Pythonista-made game now on App Store

chriswilson

Hi all,

The puzzle game I have been working on is now available for free on the App Store.

Here is the link

Thanks to those who helped with my code, and to @omz for the awesome Pythonista Xcode template!

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Webmaster4o

@omz already tweeted about this

chriswilson

@Webmaster4o
Thanks - I didn't realise as I don't use Twitter!

khilnani

Pretty cool! Congrats!!!

cook

@chriswilson good job! I keep losing points. I need to read the rules more....!
:)

One suggestion about the rules presentation....
Use an html document with pictures and present a webview!

Anyway...I like how it looks and everything. I've never tried to make a game yet with pythonista...but I imagine you put in a lot of time.

chriswilson

@khilnani thanks!

@cook I'm thinking of ways to improve it for next version. I've never used a web view but will definitely look at that - thanks!

chriswilson

By the way, App Store reviews are very much appreciated of course! 😀

shaun-h

@chriswilson the game looks great, haven't quite got the hang of it yet though. Just a comment (it is very minor) you might want to take a look at the high score table and the settings screen they aren't are off to the left a bit on the iPhone 6 Plus not sure about other devices.

shaun-h

Actually something else to note if you click the high score table button multiple times it appears to present it then when i dismiss it it presents it again.

chriswilson

@shaun-h Thanks very much for your feedback. It's a bit tricky to get to grips with!

I tested in simulators in Xcode to ensure nothing was off the screen and I thought I had set the settings page to be centred. Would you mind posting a screenshot?

chriswilson

@shaun-h Yeah the highscore table can be delayed in appearing while it retrieves the info, leading to it appearing again won't multiple taps.

Any idea of how to prevent this behaviour. I guess I could disable it after a press.

All of this is good feedback to work on for version 1.1!

shaun-h

Just working out the best way to post the screen shots, and the high score table could be fixed by disabling the button until the view is presented I'm pretty sure you can check if a view is being displayed on screen

shaun-h

You can find the screenshots here

chriswilson

@shaun-h Thanks for the screenshots - I see what you mean. I'll have to look at the UI layout.

cook

@chriswilson you could present the high score view first with a 'please wait' and you should be able to download the info in the background. Once it's downloaded just update the view.
If you have a function with the decorator...

@ui.in_background
def getinfo()
...

chriswilson

@cook @shaun-h
Version 1.1 is now on the App Store. I've made changes based on your advice regarding the highscore button, settings and instructions screens etc. It's also a universal app now. Thanks!

chriswilson

Some impressive scores from @JonB !

ccc

If I know @JonB, he probably wrote a learning algorithm that runs on his iPhone that plays the game on his iPad.

disorientedp

I just found a bug. I can change into landscape mode, but it cuts off most of the buttons (iPad).

cook

@chriswilson saw that...looks great! Good job!