Chimps Ahoy!

Beyond the Unknown

Venturing into the unknown can often be a daunting task, and Chimps Ahoy! had all the right ingredients to be very scary. Being Griptonite’s first foray into mobile games; having a short development cycle; and working on an unknown platform all combined to slightly intimidate us as a team. “Slightly” I said! However overwhelming the task might have seemed though, the excitement of being a launch title on such a unique platform instilled a thrill of adventure into the project, causing us to jump at the chance to develop a game for the iPhone.
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iPhone NDA To Be Dropped

It’s finally happened. The iPhone Developer NDA will be dropped. Another NDA will be sent out shortly, but that applies only to unreleased features, so discussion about the iPhone SDK will be allowed as soon as that is out. This also means iPhone development books can also be finally published. Read more in the announcement from Apple.

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iPhone SDK Beta 8 Released

Today, Apple released the 8th version of their iPhone SDK, bringing it even closer to the final release expected July 11th. To download it, register for free to become an iPhone Developer at Apple’s iPhone Developer page, and download the Beta SDK.  Furthermore, Apple has sent out an email to developers to notify them that they are now accepting submissions to the App Store.

Get started by downloading the eighth beta version of the iPhone OS, available in the iPhone Dev Center. With this new version of iPhone OS you can conduct final testing and prepare your application for submission to the App Store.

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