Playing a Sound on Exit in an iPhone App

When I developed Match for Kids, one of the most common usage scenarios went like this:

  1. Mom launches Match for Kids on her iPhone.
  2. Mom starts Billie’s game with the Kid Preset.
  3. Mom hands the phone to Billie and then turns to deal with life (i.e. talk to bank teller, checkout at grocery store, drive the car, etc…).

One of the major concerns for this scenario is: What happens if Billie presses the home button?  Well, the result is that Billie is no longer in a child safe game and is now in a position to use an iPhone unsupervised.  As this is undesirable, I needed to develop a way to prevent this from occurring.

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Digifork’s August in Review

Just a quick update on what I did here at Digifork in Auguest.  Including progess on current projects and musings on new projects. (more…)

Moonchaser Software is now Digifork

Official Announcement

As of August 22, 2010 Moonchaser Software has been renamed Digifork. This change was made to reflect a new iPhone and iPad game centric direction of the company. There are no changes in ownership involved in this renaming, Mike Lashbrook is still the owner and developer of all games. Over the next few weeks, both existing Moonchaser Software games, Moon Blocks and Match for Kids, will receive updates that will reflect the new company name in the splash screen and About pages within the application.

The Digifork Website

The new website address is http://www.digifork.com and it is live now. All support and product information for Moon Blocks and Match for Kids can be found on the new site. Over the next several weeks, the various pages that make up the Moonchaser Software website will begin automatically redirecting users to the corresponding pages on the Digifork website.

Cartouche

The first application to be released by Digifork will be Cartouche, an exciting arcade puzzle game. The initial release for this game will be for the iPad with an iPhone version following later this year. The planned release date for Cartouche is sometime in September 2010. Please visit http://www.digifork.com/games/cartouche for the latest information and to sign up to be notified when Cartouche is available in iTunes.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Readiness Statement

Apple preview it’s next update to the iPhone OS today. Apple will be adding over 100 new features when the OS is made available this summer. Some of the more notable features include:

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