OT: Director opportunity thoughts

Don't forget Playstation Portable! Very cool platform, and
it already supports
Internet Explorer. Just have to get it to load Shockwave.
- Ken

Quoting Tom Cotton <tom.cottonindigomedia.com.au>:

> A thought that's been preoccupying me for a week or
so... am interested in
> other peoples opinions.
>
> I would like to see Director to become the
> 'Champion-of-the-Indie-Game-Developer' as a low cost
professional game
> development platform.
>
> To do this I reckon Director has the opportunity to
become a game developer
> platform of choice for
>  - mobile phones :	dust off the Export-To-Java Xtra
(& rewrite?)
>  - pocketPC :		chat with Mr Sharp about using his Xtra
(& extend?).
>
>  - XBox360 platform :	playback engine + an updated
Shockwave3D
>  - Windows :		Done.
>  - Apple :			Done.
>
> The proviso with this is, of course, is different
platforms have different
> limitations.  Eg I don't se PPC having 3D in a hurry.
Also xtras are an
> issue but a lot can be achieved with core funcionality
of Director.  But
> keep it simple & take advantage of what each
platform does best.
>
> I realise Director is really the platform of choice for
many indie games
> devels already but how cool to be author once and
deploy manywhere.  This
> represents an opportunity to slice the salami very
thinly and get a great
> return for development effort.
>
> With games leading the technology charge, this allows
other developers eg
> eLearning, Kiosks etc to follow & stick with
Director.  Might it also
> encourage new growth in the Director Developer
community?
>
> My US$0.0154,
> Tom
>
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> Don't forget Playstation Portable! Very cool platform,
and it 
> already supports Internet Explorer. Just have to get it
to 
> load Shockwave.

Indeed.

Could you imagine the opportunities that would arise from
having potentially
6 different platforms playing the same game in a massive
multiuser game
running 24/7 through mobileTech & desktopTech?

Tom.


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