Sunday, March 30, 2025

One Door Closing, Another Opening!

All apps will be removed from Google Play!


What's happening?
  • After years of fighting to protect your user data I am now fighting to protect my own. By the end of April 2025 Google is deleting all my apps and developer profile! At that time this link to my developer page will go to a dead page.

Why?
  • Google has added a mandatory requirement that indie developers must publish their full legal names and full home addresses on the play store. I will not do that. That's an overstep of their use of my personal information.

What now?
  • If they choose to reverse this decision, which I hope they do, I will be back.

  • Current plans are to build web based apps that will be available for both Android and iOS users without need for hosting apps in either of their app stores. Track that progress here on jarjarbits.blogspot.com as I'll try to post occasional updates about any progress made.

  • It just so happens that since August 2023 I have been working with AO Lab. They are a team that is building a completely web based and open Bible platform with the option for developers like me to publish extensions. My hopes are to begin developing for their ecosystem, stepping away from Android apps, away from in-app advertising, and of course remaining completely free to everyone.

  • While I hope to port a Bible Books learning game, a 3D CrossWord game, and the Random Verse generator to web based formats; the Dots and Boxes Territorial game currently has no plans of being available after my apps are removed from the Google Play Store. Apps will be rebuilt from scratch in a new environment that itself is currently under development. This will bring completely new experiences and may take some time but has the potential to be something better and accessible to more people than ever.

Caution:
  • Be aware that if you uninstall any of my apps you may not have a way to download them again.

  • Please don't download or use copies you find on third-party sites as those are bootleg copies and who knows if you can trust that they haven't modified the apps in some malicious way.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Facebook Apps Privacy Policy

 

Your privacy is my policy, simple as that.


Just getting started with Facebook Apps so not entirely sure what data Facebook will be handling. In general, I use the least possible amount of app permissions and user data on my end.

At this time I am only developing some Facebook apps as one-off's for specific clients. These clients understand and agree to the data usage required to meet the goals they have set forth.

Specifically the apps will be reading public page data from the individual client as needed.



Updated March 6th, 2024.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Random Verse — Open With Many Apps and Sites

What's New (in version 0.8.12-Beta)


New Experimental Feature
  • Ability to open verses with nearly any app or website you choose!

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Random Verse — More Polish Versions

 What's New (in version 0.7.93-Beta)

New Bible Versions (2 versions added across 1 language)


Polish
  • NBG — Nowa Biblia Gdańska — Polski — Polish
  • SNP — Biblia, to jest Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Przymierza Wydanie pierwsze 2018 — Polski — Polish

Sunday, March 26, 2023

CrossWord3D — Verse Text Easier to Read

What's New (in version 0.8.01-Beta)

  • Fixed, as suggested by a user, green answers in verse text were too hard to read. Now the green is darker so they are easier to read. Eventually I want to work with the font more to add a border and drop shadow to the letters but this will take a lot more work and time.
  • Wrong letters entered in by the user that show up in the verse text are now lowercase instead of uppercase. This makes the verse as a whole easier to read as you are trying to solve the remaining letters and words.

New (easier to read)
version 0.8.01
Old (harder to read)
version 0.8.0

Get it on Google Play