Lets talk OUYA

[WILL]

Wow it is so hard to get one of these consoles right now. I'm an original backer and I'm still waiting. It has been shipped and I have a tracking number, but the official launch is in 3 days (27 June) and pre-ordering on the site doesn't seem to help speed things up either. Apparently you can buy one at BestBuy in the US.

http://ouyaforum.com/showthread.php?...y-Not-Gamestop

I'm a little chuffed at the prospect that some people may have already bought one before the street date (due to some poor employees selling them early) as the promise was that ALL backers would get their OUYAs before the "official launch". Maybe I am mistaken and read that wrong somehow?

Oh well it's supposed to be coming so when it does I can say more about it. We're substituting the actual console with our Android devices and some gamepads. Thanks to libGDX it's pretty seamless to use the controllers API no matter the actual platform. Makes for less headaches this way.

This is what I'll be using to test gamepads on PC: http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/.../10051357.aspx

Eventually we'll port the game to all platforms, but our focus is all leaning towards a good OUYA version before we spread out onto mobiles and then the beastly PC markets.

[Dan]

I have just got my OUYA! Will start experimenting right away=)

[Daikrys]

hey congrats, hope you can tackle the ouya without any problems

[pstudio]

I have just got my OUYA! Will start experimenting right away=)

Are you a kickstarter or have you just bought it now? I'm asking since I'm still waiting for mine.

[WILL]

Congrats, I got both my OUYAs myself. My backer OUYA finally arrived on the 8th and the one I ordered through Amazon.com (retail version) arrived yesterday.

It's a pain to setup though. Make sure you hook it up to Ethernet instead of playing with wifi because it's a pain. Even with the firmware update.

I'm not a huge fan of the d-pad's directional detection or the responsiveness of the O-U-Y-A buttons. But so far the few games I tried seem to play ok.

Apparently you can use a PS3 or XBox controller as well if you want, but you'd need to design your game to take advantage of these.

[Dan]

I am not a kickstarter backer but I did pre-order it. so far I had absolutely no problems, wifi works fine too. form a game developer's perspective I am a bit disappointed because while OUYA takes 30% of all the sales they still make you take care of all the sales taxes etc. so it's a lot more unpleasant than say publishing a game on google play. in fact it is already possible to install games from google play on OUYA.

[Daikrys]

the Ouya team did really bad thing to backers cause they could not produce enough to ship to backers and their sales partners, so sale partners are more important to them and alot of backers still wait

also what amazon did here in germany is a pain, its only the pre-order price but its about 120€ (~156$). as we calculated with the shipping and duty it would be around 92€ at max

[Dan]

after a few tries to connect to the ouya device I am giving up, at least for a while. it is very frustrating. first of all they do not supply a micro usb cable which is essential for development, so I had to use my android phone cable. then the thing just doesn't show up in the list of devices no matter what I try. I have read their very scarce documentation, followed the steps and no luck. all the other android devices that I have connect without any problems. if anyone else has any luck connecting to ouya let me know.

[Cybermonkey]

I think the overall impression is not too good. I definitely won't buy one. Here's a review: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/r...-hardware.html
Also the German magazine c't titles "Squandered Trust".