Yes they are much more fun and they are the future. For gamers. Those teenagers(of any age) who spend parents money on PSP or PS3. For people who can allocate dedicated time to games (not just play while commuting or short sessions). So on specialized mobile gaming platforms (and Google/vendors have a chance to use Android to become one) they will eventually be insanely popular.
Meanwhile, if Android devices will not take off as gaming gear (e.g wrong formfactor, joistick, marketing(N-Gage1/2) ) it will be as sweet for casual games developers as iphone, j2me and symbian devices. (like you know, minesweeper and solitaire could be accounted for more wasted man-years than Quake 3 though the later is more fun and advanced) There is another threat to authors of casual games like tbrethel or myself and may be delight for end-users and carriers: web based and flash games. As device enables good enough access to such games then there is little incentive to invest in porting casual games to mobile platforms. Alexander On May 14, 7:48 pm, Alex Pisarev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tberthel, > > Location-based games are actually much more fun than real ones. For > sure. > The future is after augmented reality games, that will drive people > crazy. > > Alex > > On May 14, 10:24 am, tberthel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OMG. Biosopher why do you think something like Google maps is a game? > > > Rayfarla has mini games which the owner stated is a third of the app. > > So it is not a game it just has learning games. > > > "is a" "has a" relationships. > > > On May 14, 1:02 am, Biosopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm unsure who's spreading the myths that games did not win. > > > > Check out this site for more details on the > > > winners:http://phandroid.com/2008/05/10/adc-round-1-winners/ > > > > These are definitely games: > > > City Slikkers > > > Joyity > > > Rayfarla > > > > There are also 4 unnamed winners which could each have been games. > > > > Many of the apps I saw previously announced for Android (but that > > > weren't chosen) did not take advantage of Android's unique > > > capabilities. They were basically ports of existing games like > > > Tetris, Asteroids, Space Invaders, ... > > > > I am curious why games like Parallel Kingdom have gone quiet though. > > > Perhaps they won & are now in stealth mode?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to android-challenge@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
