Basic Fantasy Player's App
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:40 pm
I'm not sure if this goes in The Workshop or not. After some thought, this seemed the best fit. However if Solomoriah or other admins feel differently, then please move me.
Anyhow, for those that don't know, I'm a former software developer turned high school software development instructor for the St. Charles County Tech School. I also run an after-school gaming club. A number of my students are enthusiastic gamers, and we have been having fun with Basic Fantasy.
So much so that some of them are writing a BF player's app with my help. Well, more of a joint effort, i guess. I find it to be fun to write some code occasionally instead of grading it...
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ANYWAY...
We have a bit of working code now, and could use some feedback. I use the Agile philosophy with development, which means getting user feedback sooner rather than later, and having users that don't mind playing around with incomplete apps, and willing to comment only on the parts that are being developed. (instead of saying "this button to do XYZ doesn't do anything!" when we asked for feedback on ABC...)
So, if you would be interested in trying out the app for us, and helping it be the best it can be, while understanding that it's being written by high school students who have about 5 hours a week to devote to it, then I invite you to follow this link to join our Slack Domain: CIS-Stars.
https://join.slack.com/t/cis-stars/shar ... DhiZjYyNTA
Once your invite is accepted, you will be added to the BasicFantasy channel, for app-related chat, and the #apks channel which will allow you to directly pull the latest builds directly to your device (assuming you install Slack on your device, which is the whole point of joining, really) and test them immediately. You'll have to enable 3rd-party installs on your device, which I can talk you through if you are unsure.
A few rules though, and they will be STRICTLY enforced! This is a social media site. And as such, normally forbidden by our school district. However, being a tech school, part of what we do is use industry tools in our program. And online collaboration is just how things are done. So, the district is allowing it as long as there is NO private messaging between or to students! Even once, and I will shut the whole thing down, since having a job, and being able to eat are very important to me. public posting of feedback is fine, and encouraged, and hoped for. Just no private messages. Anything you don't want my students to see can be posted here in this thread.
Also, we are using Android Studio, so that should be a good indicator for which platform this will work on. Sorry, Applenauts, we don't have any development tools for iPhone yet!
Anyhow, for those that don't know, I'm a former software developer turned high school software development instructor for the St. Charles County Tech School. I also run an after-school gaming club. A number of my students are enthusiastic gamers, and we have been having fun with Basic Fantasy.
So much so that some of them are writing a BF player's app with my help. Well, more of a joint effort, i guess. I find it to be fun to write some code occasionally instead of grading it...
...
ANYWAY...
We have a bit of working code now, and could use some feedback. I use the Agile philosophy with development, which means getting user feedback sooner rather than later, and having users that don't mind playing around with incomplete apps, and willing to comment only on the parts that are being developed. (instead of saying "this button to do XYZ doesn't do anything!" when we asked for feedback on ABC...)
So, if you would be interested in trying out the app for us, and helping it be the best it can be, while understanding that it's being written by high school students who have about 5 hours a week to devote to it, then I invite you to follow this link to join our Slack Domain: CIS-Stars.
https://join.slack.com/t/cis-stars/shar ... DhiZjYyNTA
Once your invite is accepted, you will be added to the BasicFantasy channel, for app-related chat, and the #apks channel which will allow you to directly pull the latest builds directly to your device (assuming you install Slack on your device, which is the whole point of joining, really) and test them immediately. You'll have to enable 3rd-party installs on your device, which I can talk you through if you are unsure.
A few rules though, and they will be STRICTLY enforced! This is a social media site. And as such, normally forbidden by our school district. However, being a tech school, part of what we do is use industry tools in our program. And online collaboration is just how things are done. So, the district is allowing it as long as there is NO private messaging between or to students! Even once, and I will shut the whole thing down, since having a job, and being able to eat are very important to me. public posting of feedback is fine, and encouraged, and hoped for. Just no private messages. Anything you don't want my students to see can be posted here in this thread.
Also, we are using Android Studio, so that should be a good indicator for which platform this will work on. Sorry, Applenauts, we don't have any development tools for iPhone yet!