Show HN: I Made Loom for Mobile

57 pointsposted 7 hours ago
by admtal
(demoscope.app)

34 Comments

BrokenCogs

7 hours ago

Loom just reminds me of the cringey-est blog post I have ever read.

I hadn't heard about loom until I read the founder's post about how difficult it was being rich and successful.

Hope you're not looking to hike through Hawaiian forests or not become an NPC at Big Co

admtal

7 hours ago

I’m not planning on it, but to be completely honest I don’t want to rule it out

Oras

6 hours ago

Really cool demo, well done on creating such a nice app.

Feedback, watching your YouTube video, it is clear that the self thumbnail is covering a large part of the screen. I noticed you can enlarge/reduce the size, but it will still covering part of the screen considering mobile dims are a lot smaller than desktop.

It would be nice to 80/20 ratio where 80 is for the mobile and 20 for your selfie camera and logo/title/description of what you’re demoing.

All the best!

admtal

6 hours ago

This is a great idea, thank you

I did add some title/annotation functionality after making that demo

But your right, there should be a way to avoid screen cover

leovander

7 hours ago

That was a sleek demo, good job! Only thing that I could nitpick is if you polished your floating toolbars to look a bit more Apple-y, this feels like something Apple is going to be sending you an acquihire for.

admtal

7 hours ago

Thank you - you’re right, I should Liquid Glassify that app asap

pengaru

7 hours ago

For those who were confused like myself - this has absolutely nothing to do with the demoscene described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

pyrophane

2 hours ago

My first thought was of the adventure game Loom.

LeoPanthera

an hour ago

You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilms™ Brian Moriarty™? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!

teddyh

7 hours ago

“Ask me about Loom”

mdlxxv

7 hours ago

"You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm's™ Brian Moriarty™? Why, it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning, high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!"

forbiddenvoid

3 hours ago

I will not hide my disappointment that this headline was not, in fact, referring to the classic adventure game.

seoguru

5 hours ago

looks amazing! any plans for an android version?

admtal

5 hours ago

Yes! I purchased an Android device this week, and next week I’m going to start working on a port.

From what I’ve gathered, the Android version might be better due to lesser screen recording constraints

truetraveller

6 hours ago

Can this record just native apps (i.e. non websites)?

admtal

6 hours ago

Unfortunately not

iOS guardrails make that pretty much impossible

I had to accepts some tradeoffs to get this specific collection of features, Face Cam, touches, etc…

I’ve heard Android might allow more, and I’ll be looking into an Android port soon.

evv

5 hours ago

Looks like it is possible if you do a normal iOS screen recording, then use your app to add the Face Cam and touches on top.

admtal

3 hours ago

Yes, it’s possible to do composite edits after a screen recording

The tradeoffs here were aimed at doing it all live in a single take

oytis

6 hours ago

Disapponted it's not about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)

tsak

6 hours ago

That was my first thought as well.

SirFatty

6 hours ago

Exactly what I was hoping... LucasFilm made some great games.

kleiba

5 hours ago

And here I am, thinking I had a unique comment to write.

(I too was excited of that old classic being ported to mobile devices.)

schlauerfox

2 hours ago

Pirate button: "Ask me about LOOM" You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilms™ Brian Moriarty™? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!

agiacalone

5 hours ago

Thankfully, it plays nicely on iOS and Android under ScummVM!

throwaway-aws9

5 hours ago

So all it took was 10 posts over 17 days to get to first page. Nice app btw.

admtal

5 hours ago

Thanks, I hate that the winning title is “Loom for Mobile” but I get it

Maybe it will help SEO if people get stuck and search Loom Mobile

jmathai

6 hours ago

Very cool! I do this today by connecting my phone to my laptop and recording via Loom. It's a bit janky for sure and the video is off because I looking down at my phone and not the webcam [1].

Does Loom really not offer this capability as an iOS app? I never checked but that's crazy if they don't. Regardless, I think this solves a problem for sure! Congrats on building and launching.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11yHdB-wmgs

admtal

6 hours ago

Thank you, and yes, Loom does not offer it

There are tons of iOS screen recorders that record either the camera, or the screen, but none do both.

I also had a janky solution, which prompted me to build this