iPhone SDK - Spore and Other Games Catch-All
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 - 3:24pm
From GAF and Gizmodo. I forgot all about the SDK meeting today.
Awesome.
Edit: Looks to be an 18 level demo of Spore, no word on actual release dates, etc.
Edit: trip1eX has a separate post in the Tech forum with details on other technical updates.
Holy crap. I had no idea the iPhone was even capable of that. Now I love mine even more!
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Yeah no kidding eh? Guess it has potential to be a very damn viable platform. Hope to hear even more gaming goodness today as this goes down..
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What I read was "all 18 levels" where in the iPhone version of Spore, which makes me think the entire game can be played on the iphone, and not just the amoeba levels. Let's hope. Looks amazing, I might just play it entirely on my iPhone.
We shall grapple with the ineffable, and see if we may not eff it after all.
I actually bet that iSpore will only cover the amoeba part. 18 levels of it. They can't be referring to the game phases, because there are only five of them.
I'm seriously pumped for June when all this stuff rolls out. Especially the complete Exchange integration and AIM.
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Yeah, I guess my only regret is buying the 8GB model. I can see games eating through that pretty damn quick.
Exchange integration is pretty wicked..
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I'll be an iPhone convert as soon as that rolls out. I always wanted to have one but I could not abandon my Treo 750 that I use all the time to connect to our Exchange server at work.
Color me very excited about this!
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this will be my next phone... once available in Canada.
And with available I mean, with a unlimited data plan from
Rogers... And Rogers is still holding Apple back on that
point of discussion.....grrrrr
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wow. that makes me super happy. I wants to play me some spore!
I feel your pain. I've been holding off on a cellphone for a while now and I'm still waiting for the announcement. I recently bought the iTouch, but I'd get the iPhone in a heartbeat after having a chance to play with it the past few weeks.
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While the iPhone would be a pretty poor choice for me for various reasons (once it actually becomes available here, anyway), this all looks very impressive. A developer like PopCap could make an absolute fortune on this.
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While I still maintain that 400$ for cell phone is ridiculous (to use one of my kinder descriptors), this is definitely impressive and gives the old iPhone a big +1 notch in my books.
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I thought so too until I realized what great little computers they were becoming.
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You are right, amoeba parts only.
I watched the gaming part of the presentation, WOW. So the iPhone's accelerometer works in 3 dimensions, and they demonstrated a game (Touch Fighter) which is a Wing Commander-like space shooter where you pilot your craft simply by tilting the iPhone, and using the home button to shoot. Spore works much the same way, you simply tilt the iPhone to move your little jelly ancestor. Solves a big problem I have with the Nintendo DS, when you touch the screen (with the stylus) you can't see the action.
Glad to see an AIM client, I'll be canceling that unlimited text messaging option soon.
We shall grapple with the ineffable, and see if we may not eff it after all.
I want to play Spore, but not on a PC. This might sell me an iPhone. Oh dear.
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yay for iPhone!
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Except you're not really playing Spore. The amoeba part is probably the least interesting and engaging phase of the game.
Right now, I'm imagining an Apple-Nintendo joint for the next iteration in the GameBoy and iPod lines. Nintenphone!
"It's like the nGage, but good!"
I know it's never going to happen, but I can dream, can't I? One portable device for my music, phone, portable online and portable gaming needs, with the style and quality of an Apple product, and the software backing of Nintendo? Mmmmm...
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You had me at Right Now.... sign me up for this magical device... wait, full Xbox Live and Xbox Live Arcade integration too? Woot!
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Looks pretty decent, I think we're going to be hearing about a lot more games as the SDK ball keeps rolling. Will keep this threat to update them.
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Anyone get this game? I think I am after work.
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/09/08/spore-origins-100/
Dunno yet. After spending $10 on the creature creator and $50 on the game, not sure I can justify this unless it ties in to my account somehow.. but I'm weak, so yes, probably be the end of next week.
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