Comments on: iGalcon - touch input, orientation handling, and fun! http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/ games, tech, web, stuff, biz, and bilge Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: philhassey http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/#comment-4662 philhassey Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:01:16 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/?p=123#comment-4662 @Anders, err, oops. I clearly didn't read your whole message :) It's a really fun device, that's for sure. I got the ipod touch because I didn't want a cell phone. It's an amazing photo album + music player + Galcon-o-rama! @Anders, err, oops. I clearly didn’t read your whole message :) It’s a really fun device, that’s for sure. I got the ipod touch because I didn’t want a cell phone. It’s an amazing photo album + music player + Galcon-o-rama!

]]> By: philhassey http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/#comment-4661 philhassey Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:57:42 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/?p=123#comment-4661 @Anders - are you the fellow who let me try out his iphone? Anyway, if so, that was what sealed the deal for me. I knew I had to do it once I saw how slick the interface was :) Is there an easy way to make video with the iphone SDK? If someone can point me to the "how-to" I'll see if I can get something together for next time. @Anders - are you the fellow who let me try out his iphone? Anyway, if so, that was what sealed the deal for me. I knew I had to do it once I saw how slick the interface was :)

Is there an easy way to make video with the iphone SDK? If someone can point me to the “how-to” I’ll see if I can get something together for next time.

]]> By: Anders Conbere http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/#comment-4660 Anders Conbere Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:54:22 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/?p=123#comment-4660 YAY! (hey phil, this is anders from pycon). We talked a while about making galcon for the iphone, you porting this might inspire me to buy one :) I'm loving the updates, and I'm excited to see what comes of it all. Now I want some video! ~ Anders YAY! (hey phil, this is anders from pycon). We talked a while about making galcon for the iphone, you porting this might inspire me to buy one :) I’m loving the updates, and I’m excited to see what comes of it all.

Now I want some video!

~ Anders

]]> By: philhassey http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/#comment-4659 philhassey Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:29:20 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/?p=123#comment-4659 @john - yay for 1st sale :) @PoV - I think tonic mentioned the company he works for got one (Europe) so they must finally be getting to you crazy foreigners now ... @john - yay for 1st sale :)

@PoV - I think tonic mentioned the company he works for got one (Europe) so they must finally be getting to you crazy foreigners now …

]]> By: PoV http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/#comment-4658 PoV Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:05:53 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/?p=123#comment-4658 PoV patiently waits for certification... dot dot PoV patiently waits for certification… dot dot

]]> By: john Harrison http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/#comment-4657 john Harrison Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:58:09 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/?p=123#comment-4657 Have I mentioned that I am sooooo buying this the instant it comes out? Have I mentioned that I am sooooo buying this the instant it comes out?

]]> By: philhassey http://www.philhassey.com/blog/2008/06/17/igalcon-touch-input-orientation-handling-and-fun/#comment-4655 philhassey Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:02:11 +0000 http://www.philhassey.com/blog/?p=123#comment-4655 I guess I'll also mention I spent a bit of time optimizing today. I found the game was lagging when many ships were on the screen. I was able to speed it up a fair amount by combining many OpenGL operations into single arrays. I also found that most of the slow-down was due to the debug overhead. When I turn off debug mode, Galcon is quite zippy on the iphone :) I guess I’ll also mention I spent a bit of time optimizing today. I found the game was lagging when many ships were on the screen. I was able to speed it up a fair amount by combining many OpenGL operations into single arrays.

I also found that most of the slow-down was due to the debug overhead. When I turn off debug mode, Galcon is quite zippy on the iphone :)

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