all you feel is missing, or would like to see added to this re-release, please feel free to comment here, tweet at us @symbstudios or @hicksaustinj. We welcome your support and feedback, and would like to get everybody's wants into this game!

Along with all planned updates in game, ColorGuess! will officially be receiving a brand new dedicated webpage within out blog setting, so keep an eye out for that around December 13, if at all possible, it will come sooner with previews of the new game version. 

Thank you for your continued support, and check back often for more information regarding all of the planned additions. As of right now, our planned launch date is December 13, 2013. So mark your calendars!

A&M

ColorGuess! Patch Notes

ColorGuess! v1.0

June 24, 2013

New Features:

• A new screen has been added.  This screen's purpose is to help players get better and improve at their color guessing skills.  Upon finishing the round and entering the Score and Summary Screen, players are now able to click on their grades to send them to this new feature.
• In the new screen, players are given the user color and the generated color side by side, with no gap between them.  Labels are given to show the value of the actual color as well as the color you can manipulate.  You will be able to move the sliders like you do in game in order to see the difference become less and less.
• High Scores have been added!   The game now correctly tracks high scores locally.  You are informed when you beat out an existing high score.
• You are able to reset your earned scores, you will be given a warning when you select this option. 
• There is a known high score but, where '0' is an achievable high score.  In layman's terms, when you get a score of '0' you essentially got a perfect score, and the number formatter displays infinity as '0'. 

General and UI:

• The Score and Summary Screen has been updated with an 'info' button in the bottom right corner to indicate that tapping will send players to another screen.
• The necessary UI elements have been added to the Review screen. 
• A small graphical error has been fixed on the 3.5 inch screen where there was a small gap between the user color and the background. 

For a complete list of all changes and dates, please visit our Google Doc

ColorGuess! v1.0 is Now Available

Download ColorGuess! here. 

The Development Team at Symbiotic Studios is happy to announce that Patch 1.0 for ColorGuess! is available for download on the Apple App Store.  We are also pleased to announce that along with this launch, we are officially launching our new website at https://symbioticstudios.squarespace.com/

If you want to see what all the new features of Patch 1.0, check out the release notes here, and check out the running log of patch notes here.

As for the website, we would like to remind you that while we are launching it, it is not in its completely finished state.  Any feedback is welcome, please send feedback to admin@symbiotic-studios.com.  

Comments are always welcome, in fact, they are highly encouraged!

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