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Non existing Play Store page; confusion with version - f-droid, ios etc.; confusion with source codes; outdated information on the website, etc.

Open Dani3I opened this issue 2 years ago • 0 comments

So it looks like google play version is not available anymore. I started looking for the current state, so I will write about it here:

  • On official Gravity Defied website (http://gdtr.net/) there is link to google play android version which is not available anymore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.happysanta.gd but there is also link to this github page with source code.
  • Since game is open source I started looking for f-droid version and it actually exist: https://f-droid.org/pl/packages/org.happysanta.gd/
  • Both google play version and f-droid version are named "org.happysanta.gd" (you can see this at the ends of links) which are correct real versions of game according to this github readme (https://github.com/evgenyzinoviev/gravitydefied).
  • F-droid versions says that last published version is 1.1.1 but If you will search in google for apk you can also find version 1.1.3, for example here: https://pdalife.com/gravity-defied-classic-android-a18149.html , but when you will click on play store link on this website you get this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.jesuscodes.gd this app also doesn't exist but as you can see this is not the same app, because it is named "me.jesuscodes.gd" (you can see this at the end of link)
  • So I thought that this version was just completely separate version (or clone or something idk.) but then I noticed that on official website (http://gdtr.net/) there is also link to ios version (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gravitydefied-classic/id1121395217) and on this website in information section there is written "Copyright © JesusCodes LTD" (so I guess maybe there might be some connection to "me.jesuscodes.gd")

Why there are two github pages for this project (one under name evgenyzinoviev [https://github.com/evgenyzinoviev/gravitydefied], and one forked under name gch1p [https://github.com/gch1p/gravitydefied]?

Is f-droid official and newest version (1.1.1)?

Is there some connection between this version from play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.jesuscodes.gd and this version from apple appstore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gravitydefied-classic/id1121395217 ?

I don't know If project is abandoned and If it will be released on play store agin or not but I guess that it would be good idea to at least update web page (gdtr.net) and description on github to inform that there is no play store version and that people should download it from f-droid store (it is also possible to download just apk from f-droid for selected version without installing f-droid store) if f-droid version is official/recommended.

Also I noticed that ios version had last update in 2019 (meanwhile version from f-droid is from 2016 but source code looks like is from 2015) and current version of ios version is 1.1.151 so I wonder if ios version is closed source and different than android version?

Dani3I avatar Jan 05 '23 17:01 Dani3I