Fancy new Buttons, and Challenge Mode.

 Well that isn’t the only thing  in 1.0.1 Update also we have.

• sped up the animations by a few frames. 
• Hopefully fixed the issue with Keyboard auto disappearing 
• and Fancy new Buttons more in the keeping with the style of the Game.

I Pushed this update out a week ago, guess apple is being through with checking.  

Starting to contemplate Global (Universal) High Scores, and challenge mode. Please chime in if you have any thoughts.

Right now I’m thinking you could press on a score and it would pop up a button Challenge this Time. Then your time would count down from there Score till you beat it or Loose. 

Question 1. Should you loose and the game stop or should you be given an option to continue the game.  ie: Challenge Failed Do you want to continue game? 

Question 2: should I give you different high score tables, Local, National, World. 

Enjoy the update. Please email me if you find any bugs/ weirdnesses.. 

 

Dragon Emperor’s Challenge HD – iPad specific Now available on itunes.

 

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/dragon-emperors-challenge-hd/id596078459?mt=8

It’s finally available !! The iPad version of the game.

The funny thing about development is that you think things are going to be easier than they are. Maybe I’m a secret optimist, but I thought I could resize the UIView and all would be fine. ENTH! thanks for playing!!!

I resized and repositioned every single element by hand, ie. Calculated to  resolution and screen ratio. then moved each button recompiled and an squinted, swore and then reedited the code and repeated. Next time I’m going to create an element mover library to move that stuff around and resize, at least that will give me the correct numbers.

My cousin who is an android developer went through hell, because there are like 150 different resolution and screen ratios to deal with. I’m afraid apple is going this route with the ipad mini, the iphone 5. fingers crossed they create a UIView scaler that helps us deal with multiple resolutions and screen ratios.  If I end up writing a auto resize code I’ll post it here.

Ps. Enjoy the iPad version it’s easier to play because of the size. but also looks better !!!

Sweet Potato Biscuits

So we were watching The Secret Life of Bees the other day. They mentioned Sweet Potato Biscuits.

So here’s a recipe. from Paula Deen with some modification

by me.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 heaping tablespoons sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup mashed cooked sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) softened butter
• 2 to 4 tablespoons milk (depending on the moisture of the potatoes)
• (optional for heat) finely diced chili pepper and or cayenne.

Directions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

* I do this like I cook everything by feel. Mush the sweet potatoes and the wet stuff. then add the flour till it feels right..

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate, large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes and butter. Add the flour mixture to the potato mixture and mix to make a soft dough. Then add milk a tablespoon at a time to mixture and continue to cut in. Turn thedough out onto a floured board and toss lightly until the outside of the dough looks smooth. Roll the dough out to 1/2-inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on a greased pan and coat tops with melted butter. Bake for about 15 minutes. (Watch your oven: If the biscuits are browning too fast, lower the temperature.)

PS: iPad version of Dragon Emperor’s Challenge is waiting for Approval so watch for it soon. Fingers Crossed.