Discworld app

[Who's Wee Dug]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvWRi1BS ... r_embedded

 

[FredK]

Anyone have any inside info on whether there will be an Android version of this app in the future?

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Here is the full Guardian blog.

http://gu.com/p/3byj3/em

 

[Bouncy Castle]

From Twitter - 9th November 2012.

Terry Pratchett ‏@terryandrob

You want more Discworld App news...?? Watch this space - http://www.discworldapp.com

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Transworld and Cunning Artificer have faceplook pages for news and competitions, but I have no intention of signing or getting an Ipad for an app, if it comes out for android fair enough but I won't hold my breath waiting. :violin:

 

[TwoShotTino]

Didn't he actually announce this at the Con? Or is that my imagination running wild?

 

[Dotsie]

Yes he did! But no indication as when it would be finished.

 

[Jason]

I have it on good authority it will be available to purchase from Monday 11th February. It will only be available for the iPad.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

This on twitter: Terry Pratchett ‏@terryandrob
We’re getting very excited about the forthcoming Discworld App - http://www.discworldapp.com - not long to wait!

But faceborg is a step too far for me.

 

[Tonyblack]

Do we have any details of what the app will actually do?

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I think it's all a bit hush hush Tony, anyone who knows anything is keeping stumm.

 

[Tonyblack]

Here are some details that were posted on Facebook earlier. You don't have to be a member to access this link.

Looks interesting.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

What I would like to know is when it's coming out in other mediums so we can all enjoy it.

 

[Tonyblack]

* Two beautiful hand-drawn maps of Ankh-Morpork - a living, breathing animated map with over 1,500 residents wandering the streets and a detailed street map.
* Information on over 2,000 businesses, services and landmarks, with illustrations and quotes from the Discworld novels.
* A newly created dynamic panning soundscape that matches the atmosphere of a city at work.
* Animated Discworld characters to discover as they walk the city’s streets.
* A fully searchable city directory and street index
* Guided walking tours of famous landmarks, narrated by Blackadder’s Helen Atkinson-Wood.
* Achievement tracking in Game Center which can be shared through social media.
* Features all the text from the book The Compleat Ankh-Morpork plus exclusive new illustrations, animations, audio and video.

Liberally sprinkled with some Terry Pratchett magic!

Soooo . . .

Assuming you've got an iPad and assuming you've got the app - who are you looking forward to meeting in the streets of A-M? And where would you explore?


I wonder if they have the Whore Pits? :think:

 

[Jason]

What I would like to know is when it's coming out in other mediums so we can all enjoy it.

From what was said on Facebook it doesn't look like other platforms have been considered. I think there was almost 6000 comments asking for it on other platforms.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Very slack. I can't imagine why they wouldn't think of other platforms.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Probably Nobby's fault, would'nt happened if Ponder had been doing it.

Or maybe they're trying to tempt you to the dark side it is mmmnnn!!

 

[Jason]

The shame of it is that it looks like it might be a really nice looking app. The screen shots that Transworld have been showing on the facebook page look really nice and I would really like to play with it but there is no way I am going to purchase an iPad. Now, you have to understand, if somebody gave me an iPad I wouldn't throw it away - but I certainly wouldn't pay for one.

 

[Jason]

So, if you could visit Ankh - Morpork

- Which characters would you hope to find?
- Which streets would you like to explore?

I had fun with the Compleat Ankh-Morpork working out routes around the city. I wonder if the app will have the equivalent of googlemaps and allow you to plan routes. That would be cool!

 

[=Tamar]

So, if you could visit Ankh - Morpork

- Which characters would you hope to find?
- Which streets would you like to explore?

The Street of Cunning Artificers! I'm sure I'd finding something I hadn't even imagined.