Sunset: an FPS RPG for the iPhone
This is the last thing I expected to see a day before Jobs is (hopefully) destined to reveal what can be done with the iPhone SDK, but nevertheless here it is. Donald Hays sent us a link to "Sunset," which is a game he wrote for the iPhone. I was skeptical when he described it as "a 3D RPG," because this is the iPhone we're talking about -- the thing can't even run Flash -- but lo and behold, that's exactly what it is. The graphics are homemade (he says he been working on the game since August of '07), and the genre conventions are many (it's an RPG in the old Dungeons of Daggorath style), so you run around, kill stuff, complete objectives, and level up), but in this case it's not the game that's so amazing, but where and how you're playing it.Seriously -- go to Donald's site on your iPhone and give it a look yourself. The game's even got an inventory system and a save system built into it. Very impressive work.
Update: Donald has also written up a postmortem of making the game. The first answer to the question in your mind: it's mostly Javascript, and yes, it sounds like a hell of a lot of crazy coding. The end project is pretty incredible, though.
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I checked it out and I'll definitely be playing this in the days to come. Awesome job!
January 15 2008 at 1:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks for the kind comments. I can't believe I'm finally finished with this project.
In case anybody cares, I've blogged a Post Mortem about the project at:
http://www.donaldhays.com/archive/2008/01/14/sunset_post_mortem.html
Donald -- bravo. Nice job!
January 14 2008 at 9:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis is sooo cool. I think it's the best webapp after the modified google page. haha
January 14 2008 at 8:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI just started, and it's pretty damn impressive. Any word on how the game actually runs? I know no flash, but...
January 14 2008 at 8:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyworks on my PSP. by the way, I had no idea the iPhone couldn't run flash, the PSP can, here are some examples: http://www.psponme.com/list_psp.asp
January 14 2008 at 8:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyVery impressive. The artwork adds to the charm of this game. As for gameplay, imagine a MUD with graphics, that's what I picture this as.
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