Knots 3D was featured today in the Apps Gone Free section on the popular review site AppAdvice!
Today’s Apps Gone Free: Knots 3D, BubbleFrame, Maxjournal And More!
Learn how to tie 80 different knots through 3D animations with Nynix’s reference app, Knots 3D. We also have an app that allows you to frame photos in bubbles, and …
Over the past year we have had numerous requests to translate Knots 3D into user’s native languages. We think it is now time to add internationalization(i18n) to our knot apps. To facilitate the translation process, we are opening up the translation work to our user community. Who better to translate the nuances of knot tying for a particular language than the native speakers of that language. If you would like to participate in the “crowd-sourced” translation/internationalization process, please sign up at http://crowdin.net/project/knots3d
The first task will be to translate the knot names and incorporate them into the app quickly. From there we will work on the user interface followed by the knot descriptions and usage. The initial target languages are Dutch, Japanese(日本語), Spanish(Español), Italian(Italiano), French(Français), German(Deutsch) ,Português, Pусский and 한국어 and 简化中国.
If your native language is not listed but you think you could be of assistance, please contact us at http://nynix.com/support/ and we can discuss it.
Thank you for your help with this project!
Knots 3D was included in the Ultimate List of Scouting Apps as compiled by Scouting Magazine (a Boy Scouts of America publication)!
Reblogged from Bryan on Scouting:
Once upon a time, we used maps printed on paper to find our way. We studied laminated sky charts to identify constellations. We counted seconds after thunder strikes to locate storms.
What were we thinking?
Today, thanks to the ubiquitous smartphone, we can do all that and more with a few taps.
As Scout leaders, we can now carry a library, GPS, weather radio, compass, map, camera, and field guide in our pocket.
There have been several reports that Knots 3D will not install on some older Samsung devices due to cache limitations on these devices. The devices I am aware of are Samsung Captivate and Samsung Galaxy S. The Samsung Captivate is AT&T’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S.
Other Variants of Samsung Galaxy S (Released Early 2010):
- Samsung Captivate (ATT)
- Samsung Epic 4G (Sprint)
- Samsung Fascinate (Verizon)
- Samsung Vibrant (T-Mobile)
The error message some people are getting: “Error Downloading Insufficient space on device”
This error comes despite plenty of free space on both external and internal storage ie > 1GB. Since Knots 3D is around 33MB at present, why this error message? Well, it turns out that the memory the error message is referring to is the cache partition. The cache size limit on these Samsung devices is 30MB. This means any app, including ours, larger than 30MB, is more than likely seeing this issue. This is a device specific environment thing and completely outside the control of Knots 3D, Google Play, Amazon, etc. There is nothing we can do although a possible workaround (try at your own risk) is mentioned in a link below. If the free version (13MB) of Knots 3D is installing successfully, then that also confirms this might be the cause of the problem.
Some links discussing the issue:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4850889/people-cant-download-our-specific-product-in-android-market
http://androidforums.com/captivate-support-troubleshooting/419535-2-3-3-gb-cache-limit.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1006268
Possible work around found here (try at your own risk):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17889343&postcount=2011
Knots 3D v2.8 for Android(Google Play, Amazon, Barnes & Noble) and iOS
(Released for Google Play and BN: August 6th, 2012)
(Estimated Released for iOS and Amazon: August 16th, 2012)
New in this release:
- Nine new knots: Diagonal Lashing, Double Coin Knot, Mooring Hitch, Round Lashing, Shear Lashing, Square Lashing, Trefoil Knot, Jury Mast Knot, Monkey’s Fist
- Several new Categories including “Recently Added”, “Lashings”, and “Decorative”
- New rope textures
- Updated several knot descriptions
Android Only
- Removed unused/unnecessary third party libraries (i.e. Openfeint)
- Removed unnecessary permissions (i.e. FULL INTERNET ACCESS)
Available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon App Store (including Kindle Fire), and Barnes and Noble NOOK Store (NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet)
Knots 3D – Free Knot Edition v1.1 for Android(Google Play)
(Released on Google Play August 6th, 2012)
New in this release (Android Only):
- Removed unused/unnecessary third party libraries (i.e. Openfeint)
- Removed unnecessary permissions (i.e. FULL INTERNET ACCESS)
Thanks to the Amazon Free App of the Day promotion on the Amazon Appstore for Android, Knots 3D is not only the #1 downloaded reference app, it is also the #1 downloaded free app overall! We are very excited about the attention this promotion is giving Knots 3D. The many 4 and 5 star reviews the app has generated are very encouraging and certainly motivate us to keep adding knots and making the app better and better! Thank you all who have taken the time to leave positive, constructive feedback.
Best Sellers in Appstore for Android: #1 Free App Overall (7/18/2012)
Best Sellers in Reference Apps: #1 Free App Reference Category (7/18/2012)
Knots 3D is currently featured as Amazon’s Free App of the Day (FAD/FAOTD) for July 18, 2012! If you have an Android device or a Kindle Fire, this is your chance to get a pretty cool app for free!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00701L5XS?ie=UTF8&ref=mas_faad
This is the full 70+ knot version that is normally $1.99.
Sorry for the short notice, Amazon was originally going to do this promotion tomorrow but bumped it up a day.
