Hi valued Mobile 1UP subscriber! You have received this email as you have requested to receive news and updates for Mobile 1UP - we surely do not want to burden our users with SPAM messages; so if you wish to be removed from this email list - send a quick message to "support@mobile1up.com" This newsletter is also archived online: http://www.mobile1up.com/newsletter/entries/20100107-newsletter.txt >> DEVELOPMENT - WORK IN PROGRESS Hoards of the Deep Realm ======================== Mobile 1UP is converting a timeless classic from its Palm OS source code archives called "Hoards of the Deep Realm". It is a game based on Lode Runner - but was actually released way back in 1986 for the MicroBee compter. We have posted some screen shots to our devleopment blog! http://www.mobile1up.com/blog/ It is planned for release this month at $2.99 (iphone/ipod touch) *Insert Game Name Here* ======================= Mobile 1UP is re-creating a timeless classic - Lemmings! In stead of little green hairs dudes - it will be using cavemen! We are close to finalizing the design of the artwork (themes) and will then be building levels based on the concept. It is bound to be one of the games to look for in 2010! We are looking for name suggestions! If you have any suggestions - and want to be mentioned in the credits; why not send us through your ideas and we'll consider it! Just think - dopy cavemen :) >> PLATFORM SUPPORT Mobile 1UP is proud to announce support for desktop platforms! As many of you may be aware; our games are written in a cross platform development kit; known as SHARK - which we have been working with for almost ten years now. It is such a great kit that adding new platforms does not require much effort at all! The desktop versions come with a trial version - so; you can also try them before you buy! Simply visit the pages for each game and you will find more information and download links available. Mac OS X: ========= universal binary (powerpc and i386); 10.4 or later - Cronk - GW Series (collection of 6 games) -- GW Lab, GW Monkey, GW Escape, GW Jetpack, GW Monster, GW Retreat Linux ===== Intel binaries (i386 and x86_64) - rpm, deb or tgz delivery - Cronk others coming soon! Windows ======= coming soon! You can aquire full versions of the games via our store: http://www.mobile1up.com/store/ >> MARKETING UPDATES When you submit your high scores to Mobile 1UP - your not only boasting to your friends (and the rest of the world) how good you are - but you are also contributing vital statistics for us to report back on our users. Mobile 1UP : OS Versions (2009-12) ---------------------------------- iPhone OS v2.0 0.00% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.0.1 0.00% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.0.2 0.00% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.1 0.87% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.1.1 0.65% 99.13% iPhone OS v2.2 4.76% 98.48% iPhone OS v2.2.1 10.82% 93.72% iPhone OS v3.0 14.50% 82.90% iPhone OS v3.0.1 7.36% 68.40% iPhone OS v3.1 4.33% 61.04% iPhone OS v3.1.1 0.00% 56.71% iPhone OS v3.1.2 56.71% 56.71% For the month of December 2009 - it has been shown 82% of our users are iPhone users - and 18% are using the iPhone Touch. What is also interesting to see is that 93.72% of users are running v2.2.1 - and only 82.90% are using v3.0 or later. A lot of developers are forcing users to upgrade - but we'll continue to support v2.xx in the future. >> Mobile 1UP : DONATION BOX We have setup a "paypal" account to receive donations! If you want to contribute to the development effort or send through a quick donation there is now a button to do so on the home page - near the mailing list sign up box. Any proceeds will be of course appreciated and contributed to releasing more free games. >> FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS / TWITTER What are we working on? http://www.mobile1up.com/blog/ http://www.twitter.com/mobile1up/ Bookmark our development blog and sign up for our twitter feed - it is not possible to work on stuff every day; but, we do post a number of items when we get a chance. >> CLOSING NOTES A short, quick, newsletter - we love to hear suggestions on how to improve games; or even the "hey, you rock" emails if you are a huge fan of what we do. Thank you for your support! // Aaron Ardiri - Mobile 1UP http://www.mobile1up.com/ http://www.twitter.com/mobile1up/