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WordMix Pro going 3D
WordMix in the Google Play Store WordMix Pro arrived in the Google Play Store. While WordMix will stay free of charge, selling a pro-version will support the developing of the game and helpkeeping the...
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OpenGL antialiasing in Android and transparent textures
I tried to replace the legacy 2D rendering code of WordMix, which uses the native Android canvas methods, with an OpenGL renderer to allow for fancy effects and animations. First attempt simple texture...
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The SympTom After publishing WordMix with the OpenGL accelerated 2D game view (using GLSurfaceView), I received weird crash reports from some devices, mostly out of memory from within the GL context:...
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Much improved AI speed for Freebloks for Android using jni
For the port of Freebloks 3D to Android I rewrote all code from C to Java. While that was working fine and resulted in greatly simplified networking code, the speed of the AI was not so great. It took...
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Chicken Tournament for Android in development
After more than 10 years I decided to port Chicken Tournament to current Android smartphones. Due to the differences between the platforms, this will result in a new game and a new engine, but because...
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I published a short demo video of the upcoming Android version of Chicken Tournament. The video has no sound and shows the game as of today. Enjoy:
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Chicken Tournament for Android
Long time no post about the Android version of Chicken Tournament. But it’s doing very well, despite lack of time. And the best, you can already check it out in Google Play! New particle systems A...
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Water splashes
Sometimes tiny little details can make all the difference. If an egg in Chicken Tournament for Android hits the water, a watery particle system is spawned for the splash. This is just a modification of...
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Freebloks 3D on F-Droid
Freebloks 3D on F-Droid Freebloks 3D is now also available on F-Droid, an alternative app store for Android containing only completely free and open source software. This version is free of any...
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Fly as a chicken!
Chicken Tournament for Android received some updates recently, with some great improvements. Chicken can now fly!! This took a while to get right and I have replaced the very complex and realistic...
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WordMix 2.0
WordMix in Google Play Store WordMix 2.0 is out! This is a due major update to my little word game for Android and includes a major face lift by bringing the game into the world of Material Design. To...
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