This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here In our previous tutorial we tidied up the IwGame engine and properly separated our engine calls away from our game code. We ended up with a nice system that allows us to begin building… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Sending and Retrieving Data From the Web”
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Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Turning IwGame into a Real Game Engine
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here In our previous tutorial we created created an actor, scene and camera system to automate the handling of game objects for us as well as allow us to create different types of actors… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Turning IwGame into a Real Game Engine”
Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Actors, Scenes and Cameras Make the World Go Round
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here In our previous tutorial we created an extensible animation system that allowed us to create discrete frame based image animation as well as other types of animations. This week we will continue on… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Actors, Scenes and Cameras Make the World Go Round”
Beginning of the end for Nintendo?
Just read here that Nintendo are to reveal a pre-tax loss of ¥100 billion (£821 million), which is a lot of money even for Nintendo. With the recent flop of 3DS and developers turning away from Nintendo DS / Wii because of high production costs, bad sales and the terrible… Read more“Beginning of the end for Nintendo?”
Holographic Universe from a Computer Programmers Perspective
Picked up a book today that I started reading a while back but then forgot about called “The Holographic Universe” by Michael Talbot. The book so far is an interesting read on the theory of the Universe being a projection of a 2D surface into 3D, so reality would basically… Read more“Holographic Universe from a Computer Programmers Perspective”
Bada App and Game Marketing – Playing the Samsung Apps Store for Bada to Boost Sales
Hello fellow Samsung Bada app developers! We know exactly what it’s like to drop a few products onto Samsung Apps store and see them teeter around 5-10 sales per day at $0.99. We have two products up on the Samsung App Store: BattleBallz Chaos (a game) Funky Cam 3D (a… Read more“Bada App and Game Marketing – Playing the Samsung Apps Store for Bada to Boost Sales”
Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Creating an Extensible Animation System
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here Had flu all week and now I’ve been afflicted with a chest infection so it’s been a pretty miserable week. At least the news of our game BattleBallz Chaos being shown at the Blackberry… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Creating an Extensible Animation System”
Marmalade SDK News – Tim Closs on why the Marmalade SDK is so good
Interview with Tim Closs the CTO of the cross platform smart phone and tablet SDK, Marmalade SDK at Blackberry Devcon 2011 conference. Tim mentions how the Marmalade SDK is a good choice for bringing premium content to a variety of platforms (iOS, Android, Bada, Playbook, Symbian, LG TV and more)… Read more“Marmalade SDK News – Tim Closs on why the Marmalade SDK is so good”
BattleBallz Chaos by Pocketeers Limited Shown on Blackberry Playbook Gaming Ad
One of our games “BattleBallz Chaos” for Blackberry Playbook has been shown on Blackberry’s Playbook gaming ad! Well, not bad to say it only took us four hours (yes, you did read that right), 4 hours to convert the game using the amazing Marmalade SDK. We we’re also the first… Read more“BattleBallz Chaos by Pocketeers Limited Shown on Blackberry Playbook Gaming Ad”
Marmalade SDK Bitesize Tutorial – How to Launch an External File or Web Link
Welcome to another bite size Marmalade SDK tutorial. This tutorial covers a cross platform way of opening up web links and other types of external file using the Marmalade SDK. The Marmalade SDK contains a cool function called s3eOSExecExecute() which will launch the file / URL that you provide as… Read more“Marmalade SDK Bitesize Tutorial – How to Launch an External File or Web Link”