Lights Off: a native iPhone game
Given the fast and furious rate that iPhone native apps are becoming available you might get the mistaken impression that Apple has finally released an API for coders to get their hands on. Nope, Apple is still defending AT&T's network from third party developers, but that doesn't stop motivated people (and it helps if they are clever to boot).The latest iPhone application is the first fully native iPhone game, Lights Off. The game is simple enough; turn off all the lights by pressing them and you advance to the next level. The real shocker here is the polish. This app looks like it shipped with the iPhone, and that's a huge accomplishment especially when compared with the command line iPhone apps that have been available as of late, impressive as those may be.
Sadly, the lack of support from Apple means that getting Lights Off running on your iPhone is harder than it should be, but I'm hopeful that Apple will see all this cool developer activity and open up the iPhone a little. It could happen, right?
A word of warning, this software is provided as is, so if you aren't comfortable mucking around with your iPhone's innards it might behoove you to wait until Apple supports this sort of thing.
[via Daring Fireball]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AskTheAdmin said 7:44AM on 8-14-2007
Got it working - and it really does look good. Hopefully this is a HUGE step in the right direction for more good looking iPhone apps. Let the coding begin... err umm Continue!
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Aron Trimble said 10:27AM on 8-14-2007
I am having trouble getting a compiled binary of iPHUC to work? Any chance someone might want to send a copy my way?
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Zach S said 10:49AM on 8-14-2007
Oh god, this reminds me of "Lights Out", that annoying game from Tiger Elec. It's fun for awhile, but it quickly becomes your worst enemy! There's always one light left - and then that one splits into three! NOOOOOO!
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Joel Laumans said 11:08AM on 8-14-2007
Finally what the iPhone was missing...
think of all the great games you can make using the touchscreen!
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tehpyro said 11:25AM on 8-14-2007
so question... if the iPhone is truely running osx, why can't I run iphone apps on my macbook?
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Apxi said 12:24PM on 8-14-2007
honestly i would imho iphones osx is about as close to regular osx as windows mobile is to windows xp
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Kris said 3:11PM on 8-14-2007
Personally, Apple is effectively, and freely, outsourcing the development of additional iPhone apps by not including them. Take the TV for example: When it first came out it was 40GB only. Then when they noticed people were upgrading it themselves they had their market testbed done for free. The 2ng Gen iPhone will support apps. Apple's just not paying for it.
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