Build v0.5.1

Changes:

• New board GUI.
• New snatch buttons.
• New background music (randomly chosen at game start).
• In the “Vs AI” mode, AI set to level 3.
• 2.5s spawn time for each letter tile.
• First letter tile spawns immediately after “3, 2, 1, GO!”.
• In the fake “Online Play” mode, AI is set to level 5 to look like a real player.
• Added functionality for whether user is connected or not in fake “Online Play” mode.
• Reorganized code (WIP).

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 and next week.
  • Hence, buggy build at the moment.
  • Missing handling of the fake “Online Play” will be put back in.
• AI may need a little tweaking.
• Dedicated game server is being worked on.
• Possibly some letter tile sliding bugs.

Note:

• 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