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This week I start a new project. I'm porting Phit to the iPhone. The FedEx man just dropped off my new MacBook—my first foray into Mac. Liam uses them at school, so he initiated me. He showed me the button on the bottom of the Mac that tells the battery life. He helped me figure out which power cord to use. He assured me that the white light on the front of the Mac bodes well rather than ill. Then we formed a GarageBand and recorded our first megahit.I considered a Mac a few years ago but chickened out at the last minute. No right mouse button? No delete key? Why don't you just cut off my arm?
This time I have no choice. I'm making a game for the iPhone, and the SDK requires a Mac. So here I sit, searching for a Home key that doesn't exist (though Command+Left Arrow does much the same thing). Isn't it a little bit ironic, considering Apple's 1984 commercial, how totalitarian is their approach to user interface?
The Mac interface is so slick, though. A high-energy, full-screen movie greets me on startup. Everything is smooth and colorful. It's a beauty bath. I go back to my PC running Windows XP, and it's like watching an old Land of the Lost rerun. Great special effects, for the time.
My goal is to get Phit ported over soon after the iPhone AppStore opens. Daniel McNeely (of ArmorGames) and I have partnered to make it happen. We think people will absolutely love Phit on the iPhone. What do you think—how does Phit with multi-touch sound to you? You'll be able to drag two pieces at once, yank this one out of the way to get that one past. Sitting on a train. Or driving your car. It will rock.
You haven't played Phit? It's a simple puzzle game I made last year that you can play on the web. Try it—it won't bite. Though people do tell me it's addictive. I had a note from a lady who was quitting smoking and using Phit as a replacement.
Over the next few weeks I'll keep you posted as I delve into the dark, mysterious, vaguely Fascist world of making games on the iPhone. Check back often or you'll totally miss it, and then your friends will ask if you saw the last awesome post and you'll have to admit you didn't and then they'll realize you suck.
One last question. Who thought it was a good idea to sharpen the edges of a laptop?
Labels: games, iPhone, Mac, Phit, technology
..posted at 5/22/2008 11:04:00 AM
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