When will we get cloud saves for android, and wtf is "play games"?

[Nvidiaguy07]

I was finally going to give an older final fantasy a shot, but then I realized I was probably going to end up losing my saves or something along those lines when switching devices.

my first problem is I'm debating which device to play them on since I also have a tablet now. I know saves won't be available on both, so even if I'm home and want to play on the tablet, I'll be stuck on my phone. I already had that problem when I bought the tablet, I wanted to continue my progress in "plague inc" but I had to start all over. (I'd also like to point out I'm not a huge fan of restoring apps from titanium backup)

I thought "play games" was supposed to add these features in. I was hoping for cloud saves, leaderboards, friends, etc. I installed it on all my devices and I don't see it doing much of anything.

Will Google ever address this issue, or will this just always be the way it is. I know Google has a history of half-assing a lot of promising programs (Google voice).

Is there a workaround that anyone can think of? A while ago, I had my own cloud saves set up using Dropbox and dropsync, but this was just watching folders and scanning for changes when I was using emulators. I don't think this would be possible with android apps would it?

Lemme know if anyone has a solution.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I know you mentioned you don't like TB, but what's wrong with that solution? I agree its clunky, but until we get an actually elegant cloud method, that's probably your best bet.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

I know you mentioned you don't like TB, but what's wrong with that solution? I agree its clunky, but until we get an actually elegant cloud method, that's probably your best bet.

As someone who changes devices a lot, and who tries out different roms from time to time, I like to eliminate possible problems i run into by not restoring from tib. Especially going from tablet to phone makes me think that theres even more potential for problems to arise. not to mention, my nexus 7 is completely stock, and I dont mind keeping it that way. I would have to root just to use Tib.

Even if there was no possible way of screwing files or anything like that up when using tib, its still a horrible solution. If google wants us to use multiple devices, then I should be able to play games on BOTH. I cant imagine having to backup (in tib), sync to cloud, and restore across two devices everytime I just want to go from playing on my phone to playing on my tablet. Fucking sucks. I want to be able to play on both and not have to worry about all that crap. Plus i want stuff to be backed up should i ever lose my phone or something like that. Not sure how long of a game FF3 is, but i know losing 50+ hours of other FF games would have been devastating when i was a kid.

I dont see why this would be so hard to do. I essentially did it myself with dropbox and dropsync, i dont think i can within an android app though. Unless these games are saved somewhere on the SD, I can have dropsync sync those folders....

 

[sweenish]

Play Games doesn't magically add its features to all your games. Devs have to bake support in.

It's a slow process. Only two of my games have added support, World of Goo and Quell: Memento.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

Play Games doesn't magically add its features to all your games. Devs have to bake support in.

It's a slow process. Only two of my games have added support, World of Goo and Quell: Memento.

thats sad. I thought since the save files in games were so small, that it would automatically back that up and restore it for you.

Havent used ios in a while, but do they have this feature for their games? I hope so so android will at least step it up.

 

[sweenish]

There is game center and iCloud for iOS. Game center is mandatory for iOS games, Play Games is not. However, what gets synced to iCloud is up to the dev. They're usually smart enough to sync the good stuff, though.

The only way to kick the android devs in the butt is to actively support those that utilize it (the Play Games services) and pester those that don't.

I might have to do that. Start dropping reviews and specifically thanking them and attributing a higher rating to utilizing the Play Games services.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

There is game center and iCloud for iOS. Game center is mandatory for iOS games, Play Games is not. However, what gets synced to iCloud is up to the dev. They're usually smart enough to sync the good stuff, though.

The only way to kick the android devs in the butt is to actively support those that utilize it (the Play Games services) and pester those that don't.

I might have to do that. Start dropping reviews and specifically thanking them and attributing a higher rating to utilizing the Play Games services.

ugh that sucks. Ill be doing the same from now on.

Just not sure if I should wait to play FF3 until i get my new phone in the next month or so. I would just play it on my tablet, but i know im gonna wanna play it when im bored and stuck somewhere. But then again, touch controls are kinda weird on the tablet, and I think it just feels better to play on a smaller device.

 

[lothar]

I thought Square made their games not work on rooted devices?
If your phone is rooted but your tablet is not, then it sounds like you should abandon the idea entirely.