2013 there will be many new devices come out. If your smart phone is somewhat tired, may look forward to more innovative devices. The 2012 successful financing of innovative projects on Kickstarter, in addition to smart watches Pebble cheap game console Ouya. Ouya financing, though not as Pebble, However, it is scheduled sale seems to be winning the Pebble Offer has announced the postponement.
Ouya host will be in April next year, now can be scheduled. A few days ago, Ouya host developer version has been distributed to early developers SDK also released. Of Ouya based on Android (Jelly Bean), start the development should not be hard, and porting existing applications, but the application needs to be made for the big screen as well as handle optimization, or the need to adapt to time. Currently, Ouya and some well-known third-party game makers and application developers cooperation the including OnLive Robotoki , VEVO , XBMC, iHeartRadio. “Final Fantasy III” will be landing Ouya. I hope to officially released next year, there will be some excellent independent game.
Slashgear website reported the developers CodeZombieGames Ouya host developers version of the initial to get started, and worth a visit.
hardware
Ouya host is a square box, not volume. Developer Edition uses a transparent plastic case, you can see the circuit board. Host on the power jack, Micro USB jack, HDMI jack (used to connect to a TV). Supporting the handle is also a transparent shell, after opening the enclosure can be installed batteries. Handle through the wireless and the host is connected, in addition to the basic operation key in the game, the handle also has a touchpad. The touchpad is To achieve other operations, such as the Internet browser. In actual operation, the developer found to lack some of the necessary buttons on the handle, he does not know how to quit, or how to bring up the menu after opening the game, of course, this may also be the game adaptation.
system
Ouya a system to Android 4.x traces can be seen based on Android (Jelly Bean), but the interface is fully optimized for the big screen, in-depth detail. Ouya interface design is very similar to Microsoft’s Metro style developer version, games, applications, and store the option, but the store has not been on the line, no application. Developers can import application, then find it in the developer options. CodeZombieGames games developed for mobile phones, so the display is portrait mode, the effect is not good. However, the game runs smooth, thanks Ouya the Tegra 3 quad-core processor.
demo from the developers point of view, Ouya system up and running very smoothly, does not appear Caton or crash phenomenon, Of course, the specific situation takes a long time to run in order to understand.
Ouya team game industry veteran (from EA, Sony and other companies, the chairman is the former president of the IGN website). Host shape designed by Yves Behar, he is JawBone creative director, design Jambox and OLPC. However, Ouya most concerned about the low price of $ 99, the opening up of the system, as well as a new model based Free Games. For this product subvert the host market ambitions, we still full of hope.
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