1.1 is now out, have at it!
I’m at WWDC this week so pretty busy, but I’ll be working on more Sidekick features soon. Stay tuned =)
Thanks for the update. It solved the problem I was having with adding life on my iPad.
Thanks for the update. I’m curious about the new feature to allow users to make their own cards. Since all the cards in the game are fixed, why did you think this was a necessary feature?
Someone named Gnipp asked if it was possible to add such a feature for playtesting purposes and also to support home brew cards…
That Gnipp is always stirring up trouble…
Yep, pretty much those reasons =). I also wanted to improve the add card interface, and it looks much slicker now as part of the new feature.
Also, if me and everyone else at Handelabra gets hit by a bus, then you guys can carry on the torch and add Infernal Relics yourselves. But hopefully it won’t come to that =)
So, loving the sidekick, both the Ipod/phone version, which I have, and the Ipad version, which my friend has.
If there was one complaint about the ipod version I had, it would be that villain and environment card addition and HP management is so much less convenient than the ipad version. Though I was thinking that a Villain only/ Environment Only/ Hero Only view you could swap between would be a nice option to add, so that I could see all the villain targets at once, and then switch over to the environment targets with a button click, instead of the two or more currently, and having to go into the villain submenu to deal with their minions. I figure that you could do it like the canon and custom hero fields, but with three selectors, and have it be an on/off option in the menu, like repeat heroes.
The app’s current layout works perfectly for the ipad, but it’s a little clunky on ipod. Still more efficient than my dice bag most times, but it could be even quicker, I think.
Hm, interesting idea. So when you have the minion cards screen up, there’s a toolbar at the bottom with quick navigation to environment cards and general cards, and vice versa. I like it =). I don’t think it would need to be an option either, it could be available all the time on iPhone.
Yeah, that’s exactly the interface I was thinking of. Thanks for taking the feedback.
Used this for a couple games I played solo recently, and I like it quite a lot
I don’t find it that useful for villain minions (when looking at which targets to attack, its good to see their abilities and hp at the same time), but its great for hero and villain hp, particularly max health variations.
Was great to use playing against spite, 'cause I never forgot to heal Spite with any damage he dealt.
With regards to custom cards - I’ve put in a custom for America’s Newest Legacy and Rook City Wraith, which obviously works fine.
With alternate villains coming with the new kickstarter rewards, I think being able to make a custom villain and then assign an existing villain’s deck to that villain would be good (so that Alternate Baron Blade will still have easy access to his minions and such).
The same thing would come in useful if we ever get an alternate Visionary.
I didn’t include alternates in Sidekick because there’s not much to them as far as the app is concerned – you can just choose Legacy then change the max HP and you’re set. However with the improved select card UI, it might be reasonable to include them as built-in options.
Things have been busy at Handelabra with GAME.minder and Uncle Slam, but I hope to get some time in on Sentinels Sidekick soon. I also want to have effect tracking whenever I play a game with it, so that’s definitely going to be in the next update =)
So, I had a thought for an additional, somewhat simple functionality to add to the sidekick- Single Deck random selection- Instead of having to randomize the who game in a single go, could you add a 'random' selection for hero, villain, and envionment that appears along with the regular deck selection? Sometimes, one or two fellow players definitely want a particular character and the other wants random, that sort of thing.
Heya, quick update! We're preparing an update that has the Infernal Relics and promo hero/villain, as well as that quick nav feature requested by Ryushikaze. If all goes well it will be submitted shortly and available in a week or two.
This small update won't have effect tracking -- but the next major update should, when I can get the time to do it!
Version 1.2 is now available with the following changes:
- Added cards from Infernal Relics and promos (Unity & Ambuscade).
- iPhone version can now quickly navigate between environment cards, villain cards, and hero target cards.
A big thanks to arenson9 for helping out with the expansion cards!
Not sure when the next version will be, but I'd like to get effect tracking in as well as deal with any changes relating to the Enhanced Edition.
Still says version 1.1 and on my phone says thiers no update. :(
Sometimes it takes a little while for the App Store to refresh everywhere. Do you see it now?
Still want this for android
Any chance of this updating soon to include Shattered Timelines? I freaking love this app and now am so dependent that it is hard to play without it. I can get by in some ways simply by selecting a character with the same HP as an expansion character but it is harder for new villains and environments.
In the meantime, you can do what I did and add the new decks as custom decks. It takes a little time, but it works.
We have an update for Shattered Timelines (and Enhanced Edition) in the works and should have it available soon.
FYI - you can save your custom deck file to your computer via iTunes and share it around, so people don't have to enter the info twice.
I'll do that. Anyone who would like my custom deck file, which includes all the new decks, send me a PM.
Migrant, what all do I need to share? Just the CustomCards.plist or the SentinelsSidekick.sqlite as well? And are the iPad an iPhone version cross-compatible? That is, if I pull the file from my iPad, will it be usable for people on their iPhone?