GDC: Motion Control Coming to N-Gage
Bounce Boing Voyage, the jumpaliciously fun 3D classic game, will be the first motion control supported game on N-Gage. The upgraded version of Bounce Boing Voyage is planned to be available during spring 2009.
Motion control support enables players to guide the Bounce ball through different surreal worlds with the built-in motion sensor in their N-Gage compatible device. In Bounce Boing Voyage, players can control the Bounce ball by moving their device in the desired direction. Lifting the device upwards makes Bounce jump on its way to free the land of Poingpingy.
Motion control is currently supported by a range of available devices including the Nokia N79, Nokia N82, Nokia N85, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N96 and the Nokia 6210 Navigator. Most devices coming later this year will feature motion control support. The game can be played with a keypad on non-supported N-Gage compatible devices.
Current owners of Bounce Boing Voyage will get a free upgrade of the motion control supported version once available.
For more bouncing fun, visit http://www.bouncegame.com.
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 am
i think this is great news for n-gage and for all the ppl who love this kind of stuff,
i look forward to using this control method and playing n-gage in a way we have never done before
for me a D-pad will always be number 1 but you cant go wrong by giving people a choice.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
wow, great news! i hope that we’ll get the 3d hw acceleration support too in a few months.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Good news
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm
At least! It’s a great news, it means that finally some guys at Nokia have realized it makes no sense to limit n-gage to the least powerful device.
I’m waiting now for the allowance to use PowerVR hardware acceleration on supporting devices!
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
gr8 news! Nokia right away pwned SE .
March 24th, 2009 at 2:38 am
if i update my firmware on my n96 will the game load times get better. I currently have v10 and games like reset generation and golf are quite slow. Any help would be appreciated.
March 24th, 2009 at 4:50 am
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March 24th, 2009 at 5:47 am
it means that the new sdk is out???
March 24th, 2009 at 5:50 am
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March 24th, 2009 at 11:33 am
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March 24th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
ikona, is Uservoice still updating? What about Russian language in upcoming N-Gage games by Nokia (Yamake, for example)?
March 25th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Finally… hopefully… this will be the beginning of a new era for motion controlled games and applications. Nokia needs to push for apps that make use of its technologies to beat Apple iPhone’s apps.
I mean, Nokia N85… etc. is 500% better than the iPhone, but the apps out there. Apple has more apps and cheaper BTW for the iPhone… so
Hurrah for Nokia on this one!
March 25th, 2009 at 11:43 am
oh but i already deleted mine, n whn i dwnldd it back i lost everythng, so should i keep my game or delete it, n later dwnload it when it upgraded, oh n how do i make complains?
March 25th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Hi ders and ahmedta2, please visit our support forums for help with your questions:
http://forums.arena.n-gage.com/nokia/?category.id=supportforums
Hi AleriF, yes karl is still maintaining the Uservoice program.
March 26th, 2009 at 5:15 am
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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May 4th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Maybe hard to get 1000000 points at Woomey Zoomey, Boing Bowley and Boom Bangy..haha