Gloomy companion down
Is anyone else getting a 404 not found splash screen when trying to access gloomy companion? Does anyone have a suggestion for alternatives to it for monster deck management?
Posted Mar 15, 2018, 1:31 PM UTC
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Check out my Website: https://www.GloomhavenGuild.com
Does Health Tracking, Monster Abilities, Monster Modifier Deck, and Elements
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I really want to like your website but it is hard to use on mobile. Maybe I am not using it correctly or have not given it enough time to shine.
After playing with it a bit, it seems I just wasn’t using it correctly. Is there an app version so I don’t have to constantly be keeping my phone active?
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What issues were you running into? I would be more than glad to answer questions.
This website is much different than what you are used to if you are coming from Gloomy Companion. There are A LOT more features which can be overwhelming to newer users. I can answer any questions you might have.
It should work just fine on mobile devices. My group uses an Ipad on the table.
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It works fine on my NookHD+ running Android Nougat.
P.S. I don't know who downvoted you or why, but here's a +1 to offset that, and for your hard work on this tool.
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Thanks for the support :)
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Quick question, there's no solo player option. You could add solo and just copy the 2player and add 1 step up for monster level and trap damage level on scenario level
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Ahh that’s a good point I forgot solo rewards are different. I’ll look into getting this added in the next big update.
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On an iPhone everything is very close together and is a bit intimidating. Not so bad after you shut up and just learn it. If you are looking for ideas, it would be really cool if the website would reorder the monsters after a draw based on initiative.
Also, does your app use the monster modifier deck or is that separate? I am at work so apologies if it is obvious!
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Monsters should be in order after a draw. Initiative > elite > normal
Also you will notice they are put in order on the bottom bar for quick access. (Click on monster picture and it will auto scroll to that monster)
As for the modifier deck you just click on the monsters attack ability and it will automatically draw and do the addition for you.
You add bless and curse modifiers to a monster in the damage/condition screen.
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Hey man! Really appreciate all the work and updates you put into the site, my group just started using it and loves it. It takes up to an hour off our scenario time. I remember commenting on site functionality a while back and am happy to report it's much improved and it's a regular at the table.
One suggestion that did come up - do you have any plans to auto-calculate shield when adding monster damage? We've missed that a few times (e.g. if I attack for 4 on an enemy with shield 3 it still takes off 4... maybe that would be an issue with abilities with Pierce though?)
Just wondering any other updates/functionality coming down the pipeline?
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Thanks for the feedback.
I am working on 2 things currently for the site. One of them addresses your issue with shields.
The Damage/Condition Screen is getting reworked. I will be displaying relevant info like Shields, Poison, Retaliate, etc along with many other nice QOL improvements.
The other thing is a optional Loot-Box Variant that I will integrate into Monster Deaths.
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The last piece of functionality I would like to see is being able to "share" the game information between devices. This would make the tablet on the table be just a display, but all actions are done on a tablet/phone by a player in their seat. So that nasty bandit guard takes 4 damage I can enter the damage on my phone and have the display on the table updated. This is a lot more user friendly as our table is large enough that somebody has to get up to reach the display tablet.
I could see this being done by having a room ID the second and subsequent devices could log into. Or an invite being sent out through email.
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I actually had this feature early on. I can sync game state via websockets. Issue was I was adding a lot of features and constantly had to tweak this. This feature will absolutely be reimplemented at some point.
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Glad to hear that will be making a comeback. Thanks for working on this. Have a patreon for donations?
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Donation page will be added on the next major update since I keep getting requests for one.
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I quickly threw it up here for anyone that wants to use it while it's down and I'll remove it when the original goes back up: http://gloomy.getforge.io/
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This one doesn't work, some of the attack modifiers have no image
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Ah I didn’t actually notice because I never use that part of it, I just use it for the monster actions. I’ll see if I can fix it.
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I love Gloomy Companion, but I hate that it's a web-page only. We use my Android tablet at the game session, but play in a location without an internet connection. I wish they could package the site as an Android app. Anyone knows if they have any plan to do this?
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Are you speaking about this website?. I just tried to open it and it loaded just fine for me.
For an alternative, I can't really help, I'm not using any apps, but try to search on the subreddit, there are often discussions about those.
EDIT: Hm, I must have had some cached version, it is no longer working for me.
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its down for me. - just checked. 404
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Yeah that’s the one. I am happy that the site is still up for sure but it sucks that I can’t view it. :/
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Not up for me either, not something I'm using but if you want to raise the issue here might be the place to do it:
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There's also this one, from a post about a month ago by u/j13huang.
It will handle your whole party's attack modifier decks as well.
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it worked fine for me just now, i also use this: http://www.gloomhavendungeonmaster.com/#App but i dont think it shows attributes like shield?
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Seems to be down, I'm sure it will be temporary.
Try this til then:
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I've heard the real components are a pretty good alternative. I know it's a bit of a revolutionary idea but I'm using it and it works great!
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Yeah I guess if you have the time and space to waste with all of the fiddly bits. The actual components are definitely one of my least favorite parts of the game.
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Why play board games at all then? Why not video games?
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Better multiplayer, more abstracted and a focus on gameplay over graphics.
Edit: you can’t tell me that gloomhaven isn’t one of the most fiddly games that are this popular.
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I don't have enough comparison. I've been in this hobby for a little bit over a year now. I've always played a lot of PC games. I'm enjoying the physical components a lot.
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https://github.com/johreh/gloomycompanion
You can download it here and run it locally