LotGD iPhone app released!

[Thiago Craveiro]

We are happy to report that the Legend of the Green Dragon Mobile app for iPhone has been released:

http://linktoapp.com/green+dragon (http://linktoapp.com/green+dragon)

The support page with requirements and more info about the app can be found at http://lotgd.maartengoldstein.com (http://lotgd.maartengoldstein.com/)

Since the LoGD pages are too wide for the iPhone and require much zooming around for comfortable dragon slaying on the go (and also because we were hurting to mess around with iPhone development), we decided to create an app to remedy that.

The beauty is that no modifications are necessary server-side, so it should be compatible with many of the customized LoGD version (given the layout is the same as the Jade skin's) on any server using any language.

We parse the HTML pages and rip out the central view to display it. We moved the navigation actions into an action picker (the "wheel" you see when selecting a drop-down-menu option on a webpage) and bring up a view with your stats on request.

Feel free to leave us feedback at support@maartengoldstein.com (please make sure to read the support page first, that might answer questions you might have).

[Xaphania]

I have found the iPhone app interface to be really good. In fact I discovered LotGD.net through the iPhone app rather than the website, while I was looking for games to play on holiday!

The only things I have noticed it is lacking are an option to check Ye Olde Mail and an indicator of how much experience is needed until the next level - where on the website it is shown as a handy progress bar, on the iPhone app it shows simply a solid bar and the number of current experience points, so to find out your readiness for levelling up you would have to check with your Master.

[lvangundy]

That's what got me back into LOTGD, but after spending a few days on it I couldn't deal with it anymore. You can't see what equipment you're wearing or the experience level and some of the menu items aren't in the same position in the action list.