LCARS Interface [Windows 8] Release 37 is now available!

Another update to the Windows 8.1 LCARS Interface app should start rolling out to everyone soon! This update brings one of the most requested features...an Image Viewer! It currently supports selection of multiple files, as well as entire folders.  Functionality is very similar to the Document viewer, with a few changes that make sense for the different content.

Also in this update is the ability to add LCARS Interface as the default PDF viewer, so you can launch files straight to the Document Viewer! The same is true for the new Image Viewer as well, which support .jpg, .jpeg, .png, and .bmp for now with possibly more formats coming soon.

We also patched up some code that should help the app use less memory and experience significantly less slowdown after prolonged usage and lots of switching between modules. It seemed to improve performance pretty substantially on our 1st generation Surface RT! We've also made several other adjustments and minor fixes to many places in the app. Getting everything to look good and work correctly across such a wide range of device sizes and resolutions is quite a time consuming task, but we're up for the challenge!

We've also been very busy lately adding to our LCARS framework with the Silverlight and WPF ports of our controls. The process is going well and should expand what we are able to do in the future to give you all the capabilities that Windows Store apps are not able to do. The WPF port will allow us to accommodate the many of you who have asked for very specialized applications that don't make sense in the context of the Windows Store application. This could make for some awesome home automation systems!

LCARS Simulator for Windows Phone is now free to play!

We've got a special treat for Windows Phone users...you can now download a free trial for LCARS Simulator from the Windows Phone store! As with most free to play games this one is ad supported, but it has no in-app purchases so you won't be spending all your money if you get addicted to it. The trial has no time limit or functionality limitations, so you are free to play as long as you like without buying anything! If you like it and wish to purchase the full version to remove the ads, you can click on "Remove Ads" from the "About" section of the Settings screen, or from the Windows Phone Store directly!

We look forward to getting new feedback on possible improvements to this app. It has been a while since we made significant changes to it, but while we are working on planning the expansion of it, we decided to try and expand the user base so that more people will benefit from the work going into it. Since the Windows Phone and Windows 8 Store apps use the same game core, any changes we make to the game will be for both platforms.