GlobalFun announces new uMove product line for iPhone
Games intended to make us participate on a more physical level
Although we've seen some excellent use of the iPhone's accelerometer recently, GlobalFun makes a good point when it says this unique control method has been bolted onto lots of games, rather than being a considered part of the development.
In response to the mild shortage of iPhone specific developments, GlobalFun has launched a new range of products it's branding as 'uMove'; games that make specific use of both the accelerometer and camera to ensure gamers aren't just exercising their thumbs.
"All of the games in uMove are based on the dimension of movement and the gameplay will reflect this," explains GlobalFun producer Cesar Guarinoni. "Sticking this extra control on existing games would have been easy, but we felt it was a great opportunity to create a new kind of game really based upon the fact that you move, hence the name uMove."
uMove will kick off in the first quarter of 2009 with uMove: FollowMe and uMove: Lavarynth. The former will involve making shapes as seen on the iPhone's screen with sounds as guidance, while the latter has more of a subtle puzzle twist about guiding lava through a labyrinth by tilting the handset.
Bertil Krumnack, EVP sales and business development concluded: "Technology can be fun but our focus remains on the user experience. We really wanted to package this into something utilizing the new possibilities that movement provides. We believe that our uMove product line is a good first step in really taking the mobile games experience to the next level."
Better start exercising those withered leg muscles again, eh pocket gamers?
