A way to set up a simulator/viewer for a client
floatingwoo
Los Angeles, Calif.Member Posts: 393
I'm doing a tutorial type of app for a teacher on GS. And she lives quite a distance from me. I would like to be able to set her up so that she can view the process as I go along ,actually open up the GS project or view a simulation . She is unfortunately running Snow Leopard so having her download gamesalad herself is out . I'm sort of left with dropping little snippets of video on Tinypic. Anybody come up with a workaround for this kind of situation? Maybe an older version of GS that would work on OSX 10.6?
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Could you Skype or something similar and display your screen activity during the call?
You can build a Mac application (just change the platform type temporarily), download it, and then send it to her. It's a lot of time devoted to something more easily handled over Skype, as @jamie_c mentioned.
Yes, Skype is probably the way to go... @tatiang I am interested in your comment . How would this work... are you saying that if I were to throw a demo together for like macBook or 720p and then download it to a site somewhere....???
@floatingwoo When I work with clients, I typically use TestFlight which allows them to try the app on their actual mobile devices. But it also means they have to provide their UUID and I have to add them to a provisioning profile, etc. So what I've done sometimes is to build the app as a Mac app (yes, let's say MacBook) in GameSalad and then during the publishing phase in GameSalad (http://publish.gamesalad.com), there's a point at which you can download a playable Mac application. Sorry, it's been quite some time since I've actually done this so I'm being a big vague about the steps. I would then just .zip the file and email or Dropbox it to my client.
Edit: here's the Download button on the publishing page:
@tatiang, I believe Mac app publishing is a pro feature. You could consider publishing it to the arcade for test, but unfortunately that can be buggy in certain browsers.
Ah, you're right @jamie_c. I just checked: http://gamesalad.com/pricing.
Skype, or go PRO and build a quick Mac app or .apk
Should probably go pro anyways if your doing this as a business. Theres is a new affordable monthly payment plan, get on board.
@tatiang, I'm always forgetting what is pro and what is free...
Yes , I do intend to go pro, I'm really only at the beginning stages of two projects right now and it may take...it will take a few months if I stay focused. Thanks for all your help...skype it is!