Distant Suns 2.1

Apple just approved Distant Suns 2.1 for sale. I did receive one note reporting an installation oddity, but he said a relaunching the app cleared it up. I am investigating though. This just in: (imagine teletypes in the background). If you experience an exit on startup, what is happening is this: I only recently learned that the iPhone has a watchdog timer that limits the amount of time it takes for an app to load. If it goes too long (15 or 20...

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Grand Tour 1.3 released

Grand Tour 1.3 was released to the Appstore today. Apple’s either hired 822 more reviewers or greased the skids some other way, but I submitted the update on Saturday. For only 2 days. Some guys are reporting having their apps approved within the day. Grand Tour 1.3 includes some new texturemaps, for Mercury, Iapetus, Mimas and one other weird little moon I don’t remember. It also adds momentum swipes to make it feel more...

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The “real” Distant Suns Lite now available

After accidentally putting DS2 up on the DS Lite feed, I finally have the proper one out there. For those who were able to unintentionally fetch the full one, don’t “upgrade” to the new Lite copy, as you’ll lose a lot of the great features. If you want to continue getting upgrades for DS-2, then you need to purchase the full package which is now on sale through next weekend. Sorry for “giving and taking...

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