General Discussion - OUYA Developer Forums

Free year of advertising

jtn0514 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:27:16 +0000

So....how to us dev backers "cash-in" on this and how will this whole advertising thing be handled?

Ouya Overshadowed by the big three?

syntaxlies — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:53:47 +0000

I love the idea of the Ouya and i wish it will. It seems like indie heaven. But do you guys think that people would go out and buy one? With the PS4 announced and the "nextbox" coming around the corner, would people even pay attention?

Anyone see the PS4 controller looks a lot like Ouya controller? hmm

VoodooDoubloon — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:41:36 +0000

Check this out:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/index.php?single=1&path=2013/44/PS4Controller_98982_screen.jpg&blog=1

Interesting to say the least..

Any info about the actual launch date of Ouya?

kanki — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:14:51 +0000

Hi, all!

March is almost here, and so the long awaited launch date is looming behind the corner. Does anyone know what this is more specifically?

Our studio is bringing two original games to Ouya, and we try to hit the launch. Still a way to go, and even an estimate about the launching schedule would do good. Couple of follow-ups:

1) How long does the submission process approximately take?

2) How soon you are able to submit updates, and do they take the same amount of time to be reviewed?

bests,

Markus

COO / Kanki Bros

Infrastructure

bdunbar — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:23:56 +0000

I'm excited about Ouya because my entire professional life has been about seeing cheap and open beat the stuffing out of closed and expensive.

But I'm not a game developer. I'm a guy who knows a little about code, a little about web services, a lot about systems administration. It occurs to me there could be a need for something I'm actually good at.

Has anyone thought about public/private key sharing, user authentication / authorization ... basically anything that a game developer finds tedious and lame and 'not developing good product' but still important is something I might be able to do.

Comments, criticism, reply or PM.

~brian

In Store Game Icon Rendering Issue

batyl — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:30:08 +0000

My game's icon (Mosaic -- available in the Adventure and Casual categories) has a transparent background. In the store, it looks like my game icon is being rendered twice at a slight offset. In the game menu, my icon is rendered once against a metallic background. I'll probably end up making my icon's background opaque so that I have a bit more control over the presentation but I wanted to let the Ouya team know about the inconsistency.

We're trying to learn what kinds of experiences our developers have had before OUYA

Piers — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:09:40 +0000

Which of the following best describes you?

Idea! How the OUYA team can make the upgrades to OUYA 2, OUYA 3, OUYA 4... much cheaper for people.

MagicGameStore — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:01:58 +0000

I have a great idea how OUYA can sell their next consoles way cheaper and at the same time make more money.

There are 100s of companies, mobile manufacturers and charities that are still using dated and old mobile hardware, right?

So, what the ouya team can do is team up with some of these companies.

When a new ouya console is out, you can send it to ouya and receive the new one for probably $20.

You already got the controller, and the older ouya hardware will be sent to these other companies.

And the old hardware get put to good use, which the ouya team will make a lot of money on.

$20 bucks is nothing, right? At least it sounds like peanuts compared to $90 bucks.

So I bet at least 90% of their customers would be happy to upgrade their consoles for only $20.

That'll be a win / win situation.

Problem OUYA connection to server

fernandocolombo — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:34:21 +0000

Hi everyone,

I finally get my hand on an OUYA, but I'm having very boring problem.

The system don't connect to the OUYA servers, so I can't do nothing, connect to my account, install my games... etc.

The console is connected to the internet, it's works fine on the browser, no problem at all. But the connection to the OUYA don't work.

Here is an image of the error that appears when the system turns on:

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6...0222120602.jpg

I have tried the wi-fi and ethernet cable.

Any help?

Unable to edit my topic, can someone help?

Molinware — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:30:29 +0000

So I'm trying to edit my game topic "2D zombie platiformer", but this screen appears:

How i get Ouya dev sistem? For a work i Have many good! Ideas

EnriqueMarrero — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:09:49 +0000

Hi there im new, im from mexico and i have developed on unix sistems like linux mint and ubuntu ... Debian packages and im now in ios apps.. I need job im new in android but i want to join ouya team

The Next Game Boss: The Overnight Challenge - Season 2 / Episode 5 (Very Enjoy to See the Match)

csora — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:38:12 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXbL2akrxQA&list=PL90D3DAAB4D55B2FC&index=1

The Next Game Boss: The Overnight Challenge - Season 2 / Episode 5

Can 't wait to play their games on Ouya O w O (MY DREAM ONLY)

Cheapshot is very indie i think , if it get more improve on play mode , that WOULD be wonderful .

(EG : Add 2 VS 2 Co-op Online mode

Season 2 is better than S1 becasue i think it give more time to Developers to

prepare to beloved game ,

not like S1 rush in hour to create a flash game

that make Developers asphyxia and feel the terror of the time limit pressure death match .

What's your strategy when it comes to press?

sodafountan — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:00:57 +0000

Hello everyone,

As the launch of the OUYA draws nearer everyday, the thought of how I should tackle the press has been a persistent one in my mind. My game Politico has received some press already, which completely blew me away (Can't thank the authors enough for writing such great previews) here are the links if anyone is interested: http://gamefans.com/2013/01/23/politico-2d-sim-city-like-ouya-game/ and http://phandroid.com/2013/01/22/ouya-launch-games/

The spikes in youtube views and general interest in my game that I noticed from these short previews was more than enough incentive to explore my options when it comes to the press. I'm just one guy releasing my first game so i'm really not used to this.

How do you plan to tackle the press? What media outlets are you reaching out to? Are there any more seasoned devs willing to share their experience regarding the press?

Can someone please upload the Ouya Android OS?

MagicGameStore — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:46:57 +0000

Hello. I'd like to tweak and explore the ouya tweaked jelly bean from my computer. If any of you know how to upload it to the internet, please do. I'd appreciate it a lot.
And yes, I know they'll most likely change it later and all that.

manage account not working

greeniekin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:59:43 +0000

I tried to log in using mange account option in settings. For one it does not bring up to virtual keyboard. Though I have a physical keyboard plugged in. I typed in my username and password. it did "contacting server..." then it had a pop up saying to manage you account you will need to log in. I click ok and I am back at the login screen and around and around it goes. Where it stops no one knows.

So does anyone know what is going on? I thought we where able to log in and download apps other devs may have uploaded.

I searched about this and did not see anything.

I appreciate any help.

Login on OUYA device to test IAP always reverted back to DIFTIMI

newmessage — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:50:23 +0000

Hi,

I wanna ask something, I'm trying to set-up IAP for my products. And I need to sign in on my OUYA device via Manage Account.

I'm inputing my account and succesd to login. But then, everytime I turn off OUYA (or move to another window / state sucha as Menu, Games, App, or else) it always reverted again to default account, DIFTIMI

And yes, I've tried to use sync account via Setting. But it's not working. The only account able to be synced is DIFTIMI

Anyone else facing the same issue?

How to solve it?

--many thanks

What price would you pay for a Ouya Game?

Trist — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:35:10 +0000

Like the title says, how much would you be willing to put down on an ouya game. Are you like those individuals that believe that since ouya is using mobile hardware then the prices should be that of other mobile devices? or are you more or less someone that feels since you are not getting a physical copy of your purchase that you wouldn't pay more that a $buck("there are people like that"). Finally what are your thoughts about games on mobile devices that are pushing the bar but charging top dollar such as Demon's Score.

PS. as a side thought, since ouya is going to pretty much require an external hard drive of some kind, what is stopping people from purchasing a legit copy of a title and then just passing it around?

Thoughts on improving these forums themselves

Dreamwriter — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:48:11 +0000

Lately I've come up upon a couple issues that make these forums annoying to use, so I figured I'd make a thread on improvements that could be made to the forums.

Worst of all to me are the super-annoying auto-saved drafts. Many times I'll have a thought and start typing a response to a thread, then realize it's a stupid thought, or non-productive, or was already answered or something. But the draft has been saved without my pressing the Save Draft button, so every time I go back to that thread, my response is sitting there. And if I quoted someone in that draft, there seems to be no way at all to ever remove the quote-space. From what I can tell there is no way to ever delete a draft without posting to a thread.

Speaking of which, those quote spaces don't seem to work very well, they seem too automatic, often I'll quote someone or do a double quote, and then go in and edit the quotes so only the pertinent things I'm replying to are mentioned, but one quote will start leaking into another, or leave the quote-box. And if I want to quote someone from outside these forums, there doesn't seem to be that ability (there is no "quote" button in the button list).

And something I think is rather important to a dev-support forums, source code - there is no built-in method for posting formatted code! I'm still trying to find a good way to use the direct HTML to do it, but really we shouldn't ever have to touch HTML on a message board these days.

I'm not saying there should be an entire software swap, but if there ever is one, I really like forums using vBulletin (like NeoGAF).

I really hope i can see the next'boss game development can make something BIG on OUYA

csora — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:37:24 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=EL0ISvkpC5eC4

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=ELEJdB8iQXVH4

I really hope i can see the next'boss game development can make something BIG on OUYA

Seson 1 (8 team) + 2 (8team) = 16 team

They have many Talent , but the Development funds epic fail .

OUYA is a very very geat
Free Develop Platform to those 16 team to make game without Financial Issues .

Specifically

their game mostly is indie game and OUYA is a indie game base i think ~ Free Develop what take them a Cosmic Booster and Self-confidence .

Yearly ouya? What is this I don't even

Jack_Mcslay — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:15:12 +0000

Am I the only person enraged by this?
http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/07/ouya-annual/

Ouya, consoles are NOT mobile. General mobile owners are happy with simple games and apps, and avid owners are happy to buy a new device every 1-2 years. Console owners want to play games without the headache of wether the game will run well or not on their devices, while the avid graphics-hungry gamers are already flocked on the PC. On top of that, this puts the ouya on a similar TCO of big consoles. In 4 years that'll be $400, already surpassing the launch cost of the Wii U.

Not to mention the possibility of a Duke Nukem Forever effect, with developers trying to push the platform by making graphically impressive games having to delay the game's launch several times because they need to keep updating the game for the newer hardware.

Pay by Mobile Phone Credit

SpoonThumb — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:31:48 +0000

Valky over at ouyaforum suggested allowing people to top up their OUYA store credit with mobile phone credit.

Could take the form of a simple app that people download onto their phones. There are plenty of telco / carrier solutions for this kind of thing, so it'd just be a case of integrating it with OUYA's systems

This would let people without credit cards or paypal, and no access to a shop to buy top up cards, to easily buy stuff on the OUYA store.

Create game question (In June i will buy Ouya from store)

csora — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:48:38 +0000

Hi dear all ,

1. Can i creat a superman or batman 3D game on OUYA ? (Copy Right Problem O口O)

2. Can i use some console video game (It is US / JP 10 years old game)
BackGroundMusic resource (Copy Right Problem again)

3. If i want to make sone voice character , have PC win7 software to do that ?

(Eg : If i have batman Voice.mp3 0:05 sec , can i use this voice with my mic ,
and make some story ? Just Like Talking Sam but the Voice Can Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IebpLzqsQsw&noredirect=1

4. Can i bulid a game with Story Mode and Online Mode ...

Online Mode (Have to pay money (very chaep) )

5. Ouya release on 6/26/2013 in store ?

6. I am only a gamer , is it very diffecult to bulid a 3D game (i am build game beginner) ?

7. If i want to bulid game with OUYA, just put the mouse and keyboard to OUYA ???

Thanks for my silly question , i play PS 1 / PC to now over 14 years since 1999 ,

I want to build my favourite game and earn some money for family , thank you ~

Play many PS3 game i fell so tried , i want to play my relax game~

In-Game Ads

hypercanestudios — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:15:48 +0000

Is anyone doing in-game advertising? If so, who are you going through?

Kids Zone for Store

SpoonThumb — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:14:29 +0000

It would be really cool if there was a section of the store that had only games that were approved for children

Ideally, parental controls would not only let parents lock the store to just the Children-approved area, but stop games already downloaded that aren't suitable for kids being played.

An extra added bonus would be if parents could set a "pocket money" allowance for kids to spend on IAP, after which they can't buy any more

Probably not a priority, but would be sweet if this could be done at some point

Ouya + Android + Games : Resource discussion

rumplestilzken — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:36:23 +0000

So i was wondering, have the Ouya devs done anything drastic to the OS to make it hide a bit more when playing a game? is it planned?

Maybe to stop background processes while in game, or anything that might eat away at any of the systems resources, make it more of a bare bones system and run the game on top, and then when you exit the game, reload/continue anything that was previously running?

This type of thing would make it more of a "console" than a run of the mill android device and really make it shine in its own right.

Any thoughts?

Euro Devkit Giveaway

SpoonThumb — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:02:05 +0000

Update:
Voting is now open: http://ouyaforum.com/showthread.php?1417-Vote
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Ouyaforum.com is hosting a competition to give away an OUYA devkit. If anyone who doesn't have a devkit and wants to get their hands on one before March, you can find all the information here:

http://ouyaforum.com/forumdisplay.php?24-OUYA-Euro-Devkit-Giveaway

Make a Custom Boot Animation

Cyanogen101 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:30:37 +0000

If this is based on Android it will be REALLY easy to make a custom boot animation, only problem is I dunno what size the pictures need to be..... Is there any chance someone could upload the /system to media fire?
I'm planning on making '' a hand load a handgun, and then load a machine gun'' or the likes since its a gaming platform, and but I can't do anything until I know the size they must be.

OUYA's real "competition"

Annel-Ideas — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:00:48 +0000

We all know our new born baby console that we love so much since its first appearance on July of 2012. the OUYA

since then time passed and a new android game console made its appearance calling it self the GAME STICK

Processor - Amlogic 8726-MX
Memory - 1GB DDR3 / 8GB FLASH / Micro SD Card Slot
Content Download Manager w/ cloud storage for games.
WiFi - 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth - LE 4.0
O/S - Android Jelly Bean
Controller - Bluetooth, 3 mode controller: gamepad, mouse and keyboard with support for up to 4 controllers.
Full 1080p HD video decoding
Support for XBMC & DLNA from Sept via optional firmware update.
Support for iOS and Android mobile devices to be used as controllers

Having similar specs to the OUYA as shown above. except for the micro SD slot and that the Processor Tegra3 and not even quad core. the GAME STICK cost about 80$. but in my opinion this device is just another lame excuse of an android stick device and not a pure physical console like the OUYA. making this device not even a competition at all.

Early this year the Project SHIELD was shown being the first Tegra4 device ever made and the first to ever have the cloud mobile gaming partnership with STEAM.

Something really awesome because its all built in with pure android with a NVIDIA GRID special app button that throws in lots of features. this is a real competitor for OUYA since it lets you play your PC games on it using the cloud. basically its like the Wii U controller, but android. A device that lets you play and see your pc games on it. but hey NVIDIA has lots of cash and employees to make this happen. OUYA is doing not good because they're doing GREAT as an Indie Company :D

there's not enough information of this device what so ever. only that runs a Tegra4 Processor, have mini HDMI port up to 1080p, built in speackers, rechargeable batteries and Jelly Bean OS apart from what is shown.

not so long ago it was announced the VALVE STEAM BOX made by Xi3

This little box you guys see here is a device that will let you play games from STEAM connected directly on your HDTV without the need of another device such as the PC. all you need is the gamepad and that's all. this device doesn't have spec information but apparently their making this box to be upgrade-able. I think this must be a powerful device and I don't doubt that this is also a threat to game consoles such as XBOX and PS. this device is mostly targeting the BIG 3 and not so much to OUYA

today (FEB 13, 2013) I found out about a new android base device called NGEES

A9 dual-core processor
quad-core GPU
1 GB RAM
8/16/32 GB of internal flash storage
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Mini HDMI Port (video and audio output), TV connection, 1080p Full HD support
1xMini USB,1x USB 2.0 support
Bluetooth
Keyboard/Mouse/ Wirelless game controllers via external USB - bluetooth supported
Skype camera supported
XBMC support
Screen streaming from mobile phone support

this little device has the same specs than the OUYA, but with buying options

8gb cost 99$

16gb cost 140$

32gb cost 160$ and comes with a Wii like controller that lets you use it the same way as the Wiimote

the NGEES doesn't support Micro SD either and as you can see it supports an external camera for skype. but I really don't know what camera or how to get it. I was looking at their video and when plugged in the box it looks like a tablet just like the other android stick devices out there. the developers say that this is an all Media device that fits on your pocket and showed not only games, but video chat, movies, music and more stuff. I really don't see much use with this thing since its better using a normal stick device like the PocketTV. and well this device is not actually a competition for OUYA but I just wanted to show you guys about this stuff.

I want to know what you guys think about all this new devices coming to take OUYA on. I mean most of the devices are almost same price or similar spec with a different physical form.

Porting ARMED! to OUYA

KonajuGames — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:02:54 +0000

Here is a liveblog that Tom Spilman of Sickhead Games posted as he ported ARMED! to OUYA using MonoGame.

http://monogame.net/news/2013/02/09/porting-armed-ouya

Expect to see ARMED! in the OUYA Store soon.

Use other device(like Tablet or Smartphone) as Keyboard

cindy — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:31:56 +0000

I am just waiting on the delivery of my Ouya.

But I was wondering if it will be posible to use a smartphone or tablet as a keyboard for the ouya. I know that there will be input like username and password or ingame input that needs a keyboard. I also know that there will be of course a onscreen keyboard that we can use with our controllers.

But will there be a function out of the box to use a android smartphone or tablet as the keyboard for ouya.

There is an app in the play store that can do this. I also checked it and it worked. But I would love to avoid third party apps.

I know this is just a generell forum but maybe someone with detailed information knows more about that.

Best regards

cindy