The Official CHUD iPhone app thread - Page 2

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Maybe it just might appear in the App Store without any notice . We do intend to cause a riot of goodness.

Only warning: Please be careful with the GPS section. I purposely didn't allow it to run in the background out of we have enough bad drivers out there.

Now if you excuse me, I have some hunting to do, too bad you can't join me..........................................yet

edit: I figured out something that will help A LOT with approval 1st shot, and the CHUD crew won't have to worry a thing about their articles.

edit edit: So if you want to know how I'm feeling about the app, lets just say I coded a lot of things separately, and now joining them together. It's like the 1st time I saw Devastator come together, or when a kid walks the 1st time... ...but more Devastator, or maybe I'll settle for a baby named Devastator learning to walk.

Well the ads support the site, no ads, no Chud.

Yeah there is a risk, as of right now we plan to submit the app with 0 censorship, because it sucks. If we get rejected because of that, appeal it. If still? It'll come with the censorship module turned on. If still? Appeal that. If they still reject it?!

Either permanent censorship enabled, Cydia, or Android. It would suck if it got to this, and maybe we just might egg a certain house in Cupertino. I would not even want to possibly release it then.

Don't worry though. There are a lot of apps out there with worse content out there (Uncle Mitch won't have his man boobs jiggle when you shake the phone and we're not inserting single frames of pornography while browsing), and there are appeal processes. The app has at least 80% harmless fun that I can promise shouldn't be a problem (can't reveal exact specifics). It really depends on the person we get reviewing and a lot of randomness. If the film C.H.U.D. happens to inspire a kid to kill a bunch of people we might have a harder time.

We got some unique things in this app that will set it apart, and so far I haven't broken any rules that I know of. I've coded 1st, ran, debug, and then skim the guidelines. Nothing has been removed in terms of violating those rules, just because of time and wanting to have things for other releases.

The final set of features has been set in stone for a while. Even the Uncle Mitch drinking game wasn't put in due to it being rejected due to the adult nature of it (there are tons of drinking game apps), just due to timing and balance. The censorship module was just added to ensure further chances of approval on the 1st shot. I wish I didn't have to put it in there, but I rather have the app for everyone on the 1st shot and hopefully not have it enabled on the get go.

I think we're seeing the light at the end of the sewer, so I just wanted people to know what's going on, and what could possibly happen as we near release. The puzzle is almost done, soon some key people will play with it, and then we'll package it up for you guys.

Till then, don't worry about things till we actually have something to worry about. So far, everything is going as planned.

Oh kids, stop whining. Here's the most revealing present of all:
old pic - http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1033/img0168.png

So submit that dumb stuff to Nick where ever you are.
Side note: You can't e-mail videos. Upload them to youTube if you want. Saves us time then e-mail us the link. Bandwidth isn't cheap.

Sider note: Yes iPod touch users, that menu adjusts just for you. Although with a new camera on the new ones, you'll get the iPhone options. Not saying you should go buy the new one.

Private beta testing will begin sometime later this week. Public beta, don't know yet. Things are going so good (ahead of schedule), we might skip that and jump right to getting it ready for release, which now we might submit the thing to Apple the second the new site is ready. So maybe 2 weeks after that?!

Oh I've been testing it so far, if you see an Indian guy with a lot of tentacles on his iPhone 4 walking around Atlanta... ...it could be me, playing with the GPS parts. Soon Nick and co will be doing the same, but I'll tell them turbans are optional. Now where the hell is that microphone...

Yeah I should rename that top part.

If you hit NO, you just get to write the email without the file.

Cancel is for if you click the Contact button and change your mind.

I'm gonna change it asap.

Well I adjusted the options, yeah we are hiding the interface as much as possible right now because we're playing between unique and intuitive. That's what we're playing with, moving buttons, adjusting animations. Sadly Apple rejects an app if it mimics one exactly, so we have to keep things unique to some extent.

With the contact option, you don't leave the app at all.

The UI is somewhere between Coverflow, Windows Phone 7, CNN, Engadget, and the new site. Things move but things are constant. What I'm going for is once you play around, you should be able to move around without looking (like the Back button is always bottom left). I did toy around with sticking to the iPhone interface and navigation elements, but now we have a greater degree of control with the images the way they are. I promise in the end you'll understand (can't spoil everything), but if everyone hates it, 2.0 will be the Chewers whims.

Actually though, there is a lot of planned randomness in the app, but not the navigation. All I can say, imagine holding a baby creature, that's what we're going for.

Well the real reason I can't answer the CHUD Android at the moment is due to my availability (I'll be able to keep up with any bugs). The background stuff will be there. Maybe you just might need a browser.

Contact wise, yes we do call the iPhone's native composer. So you can paste in any attachments if you want.

Besides, when you use the iPhone/iTouch, you compose your message, then add your attachment, either by jumping into the Photo app, or already having it copied. You do have that option here as well. We got fast switching enabled.

Still I do appreciate all the comments, we still got quite a bit of time, and adjustments can be made.

Hmm what to say, I know its been a while.

I should say the app is at 80%, and I'll try to take it to 100% this year. A lot of stars are aligning.

Oh and iPhone 4 and iPad people? Might want to have a video out cable for something . Not required of course, but it might make killing easier or more fun.

Oh and the simplicity of the app will probably allow you to snark at a basic level.

Soooo new CHUD... ...new app?

 

I want it to be known that my life got suddenly very busy with school (12 hr shifts, med school, exams) and a small perfect storm hit of various factors that will end up delaying the app slightly. I of course take full responsibility  for the tardiness and should of planned for this happening.

 

That said, the project isn't dead at all. It will come. It also bears a few extra fruit in that it allows the new site to get fully going smoothly before my part is injected to it. It also allows for a greater deal of polish (which Apple is very high on) and delivering you the best app we can. The app is in a functioning state, and a few things have to be tested because we have things on there that no one has really attempted before and a lot is going under the hood (and in the skies?!).

 

There is a mobile version of the site, but we wouldn't bring the app unless there was a specific reason to, and its still there, and soon the app will be too.

 

- SAIRUS

 

PS: Clue: You'll be able to watch aliens on your TV.

Honestly, I might of teased a little too early, and events in life took interesting turns (med school).

That said, man have we had a LOT of time to get it right. Hope I don't pull a Lost or Smallville finale.

Expect an announcement by the end of this month related to the status of the app.

Simplification applies to everything...

So that end of the month announcement:


Prepare for orgasm. (Basically it's coming, and unlike some things, sooner than you think. Oh and with confidence, we didn't pull a Lost finale or Smallville finale.)

Ironic that I would post this here!

 

Posted by Chud Mobile for iPhone

There are a couple of phases to release. They can loop back on each other if huge bugs or violations are there.

 

Coding - kind of a long one

Personal Testing - usually done with the above

Small Group Testing - coding is stable enough to send out for testing to multiple people. Minor recoding to setup development things.

Submission to Apple - a few weeks, but hopefully shorter

 

2/4 of those are done.

 

 

Now in phase 3, with some of phase 1. Unless something major happens or to answer questions, I won't post here again till the app is out.

 

Big day everyone!

CHEWER TESTING!!

Please contact Nick Nunziata for details on getting in on this exclusive group! We're going to pick 5-10 awesome people.

 

Yes it's finally happening! The video shows a few glimpses of the app.

 

 

Description (subject to change):

 

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Now CHUD is in your pocket (unless you put this on your iPad, then you need a big pocket). Needless to say, what do you get in this:

*Access to recent articles of all topics from the site! With an incredible full screen landscape view!
*Access to recent forum posts & comments from... ...the site! You do need to hit up CHUD.COM to create a free account if you don't have one, but you should! Then you can post  new threads and reply in a mobile friendly format!  Rotation support for you big finger people. Also we threw in full screen landscape view for you nice peoples in the individual threads.
*Chewer Cam: Take pictures if you got a camera. Even if you don't, use that library of yours. Amazing filters such as Posing with Uncle Mitch, Be Uncle Mitch and MORE! Upload to little site known as facebook to share with people.
*Tracker: Check out the cool tagged locations the crew of CHUD.COM want to send you. Parking extra.
*Podcasts: Access the audio podcasts from Nick Nunziata and crew. Guaranteed to offend children and nuns. Full 4.0 backgrounding support and remote control (via that fancy double tap). Got an AppleTV? Airplay! Pandora has nothing on us.
*Games: Chewer Runner and one that is hidden! Try to find it! Brag about it later. Then cry when you realize we made them Mega Man 2 hard. Post your high scores to Facebook and make your friends jealous of your score!
*Tutorial Mode: Let Uncle Mitch guide you in the ways of using the app, just remember, he is an uncle...
*Some other misc stuff: iOS 4 Retina Support, Fast Twitching err Switching, audio backgrounding, aliens and saving your favorite articles for later viewing.
*Self esteem boost: Cause you can use this app and show it off to people. Also, clicking ads has been known to do so as well.
*AND MORE!


CHUD.COM is created and operated by Nick Nunziata. CHUD.COM is a privately owned website that features a great deal of rumor and speculation, and must therefore be read as entertainment. All original content, both graphical and textual, is the intellectual property of CHUD.COM. CHUD.COM is no way affilliated with the film C.H.U.D. All rights reserved 1997–2011.

App coding by Shann Mehrotra of ATL5. Graphics by Simon Wright & Shann Mehrotra, but nearly all Simon.

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Requirements:

 

An internet connection for all sections.

iOS: 4.0

Chewer Cam: Camera for live shots (you can still access your device library)

Surround sound screams: Headphones

 

Note: We know iOS 5 is around the corner, and at the moment we have tested up to iOS5 beta 7.

 

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Can't wait till everyone gets their hands on this.

I'd say keep both. We don't have iPad support in app... ...but we might later. The site is beautiful in safari on an iPad.

So I need to be honest about the status of this thing:

delayed

Why?

Well with the status of this site, and various" hurdles" that pop up, might as well not rush this. Apple had issues with the app as it was in its current state, and it has to have changes. Now to get those done...

Hah yeah talk about irony.

So some stories:
We had some issues with Apple accepting it, but everything worked out in the end. Kudos to them for listening.

BUT


Lightning fried my hard drive and my external hd- lost all source code to the chud app 1.0

SO

We might be going straight to 2.0 as I write all the code again (from memory). So bug fixes might be delayed (AGH I even know of one!!).

iPad support yes! Search coming. Android? I really got to get the iPhone/iPad stuff straightened out, but I'll let you know. Windows Phone? Maybe even sooner (as I'm taking some courses that could delve into that).


So yeah this Christmas, my money went to 2 new hard drives, surge protector, and lots of energy drinks to squeeze in time for coding. Thank god I've stopped growing. I can hold off on pants.

Be gentile guys.

Hah, if any bugs pop up (we got most of them, but I think there might be 2 at the moment), we'll make sure to squash them.

Oh and post them here.


Any recommendations are welcome as well.

I'm already on the job of doing the next update, which is coded from scratch (and now I learn I have to buy new memory too).