Episode 6: The Finger

Brian Greenstone of Pangea Software talks about their new iPhone app, "The Finger".

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=281736538

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• iphone
• ipod
• game
• fart
• apple
• 3GS
• enigmo
• app
• store
• sign
• language
• asl
• deaf
• hand
• signals

[PangeaSoftwareInc]

Thanks, guys!  The app has been approved, but I'm still waiting for it to appear on iTunes... usually takes several hours after it's been approved.

[samelf]

Hi Brian,

What will this app retail for?

Sam.

[PangeaSoftwareInc]

$0.99  :)

[onefineline]

I didn't know you made Weekend Warrior! That game was so cool! =D

[panadesu]

can you use items? Like a cylendar or something, this could be fun for drawing enthusiasts as a shortcut to proper anatomy etc.

[spartant22]

The 3D objects (hand in the finger and the water droplet in enigmo that you changed to 2d) are those created in your own custom software, or something we could all access?

Thanks for these videos, really enjoy watching them!

[Nanosaur12]

amazing game and the prize is very cheap

[szeid]

Obviously you can't put in obscene gestures. Have you taken into account that other cultures/areas may have different interpretations of gestures. For instance I recall the two fingers with the backhand pointed outward in the US is the peace symbol, however in other countries; i.e. Australia and UK it means something very different I believe.

Kudos on admitting it to be a novelty app. Though I think the ASL really seems like something extendible in a useful way.

[oberning1]

I agree, I believe you should focus on making more development videos, like tutorials. I also liked the setup of answering the questions in your last video. And CoolKorean123 there are many tutorials on youtube that you should check out about iPhone programming, but the best way to learn how is to atleast look at some books. It took me about a month to learn the basics and start programming. From then on I just used online videos and books like Beginning iPhone Development to create apps.

[Jaques7Chef]

You move a finger to move a finger, lol. I like the irony.

[Marble800]

I would also love to see more ASL built in, or somehow downloadable. Maybe you could let people submit there self made models of gestures (including ASL) for inclusion in updates/downloads, so that you dont have to build all of them

[KaplanMike]

I wish there were more built-in ASL signs. My wife is late-deaf but oral (she speaks perfectly, since she lost her hearing as a young adult) but we deal with lots of people whose first language is ASL (generally those born deaf). It would be great if there were a library of ASL signs we could sequence, and not just ASL letters.

Is the program set-up for allow user-generated sign libraries to be installed. It could be a universal translator for sign users!!

[CoolKorean123]

Brian you should add more and more things about iphone development. I think it would be a great way for people to get the basics of iphone development. So beginner programers could learn from an acually programmer and not from some book. Im an example. I want to be a programmer and i dont have any material to learn from. Hope you comment back. Liked the video well explained.