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'Epic Zen Garden' Metal Demo Shown Off at WWDC Now Available for Download
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Stunning graphics!
Downloaded on my iPad Mini. Played with for about 5 minutes. Uninstalling now
No objectives or reason to continue playing?
Downloaded on my iPad Mini. Played with for about 5 minutes. Uninstalling now
No objectives or reason to continue playing?Well, my PS4 compared to this app shows iOS is a LONG way off what it's capable of. In my eye's this app looks worst than Infinity Blade does/ did? I wouldn't even start comparing to a PC.
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FORGET this rubbish app, Gameloft has updated Asphalt 8 to use METAL!! And you can get it NOW
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131...dy-game-for-ios-8-and-boy-does-it-look-lovely
Modern equivalent to Epic Citadel that came out to demonstrate the graphics potential of the iPhone 4. I still open and play around in that application from time to time, I actually like playable, no kill graphics demos like this.
Guess I need to get out more
Guess I need to get out more
Metal
Metal gives the lowest overhead access to the gpu allowing developers to create more calls, in the case of this game, 4000 butterflies. But as a user it will just mean games that look much prettier. The problem is that while metal works on all these different devices, it depends on the quality of the graphics as to whether or not another device is ruled out on being able to run it. In the case of Zen Garden it is most likely written entirely in 64 bit which means nothing below the most recent of iOS devices.
Metal gives the lowest overhead access to the gpu allowing developers to create more calls, in the case of this game, 4000 butterflies. But as a user it will just mean games that look much prettier. The problem is that while metal works on all these different devices, it depends on the quality of the graphics as to whether or not another device is ruled out on being able to run it. In the case of Zen Garden it is most likely written entirely in 64 bit which means nothing below the most recent of iOS devices.
optimised for iPhone 5 only means it's optimised for the 16:9 aspect ratio.
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AND.... Clumsy Ninja had not received any updates besides new IAP items since release
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iPad Air and iPad mini retina runs a resolution of 2048 x 1536 which is most likely higher than your computer's resolution unless you are using the MacBook Pro with retina display.
Stunning graphics!
Downloaded on my iPad Mini. Played with for about 5 minutes. Uninstalling now
I'll keep it on my iPad Air for a while. I basically emptied the thing in preparation for iOS 8, so I'm not hurting for space for a while. And there are a few people I'd like to show it to.
I agree there's not much to do, and admiring the number of polygons only gets you so far.
I really want to go in that house and look around. I want to live there. I'm actually planning to build something like that in a few years. I won't have a koi pond, but there will be a lazy river pool that travels under the overhang of the house. Also I plan to build it on Earth, not Pandora.
It's no good unless I can spearfish the koi and cut down the cherry trees. Why?
Because...
I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I cut down trees, I spearfish koi, I like to smoke cherry blossoms.
I always wear pajamas to post to MR forums.
Because...
I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I cut down trees, I spearfish koi, I like to smoke cherry blossoms.
I always wear pajamas to post to MR forums.
Modern equivalent to Epic Citadel that came out to demonstrate the graphics potential of the iPhone 4. I still open and play around in that application from time to time, I actually like playable, no kill graphics demos like this.
Guess I need to get out more
That makes two of us then - I love Epic Citadel and still have it on my phone for the occasional wander around... I reckon it gets launched more than Inifinity Blade does these days.... there was a game that got very old very quickly for me.
Only got an iPhone 5 so can't judge Zen Garden yet.... but tomorrow...
Thanks, darkfiber, that'll teach me to quickly skim through MR news articles whilst getting dressed for work in the morning.
Appreciate the heads up on that
Neat demo for about 3 minutes, but.... no replay value. :roll eyes:
Asphalt8 however has just been updated to support Metal on newer devices though... so now racing around Tokyo the wet roads look wetter, there are visible raindrops, more reflections/bump mapping, not huge changes but definitely improved graphics.
Asphalt8 however has just been updated to support Metal on newer devices though... so now racing around Tokyo the wet roads look wetter, there are visible raindrops, more reflections/bump mapping, not huge changes but definitely improved graphics.
It requires at least an A7 processor to run. The A6 just doesn't cut it because of the lack of GPU power.
Infinity Blade emerged (IIRC) from the tech demo Epic Citadel, which was a complete environment with no characters, used to demo the then-awesome graphics of the iPad. Characters & storyline were added, leading to the popular series.
So, by extrapolation...
Epic Zen Garden is a wonderful tech demo, into which characters & storyline will be added, giving us Kill Bill [The Game].