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      Alexandr Poltavsky <br/>
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<h2>Color Throne - Brain Gymnastics</h2>

<p>Made my first Android app and released it on Google Play. It's a game, reminds of Tetris, but
  with a completely different game mechanics. You need not only to rotate blocks but also rotate
    colors to make it match other colors. Any matching colors disappear. </p>

<p>During programming I came to appreciate a state machines. It nicely partitioned the flow of the
  program. And it made me think what is the magic behind a state machine. It seems to me that
  the following might be true:</p>

<pre><code>            state machine = flow of messages = message queue = react style programming (?)
</code></pre>

<p>Having a message queue direct your program gives you a great tool: control over execution flow.</p>

<p>Here is a Youtube recording of the gameplay (image is clickable):</p>

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<a href='http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=poltavsky.alexandr.colorthronefree&amp;utm_source=global_co&amp;utm_medium=prtnr&amp;utm_content=Mar2515&amp;utm_campaign=PartBadge&amp;pcampaignid=MKT-Other-global-all-co-prtnr-py-PartBadge-Mar2515-1'>
<img alt='Get it on Google Play' src='https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/images/generic/en_badge_web_generic.png'/></a>
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<p>Kindly request to give it a try.</p>

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