Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v14.1 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v14.1

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

It is improvements release ,where I added bunch of words to dictionary and did some balance changes.

CHANGE LOG

1. add many words ,questions and answers
2. major improvements behind the scene.It should improve stability and performance on old and slow devices.
3. Fix some score system issues

LINKS

• Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame
• Notes on this blog about this application: http://dominiksymonowicz.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/doms%20learns%20chinese

• Twitter: #DomsLearnChinese

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v10.2 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v10.2

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 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

It is improvements release ,where I added bunch of things to dictionary. balance score system as bit unbalanced and improve some UI

CHANGE LOG (since v10):

1. add many words ,questions and answers
2. add few mini lessons
3. fix  java.lang.NullPointerException
4. minor improvements behind the sciens

LINKS

• Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame
• Notes on this blog about this application: http://dominiksymonowicz.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/doms%20learns%20chinese

• Twitter: #DomsLearnChinese

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v9.3 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v9.3

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 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

It is improvements release ,where I added bunch of things to dictionary. balance score system as bit unbalanced and improve some UI

CHANGE LOG:

1. fix bug with backup/restore 
2. balance score system
3. colour for bonus changes depends how big it is
4. minor improvement
5. add some words, question and sentences

LINKS

• Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame
• Notes on this blog about this application: http://dominiksymonowicz.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/doms%20learns%20chinese

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v8.5 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v8.5

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 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

It is improvements release ,where I added bunch of things to dictionary

CHANGE LOG:

1. Add support for Android 5.0
2. Add words
3. Add questions
4. Add few mini lessons
5. Add some grammar tips

LINKS

• Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame
• Official mini page: http://pastor.ovh.org/dsdt.html
• Notes on this blog about this application: http://dominiksymonowicz.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/doms%20learns%20chinese

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v8.4 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v8.4

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 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

It is improvements release ,when I fix many small bugs and glitches.

Change log:

1. fix many minor bugs (UI glitches and etc.)
2. made some improvements (to reduce memory usage )
3. remove radicals game (I created separate game called Doms Chinese Radicals Game)

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v7.5 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v7.5

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I added many words for v7.4 and v7.5 release + new lesson .I working now on release 7.6 [World Cup in Brazil Edition] and 

Change log:

1. add many words
2. fix few mistakes in dictionary
3. improved backup/restore functionality for highscore and statistics(feature is still work in progress so it is not enabled.

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v7.3 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v7.3

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I mess up last release as I made stupid mistake,so I fix quickly and add latest features that I planned to add in April update .

Change log:

1. new high-score
2. add many words
3. improve adventure and sapper mode (it has variable difficulty from easy to hard)
4. add no. of word in dictionary list
5. copy word in game
6. options like in dice
7. add sound on/off in settings
8. fix few mistakes in dictionary
9. Live update for place in high score
10. balance changes
11. minor changes and improvements

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v6.0 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v6.0

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I mess up last release as I made stupid mistake,so I fix quickly and add latest features that I planned to add in April update .

Change log:

1. # fix crash for sapper ,hsk exam and radicals exam.
2. + 38 words
3. + event half/half 
4. + copy option for dictionary(It means, you can copy Chinese character from word,sentence or question)
5. ^ change points system.
6. ~ set max health level to 100(except 1 cases,where player can have more that 100)
7. # fix minor bugs

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v5.1 released!

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v5.1

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I improved adventure game and add game

Change log:

1. ^ improve adventure mode (Game gives easy words on beginning and then add more difficult words)
2. + 32 words
3. ^ change points system.
4. ~ minor 
5. #  fix minor bugs

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v4.5 released

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game
v4.5

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I fixed few various annoying bugs and few words,sentences and etc.

Change log:

1. Add  Olympics vocabulary
2. Add 1 link
3. Fix minor bugs and introduce new ones :)

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v4.3 released.

Doms learn Chinese: WordGame
v4.3

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I fixed few various annoying bugs and few words,sentences and etc.

Change log:

1. add event show pinyin
2.  add rate me menu
3.  balance changes for jackpot
4.  improve GUI
5. fix java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
6. fix  java.lang.RuntimeException in android.os.Handler.
7. extras/ link to website

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v4.2 released.

Doms learn Chinese: WordGame
v4.2

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I decided to modify GUI as well as previous one was bit too complex. It will be ongoing process in next few releases.I added  bunch of new words,chat,pattern and links.

Change log:

1. ^ update GUI
2. + balance changes
3. + 3 links
4. + chats lesson
5. + 1 pattern
6. + few words
7. # some bugs

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v4.1 released.

Doms learn Chinese: WordGame
v4.1

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

It is an improvement release ,where I added new  feature called link to website and add few words,lesson,chat,patten and I made painful decision to stop support android 2.2  as it is too ancient

Change log:

1. + chats lesson

2. + extras/ link to website

3. + few words

4. + 1 chat

5. + 1 lesson

6. + 1 pattern

7. - Android SDK 10 (2.3.3+) is required.

8. # many bugs

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: Word Game v4.0 released.

Doms learn Chinese: WordGame
v4.0

 You can download from here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

I made many changes "behind the scenes" to make future release quicker.I hope,it will not cause too many crashes.I added chat lesson ,new event and extras.

Change log:

1. + chats lesson
2. + result screen for adventure game
3. + event stunning
4. + extras (grammar tips
5. ^ admob, appbrain
6. ^ database 
7. # many bugs

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese v3.3

New version of Doms learn Chinese!

This just improvements release.It means i update some features(specially for sapper mode) . I  fixed many bugs and some minor changes in various places.

Change log:

1. + add shows high score in the end of the sapper game
2. + add few words
3. ~ minor GUI redesign
4. # fix java.lang.NumberFormatException in java.lang.Integer.invalidInt
5. # add try again for radicals/hsk result
6. # enter your name if default on start
7. # fix NullPointerException for Lessons and Pattenrs

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: free game v3.2

New version of Doms learn Chinese!

This just improvements release.It means i update some features(specially for sapper mode) . I  fixed many bugs and some minor changes in various places.

Change log:

1. + display correct answer on game over in sapper mode
2. + try again to sapper game
3. + 14 words, 1 lesson, 1 sentence pattern
4. ~ hsk and radicals has 50 levels instead of (75,107)
5. ~ You need Android 2.3 or above :( (Sorry)
6. ~ minor redesign
7. ~ major refactoring
8. ^ update appbrain SDK and EULA
9. # fix shameful crash "android.util.Log$TerribleFailure"

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: free game v3.0 released.

New version of Doms learn Chinese!
v3.0

Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame


First.I added sentence pattern  in learning section .I believe,that it can be helpful to construct some simple sentence in causal situation.However,it is still in progress,but i will working on this feature.

Second.I start do some changes in an arcade game.In this release,I added few more events to make game more action packed but i have more plans to add.
I added few words and 1 lesson.
And as in  all other apps I fixes few bugs  (and problaby add few more ).

Changes:

1. + sentence patterns (beta)
2. + freeze event
3. + blind event
4. + add switch to change between display information or vocabulary in lesson and pattern.
5. + 1 lesson
6. # fix some grammar mistakes.
7. # fix bug with timer was not cancelled could cause memory leak
8. # fix bug with possible vibrations issue in hsk and radical tests

Future plans:

A minor update will be earlier than usual  (next one was plan on 1.5 but will be release.
In next big release I will make change arcade mode a bit (instead of choosing all words from dictionary.Game will start from easy words,then add more over time) and global high score provided by Swarm Connect).


Stats:
Search:  for "learn chinese"  is on page 2 [0]!
Search:  for "learn chinese free" is on page 1(22nd ) [ +1]!
Search:  for "learn chinese game" is on page 1 (2nd place! (+9)  ) !
Search:  for "learn chinese free game"  is on page 1 (1st place!)
Search:  for "chinese game" is on page 1 (11th place)  [ +7 ]

Doms learn Chinese: free game v2.2.1 released.

New version of Doms learn Chinese!
v2.2.1

, I fixes few bugs that was reported by some users. A bug that cause application to close during lesson's test... I think i solve this problem,but i am not 100% sure yet. Some unexpected encoding or misspell issue cause crashes in lesson test.I believe, they are fixed now.At least on my test devices.

Changes:

1. # fix lesson test bugs that cause app to crash
2. # minor bug fixes
3. Some new stuff are added as part of v3.0 ,but some of them are not available for user yet,but some like words are available. 

Future plans:
A big release will come out this weekend.Stay tuned!


Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

Doms learn Chinese: free game v2.1

New version of Doms learn Chinese!

This a bug fix  release with some improvments that was planned for  next big release.

Changes:

1. + 2 lessons
2. + few words added
3. + settings to show or not intro for hsk and radical tests.
4. # fix slow loading of lessons.
5. # fix typo for available word in various places.
6. # fix java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in high scores
7. # fix java.lang.NullPointerException in mini lessons
8. ~ android manifest to accept android:largeScreens="true" and android:xlargeScreens="true"
9. ~ change balance for penalty as it was to difficult
10. ~ minor refactoring and improvements

Future plans:
Next release is planned for 1 April and will add new type of little lesssons called sentence pattern.
Work is in progress already,then I planning few minor updates(add more words,lessons,patterns and tweaks few things)  and then add next big release with walk-though game and HSK level 2!


Download from:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

android development crusade special (part 19): a game in the weekend challenge.

Note: This is just bunch of notes for myself to keep track of how my hobby  projects develop over time.


Great  news:

1. Doms learns Chinese hit a next milestone .10000 downloads.
2. Doms diagnostic tools  hit a next milestone ( 10000 downloads.) soon too.
3. Doms countries capitals flags quiz game  hit a next milestone ( 5000 downloads.)
4. Doms learns chinese has more downloads than  Doms diagnostic tools !!!

Development news and stas:

Recently I learnt 2 new things:

• Start activity for result, which doesn't work as well as I expected.
• Background animation during move between activities,which add smoothness to my apps.

Nothing excited happen in my learning apart of ...  I discover a new type of Exception called  ConcurrentModificationException and solution how solved can be found here: http://pastorcmentarny.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/how-to-solve-problem-with.html

Sources:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#StartingActivities
http://www.mysamplecode.com/2013/02/android-animation-switching-activity.html



Doms diagnostic tools


Doms diagnostic tools development going terrible slowly and it seems v2.0 release will be badly delayed.(It was plan to release around 4.4) I feel bit scared to release a new version as old one is quite stable at the moment,despite some minor bugs.


I had many features idea for my app,but to be honest  I have only a 3 big features left to do . WiFi Direct,NFC and  USB.

• WiFi Direct is easiest to do and I am half way done.
• USB is difficult due lack of accessory that i can plug-in and test on :/.
• NFC is most difficult and i will abandon this feature.

I have other little things to do like:

• I need as well update GUI to looks reasonable on Android 4.0 and above,which is boring and time consuming thing to do.
• I fixed quite few bugs,but I have still few features that require improvements.

but I lost excitement to continue development of this app.However i do a little bits from time to time as it is my first app and it has special meaning for me.

Stats:
Search for: "diagnostic tools: is on 6th place on page1 !

 You can download from here: 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.diagnostictools

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Dom learns Chinese  Game


Progress going well.I do not spent to much time on learning Chinese at the moment,but i keep playing from time to time and i enjoy it.I enjoy my own game.I have many ideas for new features.
I do not plan release a minor update (that's include new words, lesson and bug fixes only,but i am in the middle of next major release where I will add last button where i will collect bunch of tips for travel , learning and other misc features. I need to improve adventure mode as i see some minor balance issues regards ... penalty for mistakes and do few tweaks here and there

Stats:
Search:  for "learn chinese"  is on page 2 [+3]!
Search:  for "learn chinese free" is on page 2  [ +3]!
Search:  for "learn chinese game" is on page 1 (2nd place! (+9)  ) !
Search:  for "learn chinese free game"  is on page 1 (1st place!)
Search:  for "chinese game" is on page 1[ +1! ] (18th place)

 You can download from here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.chinesegame

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Doms Countries Capitals Flag Quiz Game



Experimental project to help me understand, how words in description are important for better search result.


So far download rate drop badly after  my recent changes I added my ugly Feature Graphic .I 'improved' my description.
Result I lost around 33% downloads .
Some observations:
I think, my problem with description is that I try to cover too many 'key' keywords (which is country,capital,flag,quiz,game,trivia,of the world). It seems  I need narrow my most important keywords. .I will do more changes to see how they affect download rate
It seems best result i have for around 3000 characters description.
It seems my current description target to many cases
It seems suggestion of using only lowercase characters has impact on result.

Stats:

 Search for "quiz game"  is on page 19 :(
 Search for " country of the world" is on page 5 :(
 Search for " countries of the world" is on page 2 :)
 Search for " capital of the world "  is on page 3 :/
 Search for " capitals of the world "  is on page page 2 :)
 Search for " flag of the world "  is on page 8 :((
 Search for " flags of the world "  is on page 6 :(


 You can download from here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dms.pastor.cccfQuizGame

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My RPG project(s)

I work on simplified battle system for my game at the moment and this is an intense development.