by Matthew
At long last, we are happy to announce the release of new beta version of TextTumble to our great group of testers.
Those of you who are part of the beta program will be receiving an email shortly; if you’re not part of the beta program and want to join, just let us know.
Again, we’re grateful to all of you for taking the time to provide us with feedback on our first game. Remember, anyone who tests and provides feedback will be entered to win a $50 iTunes gift card, to be awarded when TextTumble launches. We’re getting pretty close…thanks for all the help and support!
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by Matthew
As announced at the beginning of this month, we’re now beta testing TextTumble with a select group of helpful volunteers. We’re going to be releasing several betas, so there’s still time to get in if you want! Just follow the instructions in the announcement post.
We’ve received very valuable feedback and playing statistics from our testers. One thing we’ve observed in person with several players is that people tend to just skip the introduction slide that explains what all the things on the screen are for — so we’ll probably be integrating an event-based interactive help system at some point that — as you play — gives you little clues about what to do the first time you run into a chained word, a pictoword, or some other event (yes, dropping little hints about game features there for those of you not in the beta!).
The last mile is the hardest, as they say, and polishing up TextTumble is certainly proving that true. But things are progressing, and once again we thank all our beta testers for their help. More to come!
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Tags: beta, texttumble
by Matthew
We’re fine-tuning our first game for the iPhone, TextTumble, and we’d love to have your input. Want to try it out? All you have to do is email your device ID to beta@magellanmedia.com (How to find your device ID). If you’re selected, you’ll get an email back containing the game and instructions on how to load it onto your device.
Why do we need your device ID (UDID)? Because in order to load an app onto your iPhone manually, rather than through the App Store, the developer has to explicitly allow it for your device. Don’t worry, it’s programatically available to every app on your phone…we can’t do anything with it other than allow you to load the TextTumble beta!
We’ll start sending out the beta on the night of March 1, and will probably continue sending it out throughout the following week. So sign up anytime!
Win a $50 iTunes gift card!
If you provide us with feedback, you’ll automatically be entered to win a $50 iTunes gift card. When the beta period is over, we’ll randomly select one tester who emailed us back with feedback to win the gift card. US residents only, 18 years of age or older (sorry, the lawyers made us).
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by Matthew
For our beta tests, we’ll be sending software out via email for people to load onto their iPhones and iPod touches by dragging it into iTunes. To be able to do that, we need to have the beta testers’ UDID, or device IDs.
To start using the beta on your iPhone or iPod touch, you’ll need to email beta@magellanmedia.com with your device ID. Here are a couple of ways to do that:
The easy way
Install the free Ad Hoc Helper from the iTunes Application Store (iTunes link). It instantly generates an email with your UDID in it.
The longer way
- Connect your iPhone or iPod touch to your computer and open iTunes.
- On the iTunes “Summary” page for your device, click on the words “Serial Number.” It will change to “Identifier.”
- Go to the “Edit” menu and select “Copy.” Now you can paste the UDID into an email
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Tags: beta, device ID, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, UDID