torn application

With as popular as this game is! Why isn't there an official application?

Staff have no time to develop?
Even if they did, that app is available on either Android or iOS
(there's already one for OS X and Windows called CityWatch)
They could rope in some other players to help.
But they're too busy with fixing bugs, etc.

What are you trying to imply?
Mobile version of CityWatch?

they are making a mobile version of city watch for andriod

Just Android?

http://www.torn.com/forums.php#!p=threads&f=65&t=15963791&b=0&a=0

tl;dr
they're working on an app that's a cross between a glorified browser and a mobile version of citywatch. for Android and iOS. i imagine he only mentioned Android because Ched just recently mentioned testing the latest version of the Android app.

- Oh, the android application is coming along. I've tested the second iteration - while full of bugs it shows a lot of potential. I can see it becoming an incredibly useful tool for every-day Torners.



Thanks.

Last edited by Chedburnon 15:58:21 - 26/05/16

Xamarin ...

A game as popular as this? You do realise that in the World Wide Web 17,000 daily users is minuscule.

Don't get me wrong Torn is huge, but only for its player base. The whole "worlds largest text based multiplayer" is just marketing.

And I am assuming you mean an app version of the game, and as Ched has said in the past that will never happen, the cost is just too immense.

Didn't he say in the last newsletter they were going to build one?! [:confused:]

Pretty sure they are not creating the whole game on an app just a dedicated browser.

Right, it will look and feel like one though?

"The Torn application will sit on your home screen, by tapping it, you'll instantly be logged in to Torn on the built-in browser optimised for the site. In a settings menu, you'll be able to set notifications (using our new API system) for messages / events / energy / destination arrivals e.t.c. just like our City Watch desktop application."

It will probably have a unique look but I doubt it will be that much different to the site, as it says it's only real purpose is to optimise the site and provide the mobile generation with quick and easy access to the game.

Personally I do not understand the point, it only takes me a few seconds, well about 20 now I use an alpha-numerical code to unlock my iPad to get onto Torn and then another minute or so to log in and train and do crimes.

I do hope the app does have some unique functionality, maybe something cool to do while travelling that way I can take a dump and not just scroll through the forums.

Edit: I may have been a little confused to begin with, if you mean "look and feel like one" yes, it will be downloadable and have its own pretty little icon and hopefully updated more than City Watch.

Screenshot from the last newsletter:

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That'll be a yes then.

try reading the announcements forum

I guess, since Ched has stated that the app will be just a glorified browser, the look will probably be very similar to mobile version of torn.com.

While you are correct that it only takes a few seconds to log in to torn through a browser, i think the real benefit of such an app would be receiving city watch style notifications on your mobile as your pc may be off sometimes or you might be travelling irl.