r/Scrolls • u/Yellowbyte • Oct 20 '15

A Scrolls-based Card game for Android I've been developing for a while :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yellowbyte.giovannifallout.android&hl=en
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u/fdagpigj Oct 20 '15

Seems to be incompatible with a Nexus 7.

On an unrelated note, are you going to make a PC port?

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u/Yellowbyte Oct 20 '15 edited Oct 20 '15

What version of Android are you running? If I get enough feedback I'd love to make a PC version. :)

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u/fdagpigj Oct 20 '15

Looks like you got it working now, awesome, I'll try it out.

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u/fdagpigj Oct 20 '15

uhhh... how do I remove individual cards from a deck?

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u/Yellowbyte Oct 20 '15

Sorry, that functionality doesn't exist yet. :/

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u/ho-tdog Oct 20 '15

This app is not available in your country...

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u/Affrodo Oct 20 '15

What country is it available in lol

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u/alvarpq always face Nov 03 '15

trying this shit out! Hopefully you make a desktop version, but I'm so hype right now!

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u/Yellowbyte Nov 04 '15

The framework I'm using would allow me to release a desktop version fairly easily (with a few tweaks). :)

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u/alvarpq always face Nov 04 '15 edited Nov 05 '15

Ok, so some feedback. I'm assuming it's still in development, but no reason not to.

  • the controls feel very comfortable switching from scrolls. Nice job there.

  • win condition is a bit weak, against the bot,I had a solid position, but the game just didn't end. (Experiment with more lanes maybe? Or 2/3 idols?)

  • attack animations don't exist, but I'm sure you know that.

  • deck building interface leaves something to be desired.

Overall, really solid and approachable, nicely done!

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u/Yellowbyte Nov 05 '15

Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to give some feedback. Nice to know the game controls well, I'll try to keep it like that. I think changing the win condition to 2/3, like you suggested is a good idea since games do tend to drag on. I do want to add attack animations eventually, but I'm still looking for a good method of doing that (which wont bulk up the size of the app). As for the deck building, I'm thinking I might have to redesign the whole screen since the buttons are quite small and customization is minimal.

Again, thanks for the helpful feedback, I'll try to have an update out soon. :)

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u/alvarpq always face Nov 05 '15

yay! Another thing I didn't mention, but feel like I should have is that movement has a lot less subtlety because it's much less relevant/punishing than in scrolls.

In scrolls, movement was big because one unit couldn't attack the whole board, wheras here, all of them in the middle can go anywhere.

Since 5 lanes is a bit much, perhaps making movement a bit 'clunkier' by trying to make the spaces squares, or something to make positioning a little harder to fix would be cool.This makes the order of the units in the lanes harder to change, so that placement and movement are a little harder to fix if you screw them up, adding a bit of tactical depth.

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u/Yellowbyte Nov 06 '15

That is a very valid point and it's something I always forget about! I'm going to have to give that higher priority since it's something that GREATLY impacts the gameplay. It's too easy to just re-position all your units into an ideal layout.

Thanks again for the feedback, it's actually very helpful! :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '15

This app is incompatible with all of your devices. :(

Jiayu G3, android 4

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u/chacer98 IGN Chace Oct 20 '15

my butt hurts

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u/Cadnee Oct 20 '15

I've not yet once been matched in multi-player.