Amiga inspired Windows Phone Game, Atoms - quick preview with developer Ross Gouldthorpe

WP Central Atoms Walkthrough

Whilst at the Windows Telephone Dev Twenty-four hours in Bournemouth we got a chance to meet Ross Gouldthorpe, who has been developing for Windows Telephone for two years. Ross was kind plenty to requite usa a walkthrough of his upcoming Windows phone game, Atoms.

The game is besides currently in development for the Xbox 360 and has a Nintendo DS homebrew counterpart. The game Atoms has roots as an old Amiga game of the same proper noun. It started life equally freebie on the comprehend of a magazine, which is where Ross get-go discovered it. Ross tells me he still has his Amiga machines only these days they are locked up in storage, he does even so take the Amiga CD32 connected to his Television set though.

The game, adult using the ever-popular XNA programmer tools in conjunction with graphic artist Chris Hildenbrand, is taking shape nicely. As this is not a full time projection for Ross, information technology has taken him some time to get to this phase, currently the Windows Phone version is making its way through certification. Once the app is released on the Windows Phone Market, Ross hopes to devote more time to getting the 360 version upwardly which volition include online play, something that the Windows Telephone version does not currently have.

Atoms on Windows Phone will support six players, either man or AI controlled, and will also support a reply way to sentinel all the dramatic concatenation reaction events. If you're lazy, Ross advises you lot can get the AI to play as all six players for a more cinematic experience.

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Ross Gouldthorpe

From what we accept seen so far, the game looks pretty neat, the graphics and animations are certainly compelling and the game looks fun besides. We'll be keeping in touch with Ross to see how things are going. We'd certainly suggest he gets some online plow based features into his app every bit soon as he tin can. Cheers Ross for your fourth dimension, we promise to meet the game in the market soon. You can cheque more about the game and its history on the Atoms game website.

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