Archive for the ‘SNAP Mobile’ Category

Happy Tuesday, everybody. I tried out the trial version of Mile High Pinball yesterday, lots of fun. Like you, I’m looking forward to getting my Activation Code. I liked Kusia’s comment on the other thread, “It was just like old times again.” Now, on to today’s posts!

The Sacred Rules of N-Gage games

Tzer2 has laid out some interesting ground rules for N-Gage games, such as always ask if the player wants sound, display the Point Pickups with an explanation in-game, and so on. For example: “Creatures Of The Deep has a perfectly seamless online section, it logs you in without ever leaving the game.”

Take a look and see if you agree with these suggestions.
SNAP Mobile SDK 2.0 Released

The latest version of the SNAP Mobile SDK has been released. From the official release:

After several years of market deployment and continuous technology development based on developer feedback, the SNAP Mobile SDK 2.0 has evolved to make game development even more intuitive with a simpler API, faster emulation and testing tools. The SDK is free of charge and available through Forum Nokia.
More on Reset Generation

Mobile Entertainment has taken a look at the EDGE article about Reset Generation and some of the other previews, and added their own take.

“There’s no seasonality in mobile games - mom won’t wrap one up for you for Christmas,” Foe told Edge. “And there’s no shelf space needed, so we’re looking at an 18-month or three-year sales cycle.”

Have a look.

Hello N-Gage Fans!  It’s a lovely morning here in San Francisco and time for another Game Developer’s Conference to begin.

New Games 

Fresh off the wires are the latest announcements from Nokia regarding the N-Gage platform, including three new titles from Glu Mobile and three from Digital Chocolate.

There is a write-up of the Glu titles in this post; the three new games from Digital Chocolate are called DChoc Cafe™ Solitaire 12-Pack, DChoc Cafe™ Sudoku and DChoc Cafe™ Hold’ Em Poker. And don’t forget, we also announced Worms World Party last week.

Nokia Games Publishing is also bringing new games to the table, including Yamake and Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol. And our friends at SNAP Mobile have also announced a customized, multiplayer mobile version of the puzzle game Chuzzle by PopCap Games for their service. Check the release for more.

Keynotes and Podcast

In addition to these announcements, we’ll have a wide array of Nokia and N-Gage-related talks over the next two days, including a keynote address by Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Markets, Nokia.

Other talks will touch on key pieces of N-Gage and mobile gaming, from 3D acceleration to user experience. Check back on this blog for selected write-ups on those talks.  Get a complete breakdown of GDC Mobile sessions here.

Plus, we hope to be able to bring you a “vodcast” — or video podcast — with some key people in our games group in the next couple days.  They will be answering questions you guys submitted in the N-Gage forums.

Visit the Booth

And if you happen to be in town for the show, drop by our booth at #5628 in the North Hall of the Moscone Convention Center from 20 — 22th February. There will be live demonstrations of our mobile games, including First Access.

–ikona out

Our friends over at SNAP Mobile are sponsoring a mobile games development contest for all you game developers out there, both actual and aspiring. It’s part of a larger Nokia effort called “Mobile Rules” that aims to convince you that, hey, Mobile Rules.

Among the prizes  are fast track contract negotiation and publishing opportunities, promotion of the winning games in Forum Nokia developer communities, set-up of games in the SNAP Mobile production environment and online services, and last but not least, Nokia devices. Woot!

So why not give it a try, because as we all know, mobile game developers are treated like rock stars, live in limousines, and have a beautiful girl on each arm, like this gentleman below.

Clicky the linky for more.

If you ever wondered what SNAP Mobile is and how it relates to the N-Gage experience, Games on Deck has published a new interview exploring those very issues. Here’s how they describe it:

In the third and final interview in our series of Nokia coverage, which included interviews with Nokia’s director of games publishing Gregg Sauter and Tomi Huttula, Head of Product Management for N-Gage at Nokia, plus an editorial from Dr Mark Ollila, Director of Technology and Strategy and Head of Games Publishing, Games on Deck talks to Antoine Doumenc, head of SNAP Mobile at Nokia, about SNAP Mobile its potential for game developers, and how it figures into Nokia’s N-Gage strategy.

Be sure to read the whole series, it will give you a great overview of where we are today.

Yesterday, Matt Levy, SNAP Mobile lead engineer, made a presentation showing how to turn a stand-alone Java™ game into a feature-rich connected mobile game.

This step-by-step walk-through demonstrated how easy it is to add multiplayer and community features, such as a friends list, presence, chat, ranking, and multiplayer game-play across operators using the vast array to tools, resources and support available from SNAP Mobile.

For more information, visit http://www.snapmobile.nokia.com.

On Monday, Michael Bergen, Forum Nokia Business Development Manager, talked about Nokia’s three offerings for game developers: N-Gage, SNAP Mobile and Forum Nokia.

Michael touched on what makes N-Gage the next generation high-end gaming solution and then looked at how SNAP Mobile complements N-Gage for light, fast, easy, community based game development.

Forum Nokia was the main focus of the talk and Michael showed how the organisation supports its more than 2.5 million members. He touched on some of the latest developments such as the Nokia Content Discoverer, a global application which allows users to easily find, try and buy games.

Finally Michael announced the six winners of the Forum Nokia and SingTel Multiplayer Game Quest. The winners will have the opportunity to be marketed to the over 100 million customers of Singtel Mobile and its regional partners. For more information see http://www.forum.nokia.com and http://www.fnpro-apac.com.