Monday, August 31, 2009
Motropolis server maintenance
Hello Motropolans,
In preparation for our upcoming submission to apple, we are upgrading our servers. As a result, Motropolis will not be available during short time intervals from 5 pm – 7 pm Monday August 31st. The server upgrade enables more people per island, as well as island chat and individual avatar clothing items. Thank you for your understanding.
Team Motropolis
In preparation for our upcoming submission to apple, we are upgrading our servers. As a result, Motropolis will not be available during short time intervals from 5 pm – 7 pm Monday August 31st. The server upgrade enables more people per island, as well as island chat and individual avatar clothing items. Thank you for your understanding.
Team Motropolis
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Here's the skinny on the next update
Three new games (dog frisbee throw, disco game, target practice), New avatar clothes, and Group chat on every island!
Motrpolis profiled in Virtual Worlds News
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/08/motropolis-update-in-the-works.html#more
Monday, August 10, 2009
All together now
Fellow Motropolans, Version 1.2 is almost ready for submission to Apple.
Updates for this version include General Chat as well as more visible players per island.
One of the challenges of running virtual worlds on iPhone and other mobile devices has always been seeing other users. Even though there are plenty of people on an island, you can't see or contact them because they aren't visible to you. Until now, we've divided users into 5 per island (viewable) based on iPhone's capabilities.
The engineers figured out a way to speed up the app to show up to 8 or more avatars per island (vs. just the 4 or 5 that you see now)...
Also, on a per island basis users will be able to chat with all other members of Motropolis who are also on that island regardless if they are in your group shard or not... Should make for some interesting conversations!
Lastly, A quick shout out to Psycho-Mantis for a really well thought-out review on the app-store. We are taking everyone's comments to heart and will do our best to answer all emails and communicate via the blog , twitter, Facebook etc.
Updates for this version include General Chat as well as more visible players per island.
One of the challenges of running virtual worlds on iPhone and other mobile devices has always been seeing other users. Even though there are plenty of people on an island, you can't see or contact them because they aren't visible to you. Until now, we've divided users into 5 per island (viewable) based on iPhone's capabilities.
The engineers figured out a way to speed up the app to show up to 8 or more avatars per island (vs. just the 4 or 5 that you see now)...
Also, on a per island basis users will be able to chat with all other members of Motropolis who are also on that island regardless if they are in your group shard or not... Should make for some interesting conversations!
Lastly, A quick shout out to Psycho-Mantis for a really well thought-out review on the app-store. We are taking everyone's comments to heart and will do our best to answer all emails and communicate via the blog , twitter, Facebook etc.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Keep the mini-games coming!
Based on the overwhelming number of downloads of our new update, we're working on a full-featured version with even more mini-games. Tell a friend!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Ver 1.1 Update Now on iTunes (took a lot longer than we'd hoped...)
We're happy to say that the version 1.1 update is now available on iTunes.
Here's what's new in this version:
- Shootin' hoops basketball game on Home island
- Strongman game - test your strength at the Carnival in Downtown
The back story:
We submitted this update a few days before OS 3.0 came out. This delayed review by a few weeks, and then we had to make some minor corrections based on Apple guidelines. Bottom line is approval took a lot longer than we had hoped. Thank you for your patience.
We've got a whole lineup of additional stuff to come. Stay tuned!
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