Archive of posts from July 2014
Sprint stories
My priorities for this sprint are:-
Show players the colour the next player bubble will be
Investigate bubble overlapping bug
Think about how to make the single bubble remaining scenario more entertaining
Destroy player bubble if a power-up is hit (user feedback)
Write some more tests
Other things:-
Sign up for an ad network
Expected duration
Two weeks (ending 10/08/2014)
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Some tasks completed during this sprint:
Capped the score multiplier at 16x
Updated code so the multiplier is only used on colour matches
Registered for a developer account on the Play Store
Set up my KeyStore for signing my APKs
Uploaded the current APK as an Alpha to the Play Store
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Some of the things I did this week:
Capped the score multiplier at 16x
Updated code so the multiplier is only used on colour matches
Registered for a developer account on the Play Store
Set up my KeyStore for signing my APKs
Uploaded the current APK as an Alpha to the Play Store
Read more of Free: How today’s smartest businesses profit by giving something for nothing
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Sprint stories
My priorities for this sprint are:-
Cap the score multiplier
Only apply multiplier on colour match
Investigate showing players the colour the next player bubble will be
Write some more tests
Other things:-
Register as a developer on the Play store
Set up Alpha/Beta play test details
Sign up for an ad network
Expected duration
Two weeks (ending 27/07/2014)
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To be honest “the wind has gone out of my sails” this sprint, it’s been really hard to get going again after the staggering delays associated with getting a bank account for the business. Even though this is now sorted out the enforced hiatus means it’s been a bit difficult to find the motivation – it’s strange how external factors can rapidly demotivate you and sap your energy. Some tasks completed during this sprint: Update... Read on
It’s been a bit of quiet week this week as I’ve been largely hamstrung by not having a business bank account. That said, I now have a bank account…. finally!
It’s not like anything about the application has been contentious it just seems that the bank is spectaclarly slow. Still, I now have an account and can start signing up with ad networks and so on.
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