I've often liked year-end reviews like from Wendover Productions. So here's another for ChessCraft. See also:
This year ChessCraft passed one million installs. Curiously, the page on Google Play still reports just 500,000 several months later! I guess Google doesn't care about my vanity metrics …
Wow! How about that. Do I get a gold plaque from YouTube now? I still remember celebrating 100,000 in 2021:
And if we really go back, 100 in 2019:
I guess I like round numbers. If you haven't passed it yet, I recommend celebrating your one billion second birthday …
I've often liked year-end reviews like from quanta magazine. So here's another for ChessCraft like last year and the year before that.
It's been 7 years since I started working on ChessCraft on 2017-12-30. We're now at 920,000 installs with 260,000 this year. I thought I might …
Since 2018 I've heard thousands of feature request ideas. By far the most popular feature request is to share your own custom images for pieces. Well it's finally here! I've just released version 1.16 on Google Play and Steam. It should be available within a few days, starting with …
I've often liked year-end reviews like from quanta magazine. So here's another short one for ChessCraft like last year.
It has now been 6 years and 2 days since my first git version of ChessCraft. Remarkably, the rate of installs per month is still increasing. We're now …
After years of strange problems and bad performance with MongoDB, this week I successfully migrated chesscraft.ca to PostgreSQL. This took lots of preparations, went smoothly, and is performing great, so I thought I'd write about it. Writing here is cathartic. Also, others might find it useful.
Look what …
I've just released version 1.15 on Google Play and Steam. It should be available very soon on Steam, and a few days from now on Google Play.
What's new in 1.15:
I've just released version 1.14.0 on Google Play and Steam. It should be available very soon on Steam, and a few days from now on Google Play.
What's new in 1.14:
I've often liked year-end reviews like from quanta magazine or Wendover. So why not do a short one for ChessCraft?
It has now been 5 years and 1 day since my first git version of ChessCraft. Remarkably, installs per month are still steadily going up, even though …
I like that the full ChessCraft game is free and ad-free, and yet it is monetized. It has been a challenge describing this monetization strategy succinctly. I wish there were a word for it. In this post I'll explore how words like "donationware", "freemium", and "nagware" aren't a good fit …
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