Trism brings tilt-sensitive puzzle gaming to iPhone
by Kyle Orland 
{ Feb 29th 2008 at 12:30PM }
While tilt-sensitive cell phone gaming is apparently nothing new in Japan, domestic developers/hackers have been slow to create games that take advantage of the iPhone's built-in accelerometer. Enter Trism, a simple, match-three puzzle game from semi-pro developer Demifroce that twists things around by changing the way blocks fall as you twist things around.A GameSetWatch interview with the developer reveals more of the story behind the game's ten-day development, and includes an excellent video (embedded below) of the game in action. Unfortunately, the forthcoming demo version will only work on jailbroken phones, but the developer says he'd love to sell the game on iTunes once the official iPhone SDK is unveiled. Apple, are you listening?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RudyHuxtable @ Feb 29th 2008 12:59PM
I'll be sure to get this as soon as I can afford $400 for a telephone and a new calling plan.
samfish @ Feb 29th 2008 1:01PM
This game looks really cool. It makes me wish I had an iPhone/iPod Touch.
Scott Jon Siegel @ Feb 29th 2008 1:02PM
The app looks phenomenal, and I don't doubt that the developer has already caught the eye of Apple (who is having an event on March 6 to unveil the iPhone and iPod Touch SDK).
As innovative as the "gravity" aspect is, though, I'm a bit bummed that it's still a match-three game. The multi-touch screen on these devices opens up all sorts of design possibilities, and yet here we are still making the same game over and over again. That said, it *was* his first game, and he did develop the whole thing in ten days as a first step into Mac development. I just can't wait to see what he comes up with next, now that he has some mastery of the technical side of things.
Mills and Boom @ Feb 29th 2008 1:30PM
I think my 16gb touch is jailbroken, have to give this a shot when it's out! looks spectacular for a "mobile" game.
Hopefully a sign of things to come with the upcoming SDK.
(01) @ Feb 29th 2008 6:26PM
How do you not know if your touch is jailbroken or not?
Mills and Boom @ Feb 29th 2008 7:05PM
I forgot about it when I got a 32gb one. Not sure if I updated the 16gb one to 1.1.4 (is it now?).
required @ Feb 29th 2008 2:26PM
Neat. It would be nice if the bevel lighting would follow when you rotated it.
required @ Feb 29th 2008 2:31PM
I wonder if the camera is better than the accelerometer: http://wireless.ign.com/articles/741/741844p1.html
ThornedVenom (Patapornographer) @ Feb 29th 2008 2:40PM
Looks awesome and creative!
(01) @ Feb 29th 2008 6:32PM
The simple fact that Daft Punk's "Voyager" is the background music for the video makes this game a must have. Do want.
Clutch_beast @ Feb 29th 2008 6:34PM
Consider it demo'd
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 1st 2008 9:28PM
Call me crazy but I don't think I'll be throwing any $400 phones around. At least they won't take out TVs like wiimotes but jeez it'll be expensive.