[APP][WWE][Updated: Aug 26 2008] POCKET VIDEO POKER - Public Beta v0.4

[GeckoDev]

I wanted to give back to the community, so...

Proudly announcing Pocket Video Poker for the Diamond! With styling inspired by TF3D, and revamped from the original one I wrote for my Tytn, Pocket Video Poker gives you all the thrill of the casino, without the agony of losing your cash! So charge up that 900 mAh battery, grab your favorite beverage, kick back in your comfy chair, and have fun!

I offer my apologies in advance for the game that will soon consume what little bit of free time you have left. I am not responsible for loss of work, loss of appetite, loss of marriage, etc. :)


Updated to 0.4 Aug 26, 2008 -- See the next post for instructions and version history.


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[GeckoDev]

Installation
(Requires .Net CF 3.5 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e3821449-3c6b-42f1-9fd9-0041345b3385&DisplayLang=en))
Install the attached CAB file on your Jewel.


Instructions
If you have played video poker in a casino, this should be very familiar to you. This game is based on the "Jacks or Better" variety of video poker. I have no plans to add other varieties at the moment, so please don't ask. :p

Tap a column in the Payouts Chart to change your bet. The payout for Jacks Or Better is equal to the bet (you break even), so the 1st column bets 1 credit, the 5th column bets 5 credits, etc. For obvious reasons, you cannot change your bet in the middle of a hand.

Tap Deal, tap the cards you want to hold (tap again to toggle), then tap Draw to replace the remaining cards.

If you end up with a winning hand, you can try to double-up your win by tapping Double. Five new cards will be dealt. The first card is the dealer's card, and is face-up. Tap one of the face-down cards to try to beat the dealer's card. If you win, you can try to double-up again. If you lose, you get nothing.

Tap Exit to, ummm, exit. :D

Tap Options to access player management and game options. In the Players tab you can select the current player, view hand statistics, add more credits, rename players, and delete (reset) players. Adding credits will bring a player back up to 100 credits, and can only be done when a player drops below 100 credits.


Planned Future Features

Clean up sounds to remove hiss
Automatically hold cards that make a hand on the initial deal
Tap the Win amount to skip count-up of credits (this would be useful if you ever hit a 4000 credit win)
Make it more clear whether you are starting a new hand or drawing on a hand. You can tell because the button toggles between Deal/Draw, but I still want to make it more obvious.
Test on other devices, resolutions, WinMo versions, etc. It is currently only known to work on the Diamond with WM 6.1
Reduce memory footprint



Known Issues
One person has reported an occasional crash, but I have not seen this nor been able to reproduce it. Please let me know if you can provide any additional information.


Revision History

0.4 [2008-08-26]

Toggle "Hold" as soon as you touch a card (instead of when you let go) to make it more responsive
Your chosen card during double up is now displayed prior to the other cards (improved experience)
Implemented player rename and reset
Reorganized stats display, and added double up stats
Option: Enable/disable sounds
Option: Skip count up of credits won
Option: Move the Deal button to the left side
Option: Set the Deal speed:
"Normal" is how it has been in prior versions, and gives the impression of the cards being dealt
"Slow" is for those of you that really LOVE the anticipation!
"Fast" is for people that just want to get it over with and lose your credits as fast as possible


0.3 [2008-08-17] (621 downloads)


Made the cards cleaner and nicer
Enabled Options button
Added ability to select players, add more credits, and view hand statistics


0.2 [2008-08-14] (141 downloads)

Created installer for your pleasure
Disabled Deal button for insufficient credits instead of showing message
Options screen still not enabled


0.1 [2008-08-13] (94 downloads)

Initial public beta
Options screen (with player management) not yet enabled



Please let me know how much you enjoy the game by buying me a beer! Thank you! (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=geckodev%40hotmail%2ecom&item_name=PVP&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)


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[darthbane2k]

Oh HELL YEAH!

[GeckoDev]

Oh HELL YEAH!

You like? :D

[liamhere]

You like? :D

he sounded more american than you did ;)

[darthbane2k]

he sounded more american than you did ;)

LOL.

I must admit, Video Poker is a particular vice of mine on my many frequent trips to Las Vegas.

[Tilgi]

Reallys a great, addciting game ;)

Thanks for that, but i found one big bug ;)
I cant open the options menu, i can tap as long as i wanton this butten but nothing opens, evere button else works fine :)

[fortigeek]

Hot Damn, that's poker right there!

More credits please, more credits....
:D:D

[GeckoDev]

he sounded more american than you did

:D Yeah, you have to read it with a "French Maid" accent ... that's how I hear it in my head. :)

I cant open the options menu

Please refer to the first post ... the Options are not yet enabled ;) Coming soon, though...

More credits please, more credits...

Did you use them up ALREADY??? :eek: Be frugal with your credits people, the ability to add more won't be around for several more days!

[carlosmc]

if you loose all your money,... exit the game, and, in the same folder is an PVP.dat, delete it and restart the game... you will have 100 again,... and dont play at 5 until you have get some money,... i'm in 1600 :D

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm rich!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D

[kultus]

niiiiice!!!
love this game but options never work and sometimes Im not able to hold cards...

[GeckoDev]

if you loose all your money,... exit the game, and, in the same folder is an PVP.dat, delete it and restart the game... you will have 100 again

Yes, but you lose all the stats that will later be displayed in the options, so the rest of us poor people here will never get to see how you made 1600. ;)

[GeckoDev]

niiiiice!!!
love this game but options never work and sometimes Im not able to hold cards...

See first post about the options.

Can you give more detail about not being able to hold cards? Seriously, I've been playing this game for weeks and have never seen an issue with that. Are you sure the hand wasn't already over?

[kultus]

sry after SR works fine dont know why but im lucky:)

[GeckoDev]

OK, I took some time during lunch to package it up in a CAB, so it'll be even easier to install now. Apologies to the 90+ people that did it the hard way. :)

I'll have some time this weekend to tie up some of the loose ends (*cough* OPTIONS *cough*) ... so I'd really like to hear what other suggestions you guys have!

Thanks for playing, and don't let your boss see. :D

[GeckoDev]

Hmmmm... no ideas??? Guess that means you're all subject to my whims. :D

[GeckoDev]

Hi everyone! A new version is now in the first post. Here are the changes:

0.3 [2008-08-17]

Made the cards cleaner and nicer
Enabled Options button
Added ability to select players, add more credits, and view hand statistics


It looks like there are about 150 of you playing with it, so I'm curious what you all think. Please let me know! :)

[SmoothO]

It looks like there are about 150 of you playing with it, so I'm curious what you all think. Please let me know! :)

Hi, so I will let you know what I think. First of all, I love this game!!!
It runs great on my D, had only one crash till now.
But I wonder if I'm the only one who wants the order of the four mainbuttons (Exit, Opt., Double and Deal in reverse Order) ???
I mean, I'm right-hander, like, I think, the most of us and it would be much more comfortable for my thumb to have the deal- and doublebutton on the left side.
Just try it! (but maybe I'm really the only one with that desire...)
Another thing is that I miss only the one option to mute the gamesound...

Anyway, many many thanks for that game and I hope you will maybe change the buttonorder someday.

ps: my broken english could be better, but I think everyone knows what I meant.

[GeckoDev]

But I wonder if I'm the only one who wants the order of the four mainbuttons (Exit, Opt., Double and Deal in reverse Order) ???

That's a good idea! I'll add it to the planned features list. The placement of the Deal/Double buttons comes from where they are on the real casino game, but you make a good point that on a device, they might not be in the most comfortable place.

It runs great on my D, had only one crash till now.

Can you tell me more about the crash? What were you doing when it happened?

[IRREAL]

This game work fine on my Artemis!!Brillant idea!!
God job for new updates!

[SmoothO]

Can you tell me more about the crash? What were you doing when it happened?

I don't know exactly why the game crashes sometimes (had 2 more crashes yesterday). Had the feeling, that it only happended if i'm tapping "to fast" on the buttons, while they are not ready for a new press (something like greyed out). Hope you know what i mean;)
But that is only a feeling, could not reproduce it in that way.
Maybe it's a problem with my Diamond (becuase of cooked Rom or something else) and not an overall-Error.
But the buttonsorder is much more essential for me than a crash sometimes;)

[charly_mx]

Hey !! Its so great!! thanks for the release !! tWO THUMBS UP!

[krakout]

Ooh lovely!!!

Now, when are you going to add some nice ladies? :D

(kidding aside, the pics from Teenage Queen (http://www.lemonamiga.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php%3Fid%3D1043) would be reeeeeally lovely!)

[GeckoDev]

Ooh lovely!!!

Now, when are you going to add some nice ladies? :D

(kidding aside, the pics from Teenage Queen (http://www.lemonamiga.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php%3Fid%3D1043) would be reeeeeally lovely!)

Hmmm, strip video poker? :D

[GeckoDev]

Had the feeling, that it only happended if i'm tapping "to fast" on the buttons, while they are not ready for a new press (something like greyed out). Hope you know what i mean;)
But that is only a feeling, could not reproduce it in that way.

OK, I'll take a look. Has anyone else experienced this??

I'm hoping to put up another version in about a week. Maybe it'll magically fix itself. :)

[krakout]

Hmmm, strip video poker? :D

Hm, well, sort of; Teenage Queen is artsy and lovely :D

[GeckoDev]

Hm, well, sort of; Teenage Queen is artsy and lovely :D

Oh, OK ... I'm at work right now, so I didn't want to check your link until I got home. Maybe you should make yourself a screen saver. ;)

[krakout]

Oh, OK ... I'm at work right now, so I didn't want to check your link until I got home. Maybe you should make yourself a screen saver. ;)

Nah, the link is quite SFW; Teenage Queen was an an ancient (we're talking Amstrad and Amiga here) strip poker that used hand-drawn, digitized comic images. Very beautiful and the image at the link I gave is really dressed :D

[GeckoDev]

MODS -- should this thread be moved to the new Apps sub-forum?

[zmob123]

On most of the video poker games, when you have a hand on the first draw it automatically places a hold on the cards that make the hand, can you implement that?

[SmoothO]

OK, I'll take a look. Has anyone else experienced this??

I'm hoping to put up another version in about a week. Maybe it'll magically fix itself. :)

Had some more crashes again and two of them freezes my Diamond. I could switch to the hometab with the homebutton but nothing else. So I had to softreset the device. Don't know if anyone else had this problems so far.
Maybe you'll find out whats the reason for that. I could not specify why this happens sometime and if it's a gameproblem or only on my device.
Hoping for a fixed version...;)

[iliescu902]

great game! good job.

if i'm not asking too much, is there any way of implementing texas hold'em too ? in a later version, of course

[zio hank]

can't play the game:(
My Diamond say "Errore imprevisto in PVP.exe.....l'applicazine richiede una versione Microsoft.NET Compact Framework piu' recente.....
what can I do?

[GeckoDev]

On most of the video poker games, when you have a hand on the first draw it automatically places a hold on the cards that make the hand, can you implement that?

I had thought about that myself. Good idea!

[GeckoDev]

can't play the game:(
My Diamond say "Errore imprevisto in PVP.exe.....l'applicazine richiede una versione Microsoft.NET Compact Framework piu' recente.....
what can I do?

Do you have .Net CF 3.5 installed?

[maximo_lider]

very nice thanks!!!!!!!! :eek:

[zmob123]

This is a great app, I can't wait for the next release

[zio hank]

Do you have .Net CF 3.5 installed?

:confused:
where I can get a .cab of the ....3.5?

[GeckoDev]

:confused:
where I can get a .cab of the ....3.5?

From this link (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e3821449-3c6b-42f1-9fd9-0041345b3385&DisplayLang=en). It is probably posted somewhere in the forums as well.

[GeckoDev]

Announcing the latest version of Video Poker! As always, your feedback is appreciated. Updates in this version ...

0.4 [2008-08-26]

Toggle "Hold" as soon as you touch a card (instead of when you let go) to make it more responsive
Your chosen card during double up is now displayed prior to the other cards (improved experience)
Implemented player rename and reset
Reorganized stats display, and added double up stats
Option: Enable/disable sounds
Option: Skip count up of credits won
Option: Move the Deal button to the left side
Option: Set the Deal speed:
"Normal" is how it has been in prior versions, and gives the impression of the cards being dealt
"Slow" is for those of you that really LOVE the anticipation!
"Fast" is for people that just want to get it over with and lose your credits as fast as possible




If you enjoy the game, please DONATE (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=geckodev%40hotmail%2ecom&item_name=PVP&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8) to support continued development! Thank you!

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[IRREAL]

Very impressive!!The ver 0.4 is very stable,but on the QVGA screen a few imperfection of layout(option screen and about).Please fix this!

[aydc]

Very addictive... Can't stop playing.... Will sue you for lost productivity.... :)

[GeckoDev]

Very impressive!!The ver 0.4 is very stable,but on the QVGA screen a few imperfection of layout(option screen and about).Please fix this!

Testing it with different resolutions and different devices is still on my "to do" list. Until then, I can only say it works on the Diamond, and probably other VGA devices.

Maybe you should get a Diamond?? :D

[GeckoDev]

Very impressive!!The ver 0.4 is very stable,but on the QVGA screen a few imperfection of layout(option screen and about).Please fix this!

OK, I went ahead and tweaked it to work with QVGA. Please let me know how the attached file works on your device.

In my QVGA emulator I'm seeing a few minor things like:

Some hand names run slightly into the next column
Bottom of Jacks or Better row is cut off slightly
Hold indicators need to be slightly taller


Does it appear the same on a real device? Do you see any other problems?


NOTE TO DIAMOND OWNERS: The cab attached to this post only has tweaks for QVGA, and is not an "official" release. Please download the cab in the first post for use on your jewel!

[GeckoDev]

Very addictive... Can't stop playing.... Will sue you for lost productivity.... :)

Get in line ... I'm suing myself first. :D

Besides, the forum rules state that you must donate to the developer before you can sue him. ;)

[IRREAL]

OK, I went ahead and tweaked it to work with QVGA. Please let me know how the attached file works on your device.

In my QVGA emulator I'm seeing a few minor things like:

Some hand names run slightly into the next column
Bottom of Jacks or Better row is cut off slightly
Hold indicators need to be slightly taller


Does it appear the same on a real device? Do you see any other problems?


NOTE TO DIAMOND OWNERS: The cab attached to this post only has tweaks for QVGA, and is not an "official" release. Please download the cab in the first post for use on your jewel!


Ok!Perfect job for QVGA devices!The best game for me :)

[GeckoDev]

Ok!Perfect job for QVGA devices!The best game for me :)

IRREAL, are you noticing anything else that looks weird in QVGA? How does your screen compare to the screenshot in the first post?

[IRREAL]

Screen QVGA:main page and about page:

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4972/spbscreenshot01gq0.th.png (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spbscreenshot01gq0.png)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4448/spbscreenshot02zw2.th.png (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spbscreenshot02zw2.png)

[GeckoDev]

Thanks IRREAL ... it looks like the payout chart needs a little adjustment for QVGA, but the rest looks good. Enjoy!

[salada2k]

GeckoDev,

This is the BEST game I have on my Diamond.

Seriously I love it! :) I have 840 credits now I'm on a winning streak. :D

This is the one game I keep coming back to. So I just wanted to say THANK YOU! :)

I haven't noticed any problems with it either - solid coding!

[jedi43]

haven't tried but look awesome!!!

[yawpk]

thanx, good program.
the slot I played has also the option to double up bets after holding cards and before final draw. I wonder this could be added in the next revision.

[drhades]

found a bug, i won a bunch of credits and hadda wait forever to continue playing.

[yawpk]

why there are no jokers?

[GeckoDev]

why there are no jokers?

I decided to stick with the "Jacks or Better" version of it. With jokers the payouts would just be lower. Maybe someday I'll add other varieties. ;)

[GeckoDev]

found a bug, i won a bunch of credits and hadda wait forever to continue playing.

Was it counting up your credits?

[GeckoDev]

GeckoDev,

This is the BEST game I have on my Diamond.
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Thanks for the kudos! I play it too much too...

[maalex01]

Great...You game is very funny...I already got 1600 score:D

[Treasure58]

Great app! Thanks for all your work. Is there any chance that you might consider adding a Deuces Wild game option?