Torque Game Engine comes to the iPhone

We've mentioned the Torque gaming engine from GarageGames here a few times before -- it's a pretty powerful 3D engine that makes developing great games on the Mac that much easier. And now, they've released a version of it for the iPhone, complete with support for multitouch input and even screen gesture recognition.

I am hardly a game programmer, but my understanding is that this sits on top of the OpenGL ES system in the iPhone -- you use the Torque engine to develop, and then the iPhone runs the games developed without any other special software. The benefits are that you can use the Torque Game Builder software (which is also available for many other platforms) to put together iPhone specific games, which makes it not only easier to develop native games, but to port games from those other platforms as well.

At any rate, this is good news for both iPhone game developers and players -- the easier it gets to create quality software on the platform, the more games we'll have to choose from.

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Source: http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque/iPhone/

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Rey Bumalay

Looking at the screenshot, the engine looks good but I dont know if the price is affordable enough for individual game developer wannabe such as myself. 500 USD is too much and I dont think people like me is willing to shell out that kind of money

August 31 2008 at 5:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

glassloop

irrlitch is being ported to the iphone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3UgsVBeqxM

July 29 2008 at 4:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bill

I'm waiting for someone to port Tribes to the iPhone now.

July 29 2008 at 2:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

superpixel

Marty, I love Unity as well but so far haven't seen anything for iPhone using it yet (or Wii, for that matter, and that was announced ages ago). I could have missed it, however!

But yeah, Unity is rad. I wonder if the new asset streaming capabilities would be feasible for creating an MMO on the iPhone?

July 29 2008 at 10:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Cal

Marble Blast Ultra would be the greatest game on the iPhone. The torque shader engine makes games look amazing and with the 3D power of the iPhone, I am excited to see what comes out from Garage Games.

July 29 2008 at 9:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

weescunner

The prices listed by Whubbsie are for the standard engine. On the iPhone page it clearly states:

"Torque for the iPhone is licensed on a per title basis. For specific pricing and licensing information, please contact..."

It's the "per title" clause that bothers me. For $150 you can buy the standard indie package which permits you to develop and publish an unlimited number of games. Even if the "per title" licence fee is say $30, that only gives you 5 iPhone games. Sounds to me like Garage Games is cashing in on the optimistic popularity of their engine.

July 28 2008 at 8:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

slimy33

Minions of Mirth for iPhone? ;-) Yes please!

July 28 2008 at 6:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

AlJaMa

wow, sorry for spelling, for all of you that will get mad. I meant indie not "indy"

July 28 2008 at 5:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

AlJaMa

torque is a great platform for mac development, but any software with a one use, no stated price seems kinda fishy for an indy dev like my self. Also, is it just me, or does the description seem lacking?

July 28 2008 at 4:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Dark Morford

Hello, Penny Arcade Adventures?

July 28 2008 at 4:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply