[nfbmi-talk] Fwd: Latest news about the Blindfold Games

[Jessica Dail]

Hi,
Here's the official email from Marty Schultz.
This is very sad.
I met Marty last summer, at national convention.
He's amazing! 

Thanks,
Jessica


Sent from my iPhone

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> From: Blindfold Games <martyschultz at kidfriendlysoftware.com>
> Date: November 9, 2017 at 10:00:56 AM EST
> To: Jessica Dail <jldail13 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Latest news about the Blindfold Games
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> No more Blindfold Games or Updates
> Marty Schultz, 08 Nov 05:48 PM
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> For those of you not following this issue: Two weeks ago, Apple rejected 3 updates: Blindfold Hopper, Blindfold Craps and Blindfold Horserace, by saying it violates a new rule of the App Store: apps that vary only by content (such as video or audio or text) must be merged into one app. I explained that these apps are all different, and that only their menus and settings screens are similar. I requested a phone call to discuss this further. Tap here for details on Apple’s rejection.
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> On Wednesday night, I talked with an Apple representative, and Apple’s decision is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of apps, they will no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates to be made.
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> From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and time-consuming. From a business perspective, that would mean spending hundreds of hours recoding the games, with no possible return-on-investment. Most of the games generate sales in the first three months of the game being ...Read More
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