OUYA - The new (upcoming) Android console

bowerandy · June 2013

@atilim, I am in UK and am awaiting delivery of an Ouya so it is certainly easy to order one for delivery here. I'm not sure I'd say that they can "easily" ship here though, since it is two weeks since I was told it had been shipped and now I see (via the tracking no. that it is still in Hong Kong) @-)

best regards

atilim · June 2013

ohhhh @-) I'm convinced that shipping to UK may not be the easy way

Are the shippings originated from HK?

MobAmuse · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen: No probs but for now just to test the upload to ouya process and get into submission I have sacrificed one of my slot machine apps to get onto the store as 100% free.

@atilim: UK takes about 3 weeks it seems but it's quicker to get one off eBay LOL

I have an app in submission from this morning. You basically have to add an intent filter (all in the Ouya dev docs) and an extra big xhdpi icon 'ouya_icon.png' and disregard the key.der file (which normally sits inside your .apk I think for Ouya IAP to read on purchase) if giving the app away at least to get the app into submission. I'm using trackpad/pointer so no key ouya specific bindings etc were required. All works well to be honest.

This is just a test run nothing more but I may get some free marketing out of it other than to show a gideros built app running on retail Ouya perhaps.

Have fun and get the Ouya export option and IAP done please LOL ...oh and Windows Phone 8 export - need that badly now too

MobAmuse · June 2013

Of note my Ouya shipped to Southern UK from far east with CN22 label attached as Gift / $49.

MobAmuse · June 2013

Some pictures

MobAmuse · June 2013

...and yes that is 65inches of plasma panel.

MobAmuse · June 2013

My test app 'Egypt Reels of Luxor FREE' is now live on the Ouya store

MobAmuse · June 2013

It's had about 600+ downloads 4 days in on Ouya for the record. Going to need Ouya IAP before I can release anything else there of course.

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

And that means that I'll have a tester for this one

http://giderosmobile.com/labs/ouya
Controller should be working and I have a plan to look at IAPs this weekend, but as I can't really test it, I have no idea how much time it could take

Will keep you updated

MobAmuse · June 2013

OK cool!

OZApps · June 2013

...and yes that is 65inches of plasma panel.

I just hope that I can claim my 60" on taxes as equipment for testing apps and games...

MobAmuse · June 2013

...and yes that is 65inches of plasma panel.
I just hope that I can claim my 60" on taxes as equipment for testing apps and games...

Haha yes good plan!

bowerandy · June 2013

Well my Ouya has arrived today (in the UK) but I have £28 of duty to pay. On a $99 purchase that is rather steep. As it turns out I shouldn't have preordered and instead, should have paid £99 at Game (the shop), where I would have got hold of it 3 days earlier.

Ho hum.

Best regards

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

@bowerandy but isn't $99 + £28 < £99
And don't worry if I order OUYA to Latvia, I'll basically pay double price for it

On the other hand if I'll buy it from UK, I won't have to pay so much in taxes, because it is already inside EU, right?
http://www.game.co.uk/en/ouya-console-215307
Hmm.

OZApps · June 2013

@nowerandy, is Game still there? Because the UK ones had some financial problems, the outlets of Game shut down here.

Now to find a place that stocks Ouya in Australia...

MobAmuse · June 2013

GAME still run online in UK. Cheaper on eBay most likely than import or long wait perhaps.

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

Quick question for OUYA owners.
As I understood there can be multiple accounts for different players on one OUYA.
Is it possible to switch accounts while still in the game?
Or you would have to go out of the game, switch account and come back.
As in, is there a need to handle situation where user account changes during the game?

OZApps · June 2013

Hmmm,
AmazonUK => £99 = $164 AUD + Postage
AmazonUS=> $99 = $108 AUD + Postage

Now to wait for a local dealer to stock these for $99 + pickup at store or the plethora of alternatives. Google is also planning to build one. This will be interesting.

MobAmuse · June 2013

But... is it even worth bothering with Ouya and Gamestick now?... http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-06-28-google-said-to-be-developing-game-console

bowerandy · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen, I've just installed the GiderosPlayer that comes pre-built with the Labs download on the Ouya. What version of Gideros is this built with? It seems to have trouble running GiderosCodingEasy so I suspect it's an early version.

best regards

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

@bowerandy yes it has been a while, but I don't think it is that old. Any specific problems, errors?
I'll be updating hopefully this weekend with Ouya IAP so I'll update the player also

bowerandy · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen, I noticed that the Object class isn't defined and that GiderosCodingEasy gives errors when trying to overload existing functions. Also, it would be helpful if sockets were in there too .. would help with debugging using ZBS for example.

best regards

PS: really I thing the player should be built with as many useful plugins as possible (sockets, bitop etc) since flexibility will be more important than size.

SinisterSoft · June 2013

@bowerandy I agree - the player should have everything included.

SinisterSoft · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen Does the Ouya plugin allow for up to 4 joypads? I was going to do a version of Bacteria on it, but with up to 4 players.

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

@bowerandy noted, haven't thought of that.
But there are also instructions to install it to your own exported project, just in case if you can't wait till the update

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

@SinisterSoft it is not yet in Labs, but I've added a playerId to button/joystick events, so yes it will be possible to implement up to 4 players

bowerandy · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen, as you probably know I'm not very Android focussed and all this Eclipse stuff makes me go queasy. Is there a "Building the Gideros Android plugin for Dummies" post somewhere that I can follow. I tried reading the instructions in the labs download but they didn't mean that much to me.

best regards

SinisterSoft · June 2013

@bowerandy I've recommended Gideros too a few people too, a doc that does all this - start to finish - would be good for them.

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

Ok guys, spend whole day and I think I've implemented OUYA IAP, also added deadzone check for joysticks and passing player Id with button, joystick and trigger events. Also option to get user ID and event if user is changed (one logged out, other logged in)

New version uploaded to Gideros Labs.

Keep in mind that:
1) I can't launch the project, so I have no idea if it works, I can only build it to see if it compiles, etc.
2) it is past the midnight and I'm kind of sleepy, so maybe I also messed up something, but to know that I need your help.

Fingers crossed, please try it

About tutorials, we should probably have a video tutorials and docs explaining it etc, I'll put it on my todo list.

SinisterSoft · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen Thanks.

Will test it out when the new version of Gideros is out - so I don't have to do the player twice. Any idea when that might be, it must be soon?

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