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[EAST] PAX 2012 Apps Thread *Official App is GUIDEBOOK & Devs read the thread!*
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Official App is GUIDEBOOK!!!
Yay!
You can download it for your phone at http://east.paxsite.com/
Proxima is the developer of the Guidebook app and they are reading this thread! So feel free to post about feedback or bugs!
Yay!
You can download it for your phone at http://east.paxsite.com/
Proxima is the developer of the Guidebook app and they are reading this thread! So feel free to post about feedback or bugs!
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The basic idea of the app is that it would be a huge list of things to do while you're at PAX. When you check an item off the master list, an achievement badge and description are unlocked. You can share your badges via Twitter.
Sample Achievements:
PAXination - Use the Iron Guard position to greet another attendee.
Arrrrrrrrrrr - Be Parrrrt of Crowd PARrrrrticipation during "The Captain's Wife's Lament" at the Paul & Storm concert.
[E] - Thank an Enforcer
Fancy Pants - Get a photo taken with a cosplayer.
Demolition - Play a game demo in the expo hall.
Initiative - Play a game in Tabletop Freeplay.
Opening Band - Throw panties on stage during Paul & Storm's opening song.
ProtoFan - Attend the ProtoMen concert.
Strip Tease - Attend a "Make a Strip" panel.
FAQ - Attend Mike & Jerry's Q&A panel.
Mystery Machine - Attend the Magical Mystery Tour.
The Crawl - Attend the Pub Crawl, survive.
Tenative plan:
PAX East would probably be a soft launch / open beta. Then we would take what we learned and add features before Prime rolls around.
We want to have 50 or so achievements to begin. (more in future pax'es)
The app will use Twitter integration to allow the app to post unlocks and achievement lists.
We're probably going to price it at 99 cents, we will donate all the profit (after apple's cut & server costs) to Child's Play.
The achievement unlocks would be on an honor system at least for the time being. (validation becomes complex)
What we need to know:
Is it something you would download and use during PAX?
If you have an idea for an achievement, post it in this thread, if we like it, we may add it to the master list.
Is the past standard iPhone and Android?
Both, but don't take my word for it.
Last year there was the Conventionist app for the iPhone but I do not know if they will have a new version for this year (my fake monopoly money says that chances are good). FYI, I made extensive use of this app last year and it was a nice thing to have.
I also know there was some kind of Hitchhiker's guide for the Android but I never saw it myself. I think most of the information was contributed through Rdr's project which also contained my small contribution. Wish I would have seen it myself but I never had access to an android until recently.
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this is the same general idea as the scavenger hunt, but i haven't really heard anything about that for this year, and i really like the idea of having all the functions contained in an app. if only it were for android, i'd be down.
Can't wait for the announcement. PAX EAST(er) is so close!
Was Guidebook used at 2011's PRIME?
There was a Guidebook in addition to the official app. IMO,Guidebook was the better solution.
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I would love for anything PAX-related to work on my Windows phone! They ran out of programs before I arrived at Prime last year and I couldn't use any of the apps (or get the giant program PDF to load on my phone).
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Basically people would create posts stating what game they'd like to play, and a general time frame - then other users could sort posts by genre, or search on specific titles to find people to play against. It would function a little bit like a forum, but with sorting options. You'd comment if you were interested and set up a time to play, place to meet, etc.
What do you think? When you guys go to PAX, do you look for new people to game with? My friend and I are trying to create this as a free app (iOS only, sorry) in time for PAX East. Does it sound like it would be helpful to your overall PAX experience? Are there any additional features you think would be helpful?
I think it would be pretty amazing to have a convention LFG feature inside of a scheduling app like guidebook.
A standalone app would be pretty cool, as well, but not quite as convenient unless it could somehow suck in the schedule made in a scheduling app.
The big turnoff, to me, would be being single platform for an interactive social app. Immediately cutting off a giant percentage of potential game partners makes it less appealing.
This^
There was actually a WP7 PAX East app last year. Nothing too fancy, but had the maps of the convention floor and a very good day-by-day schedule of panels.
Shame. Programming for WP7 is *way* easier than iOS or Android.
PAX East '12 Team Totodile Gold - Professor
I've said this before and I'm going to say it again, Google+ (Android and iOS). Specifically for the Messenger (Huddle) portion of the app. Add your group of friends to a huddle, and it's group texting for everybody. This takes away from having to relay texts from person to person and makes life so much easier. You can also set up multiple huddles to stay in contact with different groups of friends.
On that note, I'm not a fan of the giant 50+ person huddles people start. It's nice to see what everybody's up to, but big huddles are a lot of noise. If you do join a large huddle, be sure to mute it so you don't get notifications for updates every 30 seconds.
Check out my PAX schedule assistant for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e. Feel free to send me feedback or requests at any time!
I'm not sure if the creator of PAX Digital Assistant or GuideBook(looks like it's web only) will be updated for 2012. So I've decided to put an app together. I've been to PAX East since they started 3 years ago and have been doing Windows Phone dev in my spare time since the platform launched. Last year I found the data connections were bad at the convention and really wanted a locally stored copy of the schedule, and I blew through my data I bought when I crossed the border.
Long story short, I made the decision tonight so the apps not ready yet
If any of you are interested I have 2 apps in the Marketplace (both free). You can read about them and get the download links from my site (http://www.ironicname.ca/).
Again tonight was another good effort of getting things together. I thought I'd share a couple of screencaps, please keep in mind these are still very rough and I haven't begun working on the "pretty" yet. Finished getting the Panel Details page working, got some pin-able live tiles working, have some of the favoriting code in place and began laying out the main page of the app.
what device will this be for?
He mentioned it will be for WP7 in an earlier post.
Tried GroupMe a few times for work groups, and I can only say good things about it. Or rather, I shold say: the first time I unilaterally created a group and sent "this is a test, let me know if you're receiving this", the replies were all "wow, this is awesome". I was expecting "I hate you so much for getting me on this"
Looking forward to it!
PAX East '12 Team Totodile Gold - Professor
Looking sexy, @wildbohr .. nice job keeping things Metro.. if you need testers, let me know.
Tomorrow I am hoping to get the layout complete. Then I'll be working on finishing up the remaining functionality I want in place for v1.0. Then testing,testing,testing .. clean up those bugs. Release to marketplace is still looking good for Saturday. I am open to having testers, the requirement would be that you would need an unlocked phone to upload the app, I don't want to use the beta marketplace for this because it could stall getting it published.I have some ideas for additional updates before PAX, if possible, but this release I am focusing on what I think is the priority functionality for the app (Schedule and Favoriting) with some mango (7.5) flare.
The app details are here, for those who are interested - the page has a link to download it directly if viewed on a phone, and you can check out how it behaves with last year's PAX Prime schedule until the update arrives.
http://www.appsfuze.com/applications/windowsphone.planning/pax-digital-assistant,7995
Check out my PAX schedule assistant for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e. Feel free to send me feedback or requests at any time!
I know time is pressing, but idea for a feature: interactive floor map. You zoom into the map, press a theater on it, and it displays the schedule for that theater. Or, perhaps easier, if you access the schedule and press the theater name, it takes you to a map showing you where it is. One of my biggest problems is making sense where each theater is, as "First floor, at the end of the hall in room XYZ" says way more than "Manticore".
PAX East '12 Team Totodile Gold - Professor
If we're throwing features out there, being able to add friends who also have the app, and coordinate schedules would be awesome. sometimes people hit stuff that I miss because I didn't pay close enough attention. GPS tracking (optional) of where said friends are could also be cool (unless you're playing Assassin's ball
Easy for me to say, I'm not the one coding all this
@lucazzo - I love this idea an overlay of your current gps on the map would be awesome too, even though they tend to be off.
@vttym - I really like the social aspect, this would require an online service to manage. Could do something using Azure, but would be a full weeks work to get a first pass, dedicated time aka not after work coding
@traitorious - doable, and probably pretty quickly, probably best implemented using twitter lists in someway, I've got a fast way to put twitter feeds in the app. Would likely only need a list curated.
Report for tonight, I didn't end up doing layout/cleanup. Went to a local user group tonight and since I've got back I added in some more framework to help with the initial roll out when it gets published. Also did begin some polish on some sections of the app from a usability point of view. Current build is very close to what you would consider beta quality.
If I weren't already making a different WP app, I'd probably get in on this action too.
Source: I'm the CTO at Guidebook and a 3-time PAX attendee.
Awesome News man any ETA on it if i may ask?