Comments on: Arcade Reality Treo-based Camera Game
The game has 3 different playing modes: Arcade Reality, Infinite Shooter and Asteroids mode. It also has rich sound effects and background music. It is available now with a free demo version and costs $14.95 for the full version. It is only compatible with the Treo 650, 680 and 700p.
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RE: Most Incredible thing I have ever seen on the Treo 700P
How'd you get to play it ? Review copy? Bought it?
This thing looks amazing!
A shame the Zire 72 & 71 are not supported, along with all of the camera-enabled CLIEs...
It's amazing that it took THIS long for someone to come up with a new spin on a tired genre that utilizes nearly every unique feature of the Treo (rumble feedback, touchscreen, camera, d-pad etc).
Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX-->Treo 700P
RE: Most Incredible thing I have ever seen on the Treo 700P
Just as Palm seems to be doing all it can to cripple the Treo and make it as dull and pointless as all the other smartphone knockoffs, here's yet another developer coming along and providing some originality and fun that shows the advantages of the Treo platform.
Maybe someday Palm will gain the foresight to bring a few of these whizkids in as they are designing the hardware - then maybe the RAM, camera, battery life, antenna, buttons and other crucial things will be well designed to make the Treo a smartphone leader rather than the has-been it may easily become on the present track....
RE: Most Incredible thing I have ever seen on the Treo 700P
I am adding it to my "Purchase when I have spending money" list!
By the way, the items that float around actually bounce off of items that the Treo's camera can see! An asteroid bounced off my laptop's screen and then proceeded to bounce off of the side of a bookcase back at me.
RE: Most Incredible thing I have ever seen on the Treo 700P
RE: What's next? Virtual Reality Porn on your Treo?
Purchase Warning
Rstogy
RE: Purchase Warning
RE: Purchase Warning
For those of us with a lot of purchased software, if this "serial number" idea catches on with developers, I'll need to devote half a day to conversing with various developers begging for a replacement key that works. If you get a run of bad hardware, it's a major PITA. It just gives software "cracking" a legitimate excuse, and will discourage sales to people who want to pay.
(I may still suffer through begging everytime for my key and buy this, but it certainly gives me a major pause as I was planning to pull the trigger on this today.... it's SOOOO wild!)
RE: Purchase Warning
i won't try to convinve you that tying the registration code to the physical device is a brilliant idea. in a perfect world there would be no piracy and no registration codes... and i would be more happy not having to devote my time for crippling my own software.
anyway, i'm here to say that i'm aware of the drawbacks of this system and i will make sure that the registered users won't have trouble receiving a replacement code if needed.
RE: Purchase Warning
I am aware of both sides of the argument. It's not the "ideal" from a user standpoint to spend a lot of time on websites recreating codes for every single application every single time your hardware dies or is upgraded. I'm glad you are committing to making the key replacement process as painless as possible.
This is one of the few games I've seen that are well-enough designed and interesting enough to use regularly. And you've priced it at a level that puts all the other $15 and $20 throwaway Palm games and utilities in real perspective. You deserve all the kudos that you are getting for your work, and I hope you stay actively involved creating apps for the Palm/Access/Garnet/whateverOS.
BTW- anyone looking for a stunning freeware app, try Toyspring's "Video Jigsaw" (http://toyspring.com/vj/). This guy is off the hook!
RE: Purchase Warning
Rstogy
RE: Purchase Warning
Please know that this is not a flame in any way. I am actually curious as to what reasoning went into tying it to the hardware serial number.
Arthur
Palm Pilot 1000 > Palm Pilot Professional > Palm III > Palm M100 > Sony Clié PEG-T415 > Palm T|T3 > Samsung SCH-i730 > Palm 700p
RE: Purchase Warning
It also means that a purchaser can not install the same software on multiple machines with the same hotsync name at the same time. I currently have three working Palm units, all with the same sync name. I could have all my software running on all of those machines. Maybe toyspring is trying to stop that sort of "deployment".
However, I don't think the software manufacturer should do this. I have a "license" to use that software. I can't operate three Palm devices at the same time. What difference should it make to them on which device I am operating it? I have legitimately paid them their licensing fee. That should be enough. (period!) IMO, this is not a good way to license this type of product.
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Want an alternative? Try this: http://www.ubuntu.com/
Stunning
Killer App?
Probably not actually a killer app for the Treo per se, but definitely just a brilliant idea, and incredibly well executed.
Fast edge detection rules
In any case, I've often wondered just how fast basic image processing operations (i.e. edge detection and "object" tracking) could be done on modern-day hardware.
Guess we know now, eh?
Pretty cool.
RE: Fast edge detection rules
but i do not use edge detection in "arcade reality". instead, i only measure the "global" background movement.
however my not-yet-released augmented reality application can identify and track moving shapes in the video stream - this will be used in the next game :-)
cocacola
Will there be a problem like with the Wii controllers- people throwing their treos across the room???
RE: cocacola
RE: cocacola
this cannot be resolved without "hacking" or "patchng" the system, which requires some experimenting. i could try to do this if i had zire or if someone could lend me one. unfortunately, none of my friends has such device... so for now zire 72 is not supported.
CAVEAT
Erm, this isn't original
See; http://www.midlet-review.com/index?content=review&id=268&rel=symbian
This is rather old, and the graphics were better on the old Nokia version!
RE: Erm, this isn't original
however i dare not to agree that the killer virus graphics is better ;-)
RE: Erm, this isn't original
700p
Thanks,
dave
RE: 700p
What I didn't try was posting on an online forum. Murphy's law would dictate as soon as I post on a forum, all I would need to do is go back and try it again and it should work perfectly.
I have no idea why it works now but not last night.
I suppose you should disregard my previous message, but of course according to Murphy's Law that would mean it would quit working so I'm not going to just come out and say it.
And yet somehow life goes on.
Dave
My Review
http://comments.deasil.com/2007/02/16/game-review-arcade-reality/
Can't run it on Treo 680
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Most Incredible thing I have ever seen on the Treo 700P
JUST THE WILDEST THING I HAVE EVER TRIED OUT!
You will get looks while playing this, just don't let anyone try it or you wont get the Phone back so quick. O.K. I have to go and save the bedroom from attack.
ScottG