Beta 1 Release Imminent - but why is it for Windows?

Beta 1 for Extreme Sheepdog Trials is about to wing it's way to our eagerly awaiting Beta testers. However you may ask - why is the Beta a Windows .exe and not an iPhone app?

There are two main reasons:

1. By default an iPhone user cannot install an app from a 'random' web site. There are some good reasons why you might not want to do this as a user, however it makes the Beta process more complex for a developer. To get early feedback prior to Apple approvals (or our planned Betathon) we have released on Windows.
2. We have from the start of the project ensured we can always build on two platforms, iPhone and Windows. The reason for this is to ensure our portability code is working when we carry out the (what should be) fairly simple port to Android using the Android SDK and NDK. Hence given this - it seems logical to get some early feedback on this platform.

The Beta is probably available now - and if you click the Blog title you can try it and download it for yourself. All feedback welcome.