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Friday, September 2, 2011

Millionaire Tycoon: Tips and Secrets

I'm being addicted to Millionaire Tycoon. I'm now on the Paris level and I just stopped for a while to write this post.

Basically, Millionaire Tycoon is a board game on iPhone/iPod Touch. Its goal is to eliminate the computer players by making them go bankrupt. Like in Monopoly, you have to toss the dice, walk the necessary number of steps and you can purchase land and upgrade buildings. Each time another player lands on your property, you get paid for rent.

I find that the items of Millionaire Tycoon makes it so much fun and exciting. Some items include DIRECTIONAL ARROWS that can control the direction of the players at corners, BOMB that makes a player lose 3 turns, DEMOLISH that destroys the property on the land and ATTORNEY that lets you own land and property of another player. Cool, huh?

The game also has a stock trade system that can help increase your funds at the bank.

Millionaire Tycoon Tips and Secrets that I can share with you:

  • Trade Stocks - when you make smart decisions, it can really help add additional funds.
  • Get a lawyer! I found the lawyer very helpful in the game. When you land on a particularly annoying property that drains out your cash, get your revenge by having your attorney get it for you. I usually save it for the big properties like the hotels. I let the other players upgrade the building them I get them. Harharhar!
  • It is possible to estimate the dice if you concentrate enough. You can pretty much estimate the number to be lower or higher. If you can't, just purchase the dice control. It's pretty important because:
  • A few houses on the same block costs more! The fewer steps you take on a block, the higher chance you have in making a combo score - higher payment from other players.
  • ... that is why a car on Paris can be a blessing and a curse
  • Still, having big buildings on 2 adjacent blocks is simply wonderful.
Will update you for more as I get through with the game =)
If you have any questions or tips you want to share, just put it on the comments section. Happy playing!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Wordpress Design Quest

I'm on a quest to learning Wordpress Design and it ain't that easy for me who is a PHP and CSS idiot. I think I'm learning the whole concept of PHP and CSS. I just need to understand the structure now.

I followed the Wordpress Tutorial I found, but the result was with little success. I got the essential parts right - basically you just need to understand what the codes are all about and copy-paste the given codes to the appropriate files and other places. I guess, if you understand the concept and is not so much of a coding beginner like me, it's going to be so much easier. After reading some other tutorials and studying other templates, I think I'm getting it. Like I said, some understanding of PHP and CSS is what I need to do now.

I wonder, can I just convert an HTML/CSS design to a Wordpress theme? I found that it is possible. I'm better at design and HTML than coding raw PHP so maybe I can do that and learn in the process. I'm going to try that and see how it will work for me. Stay tuned!

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