March 28, 2005
iD's Carmack Working on Cell-phone Games for Fun
Some people like to collect stamps, some people like to fly kites, and some people like to build life size rockets and program cell-phone games for fun and diversion. Just for kicks the Great Carmack decided to work on some Java cell-phone games. On his latest post, he goes into detail the pitfalls of Java and recommends improvements to the mobile platform. Hear him Qualcomm and Motorola, for he's the man.I have a small list of games that I think would work out well, but what I decided to work on is DoomRPG – sort of Bard’s Tale meets Doom. Step based smooth sliding/turning tile movement and combat works out well for the phone input buttons, and exploring a 3D world through the cell phone window is pretty neat. We talked to Jamdat about the business side of things, and hired Fountainhead Entertainment to turn my proof-of-concept demo and game plans into a full-featured game.
