I wish someone could make something like this for my netbook . I could see it really working for custom maps ( star battle would make an awesome Ipad game). Maybe I should steal the Ipad my mother bought 3 month ago and never used ^^.

Pistolfied

Canada79 Posts

December 13 2010 01:20 GMT

#122

Get it on something other than a crapple device and I'll be interested. I can only see this being useful for spectating though so try to gear the controls towards that. Don't bother optimizing for actual gameplay.

pandaelf

United States5 Posts

December 13 2010 08:50 GMT

#123

Just made some videos showing playing Nexus Wars, and then showing just general replay watching.

Nexus Wars:

Watching a replay:

RE: Will this ever be on anything other than a "Crapple" device?

Definitely in our plans. The way we developed this was by first starting from Windows to Windows machine. We're also looking at porting to Android at some point soon.

For those of you wondering about OSX and iPhone, we'll be done with the OSX server today, and then submitting the iPhone version early this coming week.

pandaelf

United States5 Posts

December 13 2010 08:58 GMT

#124

On December 11 2010 11:56 Juliette wrote:
I'm liking it so far, but I'm getting about a second or so of screen lag that really kills the reactions I need to do. Is this just a problem with my connection or does anyone else get it?

Could be your connection. That latency is really high. Mind shooting us an email so we can debug this?

On December 11 2010 18:32 Paulzor wrote:
had issues connecting to host computer a couple of times and sometimes freezes while in-game. add an escape key to the keyboard because right now, the only way i am able to exit the game is from the host computer. other than that, pretty neat little app to be able to remote desktop, connection was enough for most simple tasks. i bought this app for the novelty but could definitely see myself using it more heavily once a little more development goes into it!

This is fair criticism, and something we're working hard to solve. Connection and crashes are issues we're still ironing out over a wide variety of hardware and network setups. I'm interested in hearing how the app froze in game though. Could you send us an email?

Aside from general stability and connectivity, we also plan on adding an escape key, as well as a slew of configurable UI so you can make your own buttons.

Thanks everyone for your feedback and support. Feel free to email us directly as well if you're running into issues. We really want to squash every bug we find and to continue to improve.

Opal_Koboi2197

Australia4 Posts

December 13 2010 12:00 GMT

#125

Wow but i wonder what the lag and stuff would be like on the ipad if it runs thou a system here we got in aust called 3g its got no hope but if it can find a better server it would be worth buying 1

Lockindal

United States73 Posts

December 13 2010 15:47 GMT

#126

Anyone tried this with an iphone? Does it work well? This would definitely make work much more enjoyable if it works as advertised, if only for the flash functionality alone.
edit: just read that it is not iphone-capable yet. Oh well.

Flipside

United States141 Posts

December 13 2010 22:11 GMT

#127

Hm, kind of sounds like a good idea but as for controlling it I'm just not sure it would work so well. Give it a years time and it may be developed enough to actually be something I would want to do. Also yay for my first post

EpykKali

Canada5 Posts

December 14 2010 17:05 GMT

#128

Are there any more coupons left? I have an iPad and would really like to try this out. All the other remote desktop programs (mocha, logmein) don't cut it.

Liquid_Adun

Canada205 Posts

December 14 2010 23:37 GMT

#129

For the average person it would be good. But when im noob slaying i cant have anything less then my battle station.

azhang

United States178 Posts

December 15 2010 01:46 GMT

#130

still got coupons?

Mackh

France132 Posts

December 15 2010 02:41 GMT

#131

Yeah now you can launch a game on ur Apple crap !!! but what about play it efficiently ? hooow right you don't need efficiency your a apple user, all you need is pissing the world out about how good is your Expensive Apple device.

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DOMINOSC

Canada345 Posts

December 15 2010 07:39 GMT

#132

ROFL

2 years ago i played sc on a classroom touchscreen whiteboard thing which was cool if it works o itouch i would give it a try.

monterto

Canada103 Posts

December 15 2010 16:40 GMT

#133

This is a good idea, but it seems like you would be paying to make your computer more dificult to interact with.

chadissilent

Canada1187 Posts

December 16 2010 01:52 GMT

#134

I have a coupon but I can't find the app in the app store on my iPhone. My iPad is getting serviced at apple right now so I haven't had a chance to try it yet... Any idea where to find the iPhone app?

ChiknAdobo

United States208 Posts

December 16 2010 05:17 GMT

#135

I sent an email for a coupon. I'm looking forward to the iphone version. This is a great idea keep it up!

ImmortalTofu

United States1254 Posts

December 17 2010 01:22 GMT

#136

Umm dev? i have a problem! I bought the app, and downloaded the server software, but when i try to download the app, it won't install and tells me to install from itunes. When i do that, it says the IPA is not valid... Does your app have compatibility problems with 3.2.1 iOS or jailbreak? Thank you in advance! I can't wait to get this working!

leomon

Canada169 Posts

December 17 2010 04:53 GMT

#137

This is pretty dam awesome, the only problem is that without a keyboard and mouse, playing a PC game on the iPad will always be subpar at best compared to just using a laptop.

I don't know about the iPad since I don't have one, but everytime I play games on my iPod touch, my thumbs would ALWAYS get in the way, and I always hate how I don't have a keyboard/mouse for certain games.

Still, this would be great for things that don't require much interaction. WoW players can check auctions/mails, and SC2 players can always watch replays on it (hopefully)

zTz

United States476 Posts

December 17 2010 08:16 GMT

#138

man thats pretty badass lol

Definately going to be one of the first apps i get when i buy the iPad

trevf

United States237 Posts

December 20 2010 02:07 GMT

#139

I just bought and downloaded the app. it works after some trial and error. going to try sc2 now.

-attempting to troubleshoot is a pain in the ass. if you can't connect to your desktop via your ipad the ipad will sit there and continue to attempt to connect indefinitely. the only way to get it to stop is to reboot the entire ipad.

to developer: you need better documentation on how to facilitate a connection with your home pc. need a cancel connection attempt button on logon.

Also, the version tag on my ipad at the connection screen shows V1.0.6, while when I look at it from the download screen and in Itunes, it shows 1.0.7 you may need to update your tag on the ipad client.

also, while this streams desktop... theres no sound output so using it to watch streams and day9 dailies and stuff isnt as awesome as i thought itd be!

glompix

United States14 Posts

December 20 2010 03:55 GMT

#140

Wow, does everyone seriously miss the point of this? The developers are trying to wrap their heads around the UI challenges that touch devices need to overcome to make complex/fast games possible. They probably like the idea that people are excited about watching replays on their iPad, but that's not the goal here. Honestly this would be a great graduate-level study in computer science.

At least that's the impression I got from reading the OP.