New GameSalad Viewer App Update - Live

ForumNinjaForumNinja Key Master, Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 554
in GameSalad Kitchen

We pushed out an update to the GameSalad Viewer app on the app stores that provides:

  • iOS 11 support
  • a fix for the app closing if your game takes a while to load (iOS)
  • support for the web version of GameSalad (via a QR code scanner for both Android and iOS)

To use the QR code method, simply:

  1. Publish your project to your portfolio

  2. Navigate to your list of published projects within the web version

  3. Click the little viewer button right here:

  1. Click the camera button inside the GameSalad Viewer app

  2. Snap a picture of the QR code that pops up from step 3

Comments

  • IceboxIcebox Member Posts: 1,485

    Awesome ! just gave it a test on my android device works great.

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    a fix for the app closing if your game takes a while to load (iOS)

    Thank you!

  • AlchimiaStudiosAlchimiaStudios Member Posts: 1,069
    edited October 2017

    Awesome! Gonna give a test right now. Looks like some pretty slick stuff.

    Edit: Works amazing, even with very large projects! Wish I could give 50 awesomes.

    Thanks @adent42 @ForumNinja and GS staff.

  • ForumNinjaForumNinja Key Master, Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 554

    @Icebox @tatiang @AlchimiaStudios Any of you guys try the QR method? Gotta say it feels pretty cool to just snap a code to play your project on a device :sunglasses:

  • AlchimiaStudiosAlchimiaStudios Member Posts: 1,069

    @ForumNinja said:
    @Icebox @tatiang @AlchimiaStudios Any of you guys try the QR method? Gotta say it feels pretty cool to just snap a code to play your project on a device :sunglasses:

    Yep, that's what i'm so hyped about haha. Pretty much only going to use this method from now on.

  • IceboxIcebox Member Posts: 1,485

    Yes i tried and as i said its awesome , what i like the most is that its not an html5 viewer , I thought the viewer would work through a link and we would have to open chrome on mobile to test ( like another engine i used) , glad this isnt the case . Really great job GS team !

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
    edited October 2017

    @ForumNinja said:
    @Icebox @tatiang @AlchimiaStudios Any of you guys try the QR method? Gotta say it feels pretty cool to just snap a code to play your project on a device :sunglasses:

    Just did. :)

    WAIT, does that mean I can send someone the QR code and they can take a picture of it from GameSalad Viewer and... presto?!

    @ForumNinja I noticed that in Recent Games in the Viewer, it displays spaces within project names as "%20." It would be great to resolve that at some point.

  • AlchimiaStudiosAlchimiaStudios Member Posts: 1,069

    @tatiang said:

    WAIT, does that mean I can send someone the QR code and they can take a picture of it from GameSalad Viewer and... presto?!

    Yeah, amazingly easy for beta testing and app distribution.

  • ForumNinjaForumNinja Key Master, Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 554

    @tatiang That is correct. There's a lot of possibilities with the addition of the QR code functionality :D

    @ForumNinja I noticed that in Recent Games in the Viewer, it displays spaces within project names as "%20." It would be great to resolve that at some point.

    Agreed!

  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,223

    @tatiang sort of. The QR code expires (to prevent people from stealing your projects by passing the code around). Sometime in the future I'd like to make it work with links you can control (a la Dropbox link sharing). So if you want the QR code permanent, you can, if you want it to expire in 30 days, you could too. But thats a little bit off, still got stuff to get the current too up to par and still gotta find what's wrong with the Mac tool!

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    @adent42 Okay, good to know. How long does the QR code last?

  • ForumNinjaForumNinja Key Master, Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 554

    @tatiang I believe it's currently 24 hours.

  • RedRoboRedRobo Member, PRO Posts: 682

    Just tried it. Love the fact you are making things super simple! Great work guys!

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    @adent42 @ForumNinja actually, while the QR Code expires, the project will still appear in Recent Games in the Viewer app beyond 24 hours which is great for testing.

  • -Timo--Timo- Member Posts: 2,313

    Awesome!!!

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273

    Here’s a look at how easy it is to get your games on the Viewer.

  • ForumNinjaForumNinja Key Master, Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 554

    @tatiang said:
    @adent42 @ForumNinja actually, while the QR Code expires, the project will still appear in Recent Games in the Viewer app beyond 24 hours which is great for testing.

    Very true, it will stay in the recent games tab!

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