Zun Tzu 2.0 is iOS only ?
Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 01:39
Hi Jerome, I know it's your huge time and effort to make this application, and I understand that if you can make it a paid app, then that makes sense as if he can make a living from that, you certainly should.
I'm curious about the iOS only status that seems to be on the project ? I owned an iPad for a year; sure, it was a fun toy, but given the choice, I'd rather play a beautiful Zun Tzu game on a beautiful big monitor with a keyboard and mouse than a tiny 9.7" screen. Board games look great on a big screen. Taking all of the beauty of a game on a 24" or 27" screen and reducing it to a tiny 9.7" screen could possibly lose something. iPad's do slick zooming and all that, but a virtual boardgame (to me) is a sit-down-and-spend-some-time-with-some-friends across the internet sort of affair, and could lose a lot from being made tiny.
iPad is far too small for a nice big board game (imho). Saying that, I'll almost certainly buy your iOS version if/when I buy another iPad (out of respect for your hard work on Zun Tzu which is a fantastic application), but to actually play a big boardgame seriously, I'd probably have to go back to Zun Tzu 1.2 on Windows. To clarify, is Zun Tzu on Windows now a retired app, and all development has moved over to iOS with almost certainly no likelihood that any of the new 2.0 features will be ported back to Windows (as from what I've read on the forums that seems to be the case) ?
I'm curious about the iOS only status that seems to be on the project ? I owned an iPad for a year; sure, it was a fun toy, but given the choice, I'd rather play a beautiful Zun Tzu game on a beautiful big monitor with a keyboard and mouse than a tiny 9.7" screen. Board games look great on a big screen. Taking all of the beauty of a game on a 24" or 27" screen and reducing it to a tiny 9.7" screen could possibly lose something. iPad's do slick zooming and all that, but a virtual boardgame (to me) is a sit-down-and-spend-some-time-with-some-friends across the internet sort of affair, and could lose a lot from being made tiny.
iPad is far too small for a nice big board game (imho). Saying that, I'll almost certainly buy your iOS version if/when I buy another iPad (out of respect for your hard work on Zun Tzu which is a fantastic application), but to actually play a big boardgame seriously, I'd probably have to go back to Zun Tzu 1.2 on Windows. To clarify, is Zun Tzu on Windows now a retired app, and all development has moved over to iOS with almost certainly no likelihood that any of the new 2.0 features will be ported back to Windows (as from what I've read on the forums that seems to be the case) ?