Original Blog Entry: Graphics for the app will be started this week

hypersoniq — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:56:17 GMT

The PA lottery game images (pick 2 through power ball/mm) on their website are vector based svg files. I will need a vector based drawing app to work with both getting the proper sizes and creating a logo for the app I am building.

After a few days of research, I have decided to go with inkscape, an open source (free!) vector graphics program for Windows. It checks all of the boxes...

1. It's free!

2. Natively works with svg files. All source images will start as svg files so they scale cleanly.

3. It can export scaled images to rasterized png for use in my app, as kivy has no native render support for vector based svg files.

4. It will work with my Huion Kamvas 16 drawing tablet.

I knew this part would be a learning curve, but better to do it right then hacking together crude images in windows paint!

While coding these last few months, ai have sketched some concepts for a logo. Simple and clean, conveys the purpose of the app and holds the branding .

Once the graphics are complete, the app should be complete, as all of the functions and output screens have been polished, always keeping the target Android system in mind. The current windows version can be used for the pick 3 cycle starting thursday! I MAY be able to get the first port to Android ready in time for the pick 5 cycle, but realistically more like the 2nd cycle of match 6. (6 week timeframe)

That is exciting because when the app is done I can dedicate 100% of coding time to getting the sliding Markov Chain back test written. This is where I take the time to learn how to better interpret the output of the app. I gave myself all of 2026 to get the app on Android and it may be ready by March!

Bummer to have to replace the Cash 4 Life with the new millionaire for life, because it will not have proper data for years, but the system is designed for such changes quickly and easily. I just have to figure out the game code they will use on their url for the new game and get their logo image for the new game next month.

Progress!... [ More ]