An unofficial software development kit for making Wii-compatible browser games is now open to the public, thanks in large part to the work of Daniel Gump. More than simply tracking the position of the Wii-mote cursor, the custom Javascript libraries will detect the remote's distance from the sensor bar, the pressing of any remote buttons, and the movement of the device along the Z-axis.
Gump developed the custom code for use in his own game, Hullbreach, a massively-multiplayer game designed to be played in the Wii Opera browser. Though the code was previously available by request, this marks the first time the SDK and its documentation have been made fully public. It will interesting to see if this in any way encourages future Wii homebrew development... and gets people using their Wii browser.
[Via GoNintendo]
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Dec 21st 2007 8:20AM (Unverified) said
Opera isn't to bad, yea it's no where near as good as fire fox or safari on your computer but not horrible. This is great news though, lets hope some good development goes into this.
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Posted: Dec 21st 2007 8:47AM SSUK said
Like you should care. It's a browser on a console. The only reason you'd use Firefox over Opera on PC is because of it's advanced features which would only really be useful to you on PC.
Opera is a good standards compliant browser which is fairly quick even if it does like to centre all and tags' content.
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Opera is a good standards compliant browser which is fairly quick even if it does like to centre all and tags' content.
Posted: Dec 21st 2007 3:48PM ThornedVenom said
Learn to use the Opera browser on Wii *because* of all of the streamable porn on a big screen TV.
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Posted: Dec 21st 2007 9:03AM (Unverified) said
"... and gets people using their Wii browser."
But I already use my browser everyday.
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But I already use my browser everyday.
Posted: Dec 21st 2007 9:26AM Dummy00001 said
Link on the topic: Top 16 sites to browse on the Nintendo Wii Internet Channel
http://www.infendo.com/wii/top-16-sites-to-browse-on-the-nintendo-wii-internet-channel/
It seems like Wii-zation of internet is slowly but steadily goes on ^_^
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http://www.infendo.com/wii/top-16-sites-to-browse-on-the-nintendo-wii-internet-channel/
It seems like Wii-zation of internet is slowly but steadily goes on ^_^
Posted: Dec 21st 2007 1:51PM (Unverified) said
Umm..the WiiCade API SDK(Open Source) For Flash, JavaScript, and Full Multiplayer server/client has been available for ages..Just as far as documentation goes, they have that that fully done as well.
Before anyone complains that its only available on for use on WiiCade; well thats not true. They have open sourced the entire API under the GPL license so anyone can use it, on any server, period.
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Before anyone complains that its only available on for use on WiiCade; well thats not true. They have open sourced the entire API under the GPL license so anyone can use it, on any server, period.
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