[casual_games] Re Games on the iPod

[katie]

On this topic, I found this page:

http://www.bensinclair.com/article/whats-inside-an-ipod-game


Katie Dykes
www.silveroaks.com

On Sep 14, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Michelle Bushneff wrote:

>> I hope apple makes iPod development easier now that this project is 
>> no longer
> secret, but i can tell you that developing the first batch of games 
> was very
> difficult. We had to develop against an emulator, them apple had 
> another company
> create the actual iPod build. Fixing bugs involved huddling in a 
> secure room at
> apple itself.
>
> Arg, why doesn't this surprise me?
>
> After attending AGC last week, I'm at day two of The Future of Web Apps
> Summit. Lots of interesting info and insight relevant to our industry. 
> The
> theme here is open platforms, open source, and putting control into the
> hands of indie developers and consumers.
>
> I hope Apple's strategy doesn't involve a walled garden for gaming on 
> the
> iPod. Based on PopCap's experience, I'm skeptical. Perhaps the 
> developers
> who have "cracked the code" without endorsement from Apple will open 
> source
> their tools?
>
> --Michelle
>
> Michelle Bushneff    Plan B
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