Comments on: Amazon Kindle Games http://karmarogue.com/2007/12/06/amazon-kindle-games/ Gaming, Offbeat News, Technology, and more. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Grayson Edwards http://karmarogue.com/2007/12/06/amazon-kindle-games/comment-page-1/#comment-4802 Grayson Edwards Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:12:10 +0000 http://karmarogue.com/2007/12/06/amazon-kindle-games/#comment-4802 Kindle pages have a slight time delay on page turning. Since super-simple computers can switch screens of pages near instantly (Remember the 80s), this is probably due to the electronic paper it uses. Considering this, the framerate would be awful. Still would like to see John Conway's Game of Life run on there at any speed, though. Kindle pages have a slight time delay on page turning. Since super-simple computers can switch screens of pages near instantly (Remember the 80s), this is probably due to the electronic paper it uses. Considering this, the framerate would be awful.

Still would like to see John Conway’s Game of Life run on there at any speed, though.

]]> By: Jon http://karmarogue.com/2007/12/06/amazon-kindle-games/comment-page-1/#comment-3050 Jon Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:59:36 +0000 http://karmarogue.com/2007/12/06/amazon-kindle-games/#comment-3050 I published a simple two player Tic Tac Toe (Noughts and Crosses) game for the Kindle, see http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UV3ZR8. The Kindle is pretty limited as a gaming platform - it's basically an HTML viewer. You have to use your imagination to come up with workable games. Two player games work best, because there's no random element - playing 'against the Kindle' will always have a predetermined outcome. This will change if Amazon publishes an API that allows more interactive content. I published a simple two player Tic Tac Toe (Noughts and Crosses) game for the Kindle, see http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UV3ZR8.

The Kindle is pretty limited as a gaming platform – it’s basically an HTML viewer. You have to use your imagination to come up with workable games. Two player games work best, because there’s no random element – playing ‘against the Kindle’ will always have a predetermined outcome.

This will change if Amazon publishes an API that allows more interactive content.

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