Dynamic Island Games Are Coming to iPhone 14 Pro

[_Spinn_]

That's actually pretty creative!

 

[zecanard]

Arkanoid rather than Pong, but whatever they do, I hope they don’t neuter Dynamic Island next year like they did with widgets, which you can no longer interact with but only use to get into the main app.

 

[businessnumbersmoneypeopl]

Let me get this straight:

1. Apple introduces the notch, many people go ******* for the resulting odd-shaped screen.
2. The notch gets gradually smaller, and people kind of get used to it, even if it remains a bit awkard.
3. The notch moves toward the center from the edges, further reducing the undisturbed screen estate.
4. However, it also gets rebranded as Dynamic Island, and gets a few gimmicks. Everyone celebrates Apple's innovativeness.

Did I miss anything? 🤔

 

[felixen]

Let me get this straight:

1. Apple introduces the notch, many people go ******* for the resulting odd-shaped screen.
2. The notch gets gradually smaller, and people kind of get used to it, even if it remains a bit awkard.
3. The notch moves toward the center from the edges, further reducing the undisturbed screen estate.
4. However, it also gets rebranded as Dynamic Island, and gets a few gimmicks. Everyone celebrates Apple's innovativeness.

Did I miss anything? 🤔

I’m so torn because on one side I completely agree, but on the other side I really like the UI features it offers. I agree it’s definitely more disturbing having it moved down towards the center. When watching videos and photos that will cettainly take some getting used to. In the ideal world all the tech would be hidden under the screen so the entire thing would turn invisible when viewing content but we’re not quite there yet

 

[Jim Lahey]

Goodness, this so-called Dynamic Island looks abysmal. It should have been called Permanent Distraction. I get that it’s a neat and innovative software solution to a hardware problem, but they created the problem on purpose. Unfathomable concept.

 

[The Game 161]

Of course they are lol

 

[-BigMac-]

What if an app removed the “dynamic island” and maxed the screen? What shape are the cut outs of the sensors etc would it be the line and circle?

 

[bookofxero]

I had an original pong machine. This looks way less fun since the island doesn't move

I was reminded more of the game that came on the iPod Classic. Cannot remember its name for the life of me.

 

[addamas]

This make sense after Apple added Apple Cloths to their shop. It was made to “help” people clean face camera after they tap hundreds of times on island with glass over camera lenses…

 

[Bogstandard]

Tricky-dick UI.
Perhaps I'll hold out for iPhone 15. I'm sure the Dynamic Island will get a lightning port dongle.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Will be interesting to see if Apple will allow these apps. In the past, they have been explicit in not wanting attention drawn to the area around the camera element — but this seems different, and just adds to the playfulness of the feature. Brilliant.

As fun as this is, and as much potential as it holds, I do think Apple will not allow this functionality. There has been a massive investment in Dynamic Island as a “serious” way to display specific info. And if there is anything Apple has mastered more: it’s controlling the narrative. And while some/many inside Apple will/are entertained to see this development, in the end, I’d be really surprised if Apple allowed devs (or anyone outside Apple) to rewrite their Dynamic Island narrative. I’m all for it. We’ll see.

Edit:
Additionally, you KNOW Apple will (if they already don’t) have a massive Dynamic Island Style Guide that will allow devs to play within very controlled parameters if they want their app to leverage the power of DI. I do not at all see that Apple will alllw a free-for-all. Which is a shame, but I get it.

 

[mondaiguy]

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[mondaiguy]

Ha. Wow… Brilliant. High five, devs!

I love the playfulness of this concept. Such a simple way to illustrate the potential of Dynamic Island.

As someone stated earlier: how long before there is a Dynamic Island section of the App Store? 🤪

https://y.yarn.co/ba54e524-c072-4023-bb19-df871067aca2.mp4

 

[lazyrighteye]

https://y.yarn.co/ba54e524-c072-4023-bb19-df871067aca2.mp4

Nope. I was actually serious about the whimsey and creativity of that dev. Taking Apple’s brand new, marquee iOS feature intended on displaying notifications and other “serious” OS-level info and, within hours of it being public, turning it into the polar opposite of serious - Pong - is the kind of badass and the exact type of harmless punking that garage-era Steve would have enjoyed. Money says Woz loves it.

But I get it: whimsey’s not for everyone. I guess. As you were.

 

[pdoherty]

If I could write code and develop games I’d create one called Black Cloud.

That game comes preinstalled on the iPhone 14.

 

[pdoherty]

I can't be the only one that actually wants to play this game... brings back so many memories.

Then you'll love this, at arcades everywhere:

 

[pdoherty]

Dynamic BS! Get rid of that stupid notch!
Imagine watching TV with a hole in the screen.

It does seem odd to have a hole in the display simply to make the bezels thinner, when they would simply make the top bezel as much thicker as the opening of the camera/etc needs to be, leaving the display fully intact. Priorities are backwards.

 

[macos9rules]

A Dynamic Island Pong game... That's so clever!

 

[Ankaa]

Simulate one on the other end too and make an air hockey game.

Literally one of the first apps I ever installed on an iPhone back when

This feature is dumb.

vvv

Little touches like this have shown a bit of the Apple magic and fun from yesteryear creeping in to their platform(s) once again. Bravo. More please!

I had the same reaction, @mac98aop! I've been missing these small seemingly 'dumb' things that in the past had always made Apple... Apple. I'm a 90s kid and gosh I can't even admit how many hours I've spent researching for the 'cursor cat' or 'desktop sheep' and many more of those "dumb" things from back in the day to bring to my Macs. I've been dearly missing the blue bubble scrollbars, too. Apple was always playful and I've been really hopeful ever since they brought back colorful iMacs. This one further fuels that hope that maybe not everything is lost with Apple just yet and maybe they'll return to some of their 'roots'.

 

[WWPD]

I'm developing a Cast Away game using the dynamic island, I'm just looking for funding to hire Tom Hanks as a voice actor.

 

[klasma]

What if an app removed the “dynamic island” and maxed the screen? What shape are the cut outs of the sensors etc would it be the line and circle?

I believe it’s the pill shape you see in that game.

 

[-BigMac-]

I believe it’s the pill shape you see in that game.

Ahhh ok. So no pixels under the pill? Fair

 

[1557750]

Give me some Pong and I’d be happy.

 

[yanki01]

i feel like they’ve hyped up the pill to give it name and features that the notch/pill will be there for the future and not go full screen? i want to wait for the iPhone 15 for the full screen but it doesn’t seem like that will be the case.

 

[klasma]

i feel like they’ve hyped up the pill to give it name and features that the notch/pill will be there for the future and not go full screen? i want to wait for the iPhone 15 for the full screen but it doesn’t seem like that will be the case.

It’s unlikely to happen that quickly. Maybe with iPhone 17 or so.