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Anyone want a Glitch app?

I'm thinking about making a Glitch app, using the api (like the other tools we've seen so far.)
Anyone have ideas of tools they'd like to see, that don't exist yet?

Posted 20 months ago by Lord Tweedmouth Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Oohh. How about an app that tells you which badges you have yet to achieve? For the completionists among us?
    Posted 20 months ago by MaryLiLamb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mary thats an amazing idea
    Posted 20 months ago by Justos Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I also would like to see what Mary suggested.
    Posted 20 months ago by Shwan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like to see what I have left on my floor and inside my cupboards :)
    Posted 20 months ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd like to see the energy value of foods and how much energy it takes to grow or concoct it.
    Posted 20 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you are a member of the Glitch Strategy Group you are probably interested in this post
    beta.glitch.com/groups/RIFM...
    Posted 20 months ago by Mina Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Regarding badges/achievements, there's already something that does that :) Scroll down to striatic's post: http://beta.glitch.com/forum/ideas/1448/

    I like Riverwalker's idea!
    Posted 20 months ago by leah Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Riverwalker, I've wanted that also. Leah, it looks like that only for Chrome and Firefox, is that right?
    Posted 20 months ago by MaryLiLamb Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I really like the inventory idea of what you have in your pack, house floor, cupboard etc
    Posted 20 months ago by Bella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Bella - see www.dopiaza.org/glitch/
    Posted 20 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A web app based around the skills tree would be a nice addition. I don't think I've seen one of those yet.
    Posted 20 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • An app that allows us to organize our bags while the game it down :D
    Posted 20 months ago by RM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For sheer entertainment an app where we could nibble piggies and squeeze chickens would be nice during downtime...
    Posted 20 months ago by Spayem Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm...I think that most of those things are not yet possible with the given API, but it gives me an idea of what's needed.  Thanks, and keep the ideas coming...
    Posted 20 months ago by Lord Tweedmouth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would go with what Rascalmom said - but then again downtime should be getting less, as we move forward so we should need that less (hopefully). 
    Posted 20 months ago by riscy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmm... this one might not be possible until more info comes out, but I'd like an app that calculates how long a user defined set of skills would take to learn while taking into account the modifying effects of increased # of skills learned as well as the moderating effects of the different levels of better learning skills.  My brain's still having a hard time trying to figure things out manually, so having something do it for me would be fab.  :)
    Posted 20 months ago by Marebito Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A GPS map with directions, like a list of how to get from one place to another.

    Closest vender selling a pack it bag
    Posted 20 months ago by Christian Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Christian there's already a GPS map.

    Look up where you want to go on the map, using the search box. 
    Click on the street name from the list
    On the map, click on that street, and select "Set As Destination"
    This shows you a yellow line from where you are to that street
    Click on the black arrow in the white circle that shows you what the next street is.

    You'll be taken automagically along the route shown
    Posted 20 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How about a way to check our favor with all the giants at once?

    Preference would be the amount out of 1000... but I suppose being able to see where we are by consolidating a view of the leaderboards could be sufficient. The total favor/1000 is not a correct number, as favor is spent on learning, perhaps it requires you to earn you next emblem for a giant to trigger the 'start value'.
    Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A few more good ideas, but so far, I haven't seen (or thought of) anything useful that hasn't been done yet, though this will likely change as the API and game expand.

    Let's see...I should probably do an overview for people of what's possible now, what may be possible in the future, and what will likely not be possible ever.

    What's possible now:
    - Anything using info available via the API, which at the moment includes the following bits of info/functionalities:
    Players: player name, if the player is online, when the player was last online, details about their avatar, player's level, player's XP, player's XP needed till the next level, player's currants, player's energy, player's max energy, player's mood, player's max mood, latest skill learned, latest achievement earned, player's location, player's house info (i.e. address), if the player is your friend, player's last update.
    Inventory: see your full inventory
    Auctions: see available auctions, create an auction
    Skills: learn a skill, list all skills, list available skills, list learned skills, list learning skills

    That's it.  As you can see, the vast majority of this list is just  information, not manipulation.  There are only 2 things we can manipulate - creating auctions, and learning skills

    - We can also, with moderate success, scrape the information off of any site we can visit, which is how the location checker and achievement checker were made - they combined the info from two sites.  But making a favor checker, for instance (good idea, Trav!) would require scraping the info from each page of the leaderboards of each giant, until you found your account...rather inefficient, though maybe possible.

    2) What may be available in the future: who knows?  Probably lots of stuff.
    3) What will likely not be possible ever: things that happen only in-game, like petting, nibbling, and moving around.  The API doesn't interact with the flash game itself at all.


    So...I'll keep thinking, and I'll keep checking for API updates.  But in the meantime, I have no ideas that can work yet.
    Posted 20 months ago by Lord Tweedmouth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How about what level someone is just by putting the cursor over avatar?  When trying to find level 5 or less to gift to, by the time I click on the avatar, go to info, they have usually sped off somewhere else :(
    Posted 20 months ago by riscy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • (@riscy play them a music box it keeps them still enough to give you time to check and boosts them at the same time)
    Posted 20 months ago by Araldia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @riscy - like I said, there isn't, and probably won't be, any way to add functionality to stuff that's in-game.
    Posted 20 months ago by Lord Tweedmouth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Travinara - I made the favor checker, as a Greasemonkey script:
    http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/102160.user.js

    But as you said, it's not super-useful, as it doesn't tell you ow much favor you have to spend.  And there's no way at the moment to log "used" favor.
    Posted 20 months ago by Lord Tweedmouth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @lord Tweedmouth, sorry - missed that
    Posted 20 months ago by riscy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yeah totally. also, maybe a chrome web app?
    Posted 20 months ago by Lionshead Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Lord.... I can work with it : ) Just means a little math on my side, but definitely useful!
    Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like RM I would love to organize our bags while the game is down.
    Posted 20 months ago by Gruff McGruff Subscriber! | Permalink
  • An app about how many currants we need to afford a particular real estate; tied in with how many items we have to collect based on average auction currant value would be nice.

    Example: I have to sell 300 shiny rocks to buy a house at paasha's place.


    I would really like to see the app about the badges, and the unvisited places too.
    Posted 20 months ago by gia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like Mary's suggestion best :)
    Posted 20 months ago by Piratice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Tweedsmouth for the favor plugin!
    Posted 20 months ago by Catari Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mary's suggestion has already been implemented: http://beta.glitch.com/forum/general/3040/
    Posted 20 months ago by Lord Tweedmouth Subscriber! | Permalink