Posted by Toryn on Mar 10, 2008 quarter past seven am
I agree that gaming on the iPod is a joke at best. The interface is terrible. They actually released Sonic the Hedgehog for it. Can you believe that? How in the world could you possibly control Sonic with a click-wheel?
As for the SDK, it's for both the iPhone and iPod touch. Both of which have much better interfaces (multi-touch screen and full 3D accelerometer). Before you dismiss these two devices as a viable gaming platform, watch the keynote address video:
Skip the first part about the iPhone in the business world and check out the software development part.
This platform has a few good things going for it:
- Built in application distribution mechanism
- Device capabilities
- Development tools (XCode is a nice development suite)
- Powerful language (Objective C is fairly ease to learn and very powerful)*
*Quake was written in Objective C... for example
Only time will tell.
All I know is that if I can fire up iTunes and purchase and download a new graphic adventure game, I'll be a happy man.
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Posted by Toryn on Mar 10, 2008 quarter past seven am
As for the SDK, it's for both the iPhone and iPod touch. Both of which have much better interfaces (multi-touch screen and full 3D accelerometer). Before you dismiss these two devices as a viable gaming platform, watch the keynote address video:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/iphoneroadmap/
Skip the first part about the iPhone in the business world and check out the software development part.
This platform has a few good things going for it:
- Built in application distribution mechanism
- Device capabilities
- Development tools (XCode is a nice development suite)
- Powerful language (Objective C is fairly ease to learn and very powerful)*
*Quake was written in Objective C... for example
Only time will tell.
All I know is that if I can fire up iTunes and purchase and download a new graphic adventure game, I'll be a happy man.