By: T Dub Jackson
As touch screen technology has developed and become more popular,
iPhone games have taken advantage of the opportunity to appeal to those who enjoy their phone's ability to function as a portable game console. These games range in theme so drastically that almost anyone's taste in applications can be matched. There is plenty to choose from, including new, portable incarnations of old titles, and brand new technology unique to the iPhone's built-in touch screen, mic, and camera.
There is something for everyone to enjoy amongst the thousands of applications currently available to iPhone users. The games cross multiple genres and varieties, including teaching games for children, arcade shooter, adventure, puzzles, and even augmented reality. Free demo's are released through 'Lite' versions of applications to give users a playable example before purchasing the full version.
Due to the portable nature of the iPhone and its touch-screen method of control, it makes a great platform for revived arcade games. The classics can all be found with their original graphic in the iPhone store, with the innovation of touch controls to make play accessible. For example, a digital joystick image may float at the bottom corner of the screen where players can place their thumb to move characters around.
Those who like to create something new and original will find a great store front in the application directories. Original programs can be coded on one's computer with supported program files, and upon completion, can be sold to the masses. This is a great way to get publicity as a game developer, or creative storyteller of any kind, by exposing
iPhone users to one's very own home-made games.
Interactive technology has become one of the largest developments in gaming over recent years, and iPhone games have begun to take advantage of its newest designs. Mic interaction is available in many forms, such as voice synthesizers and music creation games that let the player orchestrate their own tracks by editing real recorded audio. Voice commands can also be used in some games, where players can talk to characters to give them commands.
Applications that interact through a user's camera are typically called Augmented Reality, due to their ability to add images into a live stream of real footage. Depending on the application, certain factors in real life are recognized as something that program can interact with, and it may stick a marker or animation on screen to display its recognitions. Players can then use the touch screen to alter the world through the screen, and change floating markers to different animations, such as a moustache on someone's face.
Creativity and technology keep expending the library of
iPhone games at a rate which no one could play every game completely in their lifetime. Those whose interest lies in classical gaming can now play their favourites anywhere in the world, while waiting for an appointment, or even riding the bus. Augmented reality and sound effect games are also giving user a new way to look at their world, and to inspire them to have more fun with their surroundings.
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