What are you exactly trying to do? I just uploaded a sample game to my Dropbox, then opened the public link in Safari on my iPad2 (iOS 5.1), and it worked just fine. (Well, it loaded, that is.)

It just hit me that I didn't have sound or music (yes, the button was pushed down). Did any of you hear sound in Firefox 11?

It's not so different for the majority of iOS AppStore games, actually, unless they get favourably reviewed or go viral, which means they are either extremely original (or really dumb, but that is occasionally the same thing <img src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0" align="middle">) or outstandingly polished. Following some blogs and posts by hobbyist iOS devs (not companies like Playtrix, Gameloft, etc.), it seems many get an average of 1-2 sales a day, at .99, and sometimes not even that, even if they achieve hundreds or more downloads a day.

But I think it's nevertheless worthwhile sticking with it, even if you have so far only made a dollar. You gain experience and skill, and even if you may not end up making a living with your own games, you may at some point get to do contract work. HTML5 is going to be huge, after all. (Might want look a little into Javascript or the SDK, too, or the BrowserQuest source.)

Yep, pretty short -- less than an hour for all twenty achievements, but this was good fun in an 8-bit sort of way!

Working for me now! :)

I can't seem to get past "connecting to server". Checked with a friend in a different country, and she also gets the same error. It may just be down right now. I'll try again later :).

Many hosting companies have automatic installers for popular web apps like WordPress (which is awesome for blogging). For WordPress you can choose between a ton of ready-made themes, most of which allow you to add static pages (so you could have a blog with your game links on the side or at the top).

WordPress is free, but for those one-click installers you need a hosting plan. If you already have a site, WordPress is not hard to install manually, and there are tutorials. There may also be some blogging sites that might allow you what you want, but I never looked. No coding required..

I host my sites at HostGator, but you would look at about 60-70 dollars a year here. Might find cheaper offers too, but I like their admin options and service in general.

It's not a biggie. :) Now that I know that it can strike at any time, and will be striking until you swap to PHPBB, I'll just copy the text before hitting the post button.

Not to mention a Mac. <img src="smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Also note that the ability to download (not just get for free) apparently expires on the first of April. I wonder if there will be a charge later on to re-download the software.

I didn't subjectively notice an improvement (iPad2), but something like 15-20% is not always easy to see or "feel", unless you have a fps counter, and I also didn't test extensively at all.

iOS 5.1 finally enabled me to sync wirelessly, though, so I love it anyway! :)

A couple of times I had the problem that after attempting to post a comment in a forum thread, I'd get an "insufficient privileges" error. It seems kind of random. Going back and re-posting always works, so I'm not sure what causes it. (The annoying part is that the forum software clears the input field when using the back button.)

Thought I'd drop a note about that!