Thief: The 'Pod Project (Thiefty goodness on the iPhone)

William The Taffer on 23/12/2009 at 02:51

Earlier in this thread, someone said the iPhone version of Thief would be like a MIDI version of Beethoven's 5th...au contraire mon frere, au contraire...(http://toucharcade.com/2009/12/22/unreal-engine-3-running-on-3rd-gen-ipod-touch-iphone-3gs/) based on what I saw today...we might be able to take it to the Unreal 3 engine in the near future!

jtr7 on 23/12/2009 at 02:57

Hahahaha!

Well, gameplay should work with or without the desired visuals, anyway.

William The Taffer on 23/12/2009 at 04:44

besides, the Unreal 3 engine will be easier, and um.. cheaper(!) than the Unity engine.

Namdrol on 24/12/2009 at 11:20

Quote Posted by Dominus

Willing to share my skills on such a project. :thumb:

Well, Dominus's game N.O.V.A took (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26612/TopGrossing_iPhone_Apps_NOVA_Leads_in_Debut_Week.php) top spot in it's release week.
Role on The 'Pod Project...

William The Taffer on 29/12/2009 at 01:17

more votes but no posts?

jtr7 on 29/12/2009 at 02:12

Maybe it's all been said?

Albert on 30/12/2009 at 01:42

It's such a beautiful tie, I dare not touch it! :p

I'm betting tho, that it'd be a real challenge to fit such a big game on such a small screen, and also sound would be a hassle with earbuds.

Kerrle on 1/1/2010 at 20:57

Sound and graphics aren't even the biggest hurdles. Aside from the simple enormity of the task, coming up with a workable control scheme on the iPhone is no laughing matter. Check out existing much simpler FPS games on the platform to see what I mean.

On a phone with better control options it might be more reasonable (I have an N900, which has both a 800x480 touchscreen and a full keyboard (http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/) ), but I'm not sure it'd be fun. I've been running around in Duke3D with it, and while it's definitely playable, it can be frustrating in the action. In that sense, Thief might actually work better, given the slower pace, but it would still need some serious thought and even simplification to really be fun.