The game, Roul, is certainly unusual. It takes me waaaaaay back to a strange game / interactive thing called “ScruTiny in the Great Round“, which didn’t actually do anything as such, but was strangely addictive and fascinating.

I’m not expecting a Playyoo version in the near future - well not until at least Flash Lite 5 is released - but I’m not going to hold that against Dave.

As he says, he needs votes, your votes and as many as you can click!

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I’m not trying to canvas for support or anything, but if you happened to want to nominate your favorite Adobe Flash Lite and Flex-powered mobile games community site, well, I wouldn’t stand in your way

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The idea is to try to kick start a market between Flash Lite developers and game buyers. At some point in the fairly near future, we expect 3rd parties to be entering the picture, but to get started, we’re sponsoring games ourselves. The basic idea is that every week, we set a theme, and invite proposals to build a game which responds to it. Once the game is delivered, Playyoo pays a fee to the developer.

[UPDATE: A Clarification: please note, Playyoo is not buying these games. They remain the property of the developer. Playyoo is 100% about user generated content.]

In the first week, the theme was the Euro 2008 soccer championship, and the winning proposal came from Mariam Dholkawala, with Headers Euro 2008. If your team didn’t win, Mariam’s game gives you the chance to rewrite history!

For week 2 (and week 3), we set a more oblique challenge, “global warming”. The first game on that theme was the very creative “Drought” created by Dave Sapien, where you need to help the fish escape the evaporating ponds.

Week 3’s game is in production, and we’re looking forward to it!

This sequence will continue throughout the summer, and maybe longer. Other initiatives are also in the pipeline.

The fact that mobile games like these can be built from scratch and put online in less than 1 week says a lot about the talents of our developers, but also about the power of Flash Lite.

The Playyoo Developer Program has it’s own private area in the Playyoo forums, for members to exchange ideas, discuss concepts, and for us to post requests for games.

If you want to show the world what you can do with Flash Lite, and perhaps start making some money from your talents, why not sign up ?

To qualify for the PDP, Playyoo members need to:

• upload at least 2 custom games (not Game Creator)
• have at least one game favourited by at least 10 members
• have accrued at least 20 verified downloads
• be approved by the Playyoo PDP manager

To remain a member

• maintain at least 2 games at all times
• upload at least 1 game per year
• agree to and keep to the terms and conditions of the PDP

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Now, according to ReadWriteWeb, a book has been released by MIT professor and director of MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program Eric Klopfer which makes the case that mobile games can augment other education tools.

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According to my calendar 2009 is next year……

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In a young and dynamic environment, the successful candidate will work on a highly creative and challenging project where her/his contribution can influence the overall company’s success.

The candidate must have a proven track experience working as Java/J2EE engineer on complex Internet solutions in multitier architectures. A plus is the experience working on mobile applications.

Job description

As a Java/J2EE Engineer you will work in a team to develop and provide technically advanced (mobile) Internet solutions at the cutting edge of technology.

Qualification

• Knowledge of Java 2 Enterprise Edition
• Deep knowledge in JSF, Facelets , EJB 3.0, AJAX, Servlets, JSPs, Struts 2.0 and Java Beans technologies
• Knowledge of the ImageMagick software suite is a plus

We appreciate

• Experience in rich internet applications based on Flex/Flash/Flash Lite
• Experience in using the Glassfish application server
• Experience in using the PostgreSQL ORDBMS
• Experience in developing with the NetBeans IDE

Technical background

• A degree in Information Sciences, Software Engineering or similar.
• Excellent OO Java software development skills including the ability to select and apply well-known OO design patterns
• A good knowledge of the UML object modeling and specification language
• Skilled in Internet solutions and multitier architectures

Other skills

• Ability to work in heterogeneous teams
• Expertise to take initiatives and decisions and to shoulder the responsibility
• Good knowledge of the English language, both spoken and written

Playyoo SA is based in the lakeside city of Lugano, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, in Switzerland. The location offers an excellent quality of life, less than an hour away both from the Swiss Alps and the city of Milan.

For the successful candidate Playyoo SA will manage all the local requirements for the issuing of the required work permits as well as assist with relocation requirements.

For further information on this position or to submit applications please contact ivan.stefanini@playyoo.com .

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Sploder’s Game Creator is another we’ve been playing with and it provides a lot more flexibility in creating its space shooter. It allows users to shape the playing arena, add a variety of goodies, baddies, health and weapons.

As with most Game Creators it’s a joy to see the creativity unleashed when users have access to easy to use game creation  tools.

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Games on Deck have published an article on Playyoo titled “User Generated Games Are The Next Big Thing” in which they discuss the rise of casual games and user generated content “The next logical stage is the democratization of game design-where just as anyone can play games, anyone can now create games.”

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It’s early days yet but the potential in these devices is starting to be realized with games such as TapTap Revolution for the iPhone using multi touch and demos such as this moving ball demo that use Flash Lite and accelerometers.

It wont be too long before some brilliant mind makes a leap in mobile device interaction akin to Johnny Lee’s amazing Wii Remote hacks. These hacks transform the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.

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