Make an App

[Captain Savage]

I already proposed it in another topic. I think it would be interesting if we had a PG app as this would help attract the many mobile players and make the experience more enjoyable for those of us who access the game by mobile

[Captain Jack]

Mobile phones get better and better. Flexible/fold up/roll up screens are now closer to mass production. Playing PG on the phone is getting easier and better every year without us doing anything.

The stable problem is the one mentioned in the bugs topic; the instant messenger. That's something we want to improve.

Game wise now, the bandwidth needed to play PG is really low. Plus, you never need to update/download any app. It also does not take any valuable space in your mobile. All updates are instant!

What more can you ask really?

Needless to say that the interface is huge, real huge and it would require a lot of development to create a worthy app. Plus then, you would need to develop for both; which is extra dev time for a game that constantly evolves.

Finally, this is a strategic option we took years ago. For all the reasons above. We took this decision when tablets were not around and mobile screens were 3". So if we chose this then, then we are not going to change our mind now.

[Captain Savage]

I full well understand that the development of an app requires tremendous amounts of resources. But, in the long term, I see viability for the expansion of this game on the mobile platform as it is one that requires only basic pointer abilities unlike the many FPS. Maybe a simpler companion app could be added which would feature only the necessary components. I believe a simple game like this with the minimal graphics it uses would not require as much space on phones that now have up to 128 gb. I do understood if this is a path the developers wish to ignore for now as like I said it is not an easy one.

[Captain Savage]

On a side note, it would be necessary to fix the chat scroll in guild for mobile as my Iphone does not let me scroll at all