I am a user interface designer myself. 22 years of itnice to hear from you.
I am a user interface designer myself. 22 years of itnice to hear from you.
I think my only frustration is having to keep my phone plugged in all the time because the battery can't handle the awesomeness that is SW. I blame Apple. They should have thought when they invented the Iphone 3S, you know one day after we invent the Iphone 4 and 4S and an IPAD someone might invent a SW app. We should really put a bigger battery on our devices. Especially for the poor saps who are too cheap to upgrade. Seriously though, I'm glad it runs. Having so much fun.
I honestly have no problem with having to zoom in on the cards. You can tell pretty easily which cards are which by the art after a game or two with a faction. It's just something you have to deal with. If it weren't for Playdek we wouldn't have an app at all.
Overall, the game could use a bit of polish on the iPhone.
Having played the physical game a number of times, I'm familiar enough with the gameplay, and can deal with the sizing / ui issues. However, the thing preventing me from going for a full purchase on the iPhone is how long it takes to pull up a full card's information. It shouldn't take a few seconds to play the animation in order to bring up a full-sized version of the card. (this is with game speed & animation set to fast on an iPhone 4s) If that animation is removed / sped up to Ascension speeds, it would make the game MUCH more playable, and allow for folks who don't have the card abilities memorized to still play the game smoothly.