Captain Black Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Great idea on the app. A Malifaux computer game I hear you say? Splendid idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringsnake Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 OK, some general points about apps for those who are not super technical, and never had to do app support, just to keep expectations realistic: More than likely, the iOS (Apple) version will come out first, and will always be more stable. There will probably be an Android version, but it will be unreliable, and for some iterations of provider and make and model, the app will be a horrible crash prone mess. There will likely never be a version for MS or other types of device, because the development cost is multiples of the number of devices you're trying to support, and provding an app for a tiny percent of a tiny percent of users (Windows phone users who also play Malifaux) won't be worth it. Apple is a dictator, which means they can be a bit evil, but they are able to dictate terms to both phone carriers and app developers. This means that they have a stable environment where apps will usually work in expected ways on iOS devices. Android is totally wild west. Not only are there multiple models by multiple vendors, but phone carriers are free to take devices that worked fine when handed to them by Motorola, Samsung, or whoever, and mess them up so they can do stuff like shove advertising in your face (I'm looking at you Sprint) which they're not allowed to do with iPhones. If you jailbreak your device God only knows what it'll do. I hope they make a point of looking at what War Room does well (let players dispense with cards, view multiple armies at once) and dispense with what they do badly (tiered cost structure that seems extortionate for an app, handoff to a less than stellar games developer that made a battery hogging mess of an app, load the app with pretty pictures and design that gets in the way of functionality) Hopefully, there will be a bug reporting and refund mechanism in place for the Android users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solkan Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 12 minutes ago, ringsnake said: I hope they make a point of looking at what War Room does well (let players dispense with cards, view multiple armies at once) and dispense with what they do badly (tiered cost structure that seems extortionate for an app, handoff to a less than stellar games developer that made a battery hogging mess of an app, load the app with pretty pictures and design that gets in the way of functionality) In fairness to the people who made War Room, also consider: * War Room 2 is a big improvement over the original War Room, in part because the platform they chose improved a lot, as far as performance and battery life goes. * War Room 2 has improvements over War Room because they redid the game mode and the rules presentation.. And they made the card library searchable by stats and ability/weapon/spell/what-have-you names. There are reasonable business parameters where the discussion would have boiled down to "For $X thousands of dollars, we can do this and cover both Apple and Android" and Unity ends up being used to deliver at that price. And then the business had to figure out how to pay for that. Seeing what the testing chatter for one of the Infinity "stats included" apps looks like, continuing data entry is a big deal on the hidden, business side of these things. Especially when they do near same day releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okugreenman Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Sorry for necroposting, but are there any new announcements about the app? This piece of news excites me so much - War Room made Warmachine way more enjoyable to take part in, and I would love to have the same thing happen to Malifaux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 Work in progress. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nathan Caroland Posted December 22, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 We had hoped to have it done by October/November but there were a few delays that couldn't be avoided, but folks are all hands on at the moment as I understand it and I believe the goal is by end of February. That being said, I expect there will need to be a good bit of bug shakeout on it as well as we try to make it as robust as possible without dragging the whole of it down (I am not a coder or computer guy in any way shape or form, so don't ask me questions, I'm going to look at you stupidly, perhaps drool, and repeat, if you ask specific questions) and that will likely mean our testers and henchmen will come into play on that early on before releasing it to public. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trikk Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Wow. Nice Will it it Android/iOS? Is Windows Phone ommited again? What will be in it? Stat cards? How much will it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emberlost Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 A touch of thread necromancy here... I'm excited to see an app coming for Malifaux. But as others have said, I hope Wyrd has learned from the mistakes of War Room. Pricing - War Room is extremely expensive. I've no objection to paying for the app, but being expected to pay that much is really annoying, especially now that PP isn't including physical cards with their models. Yes, they'll have POD and print-and-play cards, but it's not the same. And I understand that it's a cost-saving measure for them as well, but still... Software Engine - A decent chunk of the fundamental problems with War Room come from it being built on the Unity Engine. Unity makes a great engine for games, but isn't a good choice for a utility app like War Room. Honestly, I'm hoping that we end up with something like Guild Ball Manager, Infinity Army (which is mobile-friendly, and is in development as a ported app), or even an upgraded version of CrewFaux. If you'll check those out, you'll find it's possible to get a lot of utility and even damage tracking in something that's very light-weight. And yes, I'm picky about apps, it's an occupational hazard given that I work in software development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckucharski12 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Anybody know if the app is still on track for end of Febuary release? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckucharski12 Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Considering it is now feb 20 and nothing was said in the Febuary newsletter, I guess it is not happening this month. Can Wyrd please provide an updated release date? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 @ckucharski12 I think they changed the thread title to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniello_s Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Ludvig said: @ckucharski12 I think they changed the thread title to it From the end of February to August 15th... Small change of plans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 6 hours ago, daniello_s said: From the end of February to August 15th... Small change of plans... Model kits have been pushed back years and digital games get later dates all the time. I'm guessing they're not doing the programming in house so it could be something there. Maybe they changed partners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tris Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Would be cool if we could get some more information than just a reactive change of the thread title after someone was asking, but glad to see that someone is still reading and the app is still in development Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necroon Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Was not the thread originally posted on August 15th? I'm confused: it does not seem like the title has been changed to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tris Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 minute ago, necroon said: Was not the thread originally posted on August 15th? I'm confused: it does not seem like the title has been changed to me. @Ludvigconfused me - now I´m not sure anymore :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 47 minutes ago, Tris said: @Ludvigconfused me - now I´m not sure anymore :/ I'm confusing myself now, maybe I jumped to conclusions... My sincere apoligies to you all. In my defence: who the hell posts in an august post in February the following year?! Damned ressers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necroon Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, Ludvig said: I'm confusing myself now, maybe I jumped to conclusions... My sincere apoligies to you all. In my defence: who the hell posts in an august post in February the following year?! Damned ressers I mean that's fair. All good, Ludvig: I was just assuming I was missing something in my caffeine-free state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, necroon said: "in my caffeine-free state" I feel for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artiee Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Ludvig said: I'm confusing myself now, maybe I jumped to conclusions... My sincere apoligies to you all. In my defence: who the hell posts in an august post in February the following year?! Damned ressers I wasn't going to call you out.. I thought maybe you was just joking. Guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 22 minutes ago, Artiee said: I wasn't going to call you out.. I thought maybe you was just joking. Guess not. Na, I messed up badly. I claim sleep deprivation as my defense! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tris Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Would still be nice if we could get a quick status report on what`s going on and if there is a rough new date planned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucidicide Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 It is getting made. I'd rather not give a guesstimate of when and have that potentially be wrong, so here we are 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tris Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 So, could you probalby try to give Ludvig his honor back and change the thread title to "Malifaux App - TBA" or something to that effect? Thanks for the reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinginyello Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Just saw this thread and so happy. I play multiple different wargames and having a convinient app is the best. I have found crewfaux to be amazing but downside is it doesnt have the cards stats and i doubt I'm going to memorize everything. Having played alot of warmachine i found that i greatly enjoyed warroom. I realize the danger of my phone dying during a tourney, but to date has never occured. I also have never had any hard feelings of me playing against a person who does have cards and needs to see my phone for questions on stats. The ability to think about warmachine any place and answer any question i may have was aweaome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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