WebTiles Android
Posted: Monday, 29th June 2015, 11:01Over the weekend I got to thinking that while we have the Android version of tiles, it still feels a little clunky, and most of the time I wish I was playing online anyway. Due to the way the browser and keyboard work in Android, and the way WebTiles accepts input, as most people find out, you can log in but can't actually play the game.
I dove through the web tiles source to see how things work and spent most of yesterday coding away to come up with a very experimental, but working (mostly
) initial build of an Android version that plays on the WebTiles servers. I maintain the Android builds on crawl.newtzie.com, so I put it up there for the brave ones to try out (I did not put a public link on the site):
Edit: use this URL now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newtzgames.dcssonline
Instructions:
Launching the app will initially connect to s-z.org (my server of choice
), but using the left sidebar you can connect to CAO, CSZO, and CBRO for now. Once connected, fill out the username and password fields like you normally would and login, and then start a game. Once started, use the top right menu (the 3 dots) and pick "Grab Input". This should force a keyboard to appear that will correctly send the keystrokes to the game.
This is SUPER experimental (I literally just got it working last night), but I'd like to see if there's any interest in this. I'd like to get it working with hacker's keyboard on Android so we can have the tab key for auto-fighting, but for now I just have the default keyboard working. I'm testing this on a Nexus 7 2012 and it's working pretty well for me. I'm going to get it on my phone today and play around with the smaller resolution to see how that looks, but on a tablet it's pretty playable.
I dove through the web tiles source to see how things work and spent most of yesterday coding away to come up with a very experimental, but working (mostly
) initial build of an Android version that plays on the WebTiles servers. I maintain the Android builds on crawl.newtzie.com, so I put it up there for the brave ones to try out (I did not put a public link on the site):Edit: use this URL now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newtzgames.dcssonline
Instructions:
Launching the app will initially connect to s-z.org (my server of choice
), but using the left sidebar you can connect to CAO, CSZO, and CBRO for now. Once connected, fill out the username and password fields like you normally would and login, and then start a game. Once started, use the top right menu (the 3 dots) and pick "Grab Input". This should force a keyboard to appear that will correctly send the keystrokes to the game.This is SUPER experimental (I literally just got it working last night), but I'd like to see if there's any interest in this. I'd like to get it working with hacker's keyboard on Android so we can have the tab key for auto-fighting, but for now I just have the default keyboard working. I'm testing this on a Nexus 7 2012 and it's working pretty well for me. I'm going to get it on my phone today and play around with the smaller resolution to see how that looks, but on a tablet it's pretty playable.
