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Posted by admtal 5 days ago

Show HN: I Made Loom for Mobile(demoscope.app)
An app to make demo vids

Of course I have a demo vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fq0TzlsXI

This will be my last post to HN about this. I always like to try a few titles to see if any hit.

69 points | 40 comments
BrokenCogs 5 days 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 5 days ago|
I’m not planning on it, but to be completely honest I don’t want to rule it out
mcsniff 5 days ago||
This is cool and would make a great tool for lots of creators, solo / small business people, etc.

If I can make a suggestion, work on the design. At the very least, the emojis don't work for describing what they are trying to, IMO.

admtal 5 days ago|
Fair, thank you.

I’ll try to improve the design of that toolbar

eduardogarza 5 days ago||
The beauty of Loom is that once you have it installed, either Desktop or Chrome, its one button - record a video, auto-generates the link, and you can immediately send off. I used it a ton, both as a software eng and with designers to better communicate back and forth things in my environment that would be wordy or hard to communicate.

I would imagine that if I worked on mobile apps instead of web ones, the benefit of a tool like this would be if I could click a button and have the same experience from my laptop/computer.

When I worked on a mobile app for a startup earlier this year, I'd use the Screen Recording, and then send it to myself through Whatsapp, then on my Mac send it off to the person I was targeting.

If I could use the app, record a video, and then have that auto-generate the URL and then have that immediately available on your platform so I can see that URL on my computer after refreshing, that would be quite handy.

admtal 5 days ago|
Thank you for the feedback, I agree instant shareable link is huge selling point on Loom.

I’ll try to look into maybe like, a Vimeo/youtube integration for a quick solve.

pengaru 5 days 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 5 days ago|
My first thought was of the adventure game Loom.
LeoPanthera 5 days 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!
Oras 5 days 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 5 days 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 5 days 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 5 days ago|
Thank you - you’re right, I should Liquid Glassify that app asap
teddyh 5 days ago||
“Ask me about Loom”
mdlxxv 5 days 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 5 days ago||
I will not hide my disappointment that this headline was not, in fact, referring to the classic adventure game.
a_shoeboy 5 days ago|||
Glad it's not just me.
GuB-42 4 days ago||||
Same for me.

However you can still play the original game with ScummVM, available on many platforms, including Android.

spectre3d 5 days ago||||
Same here, I was confused and disappointed when I clicked the link and was presented with yet another screen recorder.
mdb333 5 days ago|||
yes!!!
truetraveller 5 days ago||
Can this record just native apps (i.e. non websites)?
admtal 5 days 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 days 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 5 days 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

seoguru 5 days ago||
looks amazing! any plans for an android version?
admtal 5 days 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

oytis 5 days ago|
Disapponted it's not about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)
kleiba 5 days 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 5 days 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!
tsak 5 days ago|||
That was my first thought as well.
SirFatty 5 days ago|||
Exactly what I was hoping... LucasFilm made some great games.
pandemic_region 5 days ago|||
You stole my comment sir.
agiacalone 5 days ago||
Thankfully, it plays nicely on iOS and Android under ScummVM!
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