Exactly one week after Kongregate's promising mobile app, Kongregate Arcade, made its tumultuous debut on the Android Marketplace (from which it was pulled from the very same day!) the browser-based gaming platform is ready for round two with Google, and has resubmitted the app. "We were just shocked," CEO Jim Greer told Joystiq after his app had been removed, an unusual move for the traditionally hands-off Google.
In preparing the app for resubmission, Greer and company made some subtle, but potentially crucial, changes to the app. First: Though the original app played games in a standard WebKit browser, Kongregate Arcade obfuscated that experience by hiding the browser's address bar. Now, the address bar is visible when the app first loads, and then it jumps to full-screen, "which is a standard feature of Flash," Greer reminds us (and Google, we imagine). Second: Kongregate Arcade will now use the standard browser cache to store its "offline" files instead of "explicitly downloading and managing games on the SD card."
Greer hopes that these changes help Kongregate Arcade "meet Google's requirement that we're not creating a competing App Store while still creating a great gaming experience." The new app is live in the Android Marketplace now, so we'll just have to wait and see if Google has any concerns this time around. If you want to sideload the original Arcade app, it's still available from Kongregate's site, though Greer tells us, "We'll work with Google to determine if we should stop supporting that version." You can find a video demo of the app (and its new changes) after the break. If you're an Android user, snag it and let us know what you think.
Reader Comments (25)
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:35PM xTetheredWingsX said
It's not showing up.. did they already pull it?
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:39PM xTetheredWingsX said
@xTetheredWingsX
Oh.. it needs 2.2/froyo... bleh. Stupid HTC Aria.
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Oh.. it needs 2.2/froyo... bleh. Stupid HTC Aria.
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 7:41PM xTetheredWingsX said
@grexy
At the risk of sounding n00bish, I still can't get this thing to work. Can't find it on the Market and can't download it from their site on my phone. It might not work for the Aria.
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At the risk of sounding n00bish, I still can't get this thing to work. Can't find it on the Market and can't download it from their site on my phone. It might not work for the Aria.
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:38PM JDBar said
So does that mean the games don't save to SD card anymore? If so, I am an angry dinosaur. >:|
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:38PM King Johngie the Fourth said
Yay! Democracy prevails yet again!
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:42PM Ample Salty said
Hopefully I should be able to get along fine with the original version. Having to store games in my cache would suck caus my phone seems to be low on internal memory, like 20-30mb right now but I have SD card space to spare. I guess the games would only be small anyway since they're flash games but still.
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:51PM jimgreer said
Thanks for the coverage Chris. One quick note - the screenshot you have is of the old app - that download bar is no longer present, since the game is loaded by the browser.
- Jim Greer
- Jim Greer
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:54PM ArtificeDrake formerly known as said
@jimgreer
Can't wait to play more of your games! Don't let "Teh Man" get you down!!
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Can't wait to play more of your games! Don't let "Teh Man" get you down!!
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 6:52PM ArtificeDrake formerly known as said
Downloaded and works great on my baby, er, ah, I mean on my Droid X! It made me delete the old app that I downloaded from their website but I like this version better and I can still visit their site on my phone's browser if I want to.
I played that Vector Runner game and it was lots of fun too. Thank you, Kongregate! :)
I played that Vector Runner game and it was lots of fun too. Thank you, Kongregate! :)
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 7:00PM sicsided said
Quite awesome its back up. Only wish T-mobile/HTC supported flash on mytouch 3g. Or, if not that, can I get some Knightfall on in any other form please? PLEASE?
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 7:17PM PR0F3TA said
is this what gaming is like on Android. looks real fun /s
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 7:32PM sonicspike41 said
@PR0F3TA
Is this what trolls are like on the internet? Seems real fun. /s
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Is this what trolls are like on the internet? Seems real fun. /s
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 7:26PM Rhamsey said
Glad this is back up, grabbing it now just in case they pull it again.
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 8:30PM Adhesive said
my galaxy s epic 4g super phone needs froyo :(
samsung sucks epically.
samsung sucks epically.
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 10:22PM liquidsoap89 said
@Adhesive
My galaxy s captivate has 2.2...
Apparently Samsung isn't be THAT bad...
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My galaxy s captivate has 2.2...
Apparently Samsung isn't be THAT bad...
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 9:38PM Lekko said
I still have the original because I grabbed it when this story was originally posted. Thanks Joystiq!
Posted: Jan 25th 2011 9:49PM GLPP said
Just downloaded it on my Droid (2.2.1) and it works fine. I hope those of you having difficulties can get them resolved shorty as it is a pretty nifty app.
Posted: Jan 26th 2011 8:19AM KaCeX said
We need the QR code Chris!
Thnx
Thnx
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