# Riventale on a phone, tablet or Chromebook

Riventale runs in the phone's own browser: open riventale.world in Chrome on Android or Safari on an iPhone or iPad, turn the phone sideways, and play. There is no app to install and no account to make. The same world, the same friends and the same Riven Lands as on a computer.

## What it runs on

| Device | Browser | Controls |
|---|---|---|
| Android phone or tablet | Chrome, Edge, Firefox | Touch, in landscape |
| iPhone or iPad | Safari (or any browser on it) | Touch, in landscape |
| Chromebook | Chrome | Keyboard and touchpad or mouse |
| Windows, macOS or Linux computer | Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari | Keyboard and mouse |

The browser needs WebGL, which every current phone and computer browser has. A phone plays in landscape.

## Touch controls

- A joystick at the bottom left moves you; push it all the way to run. Prefer arrows? Settings > Controls > Move with: **D-pad**.
- Drag anywhere else to look. Tap to use or place; press and hold to mine or attack.
- Jump, Run, Sneak and the camera view sit at the bottom right. A bow shows a **Draw** button; a Dawnspar Focus shows **Cast**.
- Every button can be moved: pause, Settings > Controls, and drag it where your thumbs want it. Control size and opacity are there too, and Comfort sets the button size and a UI scale from 80% to 140%.

Every button, key and setting: [how to play](https://riventale.world/guides/how-to-play/#touch-phones-and-tablets).

## Keeping it smooth on a phone

- **Battery saver** (Settings > Video, on phones): Low graphics, a view distance of 4 chunks and 30 frames a second.
- **Graphics:** Low draws a plain sky and still water; Medium adds swaying plants, shiny water and torch glow; High adds clouds, stars, colour grading and bloom.
- **Render scale** from 50% to 100%, and **view distance** from 2 to 10 chunks: the first two settings to lower when a phone runs hot or slow.

## On a Chromebook

A Chromebook plays like any computer: open riventale.world in Chrome, click the game, move with `W` `A` `S` `D` and look with the touchpad or a mouse. If the game runs slowly, lower the view distance in the pause menu, then the render scale in Settings > Video.

## Your worlds on each device

- Worlds in **Your Realm** are saved in the browser you play them in, up to five. They do not move to another device by themselves, and clearing the browser's site data deletes them.
- Download a world from Your Realm to keep a copy as a file, and load it on another device.
- Signed in, you can also keep copies of your worlds on your account and open them on another device.
- **The Riven Lands** and private worlds are saved on our server: play from your phone at lunch and your computer at night. On a server your name is kept by a token in your browser, so play online from the same browser to keep your character.

## Playing with friends on phones

Phones, tablets and computers play in the same worlds. From the pause menu, **Friends** > **Invite to this world** gives a link and a QR code: a friend points their phone's camera at it and starts beside you. On a phone, the camera button takes a picture of the view without the HUD, ready to share. More in [playing together](https://riventale.world/guides/playing-with-friends/).

Play now: https://riventale.world/