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Development: WordPop Preferences

I’ve finally laid the groundwork for the WordPop update. I’ve built the skeleton on top of our proprietary framework. The original WordPop for PocketPC was based on an attempt we made to share a framework between the Palm and PPC versions which was a moderate success. In the end, though, we felt we’d get better performance with separate frameworks and I wrote a new one for Farkle which also got used on Word Monaco. WordPop now gets to join the club.

I’ve been working on the prefs structure lately. The prefs for the original were done in a non-standard way for PPC devices and were susceptible to loss in certain reset situations. Since Farkle, I’ve been better about it and it’s time to fix WordPop. I will also have to write some code to read the old prefs and maintain the Best Words and High Scores after an update. I always feel like I’m corrupting clean code by including poorly written code just to support older versions (even when I’m the author of the ugly stuff, too!). But, even I would be annoyed if I lost the records of my best games, so it’s going in.

Next up, placeholders for all of the different screens in WordPop.

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Contest: Win a Palm or Pocket PC Game with this Word Challenge

ImageIf you enjoy a good challenge, why not take a peek at this screen shot of WordPop and see if you can find the longest word possible? Points don’t matter; just sheer length. But you must follow the WordPop rule that each letter must be adjacent to the next, such as TOY. The longest word submitted wins, plus two random entries. Each winner will receive a free copy of WordPop, Word Watch, Word Monaco, Triples or Farkle Dice for the Palm OS or the Pocket PC.

– The player who submits the longest word wins a Smart Box Design Game
– If a tie then the first one to submit wins
– Two random winners will also be picked, it could be you
– Contest ends June 27, 2007
– Winners will be announced in the next newsletter and / or e-mail
– Make sure to register at the forum so we have your e-mail on record
– I can’t wait to see your words

Click Here to Submit Your Words at the Forum
 

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Resource: Farkle Rules in Printable Format

Many of you have asked for a printable version of the Farkle rules. They are now available in Word format. The file also includes an interesting history of dice and Farkle.

Not only is the document helpful in teaching others to play but is a great resource for children if writing a report on dice games.

Thank you for making Farkle Dice one of our best selling game.

Click Here to Download Farkle Rules

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Prizes: Word Watch Contest Winners

Here are the winners from our last contest. Each newsletter has a contest and a chance to win a Palm, Treo, or Windows Mobile game from Smart Box Design.

How do they come up with these great solutions?! Below are winners from both the longest words and chosen at random.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Merseine, Elviskurt, Steve Richins, and rfindlay

You can see their winning words here.

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SALE: TRAXITALL IS ON SALE!

My good friend David, who develops TraxItAll sent me the below news. I am a big fan of this program. If you are looking to organize your life, especially for daily tasks and reminders, you need to try this application.

We’ve just released our free desktop module, and to celebratewe’ve taken $5 off the price of TraxItAll through the end of June. 

If TraxItAll has helped youwith your goals, why notpass this along to your friends? 


Sample Reports:
SALES  |  HEALTH  |  FITNESS

Quick Slide Show    FREE 30-DAY-TRIAL

TraxItAll is an easy-to-use Palm OS software program that does something no other program on any platform can do automatically:It tracks anything on a daily basis. Weight, sales calls, work outs, blood sugar, etc. Whatever you want to track, you can track with TraxItAll. 

It’s a great goal setting tool. Just set your goals and enter your data; TraxItAll shows you your progress. 

TraxItAll is also great for tracking vital statistics for you and your family members; even keep track of how much time your children spend practicing the piano or playing video games.  

Now, with our new desktop module, you can print out and even email your reports to doctors, managers, family members, friends, teachers, coaches—anyone you want to! A sample report is attached. 

FREE 30-DAY TRIAL: For your free 30-day trial of TraxItAll go to our website and download the trial version, or just click here to go directly to the Free Trial page: Free Trial. 

 

 

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     — Larry on PalmGear.com 

“…I tested four different programs….I found the others to be too hard to operate on a day to day basis. Traxitall is fast and simple to set up, and it only takes minutes a day to maintain.” 

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     — Dave in Michigan on TraxItAll.com 

“…Great program – it’s simple enough to allow easy use but powerful enough with the reports to keep me motivated!!!” 

     — Jim on PalmGear.com 

“… I’m using it to track my billable hours goal, and besides the raw numbers, I can see the percentage above or below my goal that I am for the day, week, month, quarter, year. This is a wonderful motivator….”  

     — Bradley on PalmGear.com 

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