Board Game Arena

I hope you make android version better later on. For me its unplayable.

Jaffai wrote:I hope you make android version better later on. For me its unplayable.

... we will! But for that we need you to be more specific

The new interface looks great, but ever since the update the site has been utterly unplayable on my mobile (iPhone 6 running iOS 9 using both Chrome and Safari) because the games take upwards of 5 minutes to load. The graphics all load within the first few seconds, and the rest of the time seems to be spent waiting for the turn history to load up -- the longer a game has been going, the slower it loads. Additionally, once the game finally loads, it gets stuck on "Move recorded, waiting for response" as soon as I make a move, forcing me to reload the page and therefore wait through the entire load time again.

Since the update games have also been slow to load on desktop, but not as terribly slow as on mobile.

What new interface are people are going on about? I'm not getting anything new... (But I do only play turn-based)

Main problem with playing on a touch screen is the lack of mouse-over. This makes it impossible in Puerto Rico, for example, to check what each building is (increasing the size is no help as the pictures are too blurry to read - and in French).

Thank you for this amazing work!
It works great for me (iPhone 6+ and safari).

My only question would be about mouse over too. It's very practical for games like seasons.

Thank you!!!

Hi,

About performances : the overall peformances of BGA is good, but the audience is growing fast and we are constantly working on this subject. We didn't address the specific "performances on mobile" subject yet, but we will.

About mouse over : our new policy is that no game action on BGA should require mouseover. If it is the case, please report a bug. However, there is still an issue for tooltips. Tooltips can be displayed with the following:
_ Android devices : long press displays tooltips.
_ iOS devices : (very) short press displays tooltips.

Can't see any of the cards on Seasons when on my phone. The card title is crystal clear, but the card description is a complete blur, even when I pinch zoom. How can I make the text legible?

- Searfino

I used to be able to play using my droid, but it is no longer possible with this update. I have tried using two different droid phones both using a chrome browser.

The games initially load with an empty game board and the opponents listed. The game the partially updates, listing clickable turn options at the top of their screen with a game board that is not fully updated. All opponents and their stats also dissaper and I am unable to complete my move by clicking on any of my turn options. My screen then freezes and I have to close the browser tab.

This issue is not specific to any particular game, it has happened with multiple different games.

Pass-And-Play and offline mode would be nice features.

My internet connections are usually slow when I want to use my device (on the train or on a plane). A pass and play mode/offline mode that works with my phone or tablet would be a great addition.

Otherwise, keep up the good work, SUPER appreciate all the new functionality.

Everything is too big even with my hd android screen. You can only see 2 players at time at table and need to constantly scroll. You cannot see players around table anymore or same game tables in the same tab. Would be nice to see players who are in realtime games, in tables and lobby in same box.

You cannot see the keyboard,chat and table at the same time, which makes chatting slow and annoying.

Just few things I think should be reworked.