New 3rd party development option for Zune?

zForum_JC · 02-20-2008, 09:21 PM

Yeah, I read many of the "can't be done" threads on this and other sites. Seems the system is locked down pretty well with digital certificates or such...

But- looking at this article: zune-online.com/news/zune/all-the-details-about-gaming-on-zune. html (You have to copy and paste the link and remove the space before html and add www at the beginning. The post-counter isn't working and still says I have 0 posts, so can't post a link

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I was thinking, Why not use the gaming development API to write custom apps?

IF- the API will give access to the codecs, which would make sense from an efficiency point, but may be restricted due to protect the system.

A game can typically be ANY kind of game, so it seems on the surface that a number of options should be available.

So anyone know about the game development API's and/or tried it, or is the article a hoax?

Thoughts?

- JC

Scrapz616 · 02-20-2008, 09:35 PM

well this idea is bieng discussed-http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/zun...ugh-games.html
and i dont think any1 has used the software yet, but we can expect some more details in spring wen they release the beta software
but i think custom apps is a possibility
only thing we can do is wait and see

paul4531 · 02-20-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrapz

well this idea is bieng discussed-http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/zun...ugh-games.html
and i dont think any1 has used the software yet, but we can expect some more details in spring wen they release the beta software
but i think custom apps is a possibility
only thing we can do is wait and see

but I can't wait LOL

02-20-2008, 09:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
zForum_JC Zewbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Reputation: 11	New 3rd party development option for Zune? Yeah, I read many of the "can't be done" threads on this and other sites. Seems the system is locked down pretty well with digital certificates or such... But- looking at this article: zune-online.com/news/zune/all-the-details-about-gaming-on-zune. html (You have to copy and paste the link and remove the space before html and add www at the beginning. The post-counter isn't working and still says I have 0 posts, so can't post a link ) I was thinking, Why not use the gaming development API to write custom apps? IF- the API will give access to the codecs, which would make sense from an efficiency point, but may be restricted due to protect the system. A game can typically be ANY kind of game, so it seems on the surface that a number of options should be available. So anyone know about the game development API's and/or tried it, or is the article a hoax? Thoughts? - JC

02-20-2008, 09:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
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