iOS Game kit is going to be a pain to test.

[detz]

It seems you're going to need at least two devices to test and all testing will have to be hardware based which slows things down. :-( Oh well, guess it's time to purchase an iPod touch anyway.

 

[jnic]

Also, available features vary between iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod touch because of hardware differences (no A2DP or MMS on 1G iPhone, no bluetooth on 1G touch, etc.).

 

[kalimba]

Minor clarification: Game kit is going to be a pain to test... if you're a small development house. I'm pretty sure the big developers won't have the same problems the smaller, one-man-band developers will have.

 

[detz]

Minor clarification: Game kit is going to be a pain to test... if you're a small development house. I'm pretty sure the big developers won't have the same problems the smaller, one-man-band developers will have.

Either way testing on the device is slower than the simulator. But, opengl has to be tested on the device now anyways so most game developers are used to it I guess.

 

[sth]

In my opinion, one should test as much as possible on the device anyway.

The simulator is good for quick tests but lacks many features of the actual hardware and also gives you no clues about the actual user experience.

 

[mccannmarc]

In my opinion, one should test as much as possible on the device anyway.

The simulator is good for quick tests but lacks many features of the actual hardware and also gives you no clues about the actual user experience.

Couldn't agree more for 2 reasons:-

- A lot of games use the tilt sensor as a control mechanism which can't be simulated on the simulator, nor can real multitouch

- The simulator performance != to device performance

 

[PBTop]

Hi, just been looking for solution to connecting devices using the gamekit and from what I read here the simulator and iPhone can't create a p2p network, is that correct? The simulator can recognize the iPhone, but I always get connection declined. Is it time to buy a second device to test? Thanks