Comments on: 'TouchSports Tennis' Shows Off Impressive 3D Visuals

By: HHG

HHG — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:16:21 +0000

Title is going through last polish for submission to Apple. We could have released it, but it needed just a bit more time. Were hoping for tomorrow.

By: HHG

HHG — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:16:00 +0000

Title is going through last polish for submission to Apple. We could have released it, but it needed just a bit more time. Were hoping for tomorrow.

By: SalsaMD

SalsaMD — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:39:36 +0000

"The game should be ready for release next week in the App Store"

What happened to it???

By: SalsaMD

SalsaMD — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:39:00 +0000

"The game should be ready for release next week in the App Store"

What happened to it???

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:31:03 +0000

@ HHG,
Its nice to know that you had already explored those possibilities and decided to attempt them at a later stage. Keep going!

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:31:00 +0000

@ HHG,
Its nice to know that you had already explored those possibilities and decided to attempt them at a later stage. Keep going!

By: HHG

HHG — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:45:26 +0000

The accelerometer is just too sensitive for quick and precise game play for Mass Market casual games. A good example is 3D Vector pong. The game looks awesome, but the difficulty in controls is just too high for the mass market audience we are trying to reach on the title.

Initially, I designed the product to click on the location then to swipe in the precise direction you wanted the ball to go... BUT.... I am going to save that for an incremental release - it was just too much of a last minute add-on approaching release. Probably in an incremental update.

Using the tilt - left and right was a great leverage of the accelerometer and was easy to implement. There may be more in store for tilt, just not in this release.

Were just sewing up the menus, polish and more polish of gameplay.

By: HHG

HHG — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:45:00 +0000

Using the tilt - left and right was a great leverage of the accelerometer and was easy to implement. There may be more in store for tilt, just not in this release.

Were just sewing up the menus, polish and more polish of gameplay.

By: Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe)

Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:33:18 +0000

Agreed. The deadspot will need to be just the right size, or preferably customizable to suit each person who plays.

By: Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe)

Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:33:00 +0000

Agreed. The deadspot will need to be just the right size, or preferably customizable to suit each person who plays.

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:50:38 +0000

@ Barry:
Good suggestion. However, the accelerometer is pretty sensitive, so unless there's a reasonable deadspot in the middle, the character on the screen will look really jittery as they're rapidly moving out of the equilibrium point.

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:50:00 +0000

By: Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe)

Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:18:37 +0000

What about tilting to move the player around the court, with swiping to hit the ball- wouldn't that work?

By: Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe)

Barry Ward (aka wastedyuthe) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:18:00 +0000

What about tilting to move the player around the court, with swiping to hit the ball- wouldn't that work?

By: hkiphone

hkiphone — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:13:29 +0000

^^ as in try to develop a tennis game with the above functions... iPhone developer program only works on intel-based macs. :'(
Hopefully can get the new MacBook within the next 4mths