Cross-Platform Mobile Gaming Gaining Traction 43
andylim writes "Several mobile gaming companies are developing cross-platform multiplayer games allowing Android and iPhone users, for example, to play games against each other. Last month touchArcade reported on a cross-platform baseball game developed by Com2Us called Homerun Battle 3D. Unlike turn-based multiplayer mobile games, Homerun Battle 3D allows players to compete against each other instantly, but you don't see the other player — instead you only get to see your competitor's score being updated. Pushing cross-platform multiplayer games even further, a company called Bulky Pix has created a table-football-style game that displays the action as it happens — both players see the ball moving around. This hopefully suggests that cross-platform, multiplayer mobile shooters aren't far behind."
Re:Great! (Score:3, Interesting)
How come there are not any great games on normal Java phones? J2ME has so many libraries and they're capable of the same.
You can get one hint by tracking down the five most popular J2ME-enabled phones, and then trying to get the same app to run the same way on all of them.
You can get another hint by looking at the revenue earned in the J2ME-app market compared to the iPhone and Android app markets.
Re:Same Technology For Different Applications? (Score:4, Interesting)
You mean, something like a private twitter [status.net], with plenty of mobile apps [status.net]?
The question is, how would the "service" know what room and activity the doctor would be doing? You can't expect them to be writing that stuff every time...