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This is awesome, but tutorial seems slow and boring.

Friendly reminder: launch iOS/Android version before someone else does


As far as I can tell, this is the same game as Unruly[0], which is included in Chris Boyle's Android port[1] of Simon Tatham's puzzle collection.

EDIT: The history is a little more interesting than that. The janko.at page on Tohu wa Vohu[2] names many pre-existing variants: Eins und Zwei, Binary Puzzles[3], Binoxxo, and others. Binary Puzzles are notable for being paper-and-pencil puzzles, but it's not clear whether these were first paper-and-pencil puzzles or computer puzzles.

[0] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/doc/unru...

[1] https://chris.boyle.name/projects/android-puzzles/

[2] http://www.janko.at/Raetsel/Tohu-Wa-Vohu/index.htm

[3] http://www.puzzle-magazine.com/binary-puzzle-magazine.php


Wow that collection of puzzles is awesome, thanks for the reference!


Eh? I thought the tutorial was great. Took less than 2 minutes, I totally understood the rules, and had completed a sample puzzle. What more could you want?


A way to just see the damn rules! :)


Will.i.am ? Creativity ? I'm sure he has no idea what creativity is after this: http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2013/04/will-i-am-rips-off-a...


what about languages other then English ?


French + English available now. Which language would you like to get?


  - Spanish (Mexican, Castellano, others?)
  - Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese)
  - Hindi
These would be logical next steps with some important commonalities: broad base of native speakers, high importance in the US market (maybe less so for Hindi), and very important dialect differences. Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, and Russian could also force the issue of non-Romanized character sets.


Dutch... But I guess the odds are low for that, because the smaller user base. There are some companies focusing on care robotics emerging in the Netherlands though, which could use a service like this.


Japanese, due to demands for translation and robotics.


RIP Vine


Would be better then massive PRISM panic


There are no answer imo. If you or you're team know PHP - PHP is the best in this case. You will spend lots of time to learn and then do something with new language.


The problem with that statement for me is that I can't very well imagine a moderate to good coder to lead the technical part of a web startup and who hasn't had exposure to more than one language and framework.


Show them something. Build something with your knowledge and show them to prove that you're not spending time. Build some educational website or something like this, then you're parents will be able to see that you're actually doing something when you 'spend' time with computer.

Grades are the way for your parents to see that you're good at school, if you build something with computer that would be the way for them to see that you're not spending time.


Great job. Love the idea. Can you tell us which technologies you used ?


Everything is proprietary!! that is our big advantage.

Data store code name "Saycron" sits on the Demanjo's Distributed file system.

Indexing -- > uses a data structure i call "Octo-tree" Outperforms any multidimensional index i came across in any academic papers.

Web server -- > Code name "SlimAPE". simple non blocking.

Web framework -- > Code name "HerikX".

I will write about all of these technologies later on my blog whenever i get to setting up one.


I'd like to get in touch. Looked at your profile and no email so can you drop me one if you get the opportunity? Thanks!



too easy. try again.

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Oh no! I can't rightclick so how can I possibly look at the source code xD


+1 for asana. But don't try to start searching for "best task management tool" or something like that. you will waste your time. Choose any tool, start using, if it fits your needs then stick with it.


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