smart watch support

Discussion in 'Buildbox General Discussion' started by wesam_badr, Jan 31, 2016.

  1. wesam_badr

    wesam_badr Miniboss Boxer

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    when buildbox will have to support apple watch and other smart watches specially for simple games and that exactly what BuildBox is designed to do. that is going to be a plus for BB games dev what do you think?
     
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    OMG, hopefully never! :)

    I can't imagine having to wait and wait and wait for an app to load (I have the watch so I do experience it) and moreover I don't think games like those we can create on BB can have any success on that platform...

    Reason: we play using our finger on the display... how to have a look at what's going on? I would rather focus on the Apple TV and (hopefully) XBox / PS4 platforms (a secret dream...)
     
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    trudnai Miniboss Boxer

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    +1, Watch is not designed to hold heavy apps. For most games Watch is just a companion, for example in turn basis games it tells you this is your turn, or you had been defeated or some other event happened. You may can write a dead simple game like tic-tac-toe that will not drain battery down in 2 minutes play but for that better to use Xcode and Swift.
     
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    wesam_badr Miniboss Boxer

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    i understand all your worries i know that wouldn't be compatible even to say almost all BUILDBOX games still buggy and lag in good devices i can imagine what is going to happened in watches / after all it was a suggestion.
     
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