I haven't posted much here lately. I guess starting a new job that's to be expected. I'm having a great time, though, and am learning more about install and licensing (the team I'm managing at Wind) than I've ever have. And I think there are some opportunities to do some cool things in this critical area that doesn't get much of the spotlight. And of course, I still have a lot of CDT work I want to do for Ganymede.
At any rate, one thing you will fine me post more about is Google Android. I've mentioned in the past my passing interest in game development. I've never had the opportunity to do any, but with my teenage sons at that ripe video gaming age, I can't help but think of the cool software that goes into these games and how much fun my boys have with it.
And being a development tools kind of guy and Eclipse in particular, I can't help but think that Eclipse would make an awesome environment to build games including everything from modeling characters and building levels to writing the code to make it all happen. That's my dream for Eclipse anyway.
Now the reason I love Android, is that I think it would make a great mobile gaming platform. And the Android gang must think so to since the SDK already comes with OpenGL ES support for 3D rendering with both a native library and a Java layer. It will be interesting to see what game developers can come up with and how well actual hardware will work. But it'll be fun to watch. And it would be really cool if they used Eclipse to build it.
In the meantime, I see that a Russian game developer has ported their 2D game to Android already. For a look at the YouTube video and article, check here.
I remember thinking this morning, "I haven't seen any posts from Doug recently". Funny coincidence.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely. I've started developing for the Android platform myself for personal projects, such as for my www.BabbleOnChat.com project. I'm considering entering it into the Android programing competition. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope this doesn't come across as spam, but I'm looking to hire a few good Eclipse folks into my group at Cisco. Do you have any suggestions where I could start looking? Maybe I should post on Eclipse newsgroups? Unfortunately, I can't wait until March for the EclipseCon. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. See you at EclipseCon. :)
Cheers,
-Dan.
I've been thinking of working on a game engine for Android and OpenGL ES in my spare time, something I've always wanted to learn to do.
ReplyDeleteAs for hiring, this is something I've struggled with in the last couple of years and I know others have as well. In Ottawa, there is a real shortage of experienced Eclipsers looking for work. If I only knew how to peel them out of IBM ;)
But I think it is a real issue and something I think I'll write a whole entry about...