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Middle Manager of Justice's accidental launch becomes beta test
Double Fine's free-to-play iOS game Middle Manager of Justice accidentally launched on the App Store on September 5, as an incomplete, buggy version of the final game. Double Fine pulled it quickly, but not before potential players caught wind and downloaded it. Lead developer Kee Chi explains to Gamasutra how this all went down, and why it's not so bad in the end."Yeah, it was totally my fault," Chi says. "With the way you submit things on the App Store, you have to specify what the release date is, and a while back we had set the date to September, but at the time we didn't know if that would be final or not."Once we submitted the game, we realized we had a lot of things we still needed to tweak and fix, but at the same time, we didn't want to remove it from the [submission] process in case Apple catches other things we need to take care of, and we didn't want to do a double submission."Chi's tech director called him on his way to work last week, saying Middle Manager was live in every territory. It appears Apple took that September release window to heart. "I just went 'What?'" Chi recalls. "At Double Fine, we pride ourselves on putting a solid product out there, so having something out there that was buggy and not quite ready yet was really frustrating."This is Double Fine's first foray into full-on mobile gaming and it anticipated surprises. Chi and Double Fine decided to turn these accidental players into beta testers, reaching out on various forums to encourage feedback."I guess it kind of just turned into a beta test," Chi says. "I mean, if people find bugs that we haven't found internally, I'd love to know about them so I can fix them."
Middle Manager of Justice approved for free iOS procuration [update: pulled]
Double Fine's Middle Manager of Justice is now available on the App Store, and at a cost of $0.00 it shouldn't significantly impact your outlay. Yes, that was our attempt at being Scott Adams.Double Fine's iOS debut throws you into the over-referenced world of superhero management. As a middle manager at Justice Corp. it's up to you to train your super-powered lackeys, upgrade their super-equipment, all while keeping the super-paperwork in check. With the game being super-free-to-play, it would be super-rude of you not to try it.Update: Double Fine has pulled the game from the App Store, noting that the version that "accidentally" went out last night is incomplete. "Please note that the game isn't indicative of what it should be yet," said creator Kee Chi. "All the bugs will be ironed out, and there is much tuning to be done."
Double Fine requisitions Middle Manager of Justice for iOS
Double Fine has burst onto the iTunes App Store with a new game that combines the thrills of office politics with the banality of superhero fights. Middle Manager of Justice, the first game in DF's three-game deal with Dracogen Inc., puts you in charge of a new Middle Manager of a branch of Justice Corp. Hence the name.You have a team of superheroes, and your job is to train them, and to maintain and expand their base to increase their training facilities. It's kind of like the Super-Sims, if the above trailer is any indication.Middle Manager of Justice will be free-to-play, and available "soon" – or as soon as the paperwork is in order.%Gallery-163905%
