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Google Play and Chrome Webstore apps have been officially retired. Please use the web apps on my blog site instead.

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Today I requested the removal of my Google Play and Chrome Webstore apps from their web catalogues, and their links have been removed from my blog site too. Existing installations should continue to work, until their platforms eventually change to make them incompatible, and, unfortunately, some apps have already been removed due to incompatibilities.

If you want to continue using similar apps, what can you do now?

  • The content in SAS course apps can be found in the SAS course in the SAS Professional Forum. Programming and Recruiting members who can access to the SAS Programming Forum will also have access to Informational web apps and LMS courses that also contain the SAS course content. There are also some sample web apps for Free members.
  • Educational apps can be accessed as web apps on this site by Educational Games, Programming and Recruiting members. There are also some sample web apps for Free members.
  • The major benefit of web apps is that the content will always be current, so updates and corrections can be accessed once completed without any user actions.
  • Amazon Appstore apps may still be accessed by Windows 11 users until late-2024, but Amazon-compatible Android apps can still be downloaded from this site to sideload into Amazon Appstore in Ubuntu on Windows (until late-2024) and also on Android platforms that have been setup to allow sideloading.

Even more educational games have been added!

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Some time ago I introduced a new Educational Games membership, which added access to the web apps on this blog site on top of the Free membership. Please note, however, that, even if you copy the web links, they will only work when accessed from the Educational Games page, which can be accessed from the blog menu by logged-in members with the correct permissions.

I have now had some time to add some more games, which are based on Logic Puzzles similar to Wordle:

  • In Word of 4 you try to guess a 4-letter word randomly selected each time by the computer. The 4-letter words were extracted from an open-source 150,000-word English (UK, not US) dictionary, and inappropriate and accented foreign words removed.
  • In Word of 5 you try to guess a 5-letter word randomly selected each time by the computer. The 5-letter words were extracted from an open-source 150,000-word English (UK, not US) dictionary, and inappropriate and accented foreign words removed.

More educational games, and more members can access them!

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Some time ago I introduced a new Educational Games membership, which added access to the web apps on this blog site on top of the Free membership. Unfortunately I couldn’t add Educational Games to the Programmer and Recruiter levels at that time, but now I’ve worked out how to make this work. This means that all Programmer and recruiter members will automatically get access to the Educational Games apps via the menu option “Educational Games”. It is also important to remember that, even if you copy the web links, they will only work when accessed from the Educational Games page.

At the same time as the access has been simplified I have added some more games, which are based on the classic console games from the late 20th century:

  • Hamurabi allows you to try your hand at governing Ancient Sumaria for a 10‑year term of office. The original Basic program was supplied with DEC System-10 mainframes in the mid-1970’s.
  • Blake’s 7 includes a number of references to classic sci-fi series. Y is the Liberator symbol, because the ship had 3 engines arranged in a Y-shape. H is the symbol for the Federation ships, but is probably closer to the shape of the Empire’s TIE fighters from Star Wars. If you try to exceed a speed of 5, then you will get the following warning: “The engines will not stand that!” (Scotty, Star Trek).

I’ve withdrawn my apps from the Chrome Web Store after 9 years

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Regrettably I’ve withdrawn my apps from the Chrome Web Store after 9 years. For the last few years the Chrome Web Store has not been accepting new apps, only extensions, so I’ve not been able to add new apps, although updated apps have been accepted. However, recently my apps have been behaving differently, and only showing blank pages, so I’ve made the decision to withdraw my apps altogether.

There were 2 categories of apps in the Chrome Web Store:

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  • SAS apps, which are still available in the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore (for Android devices). You can also access them on any device with a Programming blog membership as a web app.
  • Educational apps, which are also available in the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore (for Android devices). You can also access them on any device with an Educational Games blog membership, again as a web app.