Comments on: Mini Friday — Sulake’s phone VW http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/02/mini-friday-sulakes-phone-vw/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sulka Harohttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/02/mini-friday-sulakes-phone-vw/comment-page-1/#comment-128331 Sulka Haro Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:48:04 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/02/mini-friday-sulakes-phone-vw/#comment-128331 Funny, it hadn't occurred to me you didn't know about the project. If you haven't seen it by the time we see again I'll demo it to you, there's some nice small UI things there I love. One of the reasons for only supporting Nokia is the fact that mobile development is still excruciatingly difficult. Dealing with the device-specific differences such as resolution differences takes so much effort it's insane, and packing enough graphics to the limited memory space to have a compelling looking world is next to impossible. Limiting the app to Series 60 made the development much easier. Funny, it hadn’t occurred to me you didn’t know about the project. If you haven’t seen it by the time we see again I’ll demo it to you, there’s some nice small UI things there I love.

One of the reasons for only supporting Nokia is the fact that mobile development is still excruciatingly difficult. Dealing with the device-specific differences such as resolution differences takes so much effort it’s insane, and packing enough graphics to the limited memory space to have a compelling looking world is next to impossible. Limiting the app to Series 60 made the development much easier.

]]> By: Aaronhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/02/mini-friday-sulakes-phone-vw/comment-page-1/#comment-128294 Aaron Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:55:23 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/02/mini-friday-sulakes-phone-vw/#comment-128294 With mobile games like that, the graphics aren't as important as the ability to pause/stop the game at any moment and easy controls. If I'm playing a game on my cellphone, then I'm probably in an environment where I'm likely to be interrupted or distracted at any moment. And when you combine big fingers with tiny buttons, a comfortable control scheme is greatly appreciated. As for graphics, though, the outlines need to be bold and the colors separated in a cellphone game. The picture above does look good, but those blue shirts might not show so well against the blue-tile floor on cheaper phones. With mobile games like that, the graphics aren’t as important as the ability to pause/stop the game at any moment and easy controls. If I’m playing a game on my cellphone, then I’m probably in an environment where I’m likely to be interrupted or distracted at any moment. And when you combine big fingers with tiny buttons, a comfortable control scheme is greatly appreciated.

As for graphics, though, the outlines need to be bold and the colors separated in a cellphone game. The picture above does look good, but those blue shirts might not show so well against the blue-tile floor on cheaper phones.

]]> By: 闲话而已http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/02/mini-friday-sulakes-phone-vw/comment-page-1/#comment-128350 闲话而已 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/02/mini-friday-sulakes-phone-vw/#comment-128350 <!--%kramer-pre%-->The Scruffs - Quality Hidden Object Game  - 2007-10-3  - Juuso - Game ProducerMini Friday — Sulake’s phone VW - 2007-10-3  - Raph Xbox 360: Pink and Blue 360 Controllers Hit Today  - 2007-10-3  - Brian Crecente<!--%kramer-post%-->

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