DaveC posted on Jul 6 2004 at 01:57 PM said:
generalnmx posted on Jul 2 2004 at 03:38 AM said:
We should get a BLU fund going for skeezix if he doesn't have a BLU already
I read Skeezix posts on Zodiac gamer and it seems he is infatuated with Zodiac right now and Palm stuff is his living. I remember him saying that he doesn't like the way that the GP32 looks and it is to big and that he doesn't use it much anymore. Anytime someone has a GP32 vs Z post he always goes on about how much better the Z is. So not sure if giving him a BLU would do much good as far as getting an update of Castaway
Maybe cash would work? Maybe he could charge for a new version? I guess you would have to ask him what it would take, and if he would be interested. ST w/cyclone would be perfect speed on the stuff that was not effected with the cyclone bugs.
I guess you could ask him though, he will tell you one way or another I am sure he seems to be a nice guy. I would donate if he would agree to do it
I've got a FLU (no BLU); sold my straight GP32.. gotta have some form of lighting
I do carry the zodiac, as I'm a PDA nerd and always havew a PDA on me (I keep all my info in one); until recently I carried a PalmOne T|T3 as my PDA (And befor that, abotu 10 other devices.. I've been through most PDAs around, since the inception by Apple back in the day), and left both GP32 and Zodiac at home when on the move (I'm *very mobile* -- the ability to move is vitaly important) .. carry extra stuff no good. IF it doesn't go in pocket, I have no use for it most of the time. So one pda, one cell phone, one keys, one changepurse with cash in it. No space for a wallet even
GP32 is certainly too ig to fit in pocket, so it always stays at home to fiddle with there. (Especially with the mini keyboard attached). Since I work a lot (15+ hours a day, every day) I decided I might try and play some more games, so moved from t|T3 to Zodiac.. GP32 is not a PDA, and doens't fit in pocket, so cannot be used that way. So I'm carrying a Zodiac around right now as my PDA. I Still don't have time to game, but at least I have the option now.. so for me, its pure necessity. ie: Must have PDA, must be Palm OS for testing sake, and must fit in pocket. I keep a *lot* of stuff in PDAs, and since I develop PDA software, its a no brainer.. unless I want to carry gP32 around in my hand all the time, which means I'd lose it
(ie: I'm on the move, evbery day, all day long.. client ot client, etc). So GP32 simply annot be carried with me, and so it gets left by the wayside, purely by necessity.
Due to my wokring hours, I'm not like normal folks :/ I don't sit at home playing games,or game on the bus etc. (Wish I had time for it.. but those scraps of free time I do get, I code anyway on my public projects.. to me, I think, coding is the game, though I pine over gamign itself, I Think deep down inside, I just lke to build the games
I have no real preference either way.. GP32 *should* be smaller and non-white (like black, say) so that its easier to carry, and can be used in a office environment; being all white guarantees you can't bring it out anywhere work-like
ie: Same way original GBAs were.. looks toy. At least now theres osme better colours. You have ot admit, the GP32 is pretty damne dugloy, though at leats it has a big sexy screen on it, and the BLU should make it usable. (ORiginal GP32 screen was totally worthless .. couldn't see it past 6pm here
I *do NOT* bash GP32 and anyone who suggest sotherwise needs a slap; I'm pretty much the only sensible bastard around here I think .. I defend the GP32 on zodiac boards, and I defend the Zodiac on GP32 boards and I'm totally sick of the childish flaming that goes on between the two :/ Right now I'm pretty turned off by a lot of people in a lot of ways :/ Two or more groups will always flam eeach other, but the Zod and GP32 are the two that *shoudwork together* for once .. two underdogs, in a bvig dog world, should be proud of and supportive of, each other.
Anyway, my active work right now is on BOTH GP32 and Zodiac if you've been paying attention
You may remember I spent significant amount of time building a cross platform system.. Zot. The Zot core is a dev system I can use to biuld apps for all the main platforms (win, mac, unix, gp32, palm os, symbian and pocket pc) all at once. I didn't do that just for a lark
The zot game engine is the sugar on top of it, with Zotscript etc.
I'm looking into revamping Zot some more and produce a game with it, for gp32 and zodiac and palm os.
I've got a GP32 MIDI player being worked on for Zot as well, so likely will spit out a GP32 MIDI (.mid) file player..
Zodiac is better in a lot of ways, but GP32 is also better in a lot of ways; there is no way Linux can be made to work on Palm OS devices without a hardware mod, for instance. Zodiac fits in pocket and has a touchscreen, and thus is a PDA. Thats it for me.. must haves. But GP32 has ASR and Tomak which is a big win for me, and of course the homebrew is what keeps the GP32 going,and is what leads the pack -- you may notice that GBA homebrew is all but dead in a lot of ways (same devs doing it, or less.. but not a lot of new blood). Palm OS is alive as ever (huuuuge, more than any other platform) but mostly non-game oriented due to being PDAs. Zodiac homebrew is only just now starting to grow. You just dont' see the sort of fun going on anywhere in homebrew as on GP32.
I still crack my GP32 open every few days
Have to keep up with the new homebrew that pops out every few days
Anyway, gods, it just annoys me this fued.. I'm tempted to start keeping a list of people who flame GP32 or Zodiac, and put them on a list of peopel I don't reply to, or make software for, etc
But then of course, they'd be proud of being on my annjoyed-list, so would just encourage them.
Aside from all of that.. CaSTaway.
CaSTaway could in theory take advantage of Cyclone; since I'm so busy with work, I'm holdin goff until its super solid, but its getting there. It'd be some doing to hook it up, but it shoudl work pretty damned well. (and for those keeping notes, it'd be easier to do on GP32 for a few reasons. See how impartial I am?)
My next update for GP32 will likely be the new Zot stuff, if I get time to finish it up; I've mentioned in zot-maker mailing list the changes coming up, and it'll be some work, but if I can get it to whereI want, it shoudl be frighteningly useful.
jeff
