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old_School
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Posted: 11th Jul 2011 07:02 Edited at: 11th Jul 2011 07:02
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Working on a version of "Pong". We plan to make it slightly different with a name change to avoid copyright issues lol Hope is to make it for the Windows Phone.Here is my current mockup


So who links Pong?


Me
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RedneckRambo
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Posted: 11th Jul 2011 07:40
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Dude, okay seriously, this is off topic, but please... I'm asking you very nicely... please just check your grammar. Your posts are so hard to read sometimes.

AKA Jenkins
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Dazzag
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Posted: 11th Jul 2011 10:58 Edited at: 11th Jul 2011 10:58
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You are probably ok with "Pong" in the title. On another development forum someone did a title called "Just Pong" and it did fine on the Apple app store. It was pretty much identical to the original. I think he also put it on Android and WebOS (the language can be used on many devices) and no-one has stopped him I believe. He reckons he got over 60000 downloads on iOS (mainly free version I assume) so it's not even as if it's a game mainly ignored and forgotten.

Cheers

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old_School
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Posted: 11th Jul 2011 21:52
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Hmm thanks for the tip. I'll have to look into Andrroid conversion from VB8 if its possiable. I wish the Windows phone was more popular. It would make converting alot easier for me.
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AJ Schaeffer
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Posted: 11th Jul 2011 22:49
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What program did you use to make it?

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 11th Jul 2011 23:36 Edited at: 11th Jul 2011 23:38
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I like pong.


I didn't shower this morning.

Anyway, cool - you using the new App Kit from TGC?

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budokaiman
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Posted: 12th Jul 2011 03:38
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You REALLY need to work on the art. Right now, it's very messy and rather odd looking.


Be yourself, but make sure you don't sound like a dying sheep.
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old_School
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Posted: 12th Jul 2011 07:23
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I only do the art because we have no artist on the team. Im the closest thing we have so Its up to me. As for App kit ahh no, I'll be using Microsofts or Apples or whom evers free kit. I have not researched the Iphones code yet but I know Windows phone uses a Microsoft tool you can get for free from their site. I can also use that tool to convert VB code to the "App" code with little or no loss on conversion. So at this point, its just a matter of converting the code and deciding who to make Apps for. I personaly hate Apple and hope they die in a firey pit in hell. But thats a personal thought lol So I'll likely be doing Microsoft phone Apps unless Apple comes up with one hell of an apologie.
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Dazzag
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Posted: 12th Jul 2011 11:27 Edited at: 12th Jul 2011 11:29
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Personally I'm currently using GLBasic. Worked on a PC, and with a couple of iOS plugins (eg. accessing the iPod music and iAds) I recompiled for iOS and chucked the app on the app store (Rotaslider). Easy. Just got a Palm Pre and without any code changes it is exactly the same on a re-compile (obviously iOS specific APIs were ignored).

Worked perfectly on my Pre 2, with the exception that the touch screen seems slightly more sensitive than the iPhone so I'll have to change one parameter and that's it done. Android is in the next beta of the language, and with a bit of installation and a recompile (again no code changes) it works on my Android tablet too. Ok so it's a little slower on the tablet (compared to PC/iOS/WebOS), but it's the beta version of the language and looks to constantly run in debug mode, but so far so good. Oh, and plus I have a cheap Chinese import tablet so is of questionable quality...

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