Gone are the Gumdrops!

Partly because I've been staring at the Gumdrops and Gummy Bears for so many weeks, and mostly because we felt that the images on the game make it look like it was for children. Those of you that have played it, know it requires thinking skills beyond those held by most of the younger set of players.

This morning as I was waking up the idea of switching to Anchors popped into my head. I thinking that the 'Drop' in 'Drop Your Anchor' matches the game much better than the 'Drop' in 'Gumdrop.'

Keeping with the theme, I decided to add Mooring Buoys to replace the Gumdrops and let the Anchors do the job that the Gummy Bears did before.

Everything about the game is still the same. Only the images have changed. And I like the way we can have a contrasting white stripe on the buoys. Having said that, the code for the original graphics is still in the program and I could make that an option that the user could select. Can you think of another theme that you would like to be able to choose?

I have started clamping down on the cheaters. Yes, did you know there were ways to cheat? If you wanted to preserve you bonus points when you were about to lose, you could refresh the page and start over. I was able to come up with a way to make that the same as a loss and knock the bonus points down to 10 again.

Some of you will be seeing a nagging window to register the game for a very nominal fee on PayPal. I need to test that, too. The fee is real small, only $1.98. I would encourage you to ignore it for a while and click the 'Not Now' button. Later, if you would like to test the payment procedure for me, go ahead and make the purchase. Then let me know you did and I will jump in and refund the money for you. PayPal allows me to do that.