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Polymatrix: Developer Diary | Rejected Over an Icon, Then Live on Google Play (September 14, 2026)

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Monday, September 14, 2026


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The icon discrepancy

Polymatrix actually got rejected because of an icon discrepancy. I was using a bottle with ice polygons as the launch icon, and the pentagon app icon everywhere else. Google rejected it for that, so I had to fix it up.

Live

Then I saw that Polymatrix was finally approved. I now have three apps in production on Google Play.

From a Fable 5 test of polygon ice on a phone on July 7 to a published game on September 14: just over two months.

The Google Play listing

Polymatrix screenshot: Polymatrix title screen
Polymatrix screenshot: Polymatrix level 4 gameplay with ice floes in the glass
Polymatrix screenshot: Polymatrix warm water gameplay with a hot bead
Polymatrix screenshot: Polymatrix Boiling Bottle Cleared results screen

Game Rules Log: September 14, 2026

  • Fixed: launch icon mismatch between the bottle launch icon and the pentagon app icon
  • Polymatrix approved and live in production on Google Play

Photos from today

Polymatrix screenshot: title screen live
Polymatrix screenshot: player progress
Polymatrix screenshot: quota met 78 percent
Polymatrix screenshot: plinko coin mini game
Polymatrix screenshot: irregular bottle level 12
Polymatrix screenshot: shattered floes level 14

Read what happens next in the dev diary: the next entry.

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Polymatrix: Ice Escape Puzzle

Melt, shake and blast the ice out of the bottle before time runs out: one gap in the glass, ninety seconds. Download the game on Google Play.

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