Puzzle Blox 2.0.6 available now

Uploaded a new Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade! release this morning:

Slightly enlarged blocks in Arcade! and Challenge game mode
Fixed rare “force close” issues during game start
Fixed progress dialog issue when resuming previously started game
Improved Archos 5 support

Grab it from Google™ Android Market, SlideMe.org, AndAppStore.com or directly from the download page.
Enjoy!

Happy Halloween! Puzzle Blox ready for download.

It’s done Finally the all new Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade! have hit Google Android Market.

Puzzle Blox – All the Puzzle Blox you already know including two new play modes Arcade and Challenge, new graphics, new sound effects, more levels and more fun. This upgrade will be available for FREE for all [...]

Puzzle Blox release on October 31st!

It’s official now. The new Puzzle Blox release will appear in Google Android Market on Saturday, October 31st… Halloween.
It features all the good stuff already seen in previous Beta versions plus various fixes and improvements. Thanks for testing, pals and gals!
Again here’s a short overview what’s to come:

Puzzle Blox – All the Puzzle Blox you [...]

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Android Market Observations Part 1

It is now eight weeks since the initial release of Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Lite to the Google Android market…
Let me first state that the Google Android market is a great opportunity for all you independent software developers and people like me who do programming as a hobby. Since Apple launched their iPhone and [...]

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Minor update of Puzzle Blox – Version 1.2.4 released

This is just a very small update targeting especially new users of the Lite version. It adds a short description text if the level failed. Judging from various comments some people where confused when the “You Failed!” message popped up and they didn’t understood what went wrong. Besides adding this new message I also fixed [...]

Emulating PC on Android

Whooo… A picture is worth more than 1000 words…
Actually that’s a PC x86 emulator running inside of the Google Android emulator. It already boots into the Bochs BIOS but then crashes due to an OutOfMemoryException. Stay tuned for more updates on this
And please don’t ask about the performance. You don’t wanna really know [...]

Puzzle Blox Update Released

Today I have another update to Puzzle Blox for you!
What’s new?

Added new calibration function within the options menu! As every phone is slightly different so are the sensors. Using the new calibration and sensitivity settings you are now able to adjust the accelerometer and orientation sensors of your phone to your needs. No more blocks [...]

Accelerometer Problems

I’m working on the tilting issue some people are still reporting. Here’s a short excerpt of a posting over at ktk.bz, the creators of the “Bubble” app for Android. If you encounter issues with the tilting functionality of your phone please check out the following two paragraphs:
Bubble uses your phone’s accelerometer to determine the current [...]