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Touchgrind: Multitouch fingerboarding for the iPhone
Pretty interesting, even if you're not up for doing something as silly as pushing a tiny skateboard around with your fingers. It looks kind of fun, actually -- flip your finger out at a certain angle with a certain speed, and the little board responds. I'm curious to see, however, if it's an actual physics engine (which would be awesome), or if it's just responding to certain gestures and then running prerecorded flips. The game's set to come out in October. We asked Illusion Labs about a price, but they said they hadn't figured it out yet.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave said 7:32PM on 9-09-2008
Looks like it's pre-recorded animations, no physics engine involved here.
I'm still not sure what the goal of this game is, but maybe it's just that, jumping and getting points?
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jonathan ober said 9:59PM on 9-09-2008
also, hope they dont keep the 'yeah' in there for the end product. but yea, doesnt look really physic-y. unless moving your fingers is physics. also, didnt see any grind spots or ramps, but with the limited viewing area i doubt they will have them.
unless its free, it fails.
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BigB said 3:01AM on 9-10-2008
looks liek fun to me, i'm sure they'll update it as it gets developed.
brings back old memories of entire parks we had set up as kids.
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Shawin said 4:38AM on 9-10-2008
Nice but that top view really makes me dizzy. And too many "Yeah"s could proves very annoying to the point of making me throw my iPhone down like I'd do with my skateboard.
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Shawin said 4:40AM on 9-10-2008
btw where's Vans Finger Fracture?
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smear said 7:31AM on 9-10-2008
make it free or 99 cents and I'll download it
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mightymax58 said 12:34PM on 11-30-2008
just downloaded it... i love it! ok, 3 euros something might be too expesive for some folks, but i also know, that developing stuff like that takes a lil' effort. so wassup: support the cool:)
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