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.
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New (easier to read)
version 0.8.01
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Old (harder to read)
version 0.8.0
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Android 5.1 and higher
- Devices running these versions of android should receive this app update as soon as it is approved for release in the Play Store and begins a rollout to all devices.
Android 4.4 to Android 5.0
- Devices running these versions of android will not receive this or future updates. To upgrade to a newer version of the app you will first need to update the version of android running on your device. This is a limitation imposed by Unity (the software used to develop the app), as they no longer support older versions of android. For the time being, an old version of the app (version 0.7.8130-Beta) will be in the Play Store and will be available to those older devices. As of today 98.4% of all active android devices in the world run versions newer than this. As for this app specifically only 1 current user will remain with this version of the app.
Android versions 4.3 and lower
- Devices running these versions of android will not see an available version of the app in the Play Store. If they already have an older version of the app installed it will remain playable but if uninstalled the app may be lost until a newer version of android is used. Both Unity and the Play Store are constantly requiring newer and newer versions of android and as such older versions are no longer supported. Upgrade your version of android to get access to this app. As of today 99.7% of all active android devices in the world run versions newer than this. As for this app specifically all current users are running newer versions of android than this.
In the works...
Still working on making the user interface (UI) look and work a little better so at the moment the some of the screenshots in the Play Store and the promo video may show older versions of the app. I plan to continue work on the UI. I hope to use more graphics to make the edges of panels look nicer.
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 planning to work on.
- Puzzle Cubes - Pop Between 3D to 2D Views:
Idea: So now I'm thinking it would be cool to have the puzzle in 3D a lot of time but when you tap to work on a specific word it could snap to a 2D view. That view would basically be zooming in to a view of the 3D puzzle that only showed a slice of the puzzle at the layer which the word happens to be on. That layer would look more like a traditional 2D crossword puzzle. Then after completing the word, or when you want to, it could pop back to the full 3D view.
Status: Haven't started yet.
- Play Packs:
Idea: Groups of verses ("Play Packs") instead of randomly selected verses.
Status: Haven't started. - Custom Play Packs:
Idea: User generated puzzles saved into play packs.
Status: Built a puzzle generator. Needs a user interface and is waiting on main menu with play packs to be completed first. - Power-ups:
Idea: Currently only have hints showing up but I want to add more types of these. Such as solving the first letter of the word, or solving all of one letter across the whole puzzle.
Status: Haven't started. - Sounds:
Idea: Default to off but allow to be toggled on
Status: 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.
Status: Started working on graphics with an entire user interface rebuild. Still in progress.