Chwazi is back, and I owe you all an open letter Hi folks…
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Chwazi is back, and I owe you all an open letter
Hi folks! Ivan here, the creator of Chwazi, the original finger chooser.
It has been a **long time since Chwazi came to life back in 2013**, and the whole board game community embraced it and made its name known and respected. **Thank you all 10.000.000 players for that.**
Over the past few weeks **I have been working on a new version**. I had a few principles in mind. Keep the **animations exactly the same**. Fix some of the **known bugs and limitations**. Make it **more fluid** using newer rendering APIs. And run everything from a single codebase for both Android and iOS. That last one matters a lot. Chwazi was native in Objective C and Java, and that is a pain in the ass to work with, because every change had to be built twice.
**A bit of history:** Chwazi is kind of like a calculator. You don't invent new math functions like add and subtract every day, so honestly it never needed much attention. Most of the updates over the years were just me keeping the app alive on the App Store and Play Store.
**The truth is that was harder than it sounds, and three separate times the app went unavailable. I'm sorry about that.**
**Back in 2013 Chwazi was the only chooser** on the App Store and Play Store. It had its own animation ideas, a unique name, and a community that actually cared. Simple, no ads, offline, no limits.
**These days there are hundreds of apps**, and a lot of them are **trying to look like Chwazi.** Trying to mimic it. Trying to be it. I love innovation, but cloning something without adding anything of your own is just copying. **And honestly, a lot of those apps are pulling it off.**
I would love to keep working on Chwazi and adding new modes, but for that to happen the app itself has to keep shining and stay loved.
**Let me know what do you think Chwazi needs the most?**
**Being honest with you**, I am still figuring out which path Chwazi should take. One side of me wants to find a way to make it sustainable. The other wants to keep it completely free, lean on a strong community, and maybe even open source it one day. I have not decided yet, and I would genuinely like to hear what you think.
Thank you for reading.
Best,
Ivan
#games
Hi folks! Ivan here, the creator of Chwazi, the original finger chooser.
It has been a **long time since Chwazi came to life back in 2013**, and the whole board game community embraced it and made its name known and respected. **Thank you all 10.000.000 players for that.**
Over the past few weeks **I have been working on a new version**. I had a few principles in mind. Keep the **animations exactly the same**. Fix some of the **known bugs and limitations**. Make it **more fluid** using newer rendering APIs. And run everything from a single codebase for both Android and iOS. That last one matters a lot. Chwazi was native in Objective C and Java, and that is a pain in the ass to work with, because every change had to be built twice.
**A bit of history:** Chwazi is kind of like a calculator. You don't invent new math functions like add and subtract every day, so honestly it never needed much attention. Most of the updates over the years were just me keeping the app alive on the App Store and Play Store.
**The truth is that was harder than it sounds, and three separate times the app went unavailable. I'm sorry about that.**
**Back in 2013 Chwazi was the only chooser** on the App Store and Play Store. It had its own animation ideas, a unique name, and a community that actually cared. Simple, no ads, offline, no limits.
**These days there are hundreds of apps**, and a lot of them are **trying to look like Chwazi.** Trying to mimic it. Trying to be it. I love innovation, but cloning something without adding anything of your own is just copying. **And honestly, a lot of those apps are pulling it off.**
I would love to keep working on Chwazi and adding new modes, but for that to happen the app itself has to keep shining and stay loved.
**Let me know what do you think Chwazi needs the most?**
**Being honest with you**, I am still figuring out which path Chwazi should take. One side of me wants to find a way to make it sustainable. The other wants to keep it completely free, lean on a strong community, and maybe even open source it one day. I have not decided yet, and I would genuinely like to hear what you think.
Thank you for reading.
Best,
Ivan
#games
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