I am, and have been for several decades ... a technologist-victim.
after dead-tree publishing ...
Thanks for your purchase (or interest) in Blood Toys. Watching this short clip will take you a long way to mastering playback of the title. There are some undocumented features. In addition to accessing the Table of Contents, demonstrated in this video, clicking the red droplets takes you to the front cover; tapping the "i" in the Table of Contents replays this User Guide. Additionally, there's a link to the Acknowledgments page in the lower part of page 3.
We have had scattered reports of audio playback problems. There's a chance, shutting down the iPad completely, and restarting will resolve the issue.
Sometimes, instead of tapping, tapping, tapping a non responsive "Playback" arrow, playback is initiated by clicking a bit beneath the arrow, slightly outside the controller frame. If this fixes your playback woes, shoot us a quick E on the subject so we can rail at unnamed developers.
Hopefully, you won't have a playback problem. You shouldn't. We designed the title to work flawlessly, and only marginally disturb your peaceful night's sleep.
The Ecology of Language
As it turns out, “literacy” is the problem. No, not in the sense of “a little stupid” versus “a lot stupid,” but literacy with respect to how we understand human language.
Creating the User Guide is always a sign that you're nearing the end of a project.
Having smart friends is a mixed blessing.
First, the really smart ones have solutions. The only possible drawback is how stupid you feel when one of them flicks a wrist, and produces – in this case – an incredible software tool in a matter of hours. Chipp Walters seems to be able to do anything he wants as a designer/programmer. I love it, but I have to admit, it hurts my ego. I can't even CSS, reliably.