We decided to submit for ADC2 after Google IO '09 -though unfortunately we couldn't make it out there... Our small team of 4 developers (two core) (only one programmer) decided to make a stab at producing our 1st good idea for Android -& we don't think the iPhone OS will allow us to do what we need. We decided to make a game but enter it into the 'Lifestyles' category for this competition as we use game mechanics & a game engine to make non-game activities interesting. What we ended up with was an an alpha version of our software product Rhythmatics™ - not yet suitable for the Android Market (but will be during beta).
What I learned as a new Manager/Producer/Content Pipeline Funnel/ Tester/etc.. was just how much work goes into game development. Had I envisioned spending hours upon hours per day working on this, I may have backed out -but instead we have an alpha. Coming from the POV of a everything but a coder I can truly say that the process & scope involved is huge. The biggest challenge for me was managing everything including art assets & design process. While Android 1.5 + G1 posed quite a few limitations on us from a game perspective, it did allow us to realize our ideas in a suitable manner. Android 1.5 has a (err..) workable media framework, but we think we can work with it -though we hope 2.0 improves things dramatically. Application Synopsis: "Like Guitar Hero® for running!" Rhythmatics™ Alpha - An athletic rhythm game. Walk, jog, or run in pace with the beat of the music, matching each step on time. Match the rhythm to affect the music and earn high scores. Lose the rhythm to negatively affect the music and lose the game. You can hear us gripe & moan on our twitter page (website coming soonish): www.twitter.com/brownbaggames Best Regards, On Sep 1, 10:41 am, Lout <[email protected]> wrote: > While you developers relax... would you mind sharing what apps to > expect through this challenge.. and anything else you wish to share > about ADC2 submissions... well anything including the fact: 'thank > God, no more sleep less nights'! > > Am collecting information about the challenge (ADC2) for a news > article as am with cnet (and AP). Pitch your app if you have already > published or would soon publish on the market too. > > Your app name and description, web link if any, experience with > ADC2, ... anything would be useful for our article(s). > > And do you feel that there would have been more submissions than in > ADC1? > Is the competition going to be tougher or less profound as you were > allowed to put up apps not published before 1st Aug only? > > Do you think that all apps that didn't try for ADC1 should have had a > chance? > > Congratulations on your submissions while you wait for the next > phase. > Thanks, > Lout Reilly > ps: Moderators we request you to let this through so that you too get > some feedback. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
