linmukai

I've been trying to justify 100 bucks for an Apple pencil for my new 9.7" iPad Pro. Thank you for helping me.

Thank you both for your replies. I am going to start with the new versions on my iPad. For everything else, I've found an awesome solution you may be familiar with called Splashtop Personal to remote into either Windows or OS X as desired. You can read more about it here if interested: http://www.splashtop.com/personal For personal use, it's only 5 bucks on the app store for iPad. The software needed for the Windows or OS X side of things is free from their site. It's gotten a lot of positive user feedback, is kept up to date and reviews on the web for it are positive as well. I'm looking forward to fooling with it soon to see how well it works but it should be great for this stuff and more. It's not the only game in town of course but this product looked very good to me so I bought it just now for a variety of purposes I can think of. Very cool stuff! Amazing. Once again, there's an app for that!

My concern there is the great likelihood that Apple will move to all 64 bit apps with iOS in the not so distant future, permanently breaking the likes of Avernum 6 before I could ever get to it. As it is, I think everything preceding Crystal Souls will no longer be possible to play in iOS when that happens. Jeff's blog touches on this eventuality briefly in the article he wrote about coming back to iPad development I believe it was. I read his plan upon learning this is going to happen whenever it becomes apparent from Apple that it is going to will be to remove all the older 32 bit Spiderweb games and that'll be the end of that on iOS. This was what made me think about playing Avernum 6 first but I understand that if the storyline is connected between the games in the series that maybe I should just follow the above advice and if I get to play it on iOS great, if not I guess I'll have to go with doing so on a desktop if I still have one. I probably will as I'm considering something like the Alienware Alpha strictly for Windows gaming and the iPad for everyday computing and whatever gaming I can enjoy there. Whether or not I miss OS X for some reason to want to add a Mac Mini into that picture I don't know but it really isn't relevant to the discussion at hand I guess. I should have the option to play anything I want on the desktop going forward and certainly Windows is the best bet for long term software compatibility given history versus Apple. I love Apple stuff but my greatest criticism of them is a failure to put effort into preserving consumer investments in software by working to maintain compatibility for longer periods of time. Sorry to be long winded but that was essentially what brought the question up at all. Otherwise, I'd just default to playing any series in order as a rule including this one.

I probably should have searched before posting this. Sorry! Then again, maybe my situation is unique enough that I can get away with this... I've been meaning to play the Spiderweb games for ages. It's a long story but some time ago I decided to put it off longer still once I knew some were coming out on iOS for iPad as I wanted one. Well, I got my dream iPad in the form of new 9.7" iPad Pro the other day and hit the app store of course checking out all sorts of stuff not the least of which was games and Spiderweb games. I was surprised to find Avernum 6 there. Here's my quandary, not having played anything yet and knowing Avernum is a series of six games I am wondering where I ought to begin. Since the two newest ones are remakes and then there is Avernum 6 on the app store and meantime I could play 4 and 5 or even all the oldest ones on my iMac I am a wee bit confused about what the heck to do here. The other issue of course is simply time. I am disabled and at home by myself a lot so I have a lot of time but even I only have so much time. After all, for as much as I love gaming I do try to do other stuff too. So, I was thinking well, maybe I should for fun play Avernum 6 first. Then I could play the fancier new releases not to mention the Avadon games. I could always go back and play whatever else if the creek don't rise and the Good Lord's willing, you know? I guess the question kind of comes down to storyline across the games. I haven't a clue about that of course. Can I get away with playing these out of sequence, say playing Avernum 6, then the two remakes and we'll see after that. I'd probably want to play the Avadon games next and by then I imagine another may be out. If not, I won't even get into the other stuff I want to get around to playing. I poked around here a bit and read rumors of the Geneforge series possibly seeing remakes down the road too. I hope so. Since I am so late to the party anyway, maybe it will pay off with fancy new ones. Any advice here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I am here visiting as I just got my first iPad, the 9.7" iPad Pro which I am so excited about. I knew Spiderweb games were being released for iOS for some time and decided not to play them until I got my iPad which wound up being a long wait. I am 57 and disabled. I can relate to growing older certainly and the impact illnesses can have on us. I was a senior software engineer before my world was turned upside down by illness. I'm not here to complain about any of that certainly. I just mention it as this post and the linked article I read in some ways even though about a very different situation still resonated with me. So, I just wanted to offer some encouragement Jeff and also a lot of praise for what it took to come back and do the work that you did to make this happen. I want you to know I am grateful that you did this as I am so looking forward to enjoying your games on my new toy. I really am. I love this kind of stuff and have been meaning to get into your games for a long time now. It's going to be nice to have some good games to play on iOS. I don't think much of a lot of what is available but there is a growing number of decent titles and I count your games as among them. I'm sure I will enjoy them. I'd actually come here tonight to ask about where to begin given the remakes of Avernum but the presence of Avernum 6 on the app store, whether I should play the earlier ones or what order or what. I'll go ask about that elsewhere after this. It would be nice to play them in sequence but I am thinking I should play Avernum 6 while the getting is good not to mention the others that are 32 bit before Apple goes and pulls out the rug yet again. It's a strange thing to arrive so late to the party and want to play them all (I mean all of them not on iOS as well) but on the other hand, I do wonder about the stuff I'd like to do versus how much longer I might be here, you know? Yeah, you think about that even more at 57 but don't worry, not too much more. I try keep myself busy so I am not doing stuff like that. I am very glad things worked out, that you worked them out so that your games will continue to be available for the iPad which is where I'd most like to play them given the choice. I can tell you that I will certainly be among the people buying and playing them. Thank you so much for making this possible. I hope you are feeling well these days and enjoying working on the latest and greatest.