How feasible is it to play via smartphone?

Hey,

Just a question here from an ex-utopian; how feasible is it to play via smartphone? What can and can't I do?


Just playing with the thought of playing an age, I do have laptops, but where I in the past would fit my real life day around utopia and make sure I had access to a computer when I needed one, today, it would be more natural to login on-the-go from my smartphone. So much easier than having to be immobile to attack, build or communicate. My work and home situation does allow for easy laptop access, but it's just a matter of not being forced to stay home to attack/build when I really want to go somewhere. I never did do things halfway.

Plenty of players use just their smartphones and have no other access to uto. You can do everything in game. Only thing that holds some players back is getting upoo/munk to work on your phone, which is hit or miss. If your kingdoms intel tool and communication (mIRC, whapp, line) works on your phone you are all set.

There is an app but it has things missing, but the regular website works fine.

its very simple IF you are playing tactician and can get soms on 10 thief intel, otherwise you cant do 10 thief soms and 10% sots for perfect intel and lose a load of thieves getting 10% soms for hits. Not a huge deal, but noticeable in long/close wars.

Otherwise, its not realistically a problem, so long as you have the patience to play on phone

I can play just fine from my mobile phone. Just get a good custom theme that is mobile-friendly.

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Originally Posted by beans

Plenty of players use just their smartphones and have no other access to uto. You can do everything in game. Only thing that holds some players back is getting upoo/munk to work on your phone, which is hit or miss. If your kingdoms intel tool and communication (mIRC, whapp, line) works on your phone you are all set.

There is an app but it has things missing, but the regular website works fine.

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I've been working on the app quite a bit since its release. You can almost do everything now, and the release that I'm testing now will add science and messages. After that, I'll add the forums. So two more releases and then there isn't much you'd need to visit the site for--assuming you run android.

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Originally Posted by joshmg

I've been working on the app quite a bit since its release. You can almost do everything now, and the release that I'm testing now will add science and messages. After that, I'll add the forums. So two more releases and then there isn't much you'd need to visit the site for--assuming you run android.

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awesome news! Ive been waiting for those to get put in before i put the app on my phone. I primarily play on my phone so not having sci/messages/forums was kind of a deal breaker for me using the app, glad to here its on the way.

I use the app alot, its great, tyvm :)

If you join a KD that uses Stinger...i have found that Firefox Mobile works best since Stinger has a FF Mobile extension that works well. I use it rigorously and use AndroChat for my IRC app.

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Originally Posted by DonJuan

If you join a KD that uses Stinger...i have found that Firefox Mobile works best since Stinger has a FF Mobile extension that works well. I use it rigorously and use AndroChat for my IRC app.

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I'm not sure what most of that is but I can vouch that Stinger works flawlessly on my old iPad. The bot channel irc thing is very reliable.

I travel a lot for work and play from a smartphone regularly.

Welcome back Stoffi :)

There is 1 android app currently available for mobile play. Also, if for some reason you can't/won't use that app, the game has custom themes make the game much more mobile friendly.

Stoffi :) Even i play alot from smart phones.Once i got that stupid ingame chat thing disabled it works fine

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Originally Posted by Palem

Also, if for some reason you can't/won't use that app, the game has custom themes make the game much more mobile friendly.

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Would you show me?

Thanks :)

99 percent from my iphone here - extremely rare to be on a computer - but a custom theme is required

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Originally Posted by lampost

Would you show me?

Thanks :)

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http://forums.utopia-game.com/forumd...-Custom-Themes

Note: some of the themes may mess up your plugins since the formatting is different

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Originally Posted by lampost

Would you show me?

Thanks :)

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I use this theme: http://boone-theme.github.io/

It's nice and clean and works perfectly with Stinger plugin on FF Mobile.

Thanks for the feedback.

The app sounds very good, been reading about it earlier, but I understood it lacked certain features, so far. Kudos to the guy who's making it. :)

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Originally Posted by joshmg

So two more releases and then there isn't much you'd need to visit the site for--assuming you run android.

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Great, so now the game can finally die?

Unplayable without a theme/app

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Originally Posted by Lestat

Unplayable without a theme/app

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Not true, I've played without a theme/app on "smart phone".

Lies!

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Originally Posted by TommyB

Great, so now the game can finally die?

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It's likely you were just trying to be funny. On the chance you weren't though: The game wouldn't die. The utopia-ads are displayed within the app, so it shouldn't kill their revenue, and the activity would actually go up due to ease-of-access. So, if the game were to die, I don't see a reason why it would be the app's doing.

My experience:

If i have the option I always choose from pc, its just a better experience. However I user an android tablet and iphone 4 when that is not an option, solely on chrome/safari without a custom theme.
It is all workable. I didnt realize there was such a thing as a custom theme until just now, so I have to look into that apparently. but regardless, it is possible. On iphone4, it takes some serious patience, but it is still workable in a pinch.
I have recently tried getting the android app going, but it is not working for me at the moment. I think it is more specific to my device configuration. I am looking forward to getting it going though as I think a native app would be an even better experience than on browser.
As others mentioned, the third party apps your kd uses for coordination are also of consideration. upoopu is popular and that does work on mobile for most part, but some report issues.
I think ultimately the game is going to be more pleasant on a pc. It will be fine on mobile as well, just a little more work. That is the way the majority of things are though, so dont let that be a roadblock if you are deciding to come back to the game. Play on!

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Originally Posted by skeezer

... I have recently tried getting the android app going, but it is not working for me at the moment. I think it is more specific to my device configuration. I am looking forward to getting it going though as I think a native app would be an even better experience than on browser. ...

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v1.1.14 (released about 30 minutes ago--which means it should be available for download in less than 24 hours) now supports tablets without cell-chips. Sorry about that, Skeezer; I didn't think about that case. Let me know if you still have problems. Good luck!

I often log in on my phone from work to do time sensitive tasks (which pretty much means attacking, little else).

But I'll tell ya this - if somebody joins my kingdom intending to play only from their phone....I raze them instantly.

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Originally Posted by joshmg

v1.1.14 (released about 30 minutes ago--which means it should be available for download in less than 24 hours) now supports tablets without cell-chips. Sorry about that, Skeezer; I didn't think about that case. Let me know if you still have problems. Good luck!

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is there any progress about a possible ios version? i guess not, but no harm in asking :) i will be upgrading my phone soonish, and actually considering changing into android for this sole reason..

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Originally Posted by LoRD_SaMPuaN

is there any progress about a possible ios version? i guess not, but no harm in asking :) i will be upgrading my phone soonish, and actually considering changing into android for this sole reason..

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There is a whole thread dedicated to the app, you might wanna look there for answers. But the answer is so far No.