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What's next for Thrill Seeker?
Posted by Mark Locker on 8th September 2009.
Following in the footsteps of Towers Guide, Thrill Seeker has been another great success. To hear comments from international users has been fantastic, and we're really excited about pushing the app even further - much further in fact.
Thrill Seeker is of course our main focus, it's what we've always been working towards and is our main app. Towers Guide, really, is like a demo of Thrill Seeker, it's free and includes all of Thrill Seeker's functionality for Alton Towers. Basically, Thrill Seeker and Towers Guide will always be identical, the only difference is that Towers Guide is limited to Alton Towers.
Even though we're only in the early versions of each app, we're going to totally re-write them! The next version to hit the app store will be version 2. Why? Well, Towers Guide was a learning curve for us and whilst we are pleased with the end product, the fundamentals of the app could certainly be improved, and will need to be in order to support some of the more adventurous features we have in mind!
The good news is that much of the server-side work for version 2 of the app is already complete. That means that we're ready to start cracking on with the actual app and we've recently been going through different UI ideas to try and come up with an interface that intuitively packs in all of our planned features.
Those planned features will include an accurate park map, which will be able to display your exact location and will be fully scrollable/zoomable. We'll reveal other new features in blog entries over the coming weeks.
So, we're far from resting on our laurels and can't wait to bring some really exciting ideas to the app. Stay tuned for all of the latest development news!
Thrill Seeker is of course our main focus, it's what we've always been working towards and is our main app. Towers Guide, really, is like a demo of Thrill Seeker, it's free and includes all of Thrill Seeker's functionality for Alton Towers. Basically, Thrill Seeker and Towers Guide will always be identical, the only difference is that Towers Guide is limited to Alton Towers.
Even though we're only in the early versions of each app, we're going to totally re-write them! The next version to hit the app store will be version 2. Why? Well, Towers Guide was a learning curve for us and whilst we are pleased with the end product, the fundamentals of the app could certainly be improved, and will need to be in order to support some of the more adventurous features we have in mind!
The good news is that much of the server-side work for version 2 of the app is already complete. That means that we're ready to start cracking on with the actual app and we've recently been going through different UI ideas to try and come up with an interface that intuitively packs in all of our planned features.
Those planned features will include an accurate park map, which will be able to display your exact location and will be fully scrollable/zoomable. We'll reveal other new features in blog entries over the coming weeks.
So, we're far from resting on our laurels and can't wait to bring some really exciting ideas to the app. Stay tuned for all of the latest development news!
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