CodeAndroid Campfire

BarCamp KL is back and here's a couple of things that CodeAndroid Malaysia plans to do for the event.

Demopit

Demo & pitch your Android app idea to the community. Let the people decide. Developers & startups will be given a 5 minute window time to present & demo their app. The people then will help to decide if the apps are worthy of praise. All presented apps will be showcased on the CodeAndroid Malaysia website. We will then help the chosen ones by promoting them on our blog together wth a video of their demo.

We also will help channel these developers to Content Malaysia meetups that has special slots reserved for mobile app demos. At Content Malaysia demo & meetups, our aim is to elevate the level of developer-type startups & connect them with the big boys. More about Content Malaysia.

To pitch an idea, your window time is shorter, 3 minutes. The reason behind this rule is simple: 3 minutes is enough time to pitch an idea.

If you like to take part in this, please email nazroll at codeandroid.my with your information.

r00t corner

Learn how to root your Android devices with our CodeAndroid experts. The title explains it all. This is like a corner where hardcore droids Bernie & the gang will embark together with you on a journey to root all Android devices. Amen.

It's a 1 on 1 hacking with a personal touch. All that you need to bring is a computer (laptop of course), USB cables and internet connection (thank you P1). Don't forget your Android device. A couple of HTC devices is already in the line waiting to get rooted.

Office Hours

Discussions & sessions presented by CodeAndroid Malaysia and friends. This is where community or invited speakers come & give talks, moderate discussions and do its own thing. We invite you to be a speaker. Kicking off at BarCamp KL 2010 is Yap Wen Jiun with a talk "Android Arduino Servo Robots and Drones". Now, I personally don't know the details behind this epic-ly named topic, but checkout his idea:

"I can reproduce everything you can see in all those videos of Telnet to G1 to control, using G1 to voice activate the control and GTalk to G1 to control, now still waiting to buy some Servo Robot parts and also trying to add something new not in their videos. If time permits trying to get a Android Arduino Quadrotor ready."

Doing it BarCamp style & if everything goes well, Wen Jiun will be able to show you a real working droid. If there's Arduino hackers out there that like to help Wen Jiun in building an army of Arduinodroids, you can reach him on http://twitter.com/wenjiun.

Our aim is to have these like a regular set for BarCamps across Malaysia and Southeast Asia. And beyond.

We humbly appreciate & thank you for supporting us in our efforts to revolutionize Android and the people surrounding it: developers, consumers and manufacturers alike.

We hope to see you this weekend at BarCamp KL 2010. More details can be found at http://barcamp.my.

Droid on.

Android Jobs and Developers Listing

Due to the growth and popularity of the Android platform in Malaysia, Code Android Malaysia has been offered requests on Android projects or developments from individuals and companies wanting to build Android apps.

If you are looking for Android developers to join your team, or would like to list your Android related job offering, contact us (coreteam@codeandroid.my) and we will list it here.

Please provide details about your company and projects as detailed as possible in order to get the best candidate.

We may not be able to verify all jobs or matching developers, but we'll try to make it as easy and good as possible for all parties involved.

If you are a Android developer (either full-time or part-time), looking for projects, let us know too, we'll hook you up!

Wrath Of The Fungi

Hi, I have written a number of programming posts for this blog. Today I am going to write a game review. Besides programming (my passion), I enjoy playing some casual games. I usually like strategy and chess games. Games that require thinking and formulating a strategy to solve problems. I think this is what programmers are paid to do most of the time (besides surfing Facebook when the pointed-haired boss is not around).

Wrath Of The Fungi is a simple, multiplayer, turn-based, chess game. Let's break down the descriptions:

• Simple - The rules are simple, it takes no time to learn.
• Multiplayer - This is not the type that requires a 1Gb/s connection to connect players from all over the worlds. Up to 4 players can play together, on 1 device. Currently it does not support gameplay over network, so you have pass the device among the players.
• Turn-based -  It is a chess games, where everyone takes turn to make 1 move at a time.
• Chess game - There is only 1 type of chess piece - mushroom. Each player has to choose a different color for the mushroom. There are 4 colors to choose from: red, green blue, yellow.

There are also AI players with various level of difficulties. A typical 2 players game last less then 10 minutes.

Objective

Occupy the maximum number of squares on the 5x5 chess board.

Moves

There are 2 types of moves, Clone and Jump. To make a move, the player touch one mushroom he/she owns, and then select another unoccupied square. To Clone, the player can only choose an adjacent square. It can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonally. Upon selecting the adjacent square, instead of physically moving the mushroom, a new identically mushroom will occupies the square. The mushroom count increase by 1.

A Jump is like 2 Clone moves. You can move your mushroom to any unoccupied squares, 2 squares away.  It may jump over other mushroom, as long as the destination square is unoccupied. The mushroom will be physically displaced to the destination square. As a result, the mushroom count remains the same.

Capture

Whenever you made a move, all the enemy mushrooms in adjacent squares will be converted to yours. This is similar to Othello. At anytime, a maximum of 8 enemy mushrooms can be converted.

Gameplay
Each player takes turn to make 1 move. The move can be either a Jump or Clone. In situations where a player cannot make a move (e.g the mushrooms are surrounded by enemy mushrooms), his/her turn will be skipped. The game ends when the 5x5 board is fully occupied. The player with the most number of mushrooms wins.

Screenshots

First screen when Wrath Of The Fungi is launched.

Game instructions.

Assigning color to players' mushrooms. There are also AI players.

Game in progress.

Application's QR code.