One more reason why we can't wait for the iPhone SDK to drop. GameSetWatch has a short interview up with developer Steve D of Demiforce about his new iPhone game, Trism. It's a Bejeweled-like gem matching puzzle game, but the twist is that after getting matched, the gems fall in the direction that the iPhone's accelerometer tells them to fall. It's wild stuff, and you can see it clearly in the video above.
He's playing the game on a jailbroken iPhone, but it's still a work in progress, so the game isn't available to the public yet. Depending on the terms of the iPhone SDK, he's looking at porting it over to that and releasing it via whatever distribution system Apple comes up with. And he cooked this thing up in about ten days (he wanted to rush it to show it off at GDC last week), so if Apple is able to include smaller developers like Steve in their SDK setup, we'll see some terrific software come off the line in no time at all.
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2-29-2008 @ 4:08PM
jlwallen said...
that is cool! not only is it a cool game it shows how far the iphone can be taken. i can't wait for the SDK!!!!!!
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2-29-2008 @ 4:17PM
The General said...
Excellent song. If anyone is wondering, it's called "Voyager" by Daft Punk. :-)
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2-29-2008 @ 4:51PM
conigs said...
While I completely understand him wanting to get a patent on the gameplay, I really, really hope it isn't too broad of a patent. (Eg, "using accelerometer to orient gameplay objects" or something generic like that.)
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2-29-2008 @ 5:26PM
required said...
I wonder if the camera would be better than the accelerometer: http://wireless.ign.com/articles/741/741844p1.html
2-29-2008 @ 5:28PM
required said...
I didn't mean to reply to your post conigs. Sorry for that.
2-29-2008 @ 4:56PM
Marshall said...
...That's an iPod Touch in the video, no?
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2-29-2008 @ 5:41PM
Vincent Colombo said...
Wow, I want an iPhone now just for this game. Seriously.
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2-29-2008 @ 6:16PM
SaNcTuS said...
Thats an iPod Touch in the video. the beginning, before he unlocked the device, check out the top left. Says iPod. and Not to mention the homescreen resembles the one in the iPod touch...
Therefore, its an iPod touch.
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3-01-2008 @ 12:29AM
JPT said...
Please make a color blind mode! I absolutely LOVE these types of games, but sadly most developers never even think about a color blind mode!
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3-01-2008 @ 12:37PM
demione said...
it's not too broad of a patent; i simply wanted to protect against someone taking a similar idea and making "puzzle quest: tilting triangles" or something like that.
yeah it's an ipod touch. my mom got me it for xmas. thanks mom!!! :)
glad you all like the game though! hearing things like this really makes me want to get to you that much sooner.
cheers!
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3-01-2008 @ 6:29PM
JK1150 said...
What a horrible time he choose to demo the product. Never forget.
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