[Kingdom] WebGame - Looking for testers...

[PaulHutson]

Hello hello,

Over the past couple of weeks I've been using my (somewhat limited) free time to make a iPhone (and iPod Touch) game (although it works on a wide range of mobile devices, as well as the net) - I say mobile based game, but really "small screen compliant" would be more accurate...

... annnnnyyywaaay. The game is a (completely free) browser based game that creates a kingdom when a person register's.. then places them in a world with all the other people playing the game... you can then build on your land, spy on people, go to war, join and create alliances, send out diplomats, train warriors, sell and buy at market, etc etc.

What I'm looking for is more testers to help out with stress testing the game - so if any of you have a moment or two and would be willing to spare some time, the game is available at:

http://www.kingdomgame.net

If you have any questions, either post them here, on the forums at kingdomgame.net or send a message to "system" in the game.

Be aware the game is in Alpha at the moment (moving to beta on Sunday) so there are a few bugs still there...

Hope to see you there,
Paul Hutson

[The Maestro]

i like this concept kinda like a sims or animal crossing with a twist

i will test this and give feedback

[The Maestro]

i realize its far from done you should allow for a design of character and actuall game play

[PaulHutson]

First up, thanks for having a look!

The game is supposed to be a text based, persistent game - not graphical (my graphical game will be along in about a month... ;))

If you have any other questions/comments/idea, please let me know.

Cheers,
Paul

[PaulHutson]

For those who may be interested: The game is back up and running now, after the DB connection problems of the weekend.

[JustC]

Just registered, and it reminds me of the time I was playing Utopia.
looking for a lot more :)

[neonkoala]

Impressive, perhaps you could use some form of browser detection and scale the screen appropriately. As I'm sure quite a few people will login from their desktops from time to time. Good luck with it!.

[sam]

I love these kind of games, hackint0sh kingdom is coming ;)

[mitchellmoxo]

this is a very kool web application, can i have the code and maybe me and some friends may be able to make it into a native application for the iphone or ipod touch, of course your name will be in it, etc...

thanks
mitch

[PaulHutson]

Thanks to all for having a look! Much appreciated.

@neonkoala : I'm planning that, just getting everything sorted to work on the iPhone/Touch first.. then will put in a couple of different style sheet options (depending on screen resolution sizes) for those who want to play on machines with larger screens :)

@sam & Max on Tour : Saw you in the Kingdom list... perhaps you chaps here could make a Hakint0sh Alliance (to test out the Alliance code a bit more :D)

@mitchellmoxo : I'm afraid for the time being I'm going to have to say no. For one, giving out the code now would expose a lot of my badly coded pages :P Seriously though, in the future, perhaps, once I've got all of the current version up and running as it should be! On another note, I might be able to make a number of webservices so that a native application could interact with the current back end code if that would interest you?

Regards,
Paul

[jashsayani]

First up, thanks for having a look!

The game is supposed to be a text based, persistent game - not graphical (my graphical game will be along in about a month... ;))

If you have any other questions/comments/idea, please let me know.

Cheers,
Paul

I dont mind. I am ready for testing...

[PaulHutson]

Thanks very much, it's really appreciated! :)

[PaulHutson]

Here are four screenies to have a gander at..:

Here's the login screen..
http://kingdomgame.net/HelpAndAbout/SS/LoginSS.jpg

This is the overview screen, giving you a bit of information about your kingdom, there is a more detailed overview (which you can see the link for..)
http://kingdomgame.net/HelpAndAbout/SS/OverviewSS.jpg

This one shows the top half of the rankings screen, with whose at the top and how many points they have.. there are just under 250 kingdoms in game now:
http://kingdomgame.net/HelpAndAbout/SS/RankingsSS.jpg

The Alliances Screen, where you can control your alliance.. this one shows the TRT alliance:
http://kingdomgame.net/HelpAndAbout/SS/AllianceSS.jpg

There are loads of other things I could have "screen shot'ed" - spying on kingdoms, "holy effects" - where you can give yourself enhancements, or hurt your enemies - attacking, diplomacy, etc etc...