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This evening PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 1.2. The following changes were implemented:
13-10-2011 Version 1.2
– Added no internet connection warning.
– App is now using the www.warquest.nl url.
– Bugfix: If internet failed during auto sign-on, an invalid account was created. Resolved
– Released app on Android Market.
Click here for detail product information and download link.
PlaatSoft has released RedSquare 1.0 for Windows (95, 98, 2000/XP, Vista and 7). The following changes were made:
11-10-2011 Version 1.0
– Maintenance releases.
– Added QT Libraries 4.7.4
– RedSquare was build with QtCreator v2.3.0
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
Click here for detail RedSquare information and download links.
PlaatSoft release today PlaatStats v1.0 for Windows.
11-10-2011 Version 1.0
– BugFix: Enlarge Windows RedSquare counter size.
– Added QT version number on about window.
– Use QT library 4.7.4 as engine.
– PlaatStats is build with QtCreator v2.3.0
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
Click here for detail PlaatStats information and download links.
This evening Plaatsoft has released a new version of the Windows WarQuest client. This release contain the following changes:
10-10-2011 Version 1.0
– Added internet and new version check.
– Bugfix: If internet failed during auto sign-on, an invalid account was created. Resolved
– Use QT library 4.7.4 as engine.
– WarQuest was build with QtCreator v2.3.0
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
Click here for detail WarQuest information and download links.
Hi everybody. Yesterday the 1.000.000th WarQuest request was processed. That’s great. It took 9 months to get to this point. Wondering when we reach the 2 mil. On this moment around 200.000 requests a month are handeld. So I think it will that 5 month go reach this new point. Greeting and keep on playing.
Official WarQuest Statistics
| Players | 1.434 |
| Countries | 76 |
| Battles | 434.649 |
| Server Requests | 1.014.604 |
| WarQuest for Windows dowloads | 1.923 |
| WarQuest for Android dowloads | 254 |
Today WarQuest 2.7 is released. The following improvements and changes are implemented:
03-10-2011 version 2.7
Game website
– Added breaking news information on home page.
– Battle player list does not show allies anymore.
– Improve alliance overview – Not approved allies are now on top of the list.
– Optimised some pages for Android client.
– Improve release notes layout.
General
– WarQuest URL changes from www.plaatsoft.nl/warquest to www.warquest.nl
– WarQuest email domain created. For example info@warquest.nl
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
Click here to enter directly the game!
Exactly 15th years ago PlaatSoft was started. So time for a small flashback. It was a great third year. The last year WarQuest for Internet / Windows / Android and ChatCostCalc for Windows were developed with more then 213.000 downloads in total so far.
Plaatsoft.nl is the 7086th largest site in Netherlands (within .nl domain). Check the serversiders site for more information.
The coming year more exciting games (focus on Android) will be created. So please checkout this website regular.
Because the WarQuest project is almost feature full I have started today a new project. In the coming weeks (months) I will try to port the RedSqaure game to the Android platform. I will keep you posted about the development.
01-10-2011 Version 0.1
– Basic about screen ready.
– Basic setting screen ready.
– App icon ready.
General
– Basic ideas are ready
– Human control of Red Square will be based on gyroscope movements.
– Start new project in Eclipse.
– Created an information page on www.plaatsoft.nl about this new product.
Since the launch of RedSquare it is downloaded over 35.000 times. Thanks to all the players around the World.
Official Count
| Homebrew Browser (Wii version) | 28.944 times |
| My website (Wii Version) | 3.703 times |
| Google Code website (Wii Version) | 1.156 times |
| My website (Windows Version) | 2.292 times |
| Google Code website (Windows Version) | 545 times |
| Total | 36.640 times |
To increase the RedSquare download statistics I have decided to port the game to the Android platform. To follow the development of this project, please visit my website regular!
This evening PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 1.1. The following changes were implemented:
30-09-2011 Version 1.1
– Improve background image of setting and about page.
– Improve stability
– Second Major release in the Android market place.
Click here for detail product information and download link.
This evening PlaatSoft released Android WarQuest 1.0. The first official release in the Android Market Place.
29-09-2011 Version 1.0
– Added app icon
– Added reload, setting and about menu
– Added reload action
– Added setting page
– Added about page
– Added title bar with load progress bar
– Added automatic sign-on.
– Added client version information in http header.
– First release in Android Market Place,
Click here for detail product information and download link.
This evening I started with the development of a native Android WarQuest client. After downloading eclipse and the eclipse ADT plugin the android development environment was up and running within 45 minutes. Great!
26-09-2011 Version 0.1
After a few hours of working I had created an app with the following features:
– Native running android app;
– www.warquest.nl site is automatic loaded;
– Website width is dynamic adapted to device screen size;
– Full control of game possible.
General
– Created an information page on www.plaatsoft.nl about this new product.
If the app is stable I will release it on the android marketplace. I hope a lot of new players will then find there way to this great game. I keep you posted!
Today WarQuest 2.6 is released. The following improvements and changes are implemented:
25-09-2011 version 2.6
Game website
– Complete redesign of battle functionality:
– Now you can fight or bounty hunt other players.
– You can set a bounty on someone head on the battle page.
– If the player with bounty is defeated, he will lose some experience points.
– Bounty hunting feature is enabled at level 5.
– Battle attack force selection is now stored.
– Added “President Office” discount building.
– Added admin action – update building discount value for all player!
– Added default picture for robot players.
– Added leaderboard position information on home page.
– Added active country count information on login page.
– Casino games are now unlocked during the game play.
– Unit and building attack / defense values updated.
– Enlarge maximum amount of buildings from 450 to 600.
– Added full automatic cron jobs
General
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
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This evening Plaatsoft has released a new version of the Windows WarQuest client. This release contain the following changes:
07-09-2011 Version 0.70
– Added load progress indication in title bar.
– Added reload button to popup menu.
– Added icons to popup menu.
– Added QT version information on about window.
– Use QT library 4.7.4 as engine.
– Build with QtCreator v2.3.0
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
This night a new WarQuest Windows client v0.70 is released. If you are facing graphical (No images are loaded) problems after the upgrade. Please uninstall the WarQuestClient and download/install a fresh copy again. See below links. To bad the initial release contained wrong dll’s which course the above problem. This problem is now solved!
Click here for detail WarQuest information and download links.
Today Plaatsoft released WarQuest v2.5. The following features are added:
07-09-2011 version 2.5
Game website
– Complete redesign Alliance – Invite page.
– Player ally size is now limit to maximum 3 times the player level.
– For example: A player in level 11 can have maximum 33 allies.
– Remove recruit button on Player Overview page.
– Remove invite friend by email functionality. Was not used!
– Added user audit trail to detect hack attemps.
– Added “Satellite Solar Plant” energy building.
– Added “Military Headquarters” discount building.
– Improve database indexes. Queries average three times faster.
– Admin player now visible again in leaderboards.
– Enlarge maximum amount of buildings from 350 to 450.
General
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
Click here to enter directly the game!
Today Plaatsoft released WarQuest v2.4. The following features are added:
29-08-2011 version 2.40
Game website
– Added Wheel of Fortune casino game.
– Added basic casino functionality. More is coming soon!
– Move Logout button to home submenu.
– Added more awards with more bonus expercience points.
– Update all existing player accounts with new award schema.
– Improve award help and skill point page.
– Improve worldmap. Sea is now transparant.
– Corrected total request count. Bots actions are not counted anymore.
– Improve some database queries. Now faster page response.
– Added admin cleanup battle log action.
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Today Plaatsoft released WarQuest v2.3. The following features are added:
25-08-2011 version 2.30
Game website
– Added Nasdaq, DowJones and AEX stock exchange with realtime price information.
– Enlarge maximum amount of buildings from 300 to 350.
– Improve best country leaderboard (Added total server requests).
– Replace bots country name from Europe to Cyberspace.
– Added discount buildings. Give building price discount.
– Refactor existing buildings.
– Added “Nuclair power plant” energy building.
– Make source code compliant with the PHP 5.3.x standard.
– Added some missing country names.
General
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
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Hereby an easy example how you can use the finance.yahoo.com webservice to fetch stock exchange information with PHP.
function warquest_stockarray($data,$delim=',',$enclosure='"') {
$enclosed=false;
$fldcount=0;
$linecount=0;
$fldval='';
for($i=0;$i<strlen($data);$i++) {
$chr=$data{$i};
switch($chr)
{
case $enclosure:
if($enclosed&&$data{$i+1}==$enclosure) {
$fldval.=$chr;
++$i;
} else {
$enclosed=!$enclosed;
}
break;
case $delim:
if(!$enclosed) {
$ret_array[$linecount][$fldcount++]=$fldval;
$fldval='';
} else {
$fldval.=$chr;
}
break;
case "\r":
if (!$enclosed&&$data{$i+1}=="\n") continue;
case "\n":
if(!$enclosed) {
$ret_array[$linecount++][$fldcount]=$fldval;
$fldcount=0;
$fldval='';
} else {
$fldval.=$chr;
}
break;
default:
$fldval.=$chr;
}
}
if($fldval) {
$ret_array[$linecount][$fldcount]=$fldval;
}
return $ret_array;
}
function warquest_stock($stocksymbols) {
$url = sprintf("http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=%s&f=snl1d1t1c1ohgvp", $stocksymbols);
$data = file_get_contents($url);
$stocklist=warquest_stockarray($data);
for($i=0;$i<count($stocklist);$i++) {
$stocksymbol=trim($stocklist[$i][0], '\"');
$stock[$stocksymbol]["stocksymbol"] =
$stock[$stocksymbol]["company"] = trim($stocklist[$i][1], '\"');
$stock[$stocksymbol]["last"] = $stocklist[$i][2];
$stock[$stocksymbol]["date"] = trim($stocklist[$i][3], '\"');
$stock[$stocksymbol]["time"] = trim($stocklist[$i][4], '\"');
$stock[$stocksymbol]["change"] = $stocklist[$i][5];
$stock[$stocksymbol]["open"] = $stocklist[$i][6];
$stock[$stocksymbol]["high"] = $stocklist[$i][7];
$stock[$stocksymbol]["low"] = $stocklist[$i][8];
$stock[$stocksymbol]["volume"] = $stocklist[$i][9];
$stock[$stocksymbol]["prevclose"] = $stocklist[$i][10];
}
return $stock;
}
print_r(warquest_stock("DB"));
Since the launch (13 March 2011) of WarQuest more then 1000 players has joined the game. Wow! 🙂 . So a very special thanks to everyone who’s been downloading, playing and commenting this game.
Official WarQuest Statistics
| Players | 1002 |
| Battles | 253.484 |
| Windows client dowloads | 1.674 |
Today Plaatsoft released WarQuest v2.2. The following features are added:
14-07-2011 version 2.20
Game website
– Added to admin page update player level action.
– Added robot players up to level 61.
– Decrease building prices.
– Improve login page. New image reload every 2 second.
– Enlarge maximum amount of buildings from 200 to 300.
– Added extra energy building.
– Improve user event logging.
– Robot players can now fight back. Be aware!
– Improve menu notifications
General
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
Click here to enter directly the game!
I wish everybody a nice summer holiday. Greetings!
This morning WarQuest v2.1 is released with the following new features and bugfixes:
02-07-2011 version 2.1
Game website
– Added ally icon to Best-Player leaderbord and Battle page.
– Improve allies overview page.
– Allies can not be attack anymore!
– Change default background. Hope everybody like it!
– Increase battle and bank transaction log size to 30 max entries.
– Enabled ranks and awards help page again.
– Remove wishlist from release notes. Game is almost full feature!
– Improve source code encryption file format.
– Improve login page. Added supported hardware and browsers.
– Added page navigation above data tables.
– Improved Attack and Defense skill points functionality.
– Make game compliant with Android browsers.
– Added robot players up to level 45.
– Bugfix: Mission loot was not always working fine in high levels.
– Bugfix: Money values on apple devices are now correctly displayed.
– Bugfix: Now all old WarQuest clients are detected correctly.
General
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
Click here to enter directly the game!
This evening WarQuest v2.0 is released with the following new features and bugfixes:
25-06-2011 version 2.0
Game Website
– Reassign robot players to europe “country”.
– Added robot players up to level 35.
– Added semi-automatic robot player alliance acceptance.
– Improve admin robot player control page.
– Reorder levels above level 110.
– Redesign player skills page.
– Improve information box layout.
– Added Win/Losts ratio information to player statistics.
– Added two income and one extra energy building.
– Encrypted PHP code on web server. Protect my IPR!
– Added player building income detail page.
– Added player unit upkeep cost detail page.
General
– Who will help translate WarQuest to other languages? Please leave a comment.
– Please visit www.gravatar.com to upload player image.
Click here to enter directly the game!
This evening Plaatsoft has has released a new version of the Windows WarQuest client. This release contain the following changes:
25-06-2011 Version 0.6
– Canvas window height depends now on real video screen size.
– Use QT library 4.7.1 as engine.
– Build with QtCreator v2.0.3
– Released app on freewarefiles.com.
Click here for detail WarQuest information and download links.
This evening WarQuest v1.9 is released with the following new features and bugfixes:
20-06-2011 version 1.9
Game Website
– Improve loot. Now multiple units can be won.
– Improve battle opponent list selection.
– Added applicatie file logging for better debugging.
– Added player PDF report.
– Added counter attack action in Home -> Battle News view.
– Added wishlist to release notes.
– Improve menu navigation.
– Improve fight bonus message.
– Added tooltip to award images.
– Enlarge player message size from 200 to max. 400 characters.
– Bug fix: Random strength calculation mismatch resolved.
– Bug fix: Random battle lost issue resolved.
– Bug fix: Protect battle agains negative money bonus.
– Bug fix: Protect missions again negative hourly income.
Click here to enter directly the game!