An update for Circuit Coder has been released. It fixes a few urgent bugs, namely
Moreoever, it also featured a few behind-the-scenes updates that will make it easier to add and change levels.
We are proud to present our first iOS app: Circuit Coder
It is a puzzle game about building digital circuits. It is a very challenging game and is aimed at programmers, engineers and computer scientists who either want to learn more about circuit theory, or simply want a really challenging game.
We created the game because we didn't like the fact that we couldn't program on the iPad. We love programming and do it recreationally; this is why we created Circuit Coder. Finally we can do a form of programming when we're on our devices, and so can you.
The app's icon was of course created in Icon Maker. The glow was added in a graphics editing program.
Our first project, the Color Theme Generator, has just moved and got a new design in the process. It still gets a solid traffic flow, so I felt the need to renew it some.
In case you're new to this project, it automatically generates syntax highlighting themes for source code editors such as TextMate, Emacs and Vim.
I created a very basic, but open-source (which I failed to find), texture packer for cocos2d. It's written in Python and has so far only basic functionality. It will need a better algorithm pretty soon.
There are some software out there where a license costs, so I felt there should be an open-source one, where you can add functionality as you need it. To do this, just fork it at github.
Icon Maker 1.1 was released a week ago, now featuring the ability to make your own icon logos inside a built-in vector editor. This makes Icon Maker a lot more powerful and we really want to get the word out, so we're offering a 50% discount, making it only $4.99, until July 10th.
We also put together a 2-minute introductory screencast:
Our latest app Branch Designer was released a few days ago, and the response so far has been very positive.
Branch Designer helps designers generate branch structures, such as trees, vines and flowers. A task that traditionally is quite tedious becomes quick, easy and fun with the Branch Designer.
It's hard to explain, so I suggest checking out our 2-minute screencast to see how it works.
Campaign price: $9.99 (50% OFF) until June 10!
We just got our first Mac application on the App Store: Icon Maker
Icon Maker will design icon styles for you by randomly combining layers and effects. We say randomly, but the process is dictated by very carefully tuned heuristics, in order to weed out sure-to-miss designs and increase the success rate.
It comes with 200 general-purpose icon logos. The ability to design your own logos will be added in a future update. Icon Maker is only $9.99 and can be found in the App Store.
To promote Icons by Sweyla, we are releasing a set of 100 icons completely free. We don't even require a back link, but it's always nice if you like the icons.
Link: Icons by Sweyla - Free icon set
Another, even bigger, Sweyla project is in the works and we will probably release an alpha version of it quite soon, so check back for that.
Sweyla presents: Icons by Sweyla.
This is our latest and most ambitious project so far. At its heart is an Icon Generator, that randomly selects layers and effects in order to create unique button styles. This is done with powerful set of heuristics, in order to actually try to produce something pleasing to the eye. We will continue to improve the generator in order to increase its expressiveness.
Expect more information soon!
Sweyla presents its latest family member: Reddit Snapshot
This website lets you view how the Reddit front page looked at any date and hour of the day by sliding a bar back and forth. You can finally go back and quickly see the major stories of the past month when you were busy studying, or see how your front page Reddit post was doing while you were sleeping.
Link: Reddit Snapshot
Any comments or suggestions? Drop us a line at @sweyla.