Tiny Tim Games

So way back in January, we started a project called Safety First, and I wanted to blog about its development. The problem with blogging about indie development is that sometimes life gets in the way (day job, baby on the way), and there’s just nothing to write about for a long time. There’s also nothing to write about if you run into a creative wall.

We had put together a few quick levels, and while the general idea was fun enough, I found myself unable to come up with interesting level designs. Part of this has to do with the fact that I’m just not that into level design. I like creating game mechanics, but I don’t necessarily like coming up with interesting variations on them. I guess that’s why I became a programmer and not a designer.

So is the game canned?

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Apple has just approved the 1.2.5 update of Sheepstacker. This update fixes the issue that users were having which caused high scores to not be recorded, either offline or online. The update should be available in the App Store shortly.

We apologize for the inconvenience this issue caused our players. As always, our support link is available if you find you are having problems with one of our games. We will always give our best efforts to resolve any issues you may have with our games.

We’ve been made aware of an issue with the new Sheepstacker 1.2 update and devices running OS 2.2.1 or earlier. This issue causes the game to not start properly, only showing the Tiny Tim Games logo before dropping back to the Home screen.

We have submitted a fix for this problem and are awaiting approval from Apple. Please note that you do NOT have to upgrade to OS 3.0. You simply need to update to Sheepstacker 1.2.1 when it is posted to the App Store. We are hoping the update will be posted by this weekend.

I would like to personally apologize for any inconvenience, and I thank you for your patience in this matter.

UPDATE: The new iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 seems to have fixed all of the graphical issues with Sheepstacker! It looks like it was an SDK problem after all.

For the few of you that have iPhone OS 3.0 Beta installed, we’re aware of the graphical issues with Sheepstacker. Unfortunately, this boils down to the Unity engine being incompatible with the OS 3.0 Beta at this time. We are working with the Unity guys to resolve the issues, but be advised that since iPhone OS 3.0 is Beta, we cannot guarantee that these issues will be resolved before iPhone OS 3.0 is officially released by Apple.

We apologize for any inconvenience.