A farewell to one of the greatest digital apps to ever exist

[DaFees]

It is with a sad heart that I must report that the CodingMonkeys have lost the rights to publish Carcassonne on iOS and Mac. The Carcassonne app will be available until the 1st of March at which time it will be unavailable and replaced with Asmodee's implementation as currently found on Steam and Android. The CodingMonkeys have promised to keep servers up for at least 1 year and will keep them up even longer beyond that as budget permits. Also, in light of this situation they've gone ahead and put all theirs apps on sale for 50% off (not sure if this includes the in app purchases as well). You can read more about this sad news via their blog post here,

https://blog.codingmonkeys.de/posts/2020/01/18/farewell-carcassonne

I have played and enjoyed Asmodee's Steam implementation of Carcassonne but it couldn't measure up the incredible greatness that was the CodingMonkey's iOS implementation. I will hate to see this app pass on but I likely will pick up the Asmodee version when it is available.

I'm curious what all of you think? I can't imagine I'm the only one saddened by this news.

Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=4471.0

[DrMeeple]

I’m waiting for carcassonne app for iPad... That’s my desire...


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[jungleboy]

That's sad. Maybe a stupid question, but will we still be able to play local games vs AI opponents after the servers go down?

[Amorpheus]

Terrible new DaFees. The Coding Monkeys rendition of Carcassonne has been my all-time favorite iOS app. I’ve seen the Asmodee version and it seems to follow Carc II styling, and as a Carc I guy, l’ll be sad to make that switch. Only digitally though; still holding out on Carc II printings.

[Amorpheus]

That's sad. Maybe a stupid question, but will we still be able to play local games vs AI opponents after the servers go down?

I think that would still work without the servers, as long as you don’t delete the app. Once deleted, it will be gone forever.

[danisthirty]

I've played something like 2500 games via the (old) iOS app and love it as much as everyone else. In a day and age where there are phone/ tablet apps for almost every conceivable purpose, it's rare to find anything, especially a game, that is universally well-liked and which almost nobody has anything negative to say about it. I hope the Coding Monkeys are proud of what they achieved with their Carcassonne app, as it was everything that anybody who played it ever wanted it to be. I've even known of people somewhat surprised to discover that Carcassonne is actually a boardgame as they've only known about its existence through the iOS app!

The same thing cannot be said of the Asmodee app. I try to be positive about these things, but this is simply dreadful in so many ways. The UI is clunky and awkward to navigate, the graphics are ugly, the AI is stupid and the whole thing just feels unnecessarily bloated and clumsily put together.

That's sad. Maybe a stupid question, but will we still be able to play local games vs AI opponents after the servers go down?

Yes absolutely. They're not more likely to take pity on you and let you win though