Lights Off: First Native iPhone Game

[Telp]

I gave up right when it said that I had to download xcode, which is pretty much the first step. Xcode is almost a 1Gb download, then you have to configure and compile IPHUC to upload the app to the phone, then install and use ssh to change the permissions . . . it's like linux all over again.

I will wait for somebody to create a nice GUI that will allow you to install apps, I don't have the time or energy to go through the process, though all the apps look nice.

I had already downloaded xcode for an earlier something i had done, but your right, unless someone either A. Gives me step by step instructions as if i was a 5 year old, or creates a nice GUI one as you said. Gah...why couldnt apple make it easier? this looks awesome, just the ability to do it and all. Oh Well.

 

[The General]

Okay, I feel bad ... I'll write a step-by-step, you-can't-screw-it-up tutorial and post it later tonight if not then tomorrow. I'm about to leave in a few minutes so I can't do it right this minute.

EDIT: Just one thing - I only know how to do it on Intel Macs. If you have a PPC Mac, I can't help you.

 

[Telp]

Is it really that different from PPC to intel? And also, can i add ringtones on a PPC now?

 

[meagain]

The General - I truely love you.

 

[coolbreeze]

Here's a video of the game

http://lucasnewman.com/lightsout2.mp4

arn

Wonder why that doesn't play in Safari (iPhone)?

 

[The General]

Wonder why that doesn't play in Safari (iPhone)?

Because it's a native application. It's not a web app.

 

[spotlight07]

Because it's a native application. It's not a web app.

I think they meant the video doesn't play on the iphone. Its not working for me either so my guess is the format or size is the reason.

 

[riverfreak]

Ah yes, hacking the iPhone. It's so easy, it's a wonder everyone doesn't do it. Reminds me a bit of this:

http://www.ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=54

There's LOTS of documentation out there on how to do it. And there are a lot of scripts, too, that claim to automate the whole process. Almost everyone I've seen either doesn't work or has errors.

If you don't know how to use common unix tools, I'd recommend skipping the whole experience. Clearly all this 3rd party development will force Apple's hand and make them either open the iPhone or release an SDK.

 

[the vj]

they sure could explode their knowledge creating something usefull. What a waste of time that game is.

 

[sushi]

Nice simple game.

Looking forward to more apps.

 

[A Pittarelli]

cool i remember having one of these as a kid, ill have to pick this up

 

[CalBoy]

I remember playing a handheld version of that called Lights Out with little rubber squares that were red until you pushed one and made it go out. That was a great game but very hard once you got into it.

Me too!! I still have mine, and still has that ear-piercing tune when you press the ON button It was challenging, and sometimes, I still get frustrated trying to solve some of them.

 

[koobcamuk]

Nintendo should so work with apple with a native gameboy type thing and sell their whole backlog of games on the itunes store for $5 or $10...

Awful idea. Controls on the iphone would suck.

 

[fliwyre]

After a couple hours of frustration...

So I followed the instructions and installed this game...
Lets just say that it isn't worth the time and effort. For those of you who want to wait for an automated solution... well, you have the right idea. This little game is nifty at best, and it is nice to see what can be done. Just don't waste your time like I did. I think having the SSH is more valuable than the game.

If you're going to install anything on it, put the VRecorder on. All of the tutorials for it are written for Windows, but the process is still simple on a Mac.

 

[willybNL]

WOW! It's from the future!

This is why the world should take on standard, and just use

2007/08/13 00:00 EST or so to tell you when, what, where.
instead of every country having it's own way to write time/date.

 

[manu chao]

This is why the world should take on standard, and just use

2007/08/13 00:00 EST or so to tell you when, what, where.
instead of every country having it's own way to write time/date.

Yes, let's all use Greenwich mean time
(Or at least let's write the date by keeping the order of the magnitude of the different units, ie, Day/Month/Year or Year/Month/Day.)

 

[SPUY767]

Because that wouldn't be competitive with Nintendo's own download service...

You're right, it wouldn't. A handheld does not compete with a console, especially when that handheld is your phone.

 

[backspinner]

Yes, let's all use Greenwich mean time
(Or at least let's write the date by keeping the order of the magnitude of the different units, ie, Day/Month/Year or Year/Month/Day.)

That's what the ISO standard ISO8601 is for:

2007-08-14 13:04:07

goes strictly from bigger to smaller

 

[diamond.g]

You're right, it wouldn't. A handheld does not compete with a console, especially when that handheld is your phone.

What strikes me as being odd is the huge push from this community for Nintendo to make games on Apple hardware. Why? Are Sony's first party teams not good enough?

Anyhow, I doubt Nintendo would do it. They like owning the whole package, and somehow I don't see Apple giving Nintendo a piece of the iPhone pie.

 

[overcast]

Nintendo should so work with apple with a native gameboy type thing and sell their whole backlog of games on the itunes store for $5 or $10...

You're joking right, why would Nintendo want Apple to have any cut in their hugely successful hand held market. Besides the controls would be garbage, touch screens are not the future of everything.

 

[thisonechance]

You're joking right, why would Nintendo want Apple to have any cut in their hugely successful hand held market. Besides the controls would be garbage, touch screens are not the future of everything.

You are corrent in saying touch screens are not the future. There is something about tactile feedback that needs to be addressed before touch screens take over.

I GOT IT! A brain implant that makes us think we are touching something. Apple, get on it...

 

[riverfreak]

Yes, let's all use Greenwich mean time
(Or at least let's write the date by keeping the order of the magnitude of the different units, ie, Day/Month/Year or Year/Month/Day.)

Off topic:
Well, if you want to be precise, you should use UTC.

 

[cliffjumper68]

I am very impressed with the progress that has been made despite how locked down the iPhone is.

Hopefully this will be the start of many aps to come!

 

[Fairly]

but your right, unless someone either A. Gives me step by step instructions as if i was a 5 year old

People seem to be able to do that all the time around here.

 

[Telp]

Well can you tell me how to? Im not much a fan of the game, but love the idea behind it. Stll having trouble with jailbreak, and i have no idea where iphuc is or something? and SSH. Ah, ill j ust wait it out i guess.