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10 points by aaronetz 12 years ago · 5 comments

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sergejsb 12 years ago

FYI - I wasn't able to find your app on my nexus when searching for "math machine". I found it only when looked for "woodencloset".

As for the app - great idea and nice implementation, but for someone who understands what to do right from the beginning, "hints"-popups are really annoying. Maybe add a button "I know what I'm doing" or something like that to allow to skip them?

  • aaronetzOP 12 years ago

    That's a good idea. I'll think where I can add this without having people press it by mistake and getting lost. About the search, that's an unfortunate part of the play store discovery problem. They prioritize ratings/downloads over keywords...

ccvannorman 12 years ago

Sweet! Reminds me of https://medium.com/@mathbreakers/turing-trains-5e203076b891 and http://pleasingfungus.com/Manufactoria/ :-]

Are you thinking of making more math-related games?

  • aaronetzOP 12 years ago

    Thanks. I'm actually working on a programming game, light-bot style. I don't have any specific math idea right now, but I'd love to make another one.

aaronetzOP 12 years ago

I worked on this game alone for about a month. As a programmer by trade, the design, art and sound effects took most of my time :)

- Programmed in Java, using libgdx as the engine

- Sound effects made with sfxr

- Art made with Gimp and Inkscape

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