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Show HN: Obama iOS App - My First iPhone Game
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mmcconnell1618
14 years ago
My first iPhone/iPad game was just approved on the App Store. I've been a web and .NET guy for 10+ years and this is my first game in OpenGL and Objective-C. The transition from the C# world wasn't too bad.

I started building the app for iPad and then adapted it for iPhone and iPhone 5. The aspect ratio differences meant that loading background images got a little trickier but the basic game play algorithms worked fine.

The app was rejected at first as "crude/offensive" and it took a week to clear that up since it falls under the "political speech/satire" exception. It took another week to get my second rejection for "UI doesn't meet expectations." No one would tell me why but I think it was because my original buttons were translucent and the Apple HIG says to make buttons 3D and "touchable." Start to finish it was about 1 month from first upload to availabe on the app store.

Let me know what you think. Democrats, Republicans and Independents should all enjoy the game.

You can download Chief Chompers for Free here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chief-chompers/id566462174?ls=1&mt=8