Learning Game Design with Arcade Berg

iPad as a gaming platform

Finally, Apple's tablet is announced; the "iPad".

http://www.apple.com/ipad/#video (27/1/2010)

iPad... I don't like the name.

I'm so very disappointed in so many ways that I won't even go into to it here, because what I want to focus on is gaming.

I think the iPad will be an awesome gaming platform! One could argue that whatever it can do, you can do on an iPhone but I disagree. Size does matter!

I want to play adventure games on this baby! And pretty much every other genre as well. I can see so many great games requiring you to use both your hands for.

For a long time I've had a design for a (great, of course) game without having a fitting platform for it. The way I imagined it, it would be for Wacom-people, but that never felt ultimate; this does! So what I need now is one or several iPad-programmers and an artist, then we're on a roll!

And here's a thought. There's a keyboard dock (thank you!) for it. Does that mean we can do games that require a keyboard? If so, that's great and open up for even more possibilities!

I'm not sure yet whether to buy one or not. There are so many down-sides, and seriously, no flash!? But I so want to develop for it!

Look! It's a really, really, really gimped laptop!

wtb rock, plz!