Experimental 'Multi-touch' on nokia 5800, game implementation.

This video demonstrates the experimental multi-touch system I developed on the 5800.

The game idea was a simple derivative of 'guitar hero' or 'DDR' whereby you press a button or buttons along with the music.

The two major problems with this idea on this specific platform are:

1) Button layout, the buttons need to be in an easy to reach location , but also that will not require the phone to be shifted around to reach other keys. also when pressing the buttons its important that the main game play area is not obscured by the players hands.

2) most touchscreen devices are still only single touch capable. this severely reduces the number of button presses available. unlike a traditional keypad which allows for combos.

Both of these issues have been overcome as you can see in the video. The game is very early on in design but the underlying technology is the real product that I'm showcasing.

Many thanks to www.danceaway64.co.uk for providing the music and to www.symbian-freak.com for the best symbian related news site online.

Please let me know your thoughts, I'm also looking for a good graphic designer to help with graphics and a few people to play-test when its a little further along the development chain.

This will be a freeware game.

Please note that there is no download available as yet, but please stay tuned.

Just for Fun, Rotary Dialer!

Hi All,

Just for fun I decided to create an old fashioned rotary dialer for Nokia 5800 XM.

Its fully functional and uses the vibrate of the phone to great effect.

Once you've entered your number you can hit the "Call" button to place a call.

Try it, trust me, you'll be glad the digital age happened :)

Please download the sis file here

Cheers
Jamie

Update: At the request of a few people I have uploaded a short video of the app runnning.

Nokia 5800 Game...

Hi All,

its been quite some time since I've added any Dev stuff to this site, but recently I was inspired.

I purchased a nokia 5800 and am loving this little gadget.

So to celebrate its greatness I have written sensitive for it. This time I went for the ever so original name of "Sensitive5800"

Its very similar to the other versions I have written before but this time with a whole new method of controlling it.

Please download the sis file here

There are 50 levels, each time you beat a level you unlock the next one, the game remembers which levels you have completed and lets you replay any previous completed level.

Please note this game is designed to play in portrait mode.

Click any of the screenshots below for a better view.




I hope you enjoy, and please leave some feedback!

Jamie Fuller

Phun...

Hi All,

Its been a while since I have posted anything so here is a little PHP script that can help all the fans of PHUN.

http://30dbs.nfshost.com/phun.php

Basically it can turn a 24bit PNG file into a PHN file for use in PHUN.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Jamie

Finally!!!

Hi All,

After a month of work the new game is ready, I have set up a page for it here so I wont go into too much detail but please play with it and let me know what you all think!

Cheers
Jamie

Back in time Live

As a rest from all my hard work coding this game I decided to pop into london and check out 'Back in Time Live' at the Spitz (http://www.c64audio.com/productInfo.php?cat=BITLIVE2007) , it was a great night and I met up with Danceaway64 who is composing all the music for the new game.

The energy was awesome, Danceaway64 performed 7 tracks from his new CD, absolutely amazing! and had the whole place rocking, so I'm really excited to have him working on this project.

I didn't stay the whole night as I had to get back to my family but the first 3 hours we're awesome and I'll be booking my tickets for the next one as soon as its announced.

8-bit weapen we're awesome, really impressed to see them working with loads of original equipment, Makke was hilarious and made a fantastic presenter for the night.

Anyway the game is 99% finshed, just making some final tweaks and adjustments and awaiting the music. then it'll be available for download.

I have a preview video on myspace.com but I'll only show it to people on my friends list, so pop by and add me (http://myspace.com/30dbs)

all the best
Jamie

Musician Needed!

I'm currently looking for a talanted musician to help me convert a couple of small loops into something a bit more modern than the original?

Any one up for a challenge? You'll be working only for the fun of it and credit of course.

Let me know if anyone can help, I'd like to knock this one out pretty quick as I've been working on it for nearly 3 weeks now and thats 3 times longer than any previous game I want this game to be great but also want to put it to bed! I'm getting married in less than 3 weeks and I'm sure I wont be allowed to spend so much time dev'ing once that haapens!

anyone who can source some in-game samples (jumping, landing etc) would be good too!

Cheers
Jamie