It's been a long time!

I have added a new section to the website that will provide some Windows Mobile game programming tutorials. These tutorials are relevant to both Pocket PCs and Smartphones. I hope you find them helpful :)

Check it out here: Game Programming Tutorials

Some news today!

First, the website now has a new 'prettier' design! I hope you all like it.
** We're still testing and deploying portions of the website.

Second, Kicking Software has released a new game: Fade Out. It's a fun casual puzzle game for the Windows Mobile Smartphone and coming soon for the Windows Mobile Pocket PC.

Can You Turn The Lights Out?

Smartphone version of Fade Out Screen Shots

Smartphone SuDoKu version 1.3 has been released!

Updates in this release:
- Updated to include 'Dot Notation' of guesses.
- Various bugs have been fixed (Thank You Leslie Troyer for finding them!)
- Cursor colour changed due to many requests.
- Now installs via a desktop installer, also due to requests.

FEATURES:
- Supports devices with screen sizes of 176x220 and 240x320!
- Generates an unlimited number of unique puzzles!
- Various difficulty levels to choose from!
- Enter your own puzzle and play it or just have the phone solve it for you. Now you can enter the puzzle from your daily news paper and play it on your phone!
- Fast real-time solving and checking algorithms that recognize all possible solutions a puzzle can have!
- Automatically saves the puzzle you are working on when you exit and loads it the next time you play the game!
- Adjust the font size to suit your preference!
- Keep track of multiple guess per cell with the guesses list!
- NEW - Dot Notation of guesses

Screen Shots of Smartphone SuDoKu v1.3

Smartphone SuDoKu (Su DoKu), the Japanese number placement puzzle, has matured to version 1.1! New features have been added and the game has been optimized. Smartphone SuDoKu v1.1 now saves the state of the users game upon exit and reloads the puzzle the next time the game is run. The ability to generate SuDoKu puzzles based on different difficulty levels has also been added. The levels of difficulty are: default, very easy, easy, medium, hard, and very hard. Other changes include various optimizations.

To get the upgrade or purchase Smartphone SuDoKu v1.1 visit Handango
To purchase via PayPal contact us at support@kickingsoftware.com

Visit the forums or the Product page at Handango for more information.

Smartphone S.O.S. has now been updated to version 1.1. The new version contains some bug fixes and optimizations, which include:

- Optimized input system.
- Optimizations to make the file size smaller.
- Fixed some bugs.

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An update for Smartphone SuDoKu is in the works!

SuDoKu (Su DoKu), the Japanese number placement puzzle, has taken the world by storm. It has crossed the oceans and found a place inside newspapers of all languages. Now it's available for the Smartphone! Smartphone SuDoKu v1.0 has been released and is available through Handango. Visit the forums or the Product page at Handango for more information.

Smartphone S.O.S. (Windows Smartphone Battleship type game) has been updated to version 1.0! The new version incorporates some bug fixes, AI improvement and added features.

Visit the forums for more information and to download it. Dont forget to leave us your comments so that we know what to improve.

Brief list of changes:
- Added manual ship placement as requested.
- Reworte graphics routines to use Windows API for drawing instead of GAPI.
- Now uses Windows menuing system.
- Made computer AI a little smarter.
- Fixed some bugs.