Windows 8 / Phone 8 Companion App

[MooseBoys]

I'm considering writing a companion app for PR:BF2 for Windows 8 / Phone 8.
It'd have PRSPY, map info, weapon info, vehicle models, etc.
Any interest, or will I end up being the only user?

[40mmrain]

dont see too much practical use to it, I think.

YOu know how various popular online discussion boards and such have specialized apps to browse them, as most websites are made for desktop/laptop browsers, and thus browsing them a mobile browser is kind of abrasive? You could do that for this forum, I guess. Never really been here on my S3, so I dont know if it's worth it anyways

[MooseBoys]

I don't mean that this would be a simple forum reader. It'd provide unique functionality, e.g. visualization of maps w/ heightmap data, 3D view of the weapon/vehicle models, vehicle spawn timers, annotatable maps, etc. It'd be more of a PR field manual you can use while playing the game. I always have my phone/tablet next to me when playing, so it seemed useful.

Maybe I'm just in a unique situation of having played PR enough to want something like this, but not having played enough to have already memorized all the information that would go into it.

[AncientMan]

There are plans for a PR Windows 8 Modern UI app to be made internally by the development team, so you may be duplicating efforts.

[MooseBoys]

There are plans for a PR Windows 8 Modern UI app to be made internally by the development team, so you may be duplicating efforts.

Sweet! Looking forward to it

[SGT.Ice]

That's interesting. But one honest question, why bother? From what i've heard & yet to validate Windows 8 is not going to be a good platform for gaming due to it being heavily slanted toward tablets/phones.

[Spush]

That's interesting. But one honest question, why bother? From what i've heard & yet to validate Windows 8 is not going to be a good platform for gaming due to it being heavily slanted toward tablets/phones.

Maybe the Metro aspect, but there still is a desktop.

[MooseBoys]

While I don't expect to see a ton of PR-class games switch to the new app model overnight, I think it's a good fit for a companion app like the one I described. The assumption is that people would use it either on a second monitor, or on a second device altogether (e.g. tablet) while playing the full game.

[Doc.Pock]

There are plans for a PR Windows 8 Modern UI app to be made internally by the development team, so you may be duplicating efforts.

would you mind doing a droid version too when youre at it? not sure how much porting would need to be done as ive never worked on any W8 app yet

[Vicious302]

We still need an app to notify people via Text/FB/Rss/Email that there is a new round that has begun, personally I think there is a lot of money to be made here in ads, but I just don't have the skills for that kind of work.

[Cossack]

Yeah, Windows 8 is matter of taste. 11 years of same basic style Windows and then boom, Windows 8 with metro menu. I will stick with W7 but sure will try out W8 after new year so the support for programs is up.