Re:Video Games Are the Future of Education
by 1auralynn on Sunday June 21, 2020 @03:52PM
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Spot on. I received a small ($150k) NSF grant back in 2010 and made a semi-popular science education app/game for iPad. It was featured by Apple a few times and was even in an iPad commercial - it made basically no money.
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Can you share the name and does it still exist?
Re:Video Games Are the Future of Education
by 1auralynn on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:06PM
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Powers of Minus Ten, and yes it still exists - I do a little bit of maintenance to keep it alive because it's used by a bunch of schools. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/powers-of-minus-ten/id42912355...
I'm actually still working on something similar but, basically, no longer trying to run a business selling educational games (more, profits from commercial development contracts with actual budgets funding the cooler projects).
Re:Video Games Are the Future of Education
by mysterydip on Sunday June 21, 2020 @06:34PM
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If they made it in 2010, without updates, it's no longer on the App store. Apple takes down things that don't get updates.
Re:Video Games Are the Future of Education
by anticsapp on Sunday June 21, 2020 @08:47PM
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What's the max time in updates allowed?
Better question: Is there a fixed answer, or does it vary arbitrarily?
Re:Video Games Are the Future of Education
by mysterydip on Sunday June 21, 2020 @09:45PM
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Good questions. I don't know for sure, but I know a couple of my apps have been delisted because I haven't updated them (they worked just fine and since then I upgraded and lost the development environment used).
I was unable to find anything specific beyond "apps we determine to be outdated" here https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store-improvements/
It's this: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/powers-of-minus-ten/id42912355...
(note: I am not OP)