KerbalBuddy Android App

[Mazen]

Hey there,

since I’m an active KSP player who’s tired of having 3-4 Tabs opened to play the game (Checklists, Delta-V, other Information) and member of an app development team, I came up with the idea to put everything I want and need into one app.

And because I’m just starting this project, I thought it would be the best to involve you in the making process. So in the end we’ll get an app which hopefully meets everyones needs.

So I want you guys to actively give me feedback and suggestions during the process of making this app. This might take a while since I’m also studying and working elsewhere, so hang in.

So how do I want to do this?

Probably the wrong question here, how do we want to do this would be more fitting.

First of all we have to think about an idea on how to involve you. Easiest and fastest way would obviously be via the forums, with images and text describing my problem, or you describing your ideas. Which, as it is, is a a good thing.

But besides this I thought about releasing the app step by step, a new version whenever a milestone is reached.

What are possible milestones?

First of all a list of features I think would be quite handy:

• Delta-V Planner (of course)
  
• Preflight-Checklist – So you won’t forget anything during your building-phase
  
• Science-Checklist – To keep track of what you already achieved and what not
  
• Mission-Planner – A combination of the above.
  
  • The modules above should be easily accessible to quickly make a calculation or check if you didn’t forget anything on your ship.
    
  • The missionplanner will allow you to combine several checklists/plans to one mission, so it’s nicely organized.

  [*]Having multiple game-saves. – So if you have multiple games running parallel in your game, you won’t mix up missions from different games.

  [*]Be able to import your current game (especially science-info) (Not sure whether this is realizable at all)

  [*]Obtain information about planets etc

These are possible milestones, after each I could release a version of the app in the playstore for you to test.

Good news are: The app will of course be free, there are no costs, in-app purchases or anything. BUT, since I’m working for a development team which wants to make at least some money, I will need to integrate some banners here and there.

So let me know what you think of this:

Since there are dozens of mods, do you need an app at all? Is it worth the effort?

Do you want to actively help me make this app?

I'm curious what's your opinion, but so long, have a nice weekend

Mazen

[Mazen]

Not exactly the response I was hoping for. To show you that I'm totally serious about this, and willing to do this, I'll give you an early preview on what I'm working at right now.

The last days I was thinking about how to implement the preflight checklist. I want to have it fully customizable, which means you can add/remove groups and items within groups as you wish.

And as of now it looks like this:

Groups should be collapsable to hide the items within it. The Checkbox in the group-header will (un)check all items within the group.