Hello everyone! Aryan here. I hope you are enjoying the Board Games Collection and Quizzy. I am writing this post to get your views on a few things we are trying to figure out, which will influence how soon you get version 1.6.0. Also, this is my first blog post, so I certainly welcome any suggestions on my writing. Let’s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This has been on my mind for about a month, ever since a player gave us a few game suggestions. We originally thought we would come up with a final name for the project “later,” but that “later” unfortunately hasn’t happened yet. One name I have thought about is “GameBox,” but I would love to hear any other names you might have thought of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This section might get complicated for some, but I will try to put it as simply as I possibly can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In most audio games on Android, you get a UI where you have to turn TalkBack off or use something like NVGT Bridge to play properly. The touch system in NVGT has improved a lot, but it still isn’t able to give the native feel some might expect from Android games. For example, you can’t read text character by character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can properly type in input fields (we added a workaround that opens a standard input box when you tap on one), but even when everything else is fine, sometimes touch just decides to act up and ignore certain gestures. Also, the TTS system doesn’t really seem to play well with NVGT games on Android.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aman and I were talking about this a few days ago, and I had the idea of just making our own fork of NVGT. The goal is to make a class in NVGT\u2014from both the C++ and Java sides of the engine\u2014to ask Android to create native controls, such as buttons, checkboxes, and edit boxes. Aman has already tested this on menus, and they seem to work perfectly. We are actively porting other elements as we go, with most of that heavy lifting being handled by Aman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The question here is: how much time should we spend on this right now? Should we release 1.6.0 first? It is still a massive update with tons of features, which I’ll describe below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First off, we’ve added some card games, including Rummy and Court Piece!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with that, we’ve implemented a much more secure authentication system. Instead of keeping your credentials directly in the settings file, the server now generates a one-time authorization token that your session uses to log in on that device. We also added system fingerprinting to go with it, alongside a new device management system that allows a maximum of 3 devices per account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’ve also worked on a lot of bug fixes. For example, in Tycoon Tactics, empty strings were being returned despite selecting an option in the sell property menu\u2014that is finally fixed. Plus, we’ve introduced shortcut keys for Chess, Ludo, and the new card games to make things easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the update rolls out, you will get the entire changelog, and hopefully, we will have the documentation ready as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ultimately, I am writing this to ask what you think our next steps should be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your comments make a huge difference, so make sure to share your views below. I really appreciate your time and opinions. Thanks for reading, and have a great time ahead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Signing off,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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