HallowScan is live in the app store!
October 22nd, 2009
Hey xdv8′ers! Our newest app, HallowScan (iTunes link), is now in the app store and ready to entertain. Here’s how it works; you open the app, snap a pic of a Halloween costume and BAM! It tells you what that person’s costume is hiding. Are they secretly in love with Megan Fox? Do they think that it’s Mardi Gras? Do they think it’s really Arbor Day? Only the HallowScan can tell.
Pick it up for $1.99 now and start sending us your best costumes! We’ll judge you. Seriously…
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New Website!
October 20th, 2009
Awright, awright, awright…
Now the website matches our logo a little more. Poke around, send us a message, save our feed for updates on our newest apps. We’ll try our best to get you all the news on the apps that you’ve been wanting to play.
If you want to stay hyper-current on our news and events, just follow @xdv8 on twitter and you’ll never miss a price drop, app update or new release!
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Solar Winds nears release
October 14th, 2009
So, we’re late. Later than we hoped for, and later than we expected to be.
But better late than never, right? Solar Winds RC1 is in testing, and finally looking like the solid, fun game we wanted to ship. It’s admittedly a five to ten minute distraction, which was our goal.
So the obvious question is – when does it hit the App store? Well, the not-so-obvious answer is “We don’t know.”
Not because it isn’t ready to go – we expect to be done this afternoon in fact. But because we aren’t sure exactly how long the process wil take to hit iTunes. Since this is our first release out the door, we’re going to feel our way through the release process.
Having said that, we have a pretty good idea of how it works, Apple’s documentation is pretty solid, and at least one of us is smart enough to follow directions – so we are hopeful it will hit quickly, once approved.
The screenies to the left show the neat artwork – sort of a retro 80′2 feel – that the team adopted for this project.
Also worth noting: we have four other projects currently in the queue for a quick release, so keep an eye on these pages – we should have news updates on each of those in the coming days and weeks. They are all looking like more of the fun, five minute distractions from the business day!
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Updates!
October 14th, 2009
One thing to keep in mind when looking at this news blog – we’re busy doing stuff. And I’ll be the first to admit that can translate into meaning “I’m a slacker at updating the News page!”
But there is some news. We’re actively looking for developers. We have a new game under development (Our working name is Orion – early in the process at the moment) that could be a new concept. We’re playing with WebOS – so expect to start seeing some Palm Pre games in the pipeline! And finally – finally! – our Apple Developer Program membership was approved.
That’s it (That’s not enough?) for the moment!
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Why xdv8?
October 14th, 2009
One question I’ve been asked recently is where the name xdv8 came from.
The interesting thing to this story is you have to understand my background – I’ve worked as a technology consultant for more than ten years now, and when someone is looking for an explanation, it’s probably second nature for me to ramble on for some random length of time, highlighting the business and technical factors that lead to the grand convergence that we see before us. Cost considerations, business plans, marketing strategies and cash-flow analysis all factor into this sort of decision and get weighed against the technical benefits and limitations of ant and all factor involved in this sort of thing. I could ramble on about this sort of thing for pages and pages.
The truth is, we wanted a short URL that sounds cool.
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Solar Winds nears liftoff
October 14th, 2009
We Surrender – Space Explorer’s working name has been scrapped for the new, cool, impactful name of Solar Winds. Feel the impact! Enjoy the new name! I can barely stand the excitement!
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xdv8 is hiring!
October 14th, 2009
We’re seeking one or two high-energy developers that want to build some cool games on the most innovative platform ever. If that sounds like you, check out our careers page and drop us a line!
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Hello world!
October 14th, 2009
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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