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Matt Wiechec@mattwiechec ·
Hello everyone. I'm really excited to launch A Tiny Game of Pong with the Product Hunt community today. A Tiny Game of Pong brings the classic ‘70s game to your Apple Watch. Compete with friends for high scores in endless arcade mode, or try to beat your opponent in a classic, first to three, match. Featuring: responsive Digital Crown controls, two unique g… See more
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Jake Crump@jakecrump · Community Team with Product Hunt
@mattwiechec This is so cool! Makes me wish I had an Apple Watch. Where did the idea come from to bring pong to the Apple Watch?
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Matt Wiechec@mattwiechec ·
@jakecrump I was looking for a project to learn watchOS 2 around. So I thought pong's gameplay was straightforward enough to translate well onto the small screen. Sessions can be kept short and there's really not much to obstruct the screen. Plus when the new API opened up the Digital Crown to developers it seemed like a great fit – the original game had a d… See more
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Jake Crump@jakecrump · Community Team with Product Hunt
@mattwiechec That's really interesting. I didn't realize the Digital Crown wasn't open to developers before. I can definitely see that being used for a lot more games now. Had you worked on the original watchOS? Any plans for other watch games in the future?
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Matt Wiechec@mattwiechec ·
@jakecrump Yeah, when the watch first launched I built a watch extension for my first app Marco Polo (findmarcopolo.com). It showed a list of nearby devices using BLE. It was actually pretty handy – you could ping a misplaced iPhone or tablet, even a friend's or coworker's device, if they had Marco Polo installed. Unfortunately Apple did not approve the exte… See more
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Sam Doshi@samir_doshi · Co Founder @ Relayo.com
@mattwiechec love how you can compete with friends --- awesome
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Matt Wiechec@mattwiechec ·
@samir_doshi thanks. For a future release I'm considering integrating Game Center Challenges that would notify you when a friend beats your high score.
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Sam Doshi@samir_doshi · Co Founder @ Relayo.com
@mattwiechec Good luck to ya'll -- pong, snake, classic games... never get old.
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