Hi mates,
I performed a hardreset today and started downloading all my apps again. Am I the only one missing a lot of games?
Here are what I found so far:
- FlowerZ
- Infinite Flight
- TouchStudio (okay, not really a game, but still missing)
- Impossible Shoota
- Chickens can dream
Is it just my marketplace trying to trick me or did they really disappear for no reason?
With the latest App Hub update, MS is asking for a USK content certificate for games on the german market. Developers can not get such a certificate, i.e. developers can not submit new games or game updates to german markets and are forced to pull them from our marketplace until MS can resolve this issue (might take weeks!).
EDIT: I have twittered with @flyingdevstudios (Infinite Flight), and they said they will re-publish it on the german marketplace, as soon as MS has resolved the issue (the MS advertised "workaround" has not worked, apparently)
Localhorst86 said:
With the latest App Hub update, MS is asking for a USK content certificate for games on the german market. Developers can not get such a certificate, i.e. developers can not submit new games or game updates to german markets and are forced to pull them from our marketplace until MS can resolve this issue (might take weeks!).
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Okay, thanks for the information. Kinda funny though that Rise of Glory is still available, but Infinite Flight is not.
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Gotta check what happens if I turn of location services and set up US as my region etc.
Infinite Flight has recently ben updated to Version 1.8 (now with space shuttle). Since the update came after the dreaded App Hub update, flyingdevstudios was either forced not to update at all, or pull it from the german marketplace for the time being.
Rise of Glory simply hasn't been update since the App Hub update. Existing games won't get pulled, only "new releases" can't get published to the german market.
EDIT: changing your location service wont help. Your marketplace region is decided by your live account.
Localhorst86 said:
Infinite Flight has recently ben updated to Version 1.8 (now with space shuttle). Since the update came after the dreaded App Hub update, flyingdevstudios was either forced not to update at all, or pull it from the german marketplace for the time being.
Rise of Glory simply hasn't been update since the App Hub update. Existing games won't get pulled, only "new releases" can't get published to the german market.
EDIT: changing your location service wont help. Your marketplace region is decided by your live account.
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Thanks for the information. Now that's really f*cked up. -_-
In case you are interested, here's a link to the MSDN boards with developers complaining about this issue, getting directions to an alleged workaround but no actual help...
http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/t/87527.aspx
Found these cool looking RPG games, unfortunately most are in Japanese and are not available for us... bummer.
Celes Arca
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asobimo.celes_alpha&feature=more_from_developer
Stella Concept
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asobimo.stellacept_online&feature=more_from_developer
Iruna Online (Looks sweet)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asobimo.iruna_alpha&feature=more_from_developer
The Last Mage (This we can download but again in Japanese)
https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.gree.android.pf.greeapp9670
Just wanted to share my findings
2/16/2012 - Updated StellaCept apk
NEW Version: http://www.box.com/s/9jxd9uilk58damr61e3k
As a Japanese enthusiast I'll give it a shot to the last game (The Last Mage), they look really cool. Sadly I'm not skilled at kanji but who cares, it's a free RPG
Edit: It asked me to register an account and verify via e-mail, which could only be made using a @something.jp address of their choice. Meaning I couldn't get it
My wife is Japanese and from Japan, maybe she can read and register for me
Why do you not learn Japanese language ?
It is not fair that all people in the world learn your language [English] and you don't learn thier languages
Xperia-Play said:
Why do you not learn Japanese language ?
It is not fair that all people in the world learn your language [English] and you don't learn thier languages
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My wife is from China and has no family from China here in the US. So last year we went to China for 6 months (my second time, first was 2 weeks) so that her family could see our daughter and spend time with her. Chinese is hard, but worth learning. For me I wanted to learn it out of respect to my wife and her family. Granted I am definately not fluent but I could tell her family and friends were pleased that I was trying to learn it. Chinese language doesnt have a huge vocabulary, but they do have 4 tones, and you can say the same word but change the tone and it will have different meanings. First couple weeks I was trying to say mother, to my mother in law, and she would just start laughing. Turns out mother and horse are pretty much the same with the exception of a different tone. Thank God in China they dont view calling a woman horse like how it means here in the US.
Otherwise I would have disappeared from Planet Earth forever.
I wonder if there is any way to get the above games? Even if they are in Japanese. I know there is like market enabler, but on Verizon we do not have working sim cards slots on our phones so that wont work. Any ideas of getting these games? That would be neato.
Is it possible with MArket Enabler.?
Schmoldt said:
Is it possible with MArket Enabler.?
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You know what I am not sure. I hope so. I cannot use that app as it changes your phones Sim card country ID, I am on the Verzion CDMA which does not have a working Sim card. So I cannot try it out. If someone can give it a whirl please let us know the results.
jgregoryj1 said:
Found these cool looking RPG games, unfortunately most are in Japanese and are not available for us... bummer.
Celes Arca
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asobimo.celes_alpha&feature=more_from_developer
Stella Concept
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asobimo.stellacept_online&feature=more_from_developer
Iruna Online (Looks sweet)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asobimo.iruna_alpha&feature=more_from_developer
The Last Mage (This we can download but again in Japanese)
https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.gree.android.pf.greeapp9670
Just wanted to share my findings
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GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!
The three games at the top I have them. I did the following,
Made an account at the following japanese VPN, I used google translate to create an account:
(This first to fix VPN)
http://software2tech.com/tag/how-to-solve-android-phone-vpn-connection-problem/
Go to this page follow link below to access site and create a VPN account (its free)
http://www.vpnsurfing.com/2011/08/free-pptp-vpn-service-provided-by-tsunagarumon-com/
Sign in with account on VPN under wireless & Networks under your settings
I then used market enabler to reflect Docomo Japan.
I then selected the links above to see if they woulld work and they did. I almost forgot I created a new gmail and listed it as from Japan. Then i changed accounts from android market on my phone and signed in under the new gmail on the website android market. Selected the above links and they worked. They listed up as free. I will save the apks and post links for them here. Next I will try to get Ridge Racer Accelerated. Cross your fingers.
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In case you dont want to do any of that above you can try the games, and try using my build.prop. Remember my build.prop is from my phone which is a R800x by default. AND I am not repsonsible if anything bad should happen to you phone in attempting to try this.
Here is the link to download the zip.
http://www.box.com/s/s4srim1f4jvd3ziaxy1i
Update again..... Hmmm.... so the first 2 apps load but it appears the rpg is played inside your web browser. And I am unable to go further, will have my japanese friend take a look and see if he can get beyond that page. Same concept as with Elemental Knights Online (which supports the xperia play directional pads and x button)
Celes Arca works, again Web browserm thats why the games are so small, they are being pushed to your phone via the servers the game is on. Still getting the final stages to work, here is another game, again it was free on the japanese android market.
http://www.box.com/s/xva859j2l4f97lp2bfxf
K, got the games to load up and working however my Japanese is not very good, I mostly just wanted to see if I could get them to download which I have been successful. I really want to try and get Ridge Racer Accelerated, and if I can I will then see if I can get the Resident Evil 4 from the Korean market.
Seems like they are a lot of mmorpgs. All but the last mage. Did anyone try it?
And what about the last game you mentioned?
rubbergnome said:
Seems like they are a lot of mmorpgs. All but the last mage. Did anyone try it?
And what about the last game you mentioned?
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yes, they are all MMORPG. The largest game is only around 9mb. The games load up in your oweb browser, meaning the game itself is being pushed to your phone via the server connection. If you have ever played Elemental Knight Online (EKO)
https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.winlight.eko_tw&hl=en
Its a great game and you can use your xperia play controls, no touchpad. Where EKO is mostly in english, the above ones are in straight Japanese and I am not nearly fluent enough to realy play as game. I was hoping it would be a mix of the two, guess thats why it was region locked to Japan until I got a hold of them.
Anyway what weird is when you click on the links above for the android market they show up as a paid game, when I selected the links and I was on the Japanese VPN with the market enabler for Japan / Docomo they popped up as free, odd. But anywhere if they were not a free app I woula most certainly not have uploaded them. I am still not able to get access to Ridge Racer Accelerated. I need to find a build.prop for the 006SH (Sharp Aquos SO-01C) phone. I have changed what I could to try and reflect the phone and I got it to see it as the above phone, but it still wont let me download it, so obviously I am still missing something. If anyone finds anything please pass it on here so that hopefully we can get access to the game.
Here is the Japanese G-Gee Game Center app. Its a Japanese Game market.
Here is the G-Gee Market app
http://www.box.com/s/jhj7cfv2as6euz3iis9a
And if anyone wants here is my modified build.prop for Japan
http://www.box.com/s/sdkt0cr3jp0q71tlln51
Here is another thread on XDA for the Disgaea game:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22567581#post22567581
I was able to install Celes Arca using your apk's. Luckily didn't have to use the build.prop or change stuff around.
It was a little annoying because it opens a website and had to go back and forward a few times to log in properly.
When I got into the game I soon had to close it hehe but didn't get into any fight, only spoke to a couple of NPC's and didn't really figure stuff out.
netorino said:
I was able to install Celes Arca using your apk's. Luckily didn't have to use the build.prop or change stuff around.
It was a little annoying because it opens a website and had to go back and forward a few times to log in properly.
When I got into the game I soon had to close it hehe but didn't get into any fight, only spoke to a couple of NPC's and didn't really figure stuff out.
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There is an update to the StellaCept Online game. I have the updated apk and will be adding it below.
NEW Version: http://www.box.com/s/9jxd9uilk58damr61e3k
I just got word back from the developer of Vanessa Saint Pierre Delacroix Nightmare (wow, such a long name) that they are currently working on an Xperia Play modified version. This is a cool game, I can't wait to have it on my play.
http://www.amazon.com/Vanessa-Saint-Pierre-Delacroix-Her-Nightmare/dp/B0073LWDZ4
Nucklez said:
I just got word back from the developer of Vanessa Saint Pierre Delacroix Nightmare (wow, such a long name) that they are currently working on an Xperia Play modified version. This is a cool game, I can't wait to have it on my play.
http://www.amazon.com/Vanessa-Saint-Pierre-Delacroix-Her-Nightmare/dp/B0073LWDZ4
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Nice, never played the game but I will give it a whirl when it gets released for xplays.
Later last year my Google Play account has been suspended (long story short, you can't publish an application that tests if the user's device has a security hole. The application didn't do any harm at all, but it's Google rules so nothing I could do when because of that minor detail they removed my account along with all its associated applications; you can read about the app that caused my expulsion here: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/location-security-exploit-on-samsung-devices/ ).
Later, I got in touch with Google which they didn't have much to say but said I could republish the applications I had that had not led to my expulsion back on the Market but I would have to use another account. Not all good, but not entirely bad.
Enough about that, for almost half a year I had the intention of getting some of my content back on Google Play, but I decided early on that if I already had lost all download statistics there was no rush in doing it and I would look at with as an opportunity to make all the stuff that I wanted to do the way I think it should be done, I'm talking about refactoring the code and bugfixes; note that the game was on the Android Market since the days of Android 1.5 and I had learned so much in the meanwhile that when I was looking at the code I wanted to make it all over again but only better. So that's what I did and even if it does not pay back, at least I know I did it my way .
To avoid the confusion with the previous version, and since I rewrote most of the application from scratch, I renamed the game as Droid Trivia.
Without further talk, here's the Google Play link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stomachion.droidtrivia
or on Handster: http://www.handster.com/droid_trivia_r788.html?dm=1&multi=1
I really appreciate if all of you reading this would try the game and rate. I'm really proud that I made the game easily playable with up to 4 players and not to repeat questions until it is no longer possible to not repeat. The game is also way more stable and faster than before, and it now bundles 3 languages : English, Italian and Greek.
As any good programmer, I always want to do more and more and end up never thinking it is perfect but at least I think it is ready for deployment and stable enough for the general public. Some things I plan for the future are tablet support and some more eye candy, and of course more questions as that is the game's fuel . That said, I'm open to suggestions and bug reports has I always have been.
Bluehood (search Play store for bluehood) is a very cool application to get to know new people around you. In Bluehood people connects to each other, they make new friends, chat or even flirt. For example, if you see somebody interesting around you, in Bluehood you can see his/her friendship status: single, in a relationship or married. You can even see contact details like phone number, mail, instant messaging id or Facebook page if allowed. If not allowed, then you can start chatting and make your luck.
Take social networking to a new level and unleash the power and functionality of Bluetooth in your device!
This is a new application so, in order to find as many people as possible in Bluehood, please share it with your friends.
To see how you can win a Nexus 7 please see Bluehood facebook page: www.facebook.com/mobile.bluehood
new version
In version 1.04 you can send smilies to people around you!
10-50 installs so far
ncc74656 said:
10-50 installs so far
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Hey, the app is just 7 days old and the Play store is a huge collection of apps, it is very difficult for a new app to become visible. Play is, maybe, the only store that does not have a "New apps" section, I think that Google has a reason for that
In version 1.05 you can let someone around you know that you like her/him at a touch of a button!
hey I'm new to this forum and android app dev in general, I'm a senior in highschool. Anyways me and a friend made a game on the google app store called hyperbounce, and we used the android built in classes for leaderboard but for some reason updating is complete trash, and I mean like players will set scores and days later it will show up. I was wondering if there is any better ways to create a leaderboard, and also is hosting it ourselves a better option? thanks for all the help!