Popular Post Lucidicide Posted August 15, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Hey everyone, GenCon has come and gone! A lot of our year is the build-up to GenCon, which means that you've now seen most of what we're able to show! As such, Monday Previews are going to become fewer and further between, at least for awhile. We'll keep the news coming, though, as there are plenty of things happening around Wyrd. For now, I just have one "preview" for you -- we have commissioned the creation of a Malifaux App! If everything goes well, we are hoping for a release by the end of the year. I can't promise that, but we think it can be done. For now, though, just know that it's entering development! 48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retnab Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 That's fantastic news! If you guys could give it blackberry support (Q10 user here) you would officially be the best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Very welcome news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_acolyte Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 What will it have planed for it featured or use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason13 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Interesting. A novel way of potentially bringing in a larger audience and troubleshooting /refining army lists assuming it is a copy of the original game. Nothing beats the tactile feel and labor of love assembly and painting of the real thing of course but it would be cool to see the characters 'come to life' in true video game fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nathan Caroland Posted August 15, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Heh, before too much speculation goes on - he's talking crew, cards, tournament app, with some other goodies thrown in. Not a full on 'play Malifaux online' game. Though truth be known, we've been tossing that about as well .. 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brdparker Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Whatever it is, it will surely be very welcome. Great news, Wyrd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason13 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 That would be useful. Having all the upgrade and character cards on the table can get crowded. It'd also be nice to be able to quickly reference what your opponent's army list can do amd Also helps to keep current on card errata. Looking forward to it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunarSol Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Lets be honest. We're all just happy to have the cards available on the toilet. Joking aside. Fantastic news. I've gotten to where cards are a bit of a nuisance to organize. Having them all all the time is just extremely convenient. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizuriel Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Please support Windows Phone 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrflamme Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 It'll be interesting to see how it compares to Privateer Press' War Room. I like War Room a lot and am looking forward to what Wyrd comes out with, though curious to see how, or if, Wyrd handles all the status effects in Malifaux. Also my wallet is ready for the The Other Side kickstarter, Aaron! Sign me the heck up for a Three Kingdoms army! Get it up already! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Sounds great! Plans on having support for Windows Phone? Though we are small in number, we are fierce! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilwaukeeBeast Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Idea - add a little QR code with all boxed models, scan the code to add the cards/upgrades from the box to the app. Option to buy all of a factions cards/upgrades for $x - i think the same is done in the Warmachine app (warroom?). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagisman Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Nathan Caroland said: Heh, before too much speculation goes on - he's talking crew, cards, tournament app, with some other goodies thrown in. Not a full on 'play Malifaux online' game. Though truth be known, we've been tossing that about as well .. If you guys could get Focus Home Interactive/Cyanide or 2k Games/Fireaxis that would be awesome!!! Xcom set precedent for turnbased strategy games. Though I would find it cool if you guys did an RPG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikciwok Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 I doubt it would have significantly better features than the CrewFaux. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katadder Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Pikciwok said: I doubt it would have significantly better features than the CrewFaux. depends if it shows cards or not like PPs warmachine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Bear Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Nathan Caroland said: Heh, before too much speculation goes on - he's talking crew, cards, tournament app, with some other goodies thrown in. Not a full on 'play Malifaux online' game. Though truth be known, we've been tossing that about as well .. Thats going to be great when it comes to keeping track of things. As far as playing Malifaux online it'd be nice to have a vassal update (teaching a friend to play this week!), and to make sure any Malifaux online game didn't fall down the same hole as the completely underwhelming Warmachine adaptation was. Or the Mordheim adaptation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarius Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Windows phone support would be great 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilightmikasa Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 It's great that Halifax is going to have a digital app, and hopefully will support all the current operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, Amazon, etc). What I'm hoping it will include: **All stat cards and upgrade cards (I think all players will expect this), including any corrections/FAQs/erratas that have been made, and changes can be made quickly to any card requiring a edit by developers. **Tournament tracking (for all supported formats), with an option to send results to Halifax rankings (if that's your thing). **Access to current FAQs/erratas (might be extra work but would be very useful). Or a link to their location on the Wyrd website. Other stuff: cost of the app and buying additional faction decks, considering many players already own all their respective the wave 1 and wave 2 cards and buying them again in the app may cause issues. As someone who has played Warmachine and used War Room (only the 1st version, not their current version), this is what I DON'T WANT TO OCCUR in the Malifaux community because of a digital app: People who play ONLY using the app. (Yes, there are Warmahordes players like this). Tablets/phones aren't the most reliable and can crash during events. I don't want to have to ask my opponent to hand me their $$$ device just to show me a stat card. Stat cards should be required for all competitive events, and even just for general play, and the app would be used as a list builder/tournament tracker rather than a damage tracker like in War Room. Because of issues of apps crashing and losing information, and then time being used to restart the device, time is lost to play and the player whose device crashed may not remember all the damage models have taken before the app crashed. Also, the current edition of War Room charged players to pay for stat cards they already paid for in the last edition of the app (Warmachine MKII), which I found to be greedy and unfair, which is why I refuse to use the the MKIII edition of the app. For example, I own all the Cygnar cards for MKII in War Room. In MKIII, I would have to re-purchase them. I wasn't going to spend that money again, especially when I bought the deck of all the updated cards. This being said, from my experience with War Room, please don't make it a damage tracker. This is strictly my opinions from experience with War Room (both previous and current edition). 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanjurgens Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 9 hours ago, twilightmikasa said: This being said, from my experience with War Room, please don't make it a damage tracker. May I say I'd disagree. I would like it to track damage and leave it to the players or TOs if they want to allow play entirely from the app or require cards on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 15 hours ago, twilightmikasa said: Because of issues of apps crashing and losing information, and then time being used to restart the device, time is lost to play and the player whose device crashed may not remember all the damage models have taken before the app crashed. From my dabbling in WarmaHordes years ago I fathomed, that if you use the App and the App crashes it was regarded as an automatic loss for you; since you could not expect your opponent to do remmeber everything. So I would not object to allowing the app at a tournament. The risks need to be clear though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 I agree with that. I'd hate to not have the option to do away with physical cards if desired. But I agree that if you use it and it crashes it should, via the rules and in the gaining grounds document, count as an automatic 10 - 0 victory for your opponent. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koronuslight Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 An app with the cards is a cool idea, since PDF load times on my phone take too long on each page. An app that can replace physical cards during a game is a terrible idea, because I want to see, in front of me, all of my own and my opponent's cards, including counters, dry erase notes, and damage sustained. List building, game generation, references and auto-updated errata/FAQ are awesome, but possible shenanigans during a tournament is not cool. I do not believe in the honor system when prize support is on the line. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayfax Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 I hope it is a cautious undertaking with the app. Make it so we can experiment with crews, etc. Don't make it so a game can be played on it. Many of us saw what happened to that kind of hybrid technology in Golem Arcana (granted, that was more ambitious... but when you HAVE to have the app to play bad things can happen). I have found that even with games that have technology assistance, I much prefer a game where all the cards are on the table. I play tabletop games to interact with people... not to find just another place to sit and talk to people who are just looking at their phone. And don't misconstrue that I am a technophobe... I have worked in IT for over 20 years. I have a mac and a PC on my desk at home and at work. I use technology for shortcuts all day every day. However I have also found that as a society the more technology we have available the less we interact with each other. This interaction is important. We are collectively losing our cultural stories, our history as a family... much less a people, our myths and warnings that teach us common sense. Hmmm... wait a minute... so if you are all distracted with the new app, it will make my victories easier... well... in that case, who am I to stand in the way of technology? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solkan Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Honestly my hope is that whoever is implementing the app has been paying attention to what War Room did and then what changes were made to War Room 2 which made it a ton more useable: * Being able to see multiple armies worth of cards during a game * Being able to search the card information * Being able to run a multiple player game locally (no network required) on the device 2 hours ago, Grayfax said: Hmmm... wait a minute... so if you are all distracted with the new app, it will make my victories easier... well... in that case, who am I to stand in the way of technology? You're not interacting with anyone when you've got your nose buried in a handful of printed cards (or book or newspaper or other primitive reference materials), either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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