iPad and iPhone games are, in my humble opinion a real driver for new and lapsed gamers to find their way into the fold. Angry Birds is a glorified flash game to be sure, but your Grandma loves it. That, in its own way, is an achievement. But with Apple finding interesting and innovative ways to manipulate their multi-touch surfaces, I’d like to see some of these new features utilised in games.
When you consider that relatively imprecise controls often tend to limit what kind of games can be played on an iPad, surely the increased surface size, and the amount of functions now being applied, could result in new, innovative ways to play. Imagine an RTS where you can grab, control and manoeuvre units quickly and efficiently – or a puzzle game like Echochrome that allows you to manipulate shapes to solve problems.
In my experience multi-touch seems really underused. The only example I can think of is Cut the Rope, which allows you to cut two sets of ropes simutaneously, but that’s simple, common sense stuff.
Isn’t there a developer out there that can blow my mind via multi-touch?
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