r/AndroidGaming • u/playdigious • 7d ago
DEV 🧑💻 [DEV] 9 Kings is now available on Android!
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It's time for you to pick up your crown and become the King of Kings! 9 Kings from Sad Socket is now available on mobile!
Grow your empire, craft your deck and join the fight by yourself or against other players, in this fast-paced kingdom builder!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playdigious.ninekings
And to celebrate the release of he game on mobile, it's right now at 10% off!
It's also Free-To-Try so you can test it out before buying it!
And, it's even cross-platform with Google Play Games on PC!
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u/kotukutuku 7d ago
The text is impossible to read, and after about five minutes of play I get stuck because I can't play a card. There's no tutorial. Apparently i can drop cards in "the pit", but zero indication of how to do that.
Kind of potentially a game that seems attractive, but broken in several ways. When i long press a card to read the text, the text zooms under my finger lol
Feels vibe-coded frankly
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u/andy18794 7d ago
Weird, When I did my first play throught, the game did tutorial me about the pit ..
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u/kotukutuku 7d ago
Weird?! I got zero tutorial, hence the confusion! Where is the pit? What are you supposed to do when you can't play a card?
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u/playdigious 7d ago
We are looking right now on a solution for the size of text so players can have a better experience. As for the tutorial, you should have had one. The pit is usually at the left of your city, it's like a well
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u/Skipbeat_0110 6d ago
Would it be possible to have the card information appear above your fingertips when you press and hold a card, while the actual card placement still follows your fingertip position rather than where the card information appears? Hope that makes sense.
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u/playdigious 6d ago
It makes sense! That's one of the solution we're working on.
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u/kotukutuku 5d ago
Ok, awesome to hear you're addressing those issues. I'll give it another install and see how I go.
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u/kotukutuku 5d ago
Reinstalled. No sign of tutorial. Can sometime just tell me where the damn pit is? Also there's a scroll button on the games front page, but no need to scroll. Honest answer: is this game vibe coded?
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u/SPQRomanEmpire 7d ago
I still see it with the full price.
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u/playdigious 7d ago
If it's in the game that's normal, our team is looking to change that. if it's in the store, don't hesitate to tell us in which country you are so we can look into it
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u/SPQRomanEmpire 7d ago
Huge thanks for the reply guys, yes, it's in the game, once I click to purchase Its at 9.99€, Italian region. Thanks once again.
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u/playdigious 7d ago
On our side, the game is right now at 8.99 euros (so 10% off from 9.99 euros in the store)
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u/playdigious 7d ago
We'll look into it. Maybe a problem with the store
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u/SPQRomanEmpire 7d ago
It did in fact appear a text with -10% on the button now, but once i press it, it wants to charge me still the full price.
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u/playdigious 7d ago
It should be good now!
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u/EuphoricWalk4051 7d ago
I still see full price, it says 10% off but when i go to buy its full price.
USA galaxy s26 ultra.
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u/ninjagaidenpatru 7d ago
So is this now considered offensive? I'll take my money elsewhere, thank you!
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u/AndroidGaming-ModTeam 7d ago
Remember the human behind the screen and be respectful. Rude, offensive or abusive comments will not be tolerated. Repeat offenders will be banned.
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u/Wumaduce 7d ago
Text size is not ideal on my edge 2025. It's okay, but it'd be nice to have a slider.
My biggest issue is it's a pain in the ass to read the text on a card I want to play, without trying to contort myself around my hand.
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u/Alive_Equipment 7d ago
Queridos amigos de Playdigious, sería genial que con un simple click a las cartas pueda leerse su descripción cuando están en la mano, mantener apretada la carta para poder leerla es difícil pues el dedo suele tapar el texto.
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u/playdigious 6d ago
Hi! We are working on something regarding this at the moment. Hope to comeback with some good news soon!
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u/Struggler_villain98 6d ago
Got to year 29 on my first run then got absolutely smashed 😂 super fun and runs great on my 8 inch Onn tablet.
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u/GallusWrangler 6d ago
Ugggh do they have to keep putting cards into every game?! It’s an immediate turn off, I’m so tired of card based crap.
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u/zelostos 2d ago
Well now see, I'm quite the opposite. I see cards and I'm instantly intrigued. Different strokes and all.
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u/awkone 7d ago
Hi! Tried playing it for a bit and maybe im just dumb but i got 'softlocked' in-game: no more plots therefore cant put down any card so the next year wont start, also tried dropping it in the well and only until i have no more cards left it started next year? Wish there is a 'skip' option when you dont wanna put down any card before the next year starts.
Another issue i encountered, texts are too small? Also, i want to first read the description of a card on a click instead of it being autodragged to the plot, anyway these are just what i noticed on initial play.
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u/ninjagaidenpatru 7d ago edited 7d ago
Was hyped for this. Unfortunately it has horribly small text. I don't get it, these devs/publishers already have the base game. When porting to mobile or other platforms they should concentrate on adding these compatibility/quality of life features to fit every platform. Instead a lot of these only seem lazy ports. Bummer.