Information
2012
February
23rd
The Dream of surfing is ready Kite Rider website.
It was a fun and exiting journey with a view surprises.
We tried three different methods to code the waves in the game. Of course the third and most simple option did perform as required. The other techniques were a cylinder system and a bezier path.
What also was unexpected is the sheer amount of artwork required even for such a relatively small game like Kite Rider.
Testing is also really resource intensive, and it turned out having enough test devices pays off. Compatibility tests were made and the iPhone Classic, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 2nd Generation. Sometimes we found issues on an older device, fixed it and raised an issue on a newer device. Finally we’ve got everything worked out.
Final Polish and adding a introduction tutorial was the stage where you have to set a final release date. Creating and animating the tutorial itself didn’t take to long and working with our voice over partner company was a pleasure because the production quality and turn around time was on par with the game. But general polish can be done almost forever. Thats why you have to set an achievable release date at some point and stand to it.
So, have fun with Kite Rider.
Kite Rider – App Store
Kite Rider – Website
Nodhead Software Team
Information
2011
December
14th
Taking a shower cleans the body, working on an entirely different project cleans the programmers mind. We decided to make something different and an iPhone game seemed the most fun. It will be available soon and you can signup here.
We already learned a lot from this project and believe some of this knowledge may be useful in application development as well.
Stay tuned and don’t forget to signup.
Nodhead Software Team
Update
2011
July
12th
Just in time ready for OS X Lion plus a boat load of enhancements.
Available as demo here : Download
And for purchase via Nodhead Store and on the Mac App Store.
This update includes:
- Tethering Hero support
Use Tethering Hero on your iPhone or iPod Touch to shoot and magically transfer photos over the air into PDF Hero. Open the Help to learn more about this feature.
- Ready for Mac OS 10.7 Lion
Tested and tweaked for the upcoming new operating system. Support for Fullscreen mode.
- Export to CSV
Save your library in CSV file format, which you can use in software like Numbers.
- Export to PDF
Keep a PDF representation of your library for later reference.
- Print Library
Initial support to print your library.
- Product duplication
Save time for mass adding similar products.
- Delete attached document
It is now possible to delete a attached document.
- Remove individual pages
It is now possible to remove individual pages of a attached document.
- Life time warranty
Adds support for lifetime warranty.
- UI changes
Introducing the toolbar.
- Animation changes
Changes the default animation to a new one, thereby speeding things up.
- New Animation option
No animation.
- New Category
Photography.
- Updated help
Enhanced style, more topics and including keyboard shortcuts.
- General bugfixes
Focus area for next release
- Backup functionality
- Feedback dependent
Nodhead Software Team
Update
2011
April
07th
Once again we put the merlins hat on and prepared a fantastic release for you to enjoy. Now check out the new features.
Available on the Mac App Store.
This update includes:
- Tethering Hero support
Use Tethering Hero on your iPhone or iPod Touch to shoot and magically transfer photos over the air into PDF Hero. Open the Help to learn more about this feature.
- New action menu
To help users that do not discover drag&drop saving, we changed the print button into a action menu. From here you can Print and Save.
- Added save menu
Saving is now also possible via the file menu.
- Compression and quality control
You can now choose if image compression should happen and even control the quality level. This is available to you in the preferences.
- Drag to Dock icon
You can now drag files directly onto the Dock icon of PDF Hero. Open the Help to read more about the behavior.
- Added help
Choose PDF Hero Help from the Help menu to open it.
- Completed German Localization
Focus area for next release
Best Regards,
Chriss
Information
2011
March
21st
Now it´s no longer a secret, Tethering Hero got available for your iPhone to download.
Updates for PDF Hero and Warranty Hero will appear soon. These updates, combined with Tethering Hero will enable you to send photos and receipts wirelessly into both Mac Applications.
Information
2011
February
25th
We are updating all our titles to be compatible with and take advantage of new features in Mac OS 10.7 Lion.
Here is what happens in the near future:
Warranty Hero 2
We may delay 2.0.2 just a little bit to run some first test for Mac OS 10.7 Lion.
PDF Hero
When we finish Warranty Hero 2.0.2, the next cycle goes to PDF Hero where we add new features and also make sure that it plays fine with 10.7 Lion.
Update
2011
February
23rd
Oh look what appeared in the Mac universe,
A new Hero was born to make combining and merging PDFs and other files on your mac super easy and elegant.
Available on the Mac App Store.
This initial release includes:
- Handles PDF files
- Handles Image files
- Flick thru pages
- Quick look integration
- Printing
- Easy Importing and Exporting via Drag&Drop
Focus area for next release
Best Regards,
Chriss
Update
2011
February
04th
Update time,
After the initial release, 2.0.1 code name Pants Up is waiting for you.
Available on the Mac App Store.
The release includes:
- Removes the delay before dragging a product begins
Previously it was necessary to click – wait – and than drag a product. That appeared unintuitive to lots of you, so we have removed that.
- Changed drag-selection behavior
You can now select multiple products by clicking in the empty room between them and drag up a selection and of course via the command or shift key while you click.
- Introduces a alternative animation
Even if you have a older macbook, we still love you. Thats why we have created an alternative animation for you. The kind of animation is chosen automatically but you can manually change that in the preferences.
- Each product now has a little indicator to show if an alarm is scheduled
You will see an silhouette of a bell in the top right corner of a product if one of the reminder options is set.
- Adding a document can be canceled now
In addition to “Attach Pages” and “Replace old one”, you can now also cancel the operation when you drag a PDF or image on top of an already existing one within the document view.
- When being in a category, the delete menu item transforms to “Remove from Category”
If you are in a custom category, pressing the command + delete key dose now only remove selected products from the category instead of deleting it. Deleting can be done via right clicking.
- Fixes a bug in the menu
The delete menu had the keyboard shortcut only after clicking a second time in the products area.
- Selecting the Cover image in the editor dose now show that
To delete the image, highlight it and press the delete key on your keyboard.
- Fixes a bug related to iCal
This could prevent updating events when you make changes to a product. Missing changes are automatically synchronized for you.
Focus area for next release
- Importing CSV
- Exporting to CSV and PDF
Best Regards,
Chriss
Update
2011
January
07th
Howdy,
It’s been a long and exhausting development phase and finally it’s there.
Warranty Hero 2.0 now serves as foundation for future releases that will introduce really interesting possibilities.
This time it is not a free update and is available only on the Mac App Store.
The release includes:
- Completely re-crafted revolutionary user interface and interaction
- Introduces categories with specially crafted icons for you to use
- Introduces the ability to add custom fields to your products
- Added native integration for lot’s of currencies
- The receipt view is completely reinvented, you can add PDF files, attach additional files or images as pages and skim thru the pages.
- Double clicking on a product now triggers the editing mode.
I think this is a huge step forward and if you liked it’s predecessor, you will fall in love this one.
Best Regards,
Chriss
Information
2011
January
03rd
The Announcement
This was really unexpected for us and it caught us with pants down. Given the small time frame of 2-3 month, the decision was made to feature freeze 2.0 and begin working towards the Mac App Store guidelines.
State Of The Hero
Here we are now 4 days before opening and Warranty Hero 2 has finally gotten its approval after a view hiccups. It will be available with the Mac App Store launch on January 6th 2011. We are introducing it for $14.99 US.
Upgrading & Existing Users
Please understand that the Mac App Store restrictions required lots of changes to the programs code, such as leaving out the update mechanism to name an example. Maintaining and testing two separate builds would consume to much time and resources.
To not hinder the development progress we have decided to make Warranty Hero 2 available in the Mac App Store only. That means you will not receive it thru automatic software update.
We are honestly sorry that we have not enough resources to deliver it as free update and hope you can understand that and give us a second chance on the Mac App Store.
Updating In General
Just make sure you are running the most current version(1.5.2) before getting the new version from the Mac App Store. Please be aware if you choose to get it right away, the 2.0 version does currently not support medicinals and you would temporarily loose that ability.
After 12 month of crazy work we cant´t wait to hear your feedback for the new version!
