>I'd like to advance a proposal, mainly to Nokia's Tableteer >site developers. > >There's no need to explain why a better gaming experience on >the internet tablets could boost user-base: of course, for a >"high-level" portable gaming experience we'll buy a >GBA/DS/PSP/GP2X etc.; I know 770/800 is not a gaming platform, >but if we have a 770/800 in our pocket, and we're in gaming >mood, and we have no money for a new good game for our GBA >these times, why not benefit of our ITB's (Internet Tablet) >nice display and touch screen? > >Let me soon underline that I'm not going to ask for a better >hardware for games, or a better button pad, etc.: nothing >needs to be changed, but gaming experience on ITB can be >*extremely* boosted with a relatively simple initiative, >better if supported by Nokia itself for its success - let me >explain it, I hope I succeed in making you see its potential >how I do, and take action. > >You all know how the Nintendo Wii has gained poularity, and >sells. With this nice console in their living room, plenty of >users have access to the Internet in a very straightforward >way, just like the ITB does on the go (incidentally, this >reminds me the main current trends of Microsoft and >Apple: Microsoft at home, Apple on the go). > >The Nintendo Wii can be considered, imho, a great alley for >Nokia Internet Tablets sells and popularity: can you see why? >I own a Nokia 770: let me say that gaming experience, out of >the box, is very poor. Tak has done a very good job with >emulators porting, but this cannot be considered a solution: >first, most users don't own so much arcade boards and nes >cartridges in order to legally play their favourite games >through emulators; second, the hardware keys simply cannot be >used for a smooth gameplay; third, the average user will not >easily find and follow the route to emugaming on its tablet. > >So, why the Wii can be an alley? Because you can see that lots >of Flash developers are creating plenty of very nice and >enjoyable games... with Wii in mind. As the Opera browser can >display Flash content, they adapt their old games or create >new ones scaling down needed resources, fitting a TV display, >and - above all - making them playable *with just the mouse*. >This is the real point: just-mouse games! > >Wait: this means not that I'm going to propose we should use >those games on the ITB (even if some of those work almost >perfectly on my 770, if I set "quality: low" for Flash content >display). My suggestion really is: > >--->>> steal the "wiicade.com" idea! [1] <<<--- > >It is a site collecting Flash games adapted to be used on the >Nintendo Wii console; there's also a voting system, top-rated >list, newest ones list, search by name field, etc.; developers >can submit games (to promote their sites, or whatever) and the >games are free to use, and easy to find. No installation >required, no repository in the Application catalogue needed, >no dependencies, nothing: want to play? click and enjoy! Are >you bored? >Close your browser, or browse back and try another one ;) > >I hate Flash sites. But when it comes to games, a Flash plugin >can really turn a web browser in a simple yet powerful >sandbox-embedded-gaming-platform. So, we already have built-in >in our tablets this nice web browser and this popular >"embedded-game-platform" >plugin: and they're the same choice made by Nintendo, one of >the best gaming companies of the world, for their newest >console; they're some versions older on ITBs, though, but they >are not that bad (and sometimes "old" means "faster" too). > >As many "mouse-only concept" free Flash games are popping out >following the Wii trend, Nokia should take advantage of that >and gain some popularity from those users who could enjoy a >portable device capable of providing access to plenty of >*free* nice games (have I underlined the word "free" enough? >;) Not only free, but easy to "install" (well, no installation >is required at all), easy to "uninstall" (well, no >uninstallation is required at all), easy to store and load >when offline (they are just swf files, the built-in file >manager can access them from a memory card just like a mame >frontend does on zipped roms archives), easy to adapt for >developers (it's Flash after all). > >So, if still you have no idea of what is my proposal, here it >is finally: > >The default main page in the browser on ITB is the Tableteer: >we already have a big link to the "Fun for Kids" section, >where some games are linked to be downloaded and installed. >Good, let's share the "Fun for Kids" >label, even if we all know those "kids" can eventually be more >than 30 years old sometimes ;) There, I can see fitting the >link for a service similar to wiicade.com, where developers >can submit their games, specifically adapted for use on the >Internet Tablets. Of course, there will be a clear separation >between "Nokia 770" games and "Nokia N800" games, where 770 >ones will be Flash 6 compatible, scaled down with simple gfx >and optimizations for better performance on the slow 770 CPU, >loaded with Flash in low-quality mode (no >antialias) by default, adjusted for absolute mouse positions >(as the touchscreen requires), and eventually better fitting >the display size. I suspect these are not so difficult tasks >for good Flash developers, but I could be wrong: by the way, >even if difficult, it could be worth (increase audience). > >Besides, Wii and ITB owners could play the very same games in >their living-room, and on the go: so the ITB could be a must >for Wii owners and extreme gamers who love to play some free >games when they can't access their Wii :) I'm thinking here >to games where a code makes the player jump to some level of >the game, or games where training is never enough. > > >So that's all folks: I hope this long message can convey my >idea to the right readers. Here are some notes and the links following. > >Note: wiicade.com is not the only site offering Wii-wise >games, e.g.: [2]. > >Note 2: as an example of a Wii-wise game working nice on the >770 you can browse to [3] (put Flash in low-quality mode for >best performance). > > >[1] http://wiicade.com >[2] http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/wii/ >[3] http://www.wiicade.com/playGame.aspx?gameID=68 > >-- >Antonio
Hi, Now if only we could get a better performance from the Flash plugin. I actually play quite much content from e.g. www.rofl.name/flash, some games work just fine. I used the yetisports lite to test the Input Methods iteraction with Flash content :) (call it "testing"). Br, --jakub _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
