...The beginning
In the Safoa.net team, operates Roberto (alias DAGO), who often has fun "playing" with Virtual Reality.
While chatting with Graziano (alias DEFO), in the month of November 2003, he suggested:
(a small extract from the short, but intense, discussion)
- Roberto : "What do you say to making a first-person shooter for the Palm OS?" .
- Graziano : " Nice idea, but who are we to compete against the giants that have already been in the market of Palm OS games for years and years?"
..... a few moments of silence...
- Graziano : "Hmmm... is there something that's keeping us from launching into this adventure?"
- Roberto : "..Probably not "
- Graziano : "Well, let's get started then.... If it goes bad then we can just pretend like we lost some money at a casino or that we have worked for the usual customers that consistently don't pay us"
It took only these words and less than twenty minutes to decide to take on this adventure (this type of discussion between Graziano and Roberto is a well proven method practiced for more than 5 years now. Neverending meetings or weeks of words are superfluous... as long as there is an understanding, decisions take only a few minutes)
.......After less than two months of intense study and work... the Alpha version appeared and so we decided to visit the Palm OS Developer Conference in California from February 10 to February 12 2004 to show off our results. The impressions gathered from those who saw Daedalus 3D were "excellent" and they helped us decide to go ahead and continue to improve Daedalus 3D
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Comments and reviews:
- From tapland.com ( posted by David Eaton):
First impression: "Oh, My God!" I can't believe how great this thing plays on the Zodiac. The detailed graphics of the walls and anvironement scroll by so smoothly that you'd think you were playing Quake on a Pentium 4 PC with 1287 Mb viedo card"
- From www.palmonecity.com ( posted by LaStigmata):
The Full Version is now available and I must say it Rocks. The spiders kick my butt. This is the game I have been waiting for.
- From www.emuboards.com ( posted by DBK-GOKU):
The game is amazing! The graphics are great, the sounds are cool, and there are cool weapons. They probably could improve the quality/legibility of the menu, and maybe improve the characters a bit. An on-screen gun would look way nice too, but it's still fun. All of the other objects are 3d though, like teh ammo, health, weapons, etc. I like this game. If the two level demo is what I have played, then I sure do hope that there are lots of levels, becuase they are kind of short.
- From www.pda247.com ( posted by c0mm0n):
I tested on my ux , very nice dan fluid! i also could move it to ms and launch using aliasext ; launch time is quite long but tahta works good !
- From www.cliesource.com ( posted by rabass6):
The game works...it's only a bit bigger than the average palm app, but it's incredible to play a 3D shootout game on my TJ35!!!
- Brighthand announces the availability of Daedalus 3D
( Apr 2, 2004 by Jen Edwards):
Daedalus 3D: The Labyrinth is now available for most palmOne and Sony devices. This fully 3D application features ARM-optimized code with stereo sound and support for high-resolution graphics..... more
- Wirelessgaming.it review of Daedalus 3D
( May 31, 2004 by Salvatore Perciaccante):
Pensate che gli sparatutto in prima persona siano tutti uguali? O che per quanto riguarda il mondo degli smart phone non si possa superare un certo livello di qualità?
Vi sbagliate! A smentirvi ci pensa l'italiana Safoa.net! ... more |
| Some screenshot from Daedalus 3D (click to enlarge): |
The story:
Between the years 2003 and 2004, Humans ships two missiles to Mars, and in the year 2014 the first Human shipping reaches the Red Planet. The alien tribes of TalyTAR has a residency on Mars, a planet full of solid state, curative water, providing therapeutic properties and above all giving the prescience (although only temporary.)… The Humans delegation, pushed by curiosity and cupidity, occupy this residency plundering the containers of the precious material and awakening the fury of TalyTAR, that quickly get revenge for this organizing an invasion to planet Earth. The fortress of TalyTAR on the Earth is an ancient Human military base: you need to conquer this base and only when TalyTAR will be defeated, Humans will be able to live in freedom on their planet. Your mission is: hit and defeat the slobbering TalyTAR, not before overcoming his faithful military forces...
The future of millions of people is into your hands.... Good Luck!
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