Android Applications
Here are the applications I have developed for Android devices...
Nova Ball
Nova Ball is a space/sci-fi accelerometer game. In the game you control the ball by holding your device parallel to the floor and tilting.
The game has three modes: arcade, mayhem and missions. In arcade mode you need to see how fast you clear each level. Mayhem is all about survival; stop the stars reaching critical mass. In mission mode you have to clear each level to progress to the next.
Arcade: This mode is all about speed. Collect the stars to clear the level. The race is against the clock!
Mayhem: Stop the stars reaching critical mass when the star coverage reaches 75% then critical mass will be reached. Not good! On the first level you need to survive for 75 seconds and then with each level you need last 5 seconds longer, e.g. 80 seconds for the 2nd level, 85 for the 3rd and so on.
Mission: Clear each level to progress further and further. There are 50 fun levels to play through.
Nova Ball works on all Android devices using Android 1.6 or higher (including 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2).
You can download it from the Android Market (Note: This link only works from within your Android device).
Thunder Clap
A simple to use utility to calculate the distance to a storm based on the time elapsed between the lightning and the thunder.
When you see the lightning: hit the 'Lightning' button, then when you hear the thunder: hit the 'Thunder' button. The distance to the storm will be shown.
Thunder Clap works on all Android devices using Android 1.6 or higher (including 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2).
You can download it FREE from the Android Market (Note: This link only works from within your Android device).
If you are having trouble finding this app in the Android Market, you can download it directly here: Thunder Clap.apk
The BibleBase Daily Bread App
This is a Bible reading schedule based on a 3 year cycle.
The Old Testament is roughly three times longer than the New Testament, but as the Bible contains 'progressive revelation' it is best to spend equal amounts of time in each Testament. So, in the three year cycle you will read the whole of the Old Testament once, but you will read the New Testament three times.
The reading schedule also has a special order. The books have been linked together in a way which, it is hoped, will reveal the progress and the distinctive message of the Bible.
The Old Testament is read in time-period blocks. It is easy to get lost in the Old Testament as the time line constantly doubles back on itself and it is often difficult to know where the prophets fit into the story. This reading schedule tries to keep things together a bit more but not 'verse by verse' as some other schedules attempt. For example the book of Job has no mention of the Law or the Levitical priesthood so Job is read after Genesis. That doesn't mean it fits in exactly after the story of Joseph but it is roughly in the same time period.
The New Testament time line is much easier to follow so here things are done a little bit different here. The four gospels have been separated from each other so that the earthly life of Our Lord Jesus continually mixes with New Testament truth. The goal is to see the New Covenant (or Testament) revealed in the life of Jesus Christ and expounded in the letters. The New Testament readings start with the books with more of a Jewish background and this gives the link with the Old Testament.
The actual order is: Matthew, James, Hebrews, Mark, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude, Luke, Galatians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Romans and then the other letters of Paul. Towards the end the schedules takes you through John's letters and then his Gospel.
You can download it FREE from the Android Market (Note: This link only works from within your Android device).
If you are having trouble finding this app in the Android Market, you can download it directly here: Daily Bread.apk
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For all support questions please email me dirctly on android [at] garysims.co.uk
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Lion of Judah
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?" But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne.
Revelation 5 (NIV)