Rolled out an update today: Version 0.7.7530-Beta
What's New
- Looks like all crashes were fixed in the previous release, if you are still having any issues it is probably because you are on an older version of the app. Update to the newest version directly from the Play Store to resolve any issues.
- Made the splash screen faster and changed the animation around a bit.
- Removed the dark overlay when the "Next" verse button appears.
- Made the title "CrossWord3D" more consistent from the splash screen all the way through to the menus.
Road Map
These are the things I hope to build into the app someday. These may or may not happen but they are what I am currently working on behind the scenes.
- Play Packs:
Idea: Groups of verses ("Play Packs") instead of randomly selected verses.
Progress: Haven't started. - Custom Play Packs:
Idea: User generated puzzles saved into play packs.
Progress: Built a puzzle generator. Needs a user interface and is waiting on main menu with play packs to be completed first. - Mini games:
Idea: Playable mini-games (for example they could be similar to: pong, flappy-bird, minesweeper, etc.) the purpose being to break up game play and to acquire power-ups to be used on puzzles.
Progress: Stated working on a mini game that will be a cross between the games breakout and alien invaders. It's not included in the game yet. - Power-ups:
Idea: Gained from mini-games, storable and usable for things like narrowing the keyboard to only letters for the current word, solving all of one letter on the puzzle, etc.
Progress: Haven't started. Waiting on mini-games to be completed first. - Sounds:
Idea: Default to off but allow to be toggled on
Progress: Haven't started. - Better Graphics/Animation:
Idea: After core functionality is built in I hope to start working on the graphics, animation, and general "gamification" of the app.
Progress: Added in some playful animations but they caused lots of issues and had to remove them. Need to start over with these.