Oni for iPod Touch/iPhone

Striker · 06/09/10 16:06

Hey guys.

Yesterday, I received an iPod Touch as an early birthday present.
So I decided to get some apps and try it out.

Then, something hit me. Most of the apps are around 200-300MB.
I remembered that Oni only is around 300MB.

And then I thought - What if Oni was on iPod Touch/iPhone?
People would definitely play it much more often, and would appreciate it more.
So, developers and players, what do you think of this idea?

Dirk Gently · 06/09/10 16:06

That would be cool, but I don't think a feasible project. Fine camera control in a third person environment with an imprecise device would not work well. If it was made first person then maybe, but then the combat would not be nearly as effective.

Striker · 06/09/10 16:06

Dirk Gently wrote:

That would be cool, but I don't think a feasible project. Fine camera control in a third person environment with an imprecise device would not work well. If it was made first person then maybe, but then the combat would not be nearly as effective.

I own a few applications that use third person and I think the controls are pretty well made. It would actually be quite effective in combat, because it is easy to just press the side buttons instead of moving them to punch/kick or to do other moves.

Iritscen · 06/09/10 17:06

Having already put a lot of thought into this, I think Oni can be done well on the iPhone. It wouldn't be 100% as playable as the PC version, but it's doable. And the iPhone is plenty precise, Dirk Even better, imo, would be an iPad port.

However, this project is impossible without Take Two being behind it, since they own the IP. Since I don't think they are in the mobile space, it would be a hard sell to get them to port this or let us port it.

Striker · 06/09/10 17:06

Iritscen wrote:

However, this project is impossible without Take Two being behind it, since they own the IP. Since I don't think they are in the mobile space, it would be a hard sell to get them to port this or let us port it.

We can still try...

Iritscen · 06/09/10 17:06

Not without source code, we can't.

Dirk Gently · 06/09/10 18:06

Iritscen wrote:

Not without source code, we can't.

Indeed.

Take Two could probably get a bit of money off of making an iPad port. I know I would buy it.

Striker · 06/10/10 06:06

Iritscen wrote:

Not without source code, we can't.

I wasn't talking about what we're going to do with the source code,
I said that we can try getting it.

Gumby · 06/10/10 12:06

You think we haven't been trying that, for years?

Even with source code, we wouldn't have distribution rights.

TOCS · 06/10/10 12:06

..and I'm sure Apple wouldn't allow it aswell, as they're sorting about 10.000 homebrews weekly. If we were to ever port it, it should be a more user customized OS; like Android.

Who knows where the future will lead us.. hopefully foward.

Jon God · 06/10/10 14:06

I know people were talking about a Myth -> iPad port.

Still, good luck getting Take 2 behind that. Having heard a thing or two myself, it seems really not likely.

Dirk Gently · 06/10/10 18:06

marathon would work, that is all open sourced isn't it?

Jon God · 06/11/10 20:06

Take 2 never owned Marathon though. Bungie open sourced it independently.

Tudorge · 08/16/10 08:08

Oni is out of news and can become abandonware, making the source code good for public license. Why do they keep it for them ?

Mukade · 08/16/10 11:08

Why don't you ask 'em

Dirk Gently · 08/16/10 11:08

Feral also owns the code now. Last time I checked it still was not able to be disclosed to anyone outside the company.

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Tudorge · 08/16/10 12:08

he should sacrifice for the greater good . Just joking
What did they say when you asked them ?

Dirk Gently · 08/16/10 14:08

edwin said he could not when I asked if he needed help with updating Oni for OS X to be intel. That was a couple of months ago.

Gumby · 08/16/10 17:08

Feral does not own the source, T2 owns it.

s10k · 08/17/10 17:08

Love EPIC, they still giving the source codes of unreal engine games to people work in engine. Even old Unreal still receiving update patches today.

Too bad Oni code isn't owned by epic, they are awesome.

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