React Native

Play Store Validation Hits a Snag Well, that didn’t go as planned. After submitting my Disappearing Tic-Tac-Toe game to the Google Play Store, I was expecting maybe a week of review time. Turns out Google had other ideas! Got an email this morning flagging “concerns about game mechanics that may confuse users” – apparently the whole “pieces disappearing” thing triggered some algorithm. Eye roll. ( Just kidding, the process is just long.) ...

Introduction So, for a month, during lunch breaks, I was bored at the client’s office. And yes, since I was fasting for Ramadan, I had to keep myself busy at the office while the others were enjoying themselves at the restaurant. I was procrastinating when I had this random thought - what if Tic-Tac-Toe pieces disappeared after a while? Would make for a more chaotic game, right? I spent a weekend hacking together a prototype, and honestly, it turned out way better than I expected. Friends kept asking how I built it, so I figured I’d write up my process. Here’s how I created a disappearing Tic-Tac-Toe game using React Native and Expo, warts and all. ...