Newshttp://www.theapapp.com/news/en-US2012-02-23T22:53:45ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Just a few Picshttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2012/2/20/just-a-few-pics.htmlSupport2012-02-20T14:59:47ZGames game gametest graphics trinars-vs-tradersAS we get closer to our game test, we wanted to share some of our graphics that we've been working on. Would love your feedback and comments.

]]>Game play test delayedhttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2012/2/19/game-play-test-delayed.htmlSupport2012-02-19T14:09:17ZGames gametest trinars-vs-tradersWas very disappointed yesterday, our plan was to do our first game play test session, but was sick and had to delay a week. Really appreciate all of you have signed up and agreed to help us play test. We are back on schedule for next Saturday February 25th, at 4pm est. we will be on google hangout for the session. Our goal is to validate game balance and humor,

We are looking for a sound designer, so if you are interested please drop us a note at support@theapappp.com.

]]>Copying is the most flatteringhttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2012/2/8/copying-is-the-most-flattering.htmlSupport2012-02-08T15:02:17ZWasted Time competitionJust saw this link from a friend today on LifeHacker. Glad to see others are getting into the Wasted Time Space.. btw, nice graphics guys!

]]>Game play and testinghttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2012/2/3/game-play-and-testing.htmlSupport2012-02-03T22:26:44ZGames design graphics play

One of the most difficult design decisions when building a game is balance. To that end we at ApApp have been working hard on the game play. We have decided that our first game test will be via a board game. It may be an extremely limit release, I.e. we create one for our local game testers. But who knows, if may just be that fun that we release it as an actual board game. We'd love to hear if anyone would be interested in play testing the board game.

Neil, our artist has been working on some really cool art. Above is one example:

What do you think?

]]>Trinars Vs. Tradershttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2011/12/19/trinars-vs-traders.htmlSupport2011-12-19T13:15:47ZGames game name newsWe have named the game. At least tentatively. Given the nature of the game, and because good things come in threes, we are calling the game "Trinars Vs. Traders". The name of the military faction is the Trinars - an efficient, ruthless group of military commanders who advance up their ranks thru battles and bribery. The Traders, are a ground of merchants who enjoy a little illegal cargo every so often.

We are excited to have our artist on board. He is busily developing ship designs, as we get ready to do some board game play testing.

Can't wait!

]]>What are you thankful for?http://www.theapapp.com/news/2011/11/24/what-are-you-thankful-for.htmlSupport2011-11-24T13:39:56ZGames game news thanksgivingFor our users in the United States today is the Thanksgiving holiday. Our Canadian users celebrated this earlier this month. If we think about the U.S. holiday it is positioned as a founding holiday to some degree, it is probably best thought of as a harvest holiday. We feast in a bountiful feast, prepared for friends and family. Many families will have a large roast turkey and various vegetables, along with pies and other deserts.

It is in that spirit that the team at ApApp says thank you to all our users out there. We feel that for now we are going on a pause of refinements of WastedTime and will start focusing a lot more on our game design. Those of you who are near our offices may be interested in upcoming game testing. We will be testing out our game via creation of a board game. We hope this will not only allow us to get feedback on the mechanics, but also allow us to improve the fun factor.

It will also allow us to improve our skills at development for gaming, as this will be our first attempt at making a game.

We are really excited about this, and thankful for our support.

]]>Bug in latest versionhttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2011/10/11/bug-in-latest-version.htmlSupport2011-10-12T01:48:06ZWasted Time WastedTime bugs ios updatesWe've discoverd two bugs (and have one squashed, working the other). The first bug is as follows:

1) Run a meeting

2) Exit the app

3) Double Home button and kill the app

4) restart the app...

At this point the app will lock up. What should happen is that Wasted Time should ask if you want to continue the meeting. If you touch anywhere but the continue button then the counters reset. This was designed for low memory condition on your device and a long meeting. We have this fixed on iOS 4.3 and iOS 5.0 on the iPhone, and are experiencing an inconsistency between iOS 4.3 and iOS 5.0 on the iPad. We hope to have a fix posted very shortly.

The second bug has been fixed which is the screen orientation on the iPhone. It was starting in Landscape mode, and we have resolved this. However, given that this is not a major issue we are holding this fix until we can resolve the iOS 5 iPad problem. Stay tuned!

]]>The Loss of Steve Jobshttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2011/10/5/the-loss-of-steve-jobs.htmlSupport2011-10-06T03:21:37ZWasted Time WastedTime apple ios5 loss stevejobs updatesIt is with a heavy heart that the team here at ApApp, Inc. submits our update to Wasted Time to the App Store. We had planned on getting the iOS5 version ready for submission today (the day that Apple would allow apps to be submitted), but when we heard of Steve Job's death... Well It certainly made us pause. It was obvious when he stepped down for Apple that things were not going well. And watching the iPhone 4s launch with the open chair in the front row, after hearing all the rumors that maybe Steve would be there and do a formal hand off to Tim Cook, it foreshadowed the loss that we are feeling today.

We are still submitting WastedTime tonight, and we are removing any cost on the app. We have changed it to add supported, with only one small add on the newly re-added help screen. We hope that you will manage your time with the app, in a small way like Steve managed Apple. Helping the world enjoy the experiences, and not get too bogged down in what other people think. Focus on the details, in order to enjoy the big picture. And to paraphrase the Science guy, dare we say it, "Change the world!".

]]>Need a Namehttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2011/9/10/need-a-name.htmlSupport2011-09-10T17:53:25ZGames design game ios storyWe have been working our 1st game design. It is a real time strategy game set in a futuristic space environment. It has more in line with a western but it is NOT Star Trek. You are in a single solar system with a series of habital planets. There are towns, space stations, and evil aliens.

You can be one of two types of starting players, either a merchant ship captain or a military scout captain. Either of these can advance to ultimately control the whole solar system. But it won't be easy because there is a race of homicidal alien creatures that keep getting in your way.

As military, do you wipe out the aliens? Do you keep the peace? Do you take on the pirate merchants who steal and break the law?

As a merchant, do you take the slow and safe path of building an empire within the bounds of the law? Do you take the added risk and reward to grow thru contraband? Do you try to discover the secret behind this canabilistic aliens?

Either way the choice is yours! Now all we need from you is a name!

]]>Working on iOS5 Updateshttp://www.theapapp.com/news/2011/8/10/working-on-ios5-updates.htmlSupport2011-08-10T17:44:36ZWasted Time WastedTime ios ios5 news twitter updatesWe've decided to do a bit of code clean-up and help improve the experience with Twitter for Wasted Time under iOS. To that end, we've been completely redoing our Twitter integration. Gone is the function that tweets for you without letting you make any changes. We are going to use the new iOS built in Twitter support, which will check for your default twitter account on you iOS device and then present you with a Modal display, prefilled with information on the meeting. You can then either hit Send or Cancel, or even add your own comments. As soon as Apple relases iOS5 we should have this version of WastedTime available.

In addition to this change we will be removing the Twitter support from people who use older versions of iOS. Given the number of people tweeting, we are sure this won't be a big problem. We will also be removing any future cost for this app, and make it ad supported. Ads will only display on the help screen, as we feel that they should not impact your meetings. If you want to continue to support us, please support our ad sponsors by clicking thru when you can.

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