Dredmor iPad Port Official Thread

I'd love to see this game on a tablet, I feel like turn based games are a perfect fit for touch screens because the controllable pace allows for complex games on the (limited) touch interface. Also, Dreadmor on the go would be fantastic. I currently use a android based tablet so I'd love to see it there but I could probably bring myself to spring for a used ipad if it'd let me play a game this great.

 

I agree, would LOVE to have this on my iPad.

 

Is there any more news regarding DoD on iPad, or was this all just an elaborate joke by the devs?

 

Not a joke, however, essentially all Dredmor-related activity is On Hold while the devs struggle to put together something approaching a functional alpha for Clockwork Empires and are encountering Epic Level Problems doing so. To give you an idea of that that means, they said to the Pre-Alpha Test Crew (of which I am a part) back in April that they were "on the verge" of having something ready for us. It's been five months. They're struggling. But I'm sure once CE makes it to Beta (next Valentine's Day?), they'll have some brainspace to put into other projects.

 

Before you unleash Don Daynab on the poor and unsuspecting Essence, I want to note that he mentioned that you'd say "something" would be ready. And "something" is a very broad term. In fact, I remember at least one time when such a mention was made regarding a blog post being written.

But if you still want to unleash Don Daynab on Essence, please just don't kill him permanently (temporary deaths are always funnier).

 

I can certainly back that up.

Just how many times have I been banned for something that I thought would not unleash all hell, while it did exactly that?

Damn my big mouth, but sadly it just keeps coming back...

Essence is too valuable to throw away. Throw me away if someone must be punished for his choice of words. Surely you guys have passed on at least a few good opportunities to ban me, and it is never too late.

 

No, not really. I just have a weird sense of humour and Omni followed along thinking it was less of a joke than it was. In fact, I wasn't using "death" as an euphemism for "ban" this time (and now you can wonder how it might be possible to kill someone temporarily).

And honestly, it's not the first time someone was confused over whether I was joking or being serious. My manager at work even once said that is the biggest reason why I'm sort of scary (to which I replied that she has nothing to worry because I won't bite her unless she openly asks, but I'm digressing).

And this one (the "Don Daynab" one) is a different sort of joke. A pretty lame one, honestly. But I still find it fun.

You can ask Don Daynab himself about that one (or I can explain if you are too afraid to do that, but I'd probably botch the explanation somehow).

Oh, that's normal. Well, fairly normal.
It's sort of similar at my work, but since I'm the only man here, I instead improve morale via "molestation" instead of bloodshed.

And I will shut up now because I'm derailing the thread to Siberia once again...

 

I never really thought Essence was in any real danger of a ban, and certainly not death. But everything I said was meant. If he ever were in trouble here, I would gladly take his place for whatever punishment issued forth. He has made too many great mods and posts to ignore. Besides, I owe him at least one for a certain drastically off topic thread in another forum. (He took some heavy flack for me there.)

 

So, I heard we were on the verge of banning David from using ipads?

 

Will the ipad port be coming within this year, or maybe the next 6 months? Also, is it being developed for the ipad's competitors?
Because I would buy a google nexus 7 just to play this game anywhere.

 

:*( i guess I'll have to play Dredmor simultaneously on my two laptops instead of a laptop and an ipad then. i was going to use my feet or my nose for ipad haha

brb growing extra arms

 

That's cool. You guys update on development pretty much weekly, so keep up the good work!

 

Posting to say a Dredmor iPad port would destroy my productivity. ^_^

 

I can't begin to fathom how you would play dredmor on an iPad without Significant overhaul to the game UI. It would probably be tons of fun. I used to play it on one of my first generation atom Eee machines in bed late at night and I LOVED it despite the difficulty of using a mess in bed and the laptop on my stomach.

 

It certainly seems doable to me, judging by some of the other IPad games I've played. Obviously, it would take changes to the UI. Take a look at Powder, for example, as a rogue-like game with a decent UI.

 

But haven't the developers repeatedly said that they'd practically have to rewrite the entire game from scratch to make any significant changes to the user interface?