Streets Of Boston Software

 The Rubix Cube for Android Phones

In 1974, the Hungarian professor of architecture Ernő Rubik invented the now well known puzzle that is named after him: “Rubik’s Cube™”. To solve the puzzle, each of the six faces must be of one solid color. This ageless game is a test of wit, dexterity and problem solving and has now been brought to the virtual world of Android as “Gube”.

You can have your own (virtual) Rubix Cube on your phone by just swiping the screen.  Try to solve it in a short a time as possible.

You manipulate The Gube by just swiping your finger over the screen. Swiping outside the Gube area or rolling the trackball will rotate the Gube. Swiping inside the Gube area will rotate a layer, the layer whose side your finger is touching.

Progress is automatically saved when you exit the game. Just start up The Gube again and the game will start where you left off.

Various settings let you adjust the appearance and the speed of The Gube.

When  you install the game, it asks for three permissions:

• Access to Internet
  Internet access is used only to check for updates.
• Wake Lock
  You can configure the game to never turn off or dim the screen. This is handy if your normal screen time-out is really low, like 15 seconds.
• Vibrate
  This is used for some tactile feedback.

You can purchase The Gube from these markets for a small fee.

• Android Market
  
  (this link only works when browsing on an Android phone)
• MobiHand.com
• Handango.com

The name “Gube” comes from the fact that the first available Android base phone was T-Mobile’s “G1″.

Reviews

• Android Tapp: 4.1 out of 5 stars.
  “The Gube “Rubik’s Cube game for Android” is Awesome! … The Gube Rubix Cube is definitely fun and frustrating for others, which can lead to addiction with either the challenge of finally solving one of these things or how fast you can solve it“
• Android Market (AndroLib)
  “Great application. Looks really good and feels really good.”
  “Great App!”
  “Very nice! Looks great, controls are very good when you get used to it”
  “If your looking for a Rubix cube you’ve found it”
  “Yes! I love this…and so will you. Get it.“
• Bright Hub
  “The Gube is a very good game …“
• Mobile Ireland
  “puzzling, awesome, the bomb, great, crazy fun …“
• Smartphone France
  “The Gube, puisque tel est le titre qui nous a attiré, est en fait une superbe adaptation informatique du célèbre Rubix Cube …“

Screenshots

Screenshots can be found here.

Problems, Complaints and Compliments

You can leave your comments in here.

Release Notes

In planning

• Smoother animation of graphics
• Being able to save your Gube and send it to others to solve.
• High Score list.
• Suggestions and help to solve the Gube.

Version 1.4.4 (2/1/2010)

• Added Android 2.1 (Nexus One) support.

Version 1.4.0 (11/1/2009)

• The Gube now needs Cupcake (1.5) as a minimum requirement but is compiled to support Donut (1.6).
• Added support for WVGA screen sizes.
• Added limited support for QVGA screen sizes (Donut devices only).
• Added limited support for landscape orientation.
  ‘Limited support’ means that you can play The Gube without problems, but that the user interface is sub-optimal.

Version 1.3.2 (9/4/2009)

• Fixed an issue with the stopwatch.

Version 1.3.1 (7/17/2009)

• Fixed small but possibly annoying bug.

Version 1.3.0 (6/15/2009)

• Added trackball support.

Version 1.2.0 (5/23/2009)

• Supports Dutch language.

Version 1.1.1 (4/17/2009)

• After exiting the game by pressing the ‘Home’ key and then returning to the game hours or days later, the state/progress was not saved. This has been fixed.

Version 1.1.0 (4/4/2009)

• Improvements for a smoother animation of the cube.
• Supports German language.

Version 1.0.3 (3/29/2009)

• Small bug-fixes and performance improvements.
• Improved textures and a better background image.
• Fixed ‘Force Close’ when pressing trackball down for long time while rolling it. It seemed that this bug has been present since the initial version and has now been fixed.

Version 1.0.1 (3/1/2009)

• Small bug-fixes.
• When the Android OS kills the process or the user presses ‘Quit’, the state of the Gube is not saved. The state is now saved correctly. The player can resume the game as he or she left it.
• There was a problem bringing the user to the Android Market when clicking the ‘Upgrade’ button. This is fixed and the site of The Gube in the Android Market will be shown.

Version 1.0.0 (initial version)

Please note: Android Gube is not associated with and is not endorsed or sponsered by the owner of the RUBIK’S CUBE Trademark. This owner is Seven Towns Limited, the manufacturer and worldwide distributor of the RUBIK’S CUBE three dimensional puzzle and provider of an electronic version of the puzzle via its official web site.