SurfGod’s audio runs in a mode that enables the sounds to persist when your device is in locked/sleep mode — this is essential for sleep/meditate mode. Some people have expressed an interest in having their own background music when the SurfGod’s music is muted. These two things do not co-exist trivially with the latest version of iOS unfortunately. Do you have any ideas on this?
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I set the sleep timer, hit the lock button, and go to sleep listening to the beach sounds. Zzzzz
Here’s what we propose(please let us know your thoughts):
In the upcoming version(V1.2), at the opening screen there could be 2 icons:
{(iPod), (Buddha)}.
This would allow you to select your audio-mode.
(Buddha): This is the default and it is the current mode in V1.1. This mode is the best for meditation/sleep mode.
(iPod): This would be a new mode. You would have to tap this icon at start-up to go into this mode. In this mode, if your device’s screen goes to sleep then all SurfGod processing(including meditation/sleep) would be suspended.
Looks like that should please everyone. I prefer to play my own music usually from the songza app while playing a surfing game. It appears that a lot went into this app visually as much as musically, so it seems to me that the focus would tend to users who want an audio/visual experience combined. So having the ability to play my own music while surfing is really relaxing to me. Everyone has there own audio taste so I think the option you are about to implement should be well received. I expect that I’ll be able to play my own music with the Sfx of the game still though. Like the splashing of the waves and such. I look forward to revisiting this app once the update goes live. Till than, “infinite surf” serves me well.
Thanks for the invaluable input Travis. We decided against doing this in the initial release because as you stated there’s a combined audio/visual thing going on with this app that is hard to decouple without losing the entire essence. Then there was also the meditation/sleep issues with iPod-mode. We hope you and others with similar needs are happy with the next update(already submitted to Apple QA).
I like the Ukelele tho!