Apple Application project.

Researching.

During the first week I did some research into iPod applications and what was already out there. I started by going down the local apple store and testing out some of the games on the iPad. The games I played were all completely different from each other, one was a fun shooting type game where the game was on a side on view and you had to shoot zombie using plants that shot bullet like things at them. You could obtain power up for them to increase the amount of damage done to the zombies. The game used the touch screen as the controls it didn’t make use of the tilting controls at all.

Another game I played was simply a sport simulator, this one air hockey and it was exactly what you get with air hockey, and it kept to the original game and didn’t add any extra things to it. This was a two-player game so you didn’t have to control both pucks yourself; it made it more fun to have someone to compete with. Again this game used the touch screen to control the puck, you did this by holding your finger on the puck then swiping you finger in the direction that you wanted it to go in, this then catapulted the puck in that direction.

One other game that I saw was a racing game, it had realistic graphics so it was like you were in a real car in a real environment. This game was probably aimed at people used to playing race simulators on other platforms, giving them an opportunity to play them on the go. Unlike the other games with this one you controlled the car by tilting the iPad or iPod depending on the direction you want to go, like using a steering wheel.