posted August 20th, 2008 11:09 AM EDT by arn in News
Exit Games has announced that its cross platform toolset for multiplayer online gaming is now available for the iPhone. For developers, this provides a toolset that allows them to more easily integrate online multiplayer and social gaming features to their games. Possible features include:
Community – asynchronous interaction of a large community of players
Multi-Platform Connectivity – mobile-to-mobile, mobile-to-PC, and PC-to-PC multiplayer gaming
Asset Upload & Download – flexible download and integration of game assets into running application
Tournament Management – flexible tournament management with in-game news ticket and national leaderboards
Shadow Racing – competition against opponent’s top races
Turn-Based Gameplay – direct interaction of two or more players in alternate rounds
Connected Highscore – global high score list and own personal rank
Cross-Game Concept – assets carrying over from one game to another
Simultaneous Movement – near realtime multiplayer head-to-head competitions
In-Game Chat – instant peer-to-peer messaging within the game
Skillbased Matchmaking – matches opponents with equivalent skills, based on establishing ranking system (ELO league system)
Developers would have to specifically license and use this toolset to take advantage of the features, but this does open up the possibility that we will see more robust online gaming features in future iPhone games.
Thanks Raphael Salgado (BeyondtheTech)
Exit Games has announced that its cross platform toolset for multiplayer online gaming is now available for the iPhone. For developers, this provides a toolset that allows them to more easily integrate online multiplayer and social gaming features to their games. Possible features include:
August 20th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
I can’t wait till someone uses this. I hope someone makes a rip off of GunBound http://gunbound.ijji.com/
August 21st, 2008 at 12:28 am
Man, cross platform play would be sweet in iPhone games.