‘The Big Picture’ – June Update: iPhone 4

June 18 2010, 11:02am

Hey, everybody! So, this is getting out much later than I, or anyone else, expected. While I certainly anticipated internet issues during my time at E3, I definitely under-estimated how large those issues would be. So, here I am, at a small coffee shop on Mid-Wilshire, having breakfast and writing this post out in longhand, hoping to find some trace of internet somewhere and get you the news I’ve been wanting to tell you for the last few days. I’ve also still got one more day at E3 to get to and, let’s be honest, I really want a go at the new Zelda game. So let’s get to it. We’ve got a lot of stuff to talk about, so here we are with The Big Picture for June 2010: iPHONE OS 4 Like the song says about George Washington, it’s coming. It’s coming. iPhone’s new OS is chock full of new features we can’t wait to sink our teeth into. That being said, here’s an idea of what we’re really focusing on and what you should expect to see in future releases (Please NOTE: i did NOT say the NEXT release):

New 960 x 640 iPhone Resolution Support iAd Multitasking

You may ask, “What about GameCenter?” Well, it’s on the map, it’s just far enough down the road right now that we don’t want really want to talk about it yet. These things are on the way. We’re still playing around with all of them and trying to figure out the best way to implement them within GameSalad. But, like I said, they’re coming. I don’t know about you, but that makes me excited. STABILITY Just because this was the main focus of the last couple of months, doesn’t mean it’s going away. As a company, we’re always trying to make GameSalad better, faster, and more reliable. I think you’ll agree that the last couple of GameSalad releases have improved the creation tool’s stability by leaps and bounds. It’s good, but we still want it to be better. So, over the next few development cycles, we’re going to be delving into further improvements on GS stability. In particular, we’re going to be addressing tool’s issue regarding usage slowdown. Recently, we’ve made major improvements, but we think we can make some more. IMPROVED WEBSITE & PUBLISHING SYSTEM Another focus of ours over the next few months is going to be in streamlining and improving the UI of both our website and publishing system. We’ve noticed that some community members have had issues navigating the site and figuring out the process of submitting projects for transition into apps. So, we’ll be making regular changes to the website and to the publishing system over the next couple of months in order to further improve your GameSalad experience. And there it is: The Big Picture, straight from E3! Or, at least, about a mile down the road. But it’s still pretty close – I mean, in terms of planet-size. I hope this gets you guys excited, and I can’t wait for next month’s update. Keep doing the incredible! Mahalo.