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Glitch Neverending - a game companion for your browser! V0.3

Before you keep reading, please don't get your hopes too high, and think I made Game Neverending, but with Glitch. I didn't. D:

Welcome to Glitch Neverending! This is a little project, by myself, that's akin to Lemo's Glitch Companion, but set in the browser. It's ideally for tablets, since it can be sort of like your extra monitor into the game. You can do things such as quickly see what is on each street you're on, set your destination, go to your house quickly, and other stuff! I'm working on more stuff too, mainly heading towards making the map a bit more useful. We'll see how that goes. :)

So check it out! Click here, as we say in the web business.

Changelog:
V0.1 - initial release
V0.2 - http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/21587/#reply-227206
V0.3 - Now saves your authentication, so you don't have to allow every time you use it. It will clear, though, when you choose End Glitch Neverending from the menu, so you can delete your token too! YAY.

Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • what?
    Posted 7 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, Treesa, I'll try explaining it differently.

    Basically, this is sort of like an extension to the real game. It lets you see where you are relative to the world, see what things are on the street you're on, and lets you set your destination in-game without using the map. It just makes some simple things a lot faster, and improves your productivity on Glitch! woohoo
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I see.  i thought it was a way to set a destination from the ipad.   Is it an ipad app or something for the browser?  I'm not too smart about these things..

     How is it different from using swifter on the ipad?

       I've been here for a year but I still had to look up Lemo's Glitch Companion

    http://www.glitch.com/forum/general/15346/
    Posted 7 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is just a web page you open on your iPad. (it works on your computer too) There's a link in the post! :D That simple. And here it is again! dl.dropbox.com/u/19510731/G...
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mocha says: "This is just a web page you open on your iPad. (it works on your computer too) There's a link in the post! :D That simple. "

    Reading the thread now...might try Glitch Companion first.

    Did you just put that link in the post?  I'm sure I would have noticed it if it had been there before.

    Anyway after I try out Glitch Companion I'll look into this.  Just a web page you open on your ipad in safari?  Got it.
    Posted 7 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice, I won't have to work on a browser based companion then :p
    If you like to pick the coordinates for some map magic, my last version is here
    Keeping an eye on this ;)
    Posted 7 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Lemo! I'm trying to work on map logic, but since the framework I'm using auto-resizes the image so that it always fits perfectly, coordinates don't work, since everyone will be at a different size xD trying to work around it though
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oooh mocha, this is spiffy and fun! Bookmarking this on my iPad! XD
    Posted 7 months ago by Abby Cadabra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the feedback everyone! Great to know I made something some people like. :D

    Anyways, I've updated it a tad, with some new features. First off, it now will automatically update itself when you change streets, which was really quite needed. No more hitting refresh! Next, there's now a menu, which doesn't have much for now, but it does let you quickly jump to your house. There were also various bug fixes around, and now you can end Glitch Neverending, from the menu! Make sure to try that, especially if you played Game Neverending. (I never did. D: thank goodness for GNE museum)
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pretty sure you're gonna get the same issue as homes in the seam streets, hell and party pack spaces, so I guess you need something more general than "in house" ;)
    Same for the subway stations, but you could link those to their respective streets.

    What you could do is to remember each player, so they don't have to authenticate each time, and open directly the main page.

    Also, I think people with a tablet or willing to play with one aren't such a crowd, and IMO you should start to make it work as a sidebar as we discussed, so everyone may access it.
    And it's probably better to do it from the beginning before getting all those features :]
    Content seems to resize pretty well already
    Posted 7 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It actually only puts in-house if the title of the street does a regex match of house or home. Other streets just won't put anything. Some streets don't even return location in the fullInfo, which is sort of annoying. :P

    It would be better on the side, yeah, and it is pretty resize ready! This was sort of a prototype of the idea you have, I just wanted to use the game neverending style, since it looks sort of cool. xD I really want to do some map stuff, but alas, I'd need to get proper hosting, since I'd want to do it with PHP. (my whole idea is that it passes the location to a php page, which then will dynamically plunk on a you are here marker on a map, and then return that image. All very possible, just need a server. xD)

    EDIT: Just made it so it remembers the user. Thanks for the idea! :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have a question: Since the site only asks read permission (and not change permission), how does it do things like set destination and other things that affect the character? Just wondering as I haven't tried it. It doesn't seem to work on my computer.
    Posted 7 months ago by Fernstream Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Works great in Chrome on Mac using two monitors. Now I can be even more distracted! :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Cuku the Wanderer ☭ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Fernstream - it's a weird workaround that I found, that basically does what the Glitch encyclopedia pages do to set a location. It's not actually part of the official API. (I really wish it was though, since the workaround isn't pretty) If you (or anyone) is technically inclined, I'd be happy to share the source code for it. Also, what browser/OS are you on? I've mainly tested on Firefox for Windows, along with Chrome, so those *should* work well. It may also be some regression I accidentally introduced. :P

    Cuku - Yeah!! I love using it on my other monitor too. :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm in Internet Explorer 9. (I know, I know, IE sucks. works for me most of the time, though, so I live with it.)
    Posted 7 months ago by Fernstream Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ahhhh. Darn. I'm going to see if I can get it to work on IE9, but no promises at this point. This was designed ideally in mind for a tablet first, which doesn't use IE. Hopefully I can make it work though!

    Though... really, if you can, try Firefox or Chrome. You won't regret it. ;D
    Posted 7 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bump! new features ;) ?
    Posted 6 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Does this actually do anything that glitchremote.com doesn't do?
    Posted 6 months ago by Mr. Max Subscriber! | Permalink
  • doesn't matter Mr Max. choice is the name of the game in computing.
    Posted 6 months ago by Woochi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mocha, I'd suggest a re-wording of this text

    "This web app is optimized for your tablet"

    to something more in line with 

    "This web app is optimized for tablet computers"

    After all, we're not all on tablets and not all tablets have the same screen footprint.
    Posted 6 months ago by Woochi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is old now, kiddies! It does do pretty much anything Glitch Remote can, and Glitch Remote can do more. I did this just for fun. It's not going to be getting any updates any time soon. 
    Posted 6 months ago by Mocha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • damn, I'm really gonna have to work on Glitch companion mobile then :p
    Posted 6 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink