Galaxy S4 Update

Hello DroidTower fans.  I recently got a Galaxy S4 and noticed that DroidTower was not correctly responding to touch on the S4.  Some other users emailed me with the same issue, so that prompted me to take a look.  The issue had to do with the higher resolution on the S4 and the way I was loading the masking bitmap that keeps track of where the user touches.  I'll be pushing an update to Play and Amazon stores today.  If you have a newer phone or tablet and you have been having problems with the game recognizing where you touch, hopefully this update will address your issue.

Droid Tower on Amazon Devices

I've had a number of requests for Droid Tower on the Amazon store so that Kindle users can experience the app without sideloading or rooting their device.  I'm happy to announce that as of today Droid Tower is on the Amazon store.  Same app, still free, now on your Kindle.

Droid Tower 2.0 Released

Thanks to everyone who has tried Droid Tower 1.0 and left feedback.  Even before I finished 1.0, I started thinking about building an app that would allow the game to be played entirely on the device.  I knew it would be challenging, but I had no idea how challenging.  Seemingly simple things like detecting the space a user touched became incredibly complex and tedious (I may post a blog on the technical solution for those interested, because I think it is pretty cool).  I also ran into several "opportunities" with some android code and had to tweak it, extend it, and in some cases, replace it.  So it's taken much longer that I had anticipated/hoped, but in the end, I learned a ton and couldn't be happier with the final product.  I hope you will enjoy playing it as much (or more) than I enjoyed making it.  Please leave me comments or send me email and let me know how I can make it even better.

Droid Tower 1.0 Released

After a few months of hard work, the initial version of Droid Tower is done!

I created the app because my family and I love the Dark Tower board game and our tower recently stopped working.  We had issues with it before and I sent it to a company I found online to repair for around $60.  Now faced with having to shell out more money for repair, I figured there had to be a better way.  At the same time I had recently dabbled in Android development and had been wanting to do more and this seemed like a good opportunity.  Thanks to the Well of Souls site for providing images, sound files, and source for a Java version that helped me with some of the probabilities.

The app allows your android smartphone or tablet to function as the tower did in the original board game.  It provides support for up to 4 players and 3 levels of difficulty.  At the current time, you will need the gameboard and player inventory cards to play in addition to the app, but I have posted printable versions of these for download here.

Check out the new app on the android market at http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mow.droidtower.  Or search the android market for droidtower.

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