Hello Melee community! My name is Dan and my tag is “Phenoz.” I am in school in Boston and joined the competitive Melee community after EVO and watching the documentary. My first tournament was NSA, and since then I have attended “Game Over” our weekly Boston tournament and a few others along the way. It’s safe to say that I am still a new player with a ton to learn.
I’ve had some free time on my hands and I have always wanted to learn app development, so I decided to make a competitive SSBM app. I found a neat tool called MIT app inventor, which I used to make this very simple app. The app is very straightforward and can be used for players to access information such as general character info and matchup info as well as videos that demonstrate certain matchups and advanced techniques. I thought it would be a useful tool for players to have access to a large amount of Smash knowledge without even needing to use the Internet so they can prep before/during tournaments to advance their game. Or if you do have Internet you can watch the top players for each character and how they play in certain matchups as well as learn how to do the many advanced techniques in Melee.
(Note: The reason I went on about how I am a new player is because none of the information about the characters/advanced terms and techniques is my own. It was all taken from Smashboards and is expert opinions)
The app is called “Advanced Melee” and can be downloaded for android users on the Google play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_PhenozD.Advanced_Melee&hl=en
Here I will demonstrate the uses of the app. The following screen is the main menu, with buttons to access the “Advanced Terms/Techniques” screen, the “Characters” screen, the “Tournament Rules” screen, the “About” screen, and exit.
Clicking on the “Advanced Terms/Techniques” button brings you to the following screen. Clicking the “View Terms” button brings up a long list of terms and techniques that are used in Melee. Clicking the “Watch Videos” button brings up a youtube playlist of videos demonstrating the Advanced Techniques in Melee. Clicking the Menu button brings the user back to the main menu.
Clicking on the “Characters” button brings the user to a screen with all of the Melee characters. The user can choose a character to find more information about them. Clicking the menu button brings the user back to the main menu.
In this example, the user clicked on Marth, and is brought to the following screen. A picture of the character is shown with buttons underneath.
The General Info button displays general information about the character below the buttons. Pro tip: holding the General Info button will hide the general info.
Clicking the Videos button brings the user to a list of all the characters in the game. Selecting one of the characters from that list brings the user to a youtube playlist of a top level Marth player against a top level player using the selected character.
Clicking the Matchup Info button brings up a similar list as the videos list, the only difference being that there is a (Clear) button at the top to clear the matchup information that was previously displayed. Clicking on a character will display text below the buttons describing the matchup between Marth and the selected character.
Clicking the “Back to characters” button brings the user to the "Characters" screen.
Back in the Main menu, clicking the “Tournament Rules” button brings the user to the Apex 2014 ruleset for Melee. Here the user can read about how to play a competitive Melee set. Clicking the “Menu” button brings the user back to the main menu.
From the main menu, clicking on the “About” button brings the user to a screen that displays information about the application and the recognition for the people who’s write ups made this application possible.
Finally, clicking the exit button from the main menu closes the application.
This is my first app. Let me know what you think! Also you will find that there are quite a few blank matchup descriptions and blank youtube playlists. This is because I could not find suitable write ups or matches. If you are interested in analyzing some of these match-ups or find suitable videos displaying these match-ups please contact me and I will add them in.
I’ve had some free time on my hands and I have always wanted to learn app development, so I decided to make a competitive SSBM app. I found a neat tool called MIT app inventor, which I used to make this very simple app. The app is very straightforward and can be used for players to access information such as general character info and matchup info as well as videos that demonstrate certain matchups and advanced techniques. I thought it would be a useful tool for players to have access to a large amount of Smash knowledge without even needing to use the Internet so they can prep before/during tournaments to advance their game. Or if you do have Internet you can watch the top players for each character and how they play in certain matchups as well as learn how to do the many advanced techniques in Melee.
(Note: The reason I went on about how I am a new player is because none of the information about the characters/advanced terms and techniques is my own. It was all taken from Smashboards and is expert opinions)
The app is called “Advanced Melee” and can be downloaded for android users on the Google play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_PhenozD.Advanced_Melee&hl=en
Here I will demonstrate the uses of the app. The following screen is the main menu, with buttons to access the “Advanced Terms/Techniques” screen, the “Characters” screen, the “Tournament Rules” screen, the “About” screen, and exit.
Clicking on the “Advanced Terms/Techniques” button brings you to the following screen. Clicking the “View Terms” button brings up a long list of terms and techniques that are used in Melee. Clicking the “Watch Videos” button brings up a youtube playlist of videos demonstrating the Advanced Techniques in Melee. Clicking the Menu button brings the user back to the main menu.
Clicking on the “Characters” button brings the user to a screen with all of the Melee characters. The user can choose a character to find more information about them. Clicking the menu button brings the user back to the main menu.
In this example, the user clicked on Marth, and is brought to the following screen. A picture of the character is shown with buttons underneath.
The General Info button displays general information about the character below the buttons. Pro tip: holding the General Info button will hide the general info.
Clicking the Videos button brings the user to a list of all the characters in the game. Selecting one of the characters from that list brings the user to a youtube playlist of a top level Marth player against a top level player using the selected character.
Clicking the Matchup Info button brings up a similar list as the videos list, the only difference being that there is a (Clear) button at the top to clear the matchup information that was previously displayed. Clicking on a character will display text below the buttons describing the matchup between Marth and the selected character.
Clicking the “Back to characters” button brings the user to the "Characters" screen.
Back in the Main menu, clicking the “Tournament Rules” button brings the user to the Apex 2014 ruleset for Melee. Here the user can read about how to play a competitive Melee set. Clicking the “Menu” button brings the user back to the main menu.
From the main menu, clicking on the “About” button brings the user to a screen that displays information about the application and the recognition for the people who’s write ups made this application possible.
Finally, clicking the exit button from the main menu closes the application.
This is my first app. Let me know what you think! Also you will find that there are quite a few blank matchup descriptions and blank youtube playlists. This is because I could not find suitable write ups or matches. If you are interested in analyzing some of these match-ups or find suitable videos displaying these match-ups please contact me and I will add them in.
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