SubscribeBack in early July, a demo was shown on YouTube of an upcoming port of the incredibly popular PC and mobile game, Line Rider. This version for the iPhone/iPod Touch is called Flying Rider, and has been highly anticipated by many fans of the game.
An alpha version of the game was shown on July 9th, and it looked good in such an early state. The developer recently announced on August 1st that the game is 1.0 and was released to Apple for review. Below is a gameplay video of version 1.0 in action:
Unfortunately, today the developer was told by Apple that there were mistakes and that they couldn’t approve the game for sale in the App Store.
At this time, Flying Rider cannot be posted to the App Store because it exhibits the following issues that need to be addressed.There is no indication that an item has been selected in the tab bar. That is, the displayed icons do not change color or shade to show the current selection status. Also, the tab bar is displayed at the top of the screen rather than the bottom (which is the standard recommended placement).
It’s nice to see Apple are on top of apps, making sure they are up to their quality standards. Oh wait, no they’re not. Be sure to check out the developer’s YouTube page for more videos of Flying Rider in action.
Update: In related news, TUAW has an excellent article looking into Apple’s review process.
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