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I'm amazed by how well this works on mobile. I literally played this game for about half an hour on my phone in the HN app web view because it's just so much fu

I'm amazed by how well this works on mobile. I literally played this game for about half an hour on my phone in the HN app web view because it's just so much fun. I'm used to normal web pages that don't even really work on mobile and this game just worked seamlessly without any problems whatsoever. Great Job!

sillysaurus3 9y ago
Meanwhile, I tried 3 different browsers and can't get past the "enter your name" screen on mobile. Apparently native inputs are too dated to use.
- bufferoverflow 9y ago
  Worked fine on my aging Nexus 5X.
  - andai 9y ago
    Aging?! Worked fine on my S4!
    - styfle 9y ago
      Works fine on the iPhone 6 running iOS 11
- fivesigma 9y ago
  Admittedly mobile was a bit of an afterthought and I only tested it on 4 devices. What device are you using?
  - sillysaurus3 9y ago
    iOS 8.1.2 model A1532. I don't upgrade because it will slow down my phone. Probably not worth supporting. :) Adding new features and figuring out ways to keep people playing might be much more worth your time.
    - jachee 9y ago
      It says, right on the mobile mode interstitial, that it "requires the latest mobile/tablet hardware." And yet, you seem surprised when it doesn't work on older hardware?
    - flashman 9y ago
      > Probably not worth supporting. I was going to disagree because the same countries that really like web games are often the ones using older handsets, but Apple themselves say only 8% of handsets are on iOS < v10: https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/ https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/
      - sleepychu 9y ago
        1 in 10 handsets isn't a market you want?
        imtringued 9y ago
        Even at it's peak apple only had 23% market share. 1 in 10 out of 23% is 2.3% and not everyone plays this game on a phone so the percentage is even lower in reality.
        sleepychu 9y ago
        Not this game but in general. Good point about market share though, hadn't considered that.
- make3 9y ago
  you're doing something wrong

sillysaurus3 9y ago

Meanwhile, I tried 3 different browsers and can't get past the "enter your name" screen on mobile. Apparently native inputs are too dated to use.

bufferoverflow 9y ago
Worked fine on my aging Nexus 5X.
- andai 9y ago
  Aging?! Worked fine on my S4!
  - styfle 9y ago
    Works fine on the iPhone 6 running iOS 11
fivesigma 9y ago
Admittedly mobile was a bit of an afterthought and I only tested it on 4 devices. What device are you using?
- sillysaurus3 9y ago
  iOS 8.1.2 model A1532. I don't upgrade because it will slow down my phone. Probably not worth supporting. :) Adding new features and figuring out ways to keep people playing might be much more worth your time.
  - jachee 9y ago
    It says, right on the mobile mode interstitial, that it "requires the latest mobile/tablet hardware." And yet, you seem surprised when it doesn't work on older hardware?
  - flashman 9y ago
    > Probably not worth supporting. I was going to disagree because the same countries that really like web games are often the ones using older handsets, but Apple themselves say only 8% of handsets are on iOS < v10: https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/ https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/
    - sleepychu 9y ago
      1 in 10 handsets isn't a market you want?
      - imtringued 9y ago
        Even at it's peak apple only had 23% market share. 1 in 10 out of 23% is 2.3% and not everyone plays this game on a phone so the percentage is even lower in reality.
        sleepychu 9y ago
        Not this game but in general. Good point about market share though, hadn't considered that.
make3 9y ago
you're doing something wrong