#gamingbuddy — Public Fediverse posts
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Check the premieres and other trailers in #GamingBuddy to easily wishlist the games to keep track when they *finally* release 😀
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Check the premieres and other trailers in #GamingBuddy to easily wishlist the games to keep track when they *finally* release 😀
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Got one of those kangaroo shirts. Baby has been in there for about 4 hours, peacefully sleeping while I play Overwatch.
This thing fuckin' rocks.
:overwatch: 🍼
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Got one of those kangaroo shirts. Baby has been in there for about 4 hours, peacefully sleeping while I play Overwatch.
This thing fuckin' rocks.
:overwatch: 🍼
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If nothing else #GamingBuddy helps me find great games to play. I first found Wheel World in 2023 🤯
I think it was some showcase or something like that...
Some games are hard to miss, but I could probably point to at least five that I found thanks to the app (either by browsing, updating the featured list etc..)
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If nothing else #GamingBuddy helps me find great games to play. I first found Wheel World in 2023 🤯
I think it was some showcase or something like that...
Some games are hard to miss, but I could probably point to at least five that I found thanks to the app (either by browsing, updating the featured list etc..)
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One more rating to cross 300 ratings for #GamingBuddy 🎉
The average is 4.8 which I think is pretty good.
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One more rating to cross 300 ratings for #GamingBuddy 🎉
The average is 4.8 which I think is pretty good.
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I have recently spent quite a lot of time on new #GamingBuddy onboarding. I thought it was quite nice but now I am not so sure...
Previously I had just few static screens with few "cards" on each - it was very text heavy.
I am looking for feedback - you don't need the app - the video below shows how the current flow looks like 🙂
Thanks!
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I have recently spent quite a lot of time on new #GamingBuddy onboarding. I thought it was quite nice but now I am not so sure...
Previously I had just few static screens with few "cards" on each - it was very text heavy.
I am looking for feedback - you don't need the app - the video below shows how the current flow looks like 🙂
Thanks!
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I am looking for some "UX" feedback for #GamingBuddy 🙏
The app allows people to categorize games by status like Playing, Backlog or Finished (+ some more).
Since you can re-play already finished game, this list will only show games that are *currently* marked as finished. (see screenshot)
I am thinking having separate list of all the finished games might be a good idea...
Is it? How it should be named? Where should be the entry?
Thanks!
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I am looking for some "UX" feedback for #GamingBuddy 🙏
The app allows people to categorize games by status like Playing, Backlog or Finished (+ some more).
Since you can re-play already finished game, this list will only show games that are *currently* marked as finished. (see screenshot)
I am thinking having separate list of all the finished games might be a good idea...
Is it? How it should be named? Where should be the entry?
Thanks!
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Latest #GamingBuddy update is live. This is mostly fixes/refinements for the previous v4 but also has a some new stuff 🎉
Also hope to improve this SwiftUI mini project for generating the changelog image...
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Latest #GamingBuddy update is live. This is mostly fixes/refinements for the previous v4 but also has a some new stuff 🎉
Also hope to improve this SwiftUI mini project for generating the changelog image...
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I thought my new #GamingBuddy onboarding was pretty great...
Until I had UX Writing lab and now I see all the problems with it 😅
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I thought my new #GamingBuddy onboarding was pretty great...
Until I had UX Writing lab and now I see all the problems with it 😅
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Just found a problem with my "Follow developers" feature in #GamingBuddy.
This let's you follow particular company and get notification when there is new game announced.
The problem happens when game is announced four months ago for example, but IGDB doesn't have the developer data which gets added months later and then it seems like new game from that company 🙃
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Just found a problem with my "Follow developers" feature in #GamingBuddy.
This let's you follow particular company and get notification when there is new game announced.
The problem happens when game is announced four months ago for example, but IGDB doesn't have the developer data which gets added months later and then it seems like new game from that company 🙃
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Anyone interested in helping me test large #GamingBuddy update? It adds iCloud sync, iPad version, better favorite games management and more. 🎉 🙂
The TestFlight is currenly invite-only.
https://nemecek.be/blog/211/gamingbuddy-version-40-testflight-is-available
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Anyone interested in helping me test large #GamingBuddy update? It adds iCloud sync, iPad version, better favorite games management and more. 🎉 🙂
The TestFlight is currenly invite-only.
https://nemecek.be/blog/211/gamingbuddy-version-40-testflight-is-available
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So I was just trying to frantically disable it. I had switch for the frontend in admin to turn it off but if they are using it in automated fashion that might not work so the POST logic now returns 404...
Back in 2023 I was kind of hoping for this to go viral and maybe boost #GamingBuddy..
Based on my calculations back then it should have been relatively cheap.
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So I was just trying to frantically disable it. I had switch for the frontend in admin to turn it off but if they are using it in automated fashion that might not work so the POST logic now returns 404...
Back in 2023 I was kind of hoping for this to go viral and maybe boost #GamingBuddy..
Based on my calculations back then it should have been relatively cheap.
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Anyone with Apple TV interested in some #TestFlight? 😀
This is "GamingBuddy TV" which I have been working on since late Dec 2024. I mainly wanted easy way to play the recent trailers on the big screen.
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Anyone with Apple TV interested in some #TestFlight? 😀
This is "GamingBuddy TV" which I have been working on since late Dec 2024. I mainly wanted easy way to play the recent trailers on the big screen.
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I have new public #GamingBuddy #TestFlight with the new video playback experience and other improvements 🎉
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I have new public #GamingBuddy #TestFlight with the new video playback experience and other improvements 🎉
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When not being able to implement something turns out to be a blessing...
Previously I only had small buttons to play newly showcased trailers for the events and couldn't make it to play fullsceen with new package I am using.
So I tried reusing this inline component from game detail and the result seems much better.
The reason for buttons was that I thought it is often the case that game has more than one video during event which turned out to be super rare 😅
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When not being able to implement something turns out to be a blessing...
Previously I only had small buttons to play newly showcased trailers for the events and couldn't make it to play fullsceen with new package I am using.
So I tried reusing this inline component from game detail and the result seems much better.
The reason for buttons was that I thought it is often the case that game has more than one video during event which turned out to be super rare 😅
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#GamingBuddy daily downloads dropped sgain below 10 for the past week and that is just so demotivating 😢
I don’t want million dollar app. Just something at least approaching sustainability.
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#GamingBuddy daily downloads dropped sgain below 10 for the past week and that is just so demotivating 😢
I don’t want million dollar app. Just something at least approaching sustainability.
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#GamingBuddy 3.2 is officialy out 🎉
- Best Games (since 2016)
- Franchise & Company info on game detail
- Browse by genres & game modes
- New details in Favorites, "Activity" view
- All release date statuses supportedSee the hashtag for details 🙂
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gamingbuddy-find-new-games/id6447783408
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#GamingBuddy 3.2 is officialy out 🎉
- Best Games (since 2016)
- Franchise & Company info on game detail
- Browse by genres & game modes
- New details in Favorites, "Activity" view
- All release date statuses supportedSee the hashtag for details 🙂
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gamingbuddy-find-new-games/id6447783408
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Probably the best (pun intended) new addition in #GamingBuddy 3.2 🙂
Brand-new section "Best Games" listing all the OpenCritic "Mighty" games since 2016.
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Probably the best (pun intended) new addition in #GamingBuddy 3.2 🙂
Brand-new section "Best Games" listing all the OpenCritic "Mighty" games since 2016.
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Also new in #GamingBuddy 3.2: Details about companies. 🔎
This way you can easily find more games from developer or publisher.
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Also new in #GamingBuddy 3.2: Details about companies. 🔎
This way you can easily find more games from developer or publisher.
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Another new addition that will land soon in #GamingBuddy update 3.2 is the ability to browse all the games by game modes or genres.
The games are sorted from newest and filtered based on preferred platforms 🙂
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Another new addition that will land soon in #GamingBuddy update 3.2 is the ability to browse all the games by game modes or genres.
The games are sorted from newest and filtered based on preferred platforms 🙂
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#GamingBuddy 3.2 will also improve Favorites ⭐
For example with the ability to quickly change the status with this new component that also shows the last date changed.
Additionally you will be able to see "Activity" with history of all the changes. And yes it took me almost 50 days to finish Astro Bot 🙃
PS: I realized that there are fewer days until (hopefully) the release than new stuff I want to share 😬 So there will be more posts until then.
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#GamingBuddy 3.2 will also improve Favorites ⭐
For example with the ability to quickly change the status with this new component that also shows the last date changed.
Additionally you will be able to see "Activity" with history of all the changes. And yes it took me almost 50 days to finish Astro Bot 🙃
PS: I realized that there are fewer days until (hopefully) the release than new stuff I want to share 😬 So there will be more posts until then.
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Soon with #GamingBuddy update 3.2 🎉
Easily discover other games in a franchise. Ordered chronogically.
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Soon with #GamingBuddy update 3.2 🎉
Easily discover other games in a franchise. Ordered chronogically.
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Would anyone believe that handling game release dates is the most complex logic in #GamingBuddy? 😬
I need to handle stuff like: Regions, user favorite platforms, full release x early access x beta and bunch more 😅
Currently the app shows only "full release" dates which I want to improve with the upcoming 3.2 update.
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Would anyone believe that handling game release dates is the most complex logic in #GamingBuddy? 😬
I need to handle stuff like: Regions, user favorite platforms, full release x early access x beta and bunch more 😅
Currently the app shows only "full release" dates which I want to improve with the upcoming 3.2 update.
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I have been getting reports that horizontal carousel in #GamingBuddy stops working after users scroll vertically and today it started happening to me every time I tried on my main phone with iOS 18...
Managed to find SO post that explained that the background decoration view seems to get pushed above the content and prevent interactions. Finally managed to catch it with the debugger.
The SO suggests manually changing zIndex in the delegate method 😬
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I have been getting reports that horizontal carousel in #GamingBuddy stops working after users scroll vertically and today it started happening to me every time I tried on my main phone with iOS 18...
Managed to find SO post that explained that the background decoration view seems to get pushed above the content and prevent interactions. Finally managed to catch it with the debugger.
The SO suggests manually changing zIndex in the delegate method 😬
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I have been working on big update for #GamingBuddy that is planned for end of October and I am really looking forward to sharing details and screenshots soon 😀
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I have been working on big update for #GamingBuddy that is planned for end of October and I am really looking forward to sharing details and screenshots soon 😀
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Got first #iOS18 update approved. Just to be sure I did not mention iOS 18 by name. 😀
So #GamingBuddy is ready for Monday! Hopefully it will feature in some of the roundups that the press does.
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Got first #iOS18 update approved. Just to be sure I did not mention iOS 18 by name. 😀
So #GamingBuddy is ready for Monday! Hopefully it will feature in some of the roundups that the press does.
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@craiggrannell my apps #GamingBuddy and #SwitchBuddy have Lock Screen widgets and I am planning to add control center stuff - but only basic shortcuts make sense for me.
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@craiggrannell my apps #GamingBuddy and #SwitchBuddy have Lock Screen widgets and I am planning to add control center stuff - but only basic shortcuts make sense for me.
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Guess who managed to ship the same bug twice (meaning fixing it the first time and then breaking it again) to the App Store?
🙋♂️
😩 Fixed for real now. So that was my Sunday evening..
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Guess who managed to ship the same bug twice (meaning fixing it the first time and then breaking it again) to the App Store?
🙋♂️
😩 Fixed for real now. So that was my Sunday evening..
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Okay I am finally trying my apps on iOS 18 (I know 😬) and seems the existing #SwitchBuddy icon work well with the new Dark and Tinted modes. Sort of looks like what I wanted to do.
#GamingBuddy icon is more complex and will probably need new variants.
And then there are the widgets with the "accentable stuff" 😀
Anyone has a good blog post about preparing widgets for iOS 18? For example I need a way to tell it to not tint the game covers
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Okay I am finally trying my apps on iOS 18 (I know 😬) and seems the existing #SwitchBuddy icon work well with the new Dark and Tinted modes. Sort of looks like what I wanted to do.
#GamingBuddy icon is more complex and will probably need new variants.
And then there are the widgets with the "accentable stuff" 😀
Anyone has a good blog post about preparing widgets for iOS 18? For example I need a way to tell it to not tint the game covers
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I want to share some of the new #GamingBuddy stuff and the reasoning behind it...
This Upcoming list (and also Newly Released & New Reveals lists) took a long time to implement even it though it looks simple.
I had prepare new API endpoint to make it more performant and get the genres + game modes so I can display them.
I have experimented with a lot of variations, in the end the background based on the cover + bigger padding looked best.
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I want to share some of the new #GamingBuddy stuff and the reasoning behind it...
This Upcoming list (and also Newly Released & New Reveals lists) took a long time to implement even it though it looks simple.
I had prepare new API endpoint to make it more performant and get the genres + game modes so I can display them.
I have experimented with a lot of variations, in the end the background based on the cover + bigger padding looked best.
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🎉 #GamingBuddy V3 is officialy live!
(I wanted something more cool for the launch but other stuff got in the way so here's a few screenshots..)
Main new things:
- Search works on the entire IGDB so you can find any game
- Games can be categorized (backlog, wishlist, finished..)
- Better lists that show more information
- IGDB PopScore integration to view currently most popular games etc.Get it here > https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gamingbuddy-find-new-games/id6447783408
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🎉 #GamingBuddy V3 is officialy live!
(I wanted something more cool for the launch but other stuff got in the way so here's a few screenshots..)
Main new things:
- Search works on the entire IGDB so you can find any game
- Games can be categorized (backlog, wishlist, finished..)
- Better lists that show more information
- IGDB PopScore integration to view currently most popular games etc.Get it here > https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gamingbuddy-find-new-games/id6447783408