We are about to launch a new type of poker game, using bluetooth connectivity to connect up to 5 players. All locally, so no internet required, just play with your friends. What do you think?
The aim is to finalize Sparkling Poker before Christmas. We have finalized development and are testing. Anyone who would like to participate as a beta tester, please send me a message.
After a surprisingly short review period, Apple decided to accept 'Sparkling Poker' into the app store. It is currently only available in the Canadian app store, but as soon as everything seems fine, we will launch it worldwide. Check it out! Sparkling Poker Sparkling Design and Infotech Private Limited Play Texas Hold'em with your friends on a beautiful 3D poker table. Completely free and no internet required. Sparkling… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsPlay Texas Hold'em with your friends on a beautiful 3D poker table. Completely free and no internet required. Sparkling Poker is a new poker experience coming to your iPhone and iPad. Use your iPad as the poker table, and iPhones or iPods as the cards. No need to be online, just play with your friends. Watch as you put your cards and chips on the animated 3D poker table. Sparkling Poker uses bluetooth to realize a unique way of playing poker. You don't need to be connected to the internet, just use an iPad as a poker table, and hold your iPhone or iPod in your hand, just like you would hold your cards. See your chips move from your device onto the table, see your cards be revealed. All the tension of regular poker, where you can look your opponents in the eye. But all the score keeping, rules and dealing are being handled for you by your devices. The table can be run on an iPad or an iPhone. You can also run Airplay on the iPad and Apple tv, making for a unique experience of sitting on the couch in front of the television and all playing the game with individual devices. Sparkling Poker is fun to play, completely free, and can be played anywhere. How to play: 1. Make sure bluetooth is enabled on all player devices 2. Use one device, preferably an iPad, as Poker table: Select "Cash Game" or "Tournament Game" from the menu and select "Start Game" 3. Select "Join Table" on the other devices and start playing. 4. You can set a bet by dragging on a chip stack from top to bottom. NOTE: Sparkling Poker is a game for 2-5 players. It needs to be downloaded on at least three devices in order to play. One device will work as a dedicated poker table. IMPORTANT: Bluetooth must be on!! Information Seller:Sparkling Design and Infotech Private Limited Genre:Card, Casino Release:Dec 10, 2012 Updated:May 23, 2016 Version:2.0 Size:107.7 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (1) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal tso5818 Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2011 2,892 0 0 iANiMeX's left ear #4 tso5818, Dec 7, 2012 Dang I think this is a smart idea for gaming on the go Macvanderspek Well-Known Member Apr 19, 2011 408 5 18 #5 Macvanderspek, Dec 9, 2012 Thanks! We think the idea is good and will work both for gaming on the go as well as family card games (in front of the television or around the iPad) or casual games with friends. In principle, you can fully play the game unlimited in tournament mode for free. The only thing you need to do is to find three to six iOS devices, and you are good to go.. Macvanderspek Well-Known Member Apr 19, 2011 408 5 18 #6 Macvanderspek, Jan 22, 2013 Sparkling Poker is proving to be a popular app for gaming groups with a mixture of devices and no local network. The Bluetooth communication really makes this into the ideal 'traveling' game. You can play for free and have none of those cards flying around or record keeping with any chips. Macvanderspek Well-Known Member Apr 19, 2011 408 5 18 #7 Macvanderspek, Feb 7, 2013 Sparkling Poker is proving to be popular in situations where you don't have (full) internet coverage. The Bluetooth gaming is great. But the fact that you can't play alone and you need at least three devices to play, is proving a big hurdle, despite the game being free. Should we add a single player mode? What do you think? Macvanderspek Well-Known Member Apr 19, 2011 408 5 18 #8 Macvanderspek, Feb 22, 2013 We are working on removing some of the hurdles that stop people from starting to play Sparkling Poker. One of them is the size of the download: due to all the videos in it, the game is too large for a 3G download, it will need wifi for the initial install (and after that, no internet is required). We will reduce the size of the app for the next version, so this is no longer the case. Macvanderspek Well-Known Member Apr 19, 2011 408 5 18 #9 Macvanderspek, Apr 9, 2013 We are working on a redesign of Sparkling Poker to make it more accessible. As a first step, we have reduced the size of the app to enable 3G downloads. It is still a free app on both iPhone and iPad, and it is still the first local multiplayer card game app around! Check it out! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Thanks! We think the idea is good and will work both for gaming on the go as well as family card games (in front of the television or around the iPad) or casual games with friends. In principle, you can fully play the game unlimited in tournament mode for free. The only thing you need to do is to find three to six iOS devices, and you are good to go..
Sparkling Poker is proving to be a popular app for gaming groups with a mixture of devices and no local network. The Bluetooth communication really makes this into the ideal 'traveling' game. You can play for free and have none of those cards flying around or record keeping with any chips.
Sparkling Poker is proving to be popular in situations where you don't have (full) internet coverage. The Bluetooth gaming is great. But the fact that you can't play alone and you need at least three devices to play, is proving a big hurdle, despite the game being free. Should we add a single player mode? What do you think?
We are working on removing some of the hurdles that stop people from starting to play Sparkling Poker. One of them is the size of the download: due to all the videos in it, the game is too large for a 3G download, it will need wifi for the initial install (and after that, no internet is required). We will reduce the size of the app for the next version, so this is no longer the case.
We are working on a redesign of Sparkling Poker to make it more accessible. As a first step, we have reduced the size of the app to enable 3G downloads. It is still a free app on both iPhone and iPad, and it is still the first local multiplayer card game app around! Check it out!