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Author Archives: Bill Maya
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Andrew Scott reads Sol Lewitt’s April 14th, 1965 letter to Eva Hesse. Benedict Cumberbatch reads Sol Lewitt’s April 14th, 1965 letter to Eva Hesse (added 10/20/16). I love watching and listening to both actors but personally I prefer Andrew Scott’s … Continue reading
Chris’ Feedback on Campaign Puppets
I emailed Chris Crawford to get his feedback on my Campaign Puppets game idea. He replied that the design had several problems: Previous games of this type have failed. Vague or unknown voter preference algorithms make scoring and victory determination difficult … Continue reading
iPhone Screen Mockups
Some quick iPhone mockups. Some redesign is definitely in the works since the smaller screen sizes will affect visibility and gameplay. This is just a first pass.
Campaign Puppets
Over the years I’ve played many computer games about US presidential elections, games like Doonesbury Election Game: Campaign ’96, The Political Machine, and President Forever. They were entertaining but ultimately degenerated into a state-by-state resource grind. In 2012 I started development … Continue reading
Where’s George Modified Design
Here’s the original design for Where’s George I’ve decided to modify the design to allow the app to handle more than one pet. The background color indicate a pet’s location (in the mockups below, green indicates outside while blue indicates … Continue reading
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OnBelay Game Pieces
Some 3D printed pieces for a rock climbing game prototype I’m working on.
Viand Sync Diary #4 – More Notes
Some quick notes that I jotted down about syncing a single database between two app instances. Each app’s database will have a unique ID Generated at app startup if it doesn’t already exist Where stored? App Functions Create Account – … Continue reading
Viand Sync Diary #3 – Notes
Some “visual” notes on Viand syncing.
Viand Sync Diary #2 – Refreshing
Syncing data between the device and the cloud will happen at two times: Automatically when the application starts Automatically when the application comes to the foreground Manually when the user makes the refresh gesture on either list While I continue … Continue reading
Viand Sync Diary #1 – Overview
My wife’s been using Viand for several month’s now with no major issues (there is one minor issue related to text size that I’ll have to fix before I push to the App Store). The final piece is syncing so … Continue reading