Archive of posts from July 2014


Bubblision – Sprint 22 start

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) Read on

Bubblision – Sprint 21 complete & SunUp #14-29

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 Read more of Free: How today’s smartest businesses profit by giving something for nothing Read on

SunUp #14-28

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 Read on

Bubblision – Sprint 21 start

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) Read on

Bubblision – Sprint 20 complete & SunUp #14-27

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

SunUp #14-26

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. Read on