Hi guys,
I've finally got my first app to a standard I'm 'happy' with so wanted to share it with you all to get some feedback and suggestions for improvements. (It is actually my second app but we don't like to mention the first one!)
My app is inspired by the old Logo programming language (and a weird desire to draw crazy patterns!). I couldn't find an easy to use app on the market so tried making my own.
Am enjoying building apps so far! Couldn't have done any of it without the huge support on the net!
Hope you like it and I welcome your opinions.
Search in market for "Turtle Graphics". It's free of course (but it does have ads to help the beer fund!)
Thanks guys!
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Hahaha, really? I'll have to install this, it'll be.... about 23 years since I last used this.
Awesome DarkGadgeteer! I can't wait to try this out too as it has been 27 years since I last touched logo. I hate getting older by the way.
Just installing. Will try out later when I'm done with regular boring Java work.
No way...
I can't believe I would ever see this again..
Awesome!
Mint! Will seek and install
Needs a save function for the resulting image!
Yeah!!!
Old school!!!!
Nice work! Didn't think anyone would ever bring this back
This was like one of the first things that made me get so interested in computers.
Dear lord, I used to do this in primary school. I had not expected to ever see this again. :')
Thanks very much for all the feedback guys, it's very encouraging.
Really sorry for making some of you feel old, if its any consolation it did it to me too!
Have taken note of the improvement suggestions and will get on with them, just may take a while as I have to fit it in-between my wedding preparation! Can't afford to upset the missus too much! ;-)
Please keep the feedback coming!
Thanks again!
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If only we had a turtle with the pen nib attached and bluetooth installed!!
this is so awesomely old school, great work!
i think simple variable handling would be great, to use something like LEFT 2*x
I was thinking about the variables. What would your suggestion be on what increases the value of x? Number of repeats or just each instruction?
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[App][Update] Turtle Graphics
Hi guys,
Found a few minutes (read hours!) and added a simple variable into the commands to create even more pattern craziness. Please try it out and let me know what you think!
Turtle Graphics now at 2.6 in the Market
Thanks again for all the encouragement and good ideas!
(I'm really liking the idea of a bluetooth turtle! Anyone got a spare Lego Mindstorms? )
DG
Super awesome, this totally rocks!
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Hey guys, I'm trying something new - every Monday, I round up all the new app and game releases from the past week and post them in a format that I think makes it easy to navigate them and keep up among all the garbage.
This week's roundup is here: Last Week’s Best New Android Apps And Games (10/4/10 – 10/10/10), Now With Screenshots
Please let me know what you think of the format and usefulness of such endeavor.
Great idea. hope you keep it up in spite of the underwhelming response.
sweeet
this is great
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Great idea. hope you keep it up in spite of the underwhelming response.
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Actually, it's one of the highest traffic posts of the week, so don't worry - it'll be up every Monday
That's a lot to test and compare each week so I appreciate the effort to do this.
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This is great, I'm always on the lookout for great apps I'm not aware of. I'll be looking for these posts every Monday
Excellent thank you for taking the time!
Thanks dude thats really appreciating
Cheers man, really appreciate it. Found a lot of great apps/games!!
Great job!!
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Very useful and appreciated.
Hi Everyone,
We just completed our android version of iKamasutra. This is the original app from 2008 that is designed to to inspire couples to try out new positions. As you can tell by the name we originally developed it for iPhone, but are now really making an effort to make it even better for Android.
To reach this goal, we greatly appreciate all types of feedback, from if the name is stupid to have on Android market to new feature requests.
You can find more info about the app at lovekamasutra.com/android and there is also a Lite version that is free to try out. So please let us know what you think!
Where are the differences between lite and paid version?
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10,33mb is quite a lot for an application, isnt it? A bit too much for me, so i guess i am restricted to doing the missionary position for the rest of my life....
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Hi, the difference is that the free app has ads and 25 positions to try it out. The full one currently has 106 and will expand.
The size of 10mb could be hefty but we got plenty of custom graphics with audio so it's really hard to make it much smaller. The full app is currently 17mb and we aim to never go past 20mb. Can it become a problem?
For people who cant write the apps back to sd it might be a problem i guess... but maybe i am the only one...
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Ok, what size would be good if you can't put it on a sd card?
One marketing suggestion would be to change the name. It really irks me when apps have "i" on android.
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One marketing suggestion would be to change the name. It really irks me when apps have "i" on android.
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It really 'irks' me when people make these comments rather than about the app. The name is FINE, stop relating it to Apple.
Nice one, not one for me but i'm sure many will try it
Downloaded the free app and ended up paying for the paid version. It's only a buck after all. Sure looks like I'm going to have to start flexing and hitting the gym more for some of these positions!!
Alright, any more feedback regarding the interface, interaction, or performance is still very welcome! or well, any other comments to you would like to share with us
Thanks!
Not bad, not bad at all. Nice design. Like a funny "tried" button. It is really useful.
Greetings,
I've just published my first app on the market. So I'm trying to get a little exposure
NumberFun is a brain excercise using basic math equations. Here is a link to my blog which has a screen shot and instructions in the app's introduction post.
http://jrdevapps.blogspot.com
It's on the market for $0.99
Back in mid development stage, I posted a question about how to get debugging to work with the ViewSonic GTablet I bought using Eclipse for development. Got a lot of good tips and help, but unfortunately never was able to debug on it.
But alas, I did get the app developed and test on several devices. Works great!
Anyway, I would greatly appreciate any takers
Thanks very much in advance.
I think that your first app should be free...
Hmmmm...
That wasn't quite the response I was looking for.
But thanks for giving me a peek anyway.
You may be right, but I couldn't see putting this out there for free with the amount of time I put into it. There was quite a learning curve (unfamiliar development environment, SDK, never had a device before this, etc).
I agree, you would probably expect a first app to be something quite simple and under the above conditions, maybe not put together very well. But, if I do say so myself, I think I did an excellent job for a first try. At least no testing has had any force closings ...and I've tested the h... out of it.
Anyway, I appreciate the input.
I agree, at least for a time being. Since it is your first app you are most likely looking for feedback on what you did well, what not so well, and what to change so your next app is infinitely better right out of the box. You are more likely to get that feedback if your app is accessible. I'm not saying this because I want your app free, just trying to be helpful
Ok...I AM new to this, and maybe I should have considered that. I'm afraid I can't undo it now.
But don't let the fact of it being my first one scare you away. It really does work well.
Thanks for the advice.
Maybe you can publish a "lite" version with lesser features so that your users can get a feel of the game. I believe it might also lead to more people buying the paid version. Just a suggestion
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You may be on to something. But, that would at the very least be a challenge to find a way to take functionality out of it.
Let me think on it
OK...It's now free on the market
I've listened to the replies about making the first app a free one. Also, Further testing with other people have given me ideas on better functionality. Consequently, I've put in several improvements and just published the free version (NumberFun Lite).
The original NumberFun has been upgraded with those improvements PLUS more!
So feel free to give it a try. If you like it, please give some feedback on the Android Market.
Thanks to all for your replies.
Has anyone tried this??
I'm just wondering if anyone from this forum has given the game a try.
I appreciated the responses I got when I first started this thread. Bitter tasting advice was given out as I was not prepared to modify the app for a free version.
But, I heeded what was being said and came out with a free version as well as a better paid version.
So now they're out there. Yes there have been 50 to 100 downloads of the free version...but I'm not getting ANY feedback besides one comment from a co-worker
I'm only asking that if you have tried NumberFun Lite, to please leave some feedback (either here or on the Android Market). And If you haven't...Why not
Not a bad game, but better graphics and sound effects would be nice
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I thinks that I will try it in my HTC desire.
Thanks for your great work.
Hey enragedpaza,
Thank you for checking it out. The feedback is priceless!
Yes, better graphics is one area I'm now exploring. I've never used OpenGl before and I'm purging through tutorials on this.
Again...your input is greatly appreciated.
tanks vey much
very tanx much!!!!!:good::good:
I just finished watching all of the Terminator the Sara Coner chronicals series. It was the sh!t . I was so into this show that the end I felt so incomplete. So I was inspired to try and get a theme going. All I could do is take pics from the internet and make it my wallpaper. Lol. That isn't good enough. I had a few ideas with icons, themes and sound effects. Now I'm a nood to this I would not know how to make this. So I was wondering if could be someone's wing man and help me with this and teach me at the same time. I know I'm asking a lot. But I travel a lot too. I'm in hotsprings,AK right now and then to littlerock . After that I believe TX. I think you could make a cool ass ROM out of this. The show is suppose to come back but on syfy channel in April. So maybe we could do this for the fans too. With a cool ass boot animation of the skull or what it looks like when the "T" is booting back up. Just an idea. But I'm asking for any help. I thinly I'm in love with Summer Glau. Lol. She plays the Terminator on the show. Please let me know. Thanks.
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Thank God for Netflex. Lol. Hey and maybe "Sparticas" too. Who knows. I know there are fans out there.
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Might be able to help...
I'm far from an expert, but I'm a professional graphics designer and have been learning about bootscreen/theme design for the last few weeks. I'm willing to help out wherever I can.
Thanks , I do appreciate that .I know this seems like its not hitting right but I think of what we can do just on a Terminator theme. Awesome graphics cool ass themes and maybe some recognition. And then spread out from there. But thanks again. Maybe we can start from here and learn.
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Hey guys! I just wanted you all to know that I have finally moved away from the Thunderbolt.
I wish you all the best of luck with the development! Thank you to all of the developers who still carry on development for the device. Without you guys, I would have left the bolt over a year ago... but you guys kept it cool and worth staying with.
Also thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way.
I recently moved and the Thunderbolt no longer maintains even WiFi for some reason... so I was forced to move away from it.
Again, thank you all for everything!
Have fun with your new device.
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Take care bud, was always a pleasure having you around!
Enjoy your new toy. :good:
See you around
Sad to see you go bud, was fun having you around, and a few of your posts really cracked me up (see dickmode). Enjoy your new device!
Haha! Yeah, we had some good times on here for sure!
Thanks for all the memories and help from all of you!
I'll still pop in every now and then I'm sure. Hope to cross roads again with you guys later on!
Take care everyone!
Well, I also left the ranks. My family has been pressuring me to get them their first smartphones, and by the time we were through at the cell phone store, I had one too. While I really was hoping to get the next great phone (eg, a Nexus 4x with replaceable battery, SD card, and LTE), we all went with what I think is still the best combination of size, speed, and features (replaceable battery, memory) while also having a community for future, um, er, rooting fun. The Samsung Galaxy SIII. I was tempted by the Note 2 but the thing is just too big; the S3 almost seemed too big, but it is also nice and thin.
Anyway, I will miss the Thunderbolt. I was really fortunate with my ROM choices (SOAB, Thundershed, and Santod's ICS Eternity). SOAB was a good entry to rooting, Tshed was bulletproof, and Eternity was fast, smooth and awesome in features and performance. But most of all I will miss the awesome developers who contributed to their talents and time to make the Thunderbolt better that what HTC and Verizon could ever do. And the great community here and on other bulletin boards. People like QuickDraw, who has always been quick with the advice or support.
I have some Thunderbolt accessories free for the asking. A Rezound battery. A slightly broken Platinum holster case in black (one small piece of the case broke off but it doesn't seem to effect the use at all and you wouldn't even see it if you didn't look) and a virtually unused PowerSkin case. Let me know if you want em and I will ship them to you. At some point I may even give up the Thunderbolt itself.
Thanks again everyone...
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Hey guys! I just wanted you all to know that I have finally moved away from the Thunderbolt.
I wish you all the best of luck with the development! Thank you to all of the developers who still carry on development for the device. Without you guys, I would have left the bolt over a year ago... but you guys kept it cool and worth staying with.
Also thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way.
I recently moved and the Thunderbolt no longer maintains even WiFi for some reason... so I was forced to move away from it.
Again, thank you all for everything!
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Ooh! Which device are you on now? I hope you'll come visit us Bolters every so often. Perhaps we should make an Off Topic Bolt thread hahaha. Anyway, I hope it works out for you! I'm still new to Xda, but I'll miss you! Hahaha
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