Its been a long hard slog getting the UI update in but we finally feel confident that there are enough features in the UI system now to release IwGame 0.35 this week / early next week. The new bindable UI makes the IwGame engine equally potent as a general app development engine as well as […]
Marmalade SDK 6.0.2 Released
Marmalade have just released 6.0.2 of their awesome SDK. Looking at the change list there are some very welcome bug fixes: Exporters: Added support for Maya 2013 and Max 2012 iOS: touches are no longer passed to the surface below the web view iOS: s3eOSReadString now handles split keyboards correctly iOS: added s3eEdkAppGetInitialOpenURL to get […]
Yet another IwGame Engine UI Progress Update
Not had a great deal of spare time to spend on the UI this week but did manage to get a few cool things in there including: Scrolling grids Scrolling list boxes Horizontal list boxes 9-patch brushes Child element sizing based on percentage of parent Child clipping Grid per column bindings Dynamic resizing of elements, […]
Luck Bubbles – Why some are luckier than others
Last year I was sat in the garden on the swing in the blazing son, relaxing and thinking up nonsense. I happened to think back to a chat I had with my father some years before where he said that “if there was no bad luck in the Universe then he would have no luck at […]
IwGame UI Progress Update
Got a quick update showing how the IwGame engines UI system is shaping up. Note that the UI system is “bitmap” based and IwGame does not draw things like buttons, grids etc.. manually. Here’s a quick screen shot at iPad resolution showing some basic UI: This is just a static image however, so you cannot […]
Pocketeers Limited is taking on New Mobile Projects
Need a mobile game or app developed across multiple platforms (iPhone, iPad, Andriod,Bada, PlayBook etc..) at little extra cost? Or maybe you need a rapid prototype of your next game or app idea creating as proof of concept? Pocketeers Limited a UK based mobile app and game developer (established in 2002) responsible for the […]
Marmalade Job Post – Playalla Need Word Game Developer
Hi Everyone, Another job posting has come across my desk recently so here it is. A new start-up called Playalla is seeking a C/C++ Marmalade SDK developer for a short term contract (around 3 months) to help them finish their word games. Playalla already have a prototype of their game up and running based on […]
Marmalade Job Post – BeInToo Need A Developer
Hi Everyone. The guys over at http://www.beintoo.com/ that developed the awesome BeInToo gamification and rewarding technology are looking for a capable Marmalade SDK developer that can use the EDK to bring their SDK over to Marmalade. If you know your way around the EDK and know enough about the Android / iPhone SDK’s then you should probably get […]
Game Engines Review
I came across a cool web sit the other day that shows many of the different game engine solutions for mobile platforms at http://mobilegameengines.com. The list itself is very comprehensive and includes information relating to the engines as well as reviews from actual engine users. If you have a spare 5-10 mins please consider leaving a […]
Puzzle Friends FREE for iOS Just Released
IwGame powered Puzzle Friends has just been released on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This product shows many of the latest IwGame features running in a commercial product on iOS, including in-app purchasing, Facebook posting and dynamic content. It also includes Scoreloop leaderboards which will be integrated into IwGame soon as an extension. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puzzle-friends/id513683800?ls=1&mt=8 Its […]
IwGame Engine Update – XML Schema for XOML Now Available
Ok, so we’ve heard back from a few of you and its apparent that XOML can be a little difficult to work with especially as it had no intellisense to help create well formed XOML. In the interests of making XOML much easier to write we have created an XML Schema that you can use […]
IwGame Engine v0.34 Released – Modifiers, Box2D Joints and Marmalade 6.0 fix
New here? What’s IwGame? IwGame is an open source free to use cross platform game engine for iPhone, iPad, Android, Bada, Playbook, Symbian, Windows Mobile, LG-TV, Windows and Mac, built on top of the Marmalade SDK. You can find out more and download the SDK from our IwGame Engine page. Well this release is a […]