A quick look at some of the war gaming apps available to Android handheld.
http://sugarfreegamer.com/?p=49630
Thanks for the info.
Devs are seriously and unjustifiably ignoring the Android market.
Spelk, that was exactly what i am looking for :D
...in addition to my year old Galaxy S2 phone i finally got a Note 10.1 (with S Pen support) tablet a few weeks ago and its a new world of mobile wargaming now 8)
I played that Rommel game so far ...and liked it!
... i also have CM:Touch
(but i am a little bit disappointed that some of the 'buttons' actually still need to be pressed with a finger and the S Pen works on units, but not on some part of the UI )
Quote from: MikeGER on September 21, 2012, 05:46:18 PM
Spelk, that was exactly what i am looking for :D
...in addition to my year old Galaxy S2 phone i finally got a Note 10.1 (with S Pen support) tablet a few weeks ago and its a new world of mobile wargaming now 8)
I played that Rommel game so far ...and liked it!
... i also have CM:Touch
(but i am a little bit disappointed that some of the 'buttons' actually still need to be pressed with a finger and the S Pen works on units, but not on some part of the UI )
Where did you get CM:T from?
Is there some actually good webstore for these apps that I don't know of?
i got it from Amazon App Store, who recently made it available in some European countries
(and its STILL >:( version 1.3 while the fancy lifestyle I-ppl crowd have the 1.4 version
while Android-OS runs on 70% of the gadgets and Apple only service the rest)
PS: ive read that you can fool the app-stores changing your IP with some VPN- services ...(but those wil charge some $'s so ...or it maybe even just a scam to sell those services?)
Quote from: MikeGER on September 22, 2012, 10:56:06 AM
i got it from Amazon App Store, who recently made it available in some European countries
(and its STILL >:( version 1.3 while the fancy lifestyle I-ppl crowd have the 1.4 version
while Android-OS runs on 70% of the gadgets and Apple only service the rest)
PS: ive read that you can fool the app-stores changing your IP with some VPN- services ...(but those wil charge some $'s so ...or it maybe even just a scam to sell those services?)
The really funny issue is that either here or on the WG I had an argument with a iOS wargame dev about which platform has the most serious piracy issue. He refused to acknowledge that
inevitably, Android has little to no piracy whereas with Apple, piracy is far far far more common than actual purchases.
It'd be nice to have a good listing of actually good games for the Android.
None of those "Freemium", arcade or repetitive crap.
Argh!
Why do mobile game devs insist on developing for that silly iOS thing and refuse to let us Android users (who make the majority of the market)
enjoy good games?!
Summoner Wars, BattleCon, Ravenmark, Loststar, countless games that are still unavailable for Android.
And when some devs finally decide to make an Android game, they go to publish it via some obscure and arcane application store rather than Google Play,
thus preventing non-Americans/Europeans from playing.
>:(
Quote from: Tpek on October 24, 2012, 08:45:15 AM
Argh!
Why do mobile game devs insist on developing for that silly iOS thing and refuse to let us Android users (who make the majority of the market)
enjoy good games?!
...
Majority? Of what market... phones?
I still think there's more iOS devices, phones + pads + pods, out there.... no?
Quote from: Barthheart on October 24, 2012, 09:52:37 AM
Quote from: Tpek on October 24, 2012, 08:45:15 AM
Argh!
Why do mobile game devs insist on developing for that silly iOS thing and refuse to let us Android users (who make the majority of the market)
enjoy good games?!
...
Majority? Of what market... phones?
I still think there's more iOS devices, phones + pads + pods, out there.... no?
Not anymore really.
I remember reading even some time ago that Apple was really losing its grip on the market.
Hence the constant rushing of products and dirty tricks (those idiotic lawsuits, stealing Android features, etc...).
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjb.theandroidsoul.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2Fandroid-tablets-market-share-info.jpg&hash=bb4c429aa9d37db72226a56bb7e2d3f614803104)
thats the US Market (Europe will not be lacking behind i guess)
take a look at market-share of all OS on phones you find:
source: IDC, reported at: http://www.computerbase.de/news/2012-05/marktanteile-von-android-ios-und-bada-steigen/ Anteil der Smartphone-Betriebssysteme im jeweils 1. Quartal)
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi50.tinypic.com%2F4hfnud.jpg&hash=1764703a8c87df429e32ec0eef4142d765fd8b4a)
i recently told this facts Dan Verssen (DVG) in his thread ... i hope he may give Android a little more priority converting his board games to digital in the future
on the other hand Slitherine's tradefair-crew (JD, Ian and Marco) revealed to me at the Spiel 2012 that Android based game developments take 4 times the effort/time to get working and then only on 'most' Android Software/Hardware combos, but some customers will simply not be able to run it ...and may even find out the hard way (like those who buy PC games and dont read the system-specs before) ...and they cant test all possible combos, so unhappy customers may probably blame it on Slitherine product line as faulty as a whole, and so they are a little reluctant with Android releases, ...well atm.
Ah... interesting... Thanks for the info.
So any new, interesting and worthwhile games for us 'Droid users?
a lot of that tablet change from 2011 to 2012 is in large part because the Android tablets were shit-on-a-stick until the summer for 2012, when you started to see things like the Nexus 7 arrive. Before that, they were just bad tablets and waaaay overpriced for what they could do compared to an iWhatever.
Quote from: Tpek on December 28, 2012, 11:47:55 AM
So any new, interesting and worthwhile games for us 'Droid users?
Keep an eye on DK Simulations for they've started releasing American Civil War hex games recently
http://www.appbrain.com/app/wargame-gettysburg/com.dk.gettysburg
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2FymyHsiq8GTBl727Rx4EI2zpqU5vcskPaSTmurjHUFgYcKHCmDmgort4tjxcNkrObMJrwVuyuzU75OUfDcA&hash=a6bd51303fbc63b26a1d10d34d1865a42ecbf8e8)
Also look out for Joni Nuutinen's Conflict Series stuff.
Thanks.
This is also the first time I read of AppsBrain.
Quote from: Tpek on December 28, 2012, 02:02:34 PM
Thanks.
This is also the first time I read of AppsBrain.
I use appbrain to see newly released games, more than anything else. I don't usually buy from them.
I get quite frustrated with Google Play Store, simply because theres not a lot of ways to sort stuff, and they have even less game categories than any other game store I've seen!!
Show me new boardgames by release date please. Nope. :(
Quote from: spelk on December 28, 2012, 02:09:55 PM
Quote from: Tpek on December 28, 2012, 02:02:34 PM
Thanks.
This is also the first time I read of AppsBrain.
I use appbrain to see newly released games, more than anything else. I don't usually buy from them.
I get quite frustrated with Google Play Store, simply because theres not a lot of ways to sort stuff, and they have even less game categories than any other game store I've seen!!
Show me new boardgames by release date please. Nope. :(
Unfortunately I don't see the option for that on AppsBrain either. :P
Google Play is indeed terrible.
To make it worse, many publishers decide to use 3rd party retailers instead of it (like with Combat Mission), making them unavailable for the majority of the world.
Quote from: Tpek on December 28, 2012, 02:20:53 PM
Unfortunately I don't see the option for that on AppsBrain either. :P
Yeah, but you can get it to list new apps by release date, which is where I prowl for new gaming releases. It's not ideal though.
I like my Android, I just wish it could at least match what Apple are doing in terms of user orientated searching.
I have a sneaking suspicion (and it may be pure conjecture) that they keep Google Play Store basic, so that the masses can ham fistedly purchase the likes of Angry Birds or tedious Mobage offerings without too much effort. Plus they always list in a way to make it look populated, and busy. With "Top" lists. Fewer categories means more items per division.
The only feature I really appreciate is the "also viewed" and the "also installed", because at least you can see other similar titles. Although I'm sure the majority of the subsequent lists are in fact populated by titles I've purchased! :)