I spent a hour or so yesterday browsing the Android Market, specifically looking for games for my three-year-old to play. His first question about every game: “how do I shoot.” I really don’t see many good options among current offerings.
I’m still working on CowPotato, and one thing I plan to add is a ‘toddler’ mode with simplified aiming — the current controls are a bit beyond my son. But even if I’m looking for more advanced games, there are few action games to choose from. That is, if you don’t include all the emulator games and XGalaga clones. Come on, people! How about putting some effort into something slightly original?
I’ve got a couple other projects going, but it’s painfully slow, trying to make time to work on them. Android may not be even close to as good as an (action) gaming platform as the iPhone, but there’s still a lot of untapped potential, and I’m still excited about going after that. I’ll be blogging a bit more about my upcoming projects shortly…