Illyriad App for Android/Apple markets

Illyriad is a very intriguing game, and it is no wonder that the number of Illy players have been increasing steadily. More players equals more action, more trade and more fun. Therefore, I feel that by expanding to other consumer markets, Illyriad would benefit from increased popularity, and therefore develop into a much bigger game. One of the best ways to do this would be by developing a mobile application for the Android/Apple app stores.

The mobile app markets have been proven to be excellent ways for game developers to increase publicity for their games. A good example of this would be the Age of Empire application on the Android market. While similar to Illyriad as a city builder game, it is much more simplistic and not nearly as fun as Illyriad. The market consists of 4 basic resources, and you can only have one city with limited buildings. In addition, the developers’ use of english is rather poor, resulting in broken sentences that players have trouble understanding. Yet, in spite of all these flaws, the game is very popular, having been installed between 5 – 10 million times. This is undeniable proof of the mobile app markets ability to increase game popularity.

A secondary reason for the development of an Illyriad application would be the smooth gameplay on mobile devices. Being a browser game that does not require tons of techincal horsepower, the game can be run on mobile devices such as tablets or smartphones. I myself use Illyriad occasionally on my mobile phone. However, one problem with this is the fact that there are numerous glitches or dysfunctional capabilites. This is largely due to the fact that mobile browsers not entirely compatible with Illyriad, therefore resulting in problems such as the inability to send mails, scroll through the hub markets or send resources. The development of a specialized app would fix all these problems easily, as well as allowing more efficient use of the game.

In conclusion, the development of an Illyriad app for the mobile app market would be very beneficial to all parties involved.

PS. In case this is too long winded, basically an Illyriad app would be good because it would make Illyriad a more popular and fun game.

Edited by Mayflower - 03 Feb 2013 at 08:39

That is indeed true, thus the same problems occur even if you use different browsers. However, by creating a direct game engine, the Illyriad app would be able to bypass browser limitations.

I have played Illy on both my Android phone and my Nexus 7. Playing on the phone is quite tedious but playing on the tablet is not so bad for the most part.

BetaMatt, your description matches my experience on the iPad. The latest iOS update, which I got last week has cleared up a couple of the more annoying issues, not being able to use the building queue to full effect and the Commander Skills leveling glitch. The map seems a bit smoother in its use as well, so that is a plus. All in all a couple of steps in the right direction.

Not being able to zoom the chat is not really an issue on a tablet. On a phone, there is a way to do it, but it is cumbersome.

I also have problems with the dolphin browser.