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DroidGOX Card Games New Logo & Google Play Service Support

I just released a new version of my app DroidGOX Card Games with Google Play Service support. Now you can challenge your friends and every other Google+ user around the world to be on top of the leaderboads.

Plus, I decided to change the logo of the app since the original one sucked.

What do you think of this now? Better, right?

I hope the leaderboard feature will entice you to play the app even more. I will be adding more new games, ones that have a good probability to clear the game and base solely on getting a higher score compared to clearing the game in as less time as possible.

New App Phivolcs Quake Updates

Hi all, I just released a new app calle Phivolcs Quake Updates. This app displays the same data that can be found in the Phivolcs (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) website.

It provides a better medium to read updates regarding earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activities rather than use a web browser and view it in a small device.

This app is in no way affiliated with Phivolcs so if data in their website changes, the app may not work correctly.The moment this will happen, please send a report so the developer can make the necessary changes and fix the issues.

The app only retrieves the latest few entries rather than getting all of them which amounts to more than a year's worth of record entries. If you wish to view all of them, please go to their website instead.

I decided to make this app after that deadly quake hit Bohol in the Philippines a few months ago. It was tedious going to the Phivolcs site and browsing for updates in my smart phone. The screen is pretty small and it is a hassle typing URLs so this app should alleviate that limitation and hassle.

New Icon For DroidGOX Card Games

I recently changed the launcher icons for my app game DroidGOX Card Games.

This is the new icon.

Looks better than the old one, right?

DroidGOX Card Games New UI

I forgot to put up a post regarding this but DroidGOX Card Games now features a new user interface  where there is more space in the gaming area and other game features are placed elsewhere to make it compact.

The timer is now in the bar below near the lower right and selecting a new game will have to be accessed from the sliding menu.

This will relieve some users the trouble of finding out how to select a different game unlike before where you had to long press the NEW button in order for the popup menu to appear.

I am sure you are exposed to sliding menus now. Facebook and other well known apps seemed to have made this a standard.

Happy playing!

New Game Added: Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is a game which is somewhat akin to Sir Tommy, except in the dealing of the deck.

First, the four aces are separated from the rest of the deck and placed on the layout as the foundations. The object of the game is to build each of the foundations from Ace to King regardless of suit.

Four cards are dealt below the aces, each starting a tableau pile. The player then determines if any of the four cards can be build on the foundations. In this first deal of four (and in succeeding deals), when a card is played and leaves a gap, it is not filled until the next deal.

Furthermore, there is no building or playing in the tableau. When the players has built all the cards in the foundation as one can, or if the cards cannot be played at all, a new set of four cards is dealt, one over each tableau pile.

This process is repeated until all cards are dealt.  There is no redeal.

The game is won when all cards are built onto the foundations. This is rare as, according to Morehead and Mott-Smith's The Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience Games, it can be achieved once in 100 games.

New Game Added: Clock Patience

Clock patience, also known as clock solitaire is a solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock.

One deck of cards minus the joker is used. The deck is shuffled and twelve piles of four cards each are laid out, face down, in a circle. The remaining four cards are placed, also face down, in a pile in the centre of the circle.

The twelve positions around the circle represent the 12 hour clock and the pile in the middle represent the hands.

Play starts by turning over the top card of the central pile.

When a card is revealed, it is placed face up under the pile at the corresponding hour (i.e. Ace = 1 o'clock, 2 = 2 O'clock, etc. The Jack is 11 o'clock and the Queen is 12 o'clock) and the top card of the pile of that hour is turned over. If a King is revealed, it is placed face down under the central pile.

Play continues in this fashion and the game is won if all the cards are revealed. The game is lost if all four Kings are revealed and face down cards are still present.

Clear the game with as less time as possible.

DroidGOX Card Games Now Live

Finally, I just published a new game app called DroidGOX Card Games. This app features a collection of card games that are common and unique.

The games in this app are actually games that I made as Java applets way before and I thought I would try making an Android game just to have an idea how it works.

This app is the product of that curiosity.

The first card game featured in this app is Pyramid Solitaire. Try to clear the pyramid and the stacks as fast as you can to be part of the top 10 highest times.

Currently I am working on finishing Tower of Hanoi so I hope you will enjoy these games.

Yes, I know. These are simple card games and card games are not really addictive. But they can be great complements to killing some time.

If you notice, the graphics are simple. If you wish to contribute your creativity to make the app better looking, drop me a comment here and we'll talk. Your name and info will be included in the INFO section of the app

[CLICK HERE] to go to the app's Google Play page.

The app does not include any ads because I know how annoying ads can be. At least show your appreciation by giving a 5 star rating and give a +1 to the page. Thank you!

Enjoy the game(s)!

DroidGOX Widgets Install Counter 100-500

Yey! Quite happy that my birthday widget has an install counter range of 100-500 now. Feels good really. If you have not installed it in your Android phone, please do so.

The widget simply shows birthday celebrants in your contact list and enables you to either email, text or call.

DroidGOX Widgets: Birthday Available For Free

I have finally released my second Android project in the Android Market and it is available for free. I made a birthday Android widget for this one and the user interface is pretty simple.

Every midnight, the widget checks if the user's contact list has birthdays matching the current day. If there is/are, then they will appear together with the contact's avatar plus 3 visual buttons in green color where the user can either text, call or send an email to the birthday celebrant.

If the contact has more than 1 phone number and/or email address, a popup window gets displayed asking the user to select which one to use.

Feel free to give this a download. And do leave a rating and comment regarding the widget. Thanks!

Note: There may be cases wherein the last update of the widget may not be on time every midnight. This can be because the Android system stopped the service if the phone is low on memory.

Still, the widget does run every 30 minutes to ensure that the service is up and running all the time. Click the icon on the right to go to the widget's page in the Android Market.

SR Mobile Has Launched

I have just released my first app for the Android platform called SR Mobile. This is an app for any Android smart phone to manage one's SponsoredReviews.com account.

If you are into paid blogging, then you know what Sponsored Reviews is. Rather than use the smartphone's browser which is so small, you can instead use the app to scroll through opportunities that fit your blog, bid on them and submit posts for advertisers.

These and a handful of other features that you can do in their website can be done with this app. You do not to worry when you are out. As long as you have an Internet connection, you can check status of your bids and any new opportunities using SR Mobile.

This is available in SlideMe.org's Android market. Click the icon below to visit the page of SR Mobile. In order to buy this app, you need to install SlideMe.org's app called SAM (SlideMe Application Manager). It is their version of the Android Market. Do not worry, it is free.

SR Mobile is not available in the Android Market because of payment issues. Google requires merchants to use Google Checkout and only a select few countries are currently allowed.

I hope SR Mobile will indeed very useful to you in managing your Sponsored Reviews account.