2.0.2: Stability improvements
2.0.1: Various bug fixes. In particular we fixed two bugs where combinations of rarely used settings within and outside of the app lead to a frozen game or an immediate crash. We thank E.B., P.B., R.B., M.F., A.G., R.G., E.H., M.J., S.K., E.N., V.S., and B.T., whose specific hints pointed us to the source of the errors.
2.0: We are listening to your suggestions and have implemented the most popular ones. We offer now the following rule variants:
- Canadian Seven: A Seven may be split among all of a team's marbles, including own and partner marbles. Such splits are available during the entire game and not just when all own marbles have reached the target area. This enables more complex moves.
- Joker cannot win: A Joker may not be used for the final move to enter a team's last marble and win the game. This prolongs the game and improves the trailing team's chances to win.
Variants may be selected separately or in combination.
The complexity of the game literally explodes with the Canadian 7 split rule. Millions of different moves are possible in some situations. We had to rebuild almost everything to ensure that even in such cases you can select every possible move without delay, and that our bot players can analyze and compare every single move. We have therefore decided to offer these variants as in-app purchases.
We have adopted most of iOS 8 design, but still support older devices running iOS 6 and 7. We further improved the playing strength of our bots in a few specific cases, but did not focus on bot strengthening in this update.
Please do continue to give us 5-star ratings and comments. However we prefer if you use the ""Suggestion"" button in the app to send us e-mail in case you have requests, suggestions, or questions on the use of our app or the behavior of our bots. Unfortunately, App Store comments are not suited for such requests. This update is based on suggestions by A.J., A.K., A.L., A.M., E.R., F., G.B., K., L.B., M.N., M.R., M.Z., M., N.S., P.B., P.D., R.A., R.B., R.G., R.P., R.R., S.B., S.K., and S.
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2.0: We are listening to your suggestions and have implemented the most popular ones. We offer now the following rule variants:
- Canadian Seven: A Seven may be split among all of a team's marbles, including own and partner marbles. Such splits are available during the entire game and not just when all own marbles have reached the target area. This enables more complex moves.
- Joker cannot win: A Joker may not be used for the final move to enter a team's last marble and win the game. This prolongs the game and improves the trailing team's chances to win.
Variants may be selected separately or in combination.
The complexity of the game literally explodes with the Canadian 7 split rule. Millions of different moves are possible in some situations. We had to rebuild almost everything to ensure that even in such cases you can select every possible move without delay, and that our bot players can analyze and compare every single move. We have therefore decided to offer these variants as in-app purchases.
We have adopted most of iOS 8 design, but still support older devices running iOS 6 and 7. We further improved the playing strength of our bots in a few specific cases, but did not focus on bot strengthening in this update.
Please do continue to give us 5-star ratings and comments. However we prefer if you use the ""Suggestion"" button in the app to send us e-mail in case you have requests, suggestions, or questions on the use of our app or the behavior of our bots. Unfortunately, App Store comments are not suited for such requests. This update is based on suggestions by A.J., A.K., A.L., A.M., E.R., F., G.B., K., L.B., M.N., M.R., M.Z., M., N.S., P.B., P.D., R.A., R.B., R.G., R.P., R.R., S.B., S.K., and S.