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Not exactly the pure Symbian topic, but somehow related. In a recent interview Jeanne Kolesnik from Epocware shared advice for Symbian developers on how to create a successful mobile applications people want to buy.
On the similar subject, Pocket Gamer site managing director, shares some guidelines that could help mobile developers everywhere make better games.
Top 10 tips:
- Immediately familiar or understandable objectives
- Intuitive controls
- Simple gameplay dynamic – deliver one idea brilliantly
- Immediate achievement – A reward within the first thirty seconds…
- …but a challenge that increases steadily
- Create a record of progress and awards
- Basic Multiplayer options
- A little bit of madness or a sense of humor
- Attractive 2D visuals (why worry about 3D?)
- Pay attention to the incidental details
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
