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Top 5 Let Down When I Got My Hand on iPad 3G

By Kenneth | 1 year ago | 0 comments

Like everyone else, I was really excited when we finally have the budget to purchase an iPad test device for Nexx Studio. Being on a minimal budget, it is obviously wiser to purchase the one with 3G so we can perform all test on one device alone rather than having both iPad Wifi and iPad Wifi+3G.

My iPhone 3GS have been sitting around like it was just an ordinary mobile phone since the arrival of iPad. The large screen size really changes the entire experience of enjoying an app product (even for iPhone only app on 1x scale), browsing the web, and working. As much as I love the iPad, there are things that need to be fixed before it can undoubtedly rule the tablet industry. Here is the features and flaws that I’ve noticed during my setup and brief usage of the iPad.

#1 Unified Email is Still Missing
The first thing I did when I got the iPad was to setup my emails. Personally enjoyed how everything fit into the landscape view where your inbox can be viewed on the left and your message placed on the right. After setting up all my mailbox and made sure that they sync, the next thing that I looked for was the All Inboxes icon. Looked around for a few minutes before recalling that the feature is not included until iOS 4. Totally disappointed and since then decided to turn back to my iPhone for mails. Can’t wait till winter for iPad iOS4.

#2 Pricey App (compared to iPhones)
The next obvious thing to do after email setup is to explore the fun in App Store. I begin with apps that I’ve already owned that have Universal device support before running down to the Top Paid & Free charts to find out what is good. Hanging on with a balance of $15 on my iTunes account, I was pretty sure that I can lay my hand on a few good app not until I realize that most apps are priced $4.99 on average. My personal favorite, Plants vs Zombies is priced at $9.99 while it only cost $2.99. I wouldn’t say that they are overpriced but definitely a huge increase in comparison to the iPhone App Store where almost everyone is dumping apps at $0.99. Purchased more credits and downloaded all time favorites like Plants vs Zombies, Grand Theft Auto: ChinaTown Wars, Reeder and some other apps. Till now, I haven’t regretted a single one of those purchase.

#3 Folders
I have to agree that there isn’t as much apps on the iPad App Store as the iPhone App Store but I still miss how I can organize Social apps together in a folder and Music apps in another holder without having browse through an entire page filled with it. Yet another winter waiting list.

#4 Missing Mute Button
One of the few button that existed on iPhone was the Mute button. Apple replaced it with the Orientation Lock button and instead of a button, user will have to hold the Decrease Volume button before having the device muted. It’s definitely a great implementation yet minimizes the need of having a physical button on the device but the beauty of a mute button is when you’re done, it will return to the predefined level but the current setting doesn’t do that. It would be great if increasing your volume from a muted level would put it back to where it was.

#5 Multitasking
The lack of multitasking on the device is the biggest let down of all. The device is more stable without multitasking because everything had to be reloaded when they are launched but the waiting time and the need to navigate through menus before get back to what you were doing just isn’t worth it. Another winter waiting list.

Despite the 5 let down I’ve listed above, we are extremely excited and can’t wait to port our products to this wonderful device. Glow Puzzle will be the first to set in!

Glow Puzzle Major Update v1.1.0 Released

By Kenneth | 1 year ago | 0 comments

Milestone
We are delighted to announce that Glow Puzzle broke over 1 million downloads in just 10 days and has already exceeded 1.6 million downloads as of now.

Latest changes
Our first major patch (v1.1.0) has been approved and released today. This patch features over 60 new and more difficult levels in level pack 2. These levels are completely free for user who has already own a copy of the Level Pack 2. We received a large amount of user requesting for more free levels and for that we decided to unlock 5 more levels for free users so you don’t have to spend money to have fun.

A double validation process was introduced in this patch to help users on older iOS (3.0) that were having trouble downloading additional Level Packs. Since not all of the retina display graphics are finished in this patch, we still decided to include the Hi-Res icon so users on iPhone 4 and iPad so Glow Puzzle will fit perfectly in your device along with other HQ apps that you have in your collection.

Release Summary
- 60 new levels for Level Pack 2 (Up to 230 levels available)
- Improved In App validation
- 5 more levels unlocked for free users (By popular demand)
- HQ icons for iPhone 4 and iPad
- Improved game summary

Thank you for playing Glow Puzzle!!!!!

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Glow Puzzle Celebrates 1 Millionth App Store Downloads in Just 10 Days

By Kenneth | 1 year ago | 0 comments

Glow Puzzle hit 1 million downloads on the App Store in just 10 days. The app still currently rank in the Top 5 Free Apps in over dozens of countries. We would like to thank everyone for making this happen and will continue to deliver great contents for the App Store users.

Glow Puzzle Released on App Store

By Kenneth | 1 year ago | 0 comments

We’re delighted to announce that Glow Puzzle is now available on the App Store for Free. Glow Puzzle is a simple yet very addictive neon themed puzzler, specially designed for iDevice. The goal is to connect all of the dots with a continuous path without overlapping a line that is already established.

Glow Puzzle is an original game that we have acquired from an indie developer, Gloculptors over a month ago. We’ve enhanced the game in many different ways including the new neon theme graphics, spacey sound effects and some other added more functionality.

The game was featured in T-Mobile Austria’s Top Apps for Android platform.

It features up to 170 brain teasing levels and will be available for free on the iPhone & iPod Touch. Additional level packs can be downloaded via the in-app purchase for just $0.99 on every additional 75 levels.

Upcoming Updates
We’re already working on a universal app for the iPhone 4 and iPad’s high resolution screen. In addition to that, more level packs will be introduced as a free addon to the existing level packs.

Upcoming Glow Puzzle for iPhone & iPod Touch

By Kenneth | 2 years ago | 1 comments

We have acquired Glow Puzzle from the indie developer Gloculptors a month ago and we’ve since reproduce the entire game to add more functionality and gave it a neon-like theme with some spacey sound effects.

Glow Puzzle is a simple yet addictive puzzle game with the challenge of solving increasingly difficult levels. The goal is to connect all the dots in the puzzle using a continuous path but you are not allowed to reuse any completed path.

The game features up to 170 brain teasing levels and it will be released for Free with additional level packs available via in-app purchases for just $0.99 (additional 75 levels).

Estimated Release Date:
First week of August

Application Awards:
Featured in T-Mobile Austria’s TopApps for Android.

Pricing:
Free (additional 75-level pack for $0.99).

Press Kit:
Download Here

The Stupid Test 5 is Top Free iPhone App

By Kenneth | 2 years ago | 0 comments

We’re extremely delighted to find out that The Stupid Test 5 has made it’s way to the #1 spot on the Top Free Apps of Canada’s App Store, almost a week after our 4th of July promotion. Over 160,000 units has been downloaded so far and here is short list of how the app ranked worldwide at it’s peak!

★★ #1 Top Free Apps in Canada ★★
★★ #3 Top Free Apps in Singapore ★★
★★ #6 Top Free Apps in Australia & Ireland ★★
★★ #33 Top Free Entertainment Apps in United States ★★
★★ Top 100 Free Entertainment Apps United Kingdom ★★

We hope to be able to hold more #1 spots over the next few days before the end of the free campaign. Thank you all for your support!

The Stupid Test 5 is FREE for Father’s Day Weekend

By Kenneth | 2 years ago | 0 comments

We will be giving away our latest game, The Stupid Test 5 for FREE through the Father’s day weekend. The game was featured by Apple in New & Noteworthy and recommended by Addicting Games of MTV Networks also happens to be one of the most popular brain teaser game on the Internet; played by over 40 million people to date.

It features over 200 questions in 3 game categories that help you measure your intelligence based on it’s well known “Stupidity Meter”. At the same time, the app is built using some of the most beautiful artworks created by designers all over the world to deliver the best visual experience to the players.

There is no better app for you to play with your dad this father’s day weekend than The Stupid Test 5. What are you waiting for? Download The Stupid Test 5 now for FREE!

Pig Shot Coming to iDevice for Some Pig Rolling Action

By Kenneth | 2 years ago | 0 comments

We’re pleased to announce that Nexx Studio have just acquired Pig Shot, the pig rolling game (I know it’s bizarre) from Mudloop. We will continue to work with the company on the game related development on some crazier pig rolling action. The app is almost ready and it should be submitted to the App Store within a week. For those fans that have been waiting for the game, it is just a short wait to go!

The Stupid Test 5 Vanishes From the App Store?

By Kenneth | 2 years ago | 0 comments

We’re surprised to find out that our newly released app The Stupid Test 5, that was even featured by Apple in New & Noteworthy vanished from our iTunes Connect account (App Store publisher’s management area). We’re clueless on what is going on and have already contacted App Review team for support but yet to hear anything about it.

What really hurt us is after the extensive marketing campaign that we have operated, the app finally made it into the Top 100 of Entertainment paid app just yesterday. All the effort and money spent is going to a waste even if we get reinstated (we hope to get reinstated).

This is probably something similar to those developers story that we often heard having their app approved initially only to be pulled out of App Store. But this makes it weird as to our knowledge, even a single app is banned from the App Store for some certain violation should always remain in the “Manage Application” area with a different app status flag.. We can’t really confirm this until we get some sort of notice or reply from Apple. We certainly hope it’s just a system glitch.

Do you think the app happen to fall on some blue area that penalize it’s appearance? Stay tuned for more updates when they become available.

The Stupid Test 5 Released (Featured in New & Noteworthy)

By Kenneth | 2 years ago | 0 comments

The Stupid Test 5 was approved and released on the App Store yesterday. We are extremely delighted when we found out that it got featured by Apple in the Entertainment category’s New & Noteworthy section.