降龍

Dev log

降龍 is playable on phones: joystick and skill buttons ready

Update

You can play 降龍 on your phone now

Phone and computer are the same game: the same URL, the same account, the same server, just a different grip. On a computer you use mouse and keyboard; on a phone, a joystick and big buttons. I've spent the last few days smoothing it out on a phone, and it now works when you open /play.

  • Your left hand gets the joystick, with small run and walk buttons beside it; potions and scrolls sit on an arc above and to the right of the joystick and only trigger when you lift your finger, so sliding off turns it into the joystick and you won't drink by accident
  • Your right hand gets skill buttons in rings by class: Warrior 1+3, Wizard 2+4, Taoist 2+4+6. Hold a skill button and drag to aim, long-press to enter arrange mode, and swapping skills is easy
  • Tap a monster or player to lock on; in the joystick area you can also tap NPCs, tap items on the ground, and get back to a dialog
  • Menu tabs moved to a column on the left, each page has a header, and the character, storage, Blacksmith, trade house, guild and shop pages are all laid out for holding the phone upright, with a description shown below whatever you tap
  • Chat normally shows just 3 lines and opens to a full page with a tap; level, coordinates, battery and latency were rearranged too, and since phones have no bottom bar, there's no more readout box for the health orb and experience

I want people on phones and people on computers to fight over the same bosses in the same world, so instead of making a separate simplified version, I moved the same game's controls onto your fingers. Lots of little things are still being tuned; if something feels awkward, tell me on the notice board.

Fixed issues

  • Skill buttons on phones occasionally getting stuck: if your finger is lost, the button releases automatically
  • On iPhone, opening from the home screen left the view a bit short; it now fills the screen
  • Guild and trade house responses no longer switch pages on their own, and tapping tabs quickly no longer switches to the wrong one

Skill looks, pet looks and shop looks are still being polished.