Apps and software

Sometimes, I waste my spare hours developing software pieces which may or may not be useful for someone other than me. Just in case, I started publishing them here.

Endangered Orphans Of Condyle Cove: The Curse Of Benny Harris

(Current version: 1.3)

This is a companion app I developed for a board game named "Endangered Orphans Of Condyle Cove". Essentially, the app plays some background music and shrieks at random intervals, which is important if you play the game with the "Benny Harris" expansion. I made it essentially for myself, and thus is available for Android only:

Ambush! Companion

(Current version: 1.2)

"Ambush!" is a solitary board game from the early eighties, which can also be played as a cooperative game (and this was before cooperative games were invented!). Essentially, the player moves his troops across a mapped board and, every time his soldiers enter an hexagon in the map, he has to check a punched cardboard slider with a numbered card inserted, get a number from there, and look up a paragraph with that number in a separate booklet. Sounds exciting, huh? Well, believe me: it IS.
However, it can be a bit cumbersome nowadays, so I created an app which automatizes the process. Initially, I created it for Android, but then I decided it would be a good excuse to try and create a multi-platform app.
There is no iOS version available; sorry about that, but the entry fee to develop an iOS app is around 160€ (185US$), so it's a no-no for now. Please keep in mind that developing apps is a hobby for me. Maybe in the future, if I get some project which pays for it.
Also, I don't want to pay for a developer certificate at the moment (although this may change in the future because they are way cheaper than an Apple developer license), so the Windows installation program will warn you about an "unknown developer". Just accept the installation anyway.

Click on the corresponding OS logo (except iOS, as said above) to get an installation package or a link to the Google Play store.

Actually, this is just a Java JAR file with some additional stuff to make it run. If you are using Linux, you know what to do with this package, right?

This is also a JAR file with stuff. Just unzip it in your desktop (or some other folder) and click on the "AmbushCompanion" script icon. Hopefully, it will run ("hopefully" because you never know what can happen with a Mac).
Why didn't I create a nice and official-looking dmg package? Well, the answer is: 100US$ per year.

Also the same JAR file and accessories, but wrapped with a nice Windows installer. Micro$oft may be the Evil Incarnate, but at least they make things easier (and cheaper) than Apple. But remember: it may complain about an unknown developer; just ignore it.

Not a direct download but a link to the app page in the Google Play store, from where you can install the native Android app.

No link here. You can click until your mouse is a burning pile of melted plastic, and nothing will happen (except maybe some black smoke coming from your mouse). See the reasons above.