I have just uploaded Prepare for Warp 1.1 to the Google Play Store, so updates should be streaming through in a couple of hours. The big new with this release is the in-app purchases. Ever wanted to continue a failed mission because you were 98% complete? Now you can with Continuum Reintegrators. Need your lasers or shields to be a little bit above spec? We’ve got you covered there. Want to get rid of the ads? Our Subspace Filter is just the item for you. I’ve also added some fun novelty items to the mix – your asteroids can be 20-sided dice instead. The other added feature is that I have collected together 50 tips for the game, and have added them to a random tip display on the title screen of the game.
Since the free edition of Prepare for Warp now gives the ability to disable ads without a separate app purchase and download, the need for the paid version of Prepare for Warp has vanished, and that version has been discontinued. I have been trying to think of a way to translate a purchase of Prepare for Warp into the Subspace Filter item that removes ads from the free version, but just cannot come up with a good solution that doesn’t require the user to keep both versions installed. If you are an active player of the paid app version and this really bothers you, please get in touch with me and I’ll see what we can do. I think Google is going to offer gifting of in-app items soon, so that may be an option.
The iOS version of Prepare for Warp is almost ready for submission, so hopefully that release will be happening in the next couple of weeks.