Build v0.5.2

Changes:

• “Online” Play:
  • Shows bot AI name according to its current level.
  • Shows “Looking for opponent…” loading screen when starting “Online” Play.
  • Reacts to disconnecting during “Online” Play:
    • During “Online” Play, return to Home screen when “offline”.
  • “Online” Play bot AI’s level responds to player losing or winning that round:
    • If the player loses an “Online” Play, decrease the bot AI’s level.
    • If the player wins an “Online” Play, increase the bot AI’s level.
• Save and load game system implemented.
  • It currently saves just the “Online” Play bot AI’s level.
• Dictionary: Removed invalid words listed in the spreadsheet.
• Code: Reusable “LoadingScreen” scene.

Known bugs:

• New AI in the fake “Online Play” mode can form words from the “pool” in the middle and from a board, however it has problem snatching.

Known issues:

• Major refactoring of codebase.
  • Multiple subsequent builds incoming (fixes, missing features, possibly early implementation of vfx too) over this week.
  • Hence, still buggy build at the moment.
  • Partial handling of the fake “Online Play” will gradually be put back in over the next few days.
• AI may need more tweaking.
• Dedicated game server is being worked on.
• Possibly some letter tile sliding bugs.

Note:

• Save and load game system will be used in the “Online” Play.
  • Save the “Online” Play game state if player got disconnected.
  • Load the “Online” Play game state if player reconnects back after a while.
  • Delete the “Online” Play game state if player took too long to reconnect back and the game supposedly has ended.
• I’m considering setting up a CI system eventually for automatic nightly or scheduled builds.
  • More efficient and more transparent workflow as every build is generated automatically as soon as possible or as scheduled.
  • Builds are released continuously at every change.
    • As “artifacts” in each commit.
  • Will need GitHub account and be invited to the private repo to access.
    • Can be used to monitor implementation and bug fixing progress.
    • Can be used for more detailed and documented issues / bug reporting and tracking.

Squabble is a word game for mobile devices (Android and iOS) currently in development at Gameka.

Design, project management, everything else: Kenny Lum

Art, animation, UI/UX, visual effects: Aw Ting Yu

Music and sound effects: Cyrus Kwok and Crusade Chong

Code and DevOps: Randy Tan Shaoxian and Muhd Nazmi