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I had a problem in my iOS app that required an interesting solution. My app has a variety of information on the home page and using segues to transition to other pages was cumbersome. The segue system in iOS is a little weird because it relies on a…
Continue readingWingspan is a tableau building card game that, like most games of this type, is classified as a board game. The bird-watching theme and attractive packaging led me to get a copy and play it for the first time recently. I enjoyed the game and will play it…
Continue readingSomeone was having trouble with the Linkage software and sent me an email. They were very nice about telling me that the software was convoluted and difficult to use. Since they were working with gears, I am in total agreement that the software is difficult to use. But…
Continue readingI plan on adding speed, acceleration, and maybe other information, to the Linkage program. People have asked about force (which is weird since threes no mass to the links so there is no force required to move them) and sometimes they ask for other things that are so…
Continue readingGame day was interesting yesterday. My daughter and I bought two expansions for Firefly the Game – two new ships with a few new cards – and we played with five players once everyone showed up. Firefly is not a deep mathy board game. It has plenty of…
Continue readingI have not had much inclination to write on my blog recently. I don’t thinks it’s because of a lack of possible content, but rather because of a lack of motivation. I did post that I released a new version of the Linkage program but that was a…
Continue readingI’ve been a bit lazy about updates. I updated the Linkage software to version 3.10.5 a few weeks or months ago. It’s no longer a beta program. This new version has a method of simulating links that are positioned by three other links. the algorithm to do this…
Continue readingThere is a new Linkage program ready to test. I just fixed a bug with pasting elements that were selected with a box or in certain other ways. The bug caused a crash when the elements were pasted. The typical Linkage installer is here: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage.msi The 64 bit…
Continue readingEvery once in a while, I try to design a board game. The first was a circular game where the whole idea was to land on spots to collect cards of a desired collection. Navigation around the board was tricky due to side trips not being well thought…
Continue readingI started work on a macOS version of the Linkage program. It’s going to be years before it’s done but it’s also going to be an interesting project. I opted to use the native tools and languages to make my C.V. so filled with programming languages and operating…
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