Legendary Id coder John Carmack has revealed that he is developing a mobile phone game. A recent entry on his blog hailed the possibilities offered by the cellphone format and mentions his Java side-project, DoomRPG - enticingly described as, "sort of Bard's Tale meets Doom".
"Step based smooth sliding/turning tile movement and combat works out well for the phone input buttons, and exploring a 3D world through the cell phone window is pretty neat. We talked to Jamdat about the business side of things, and hired Fountainhead Entertainment to turn my proof-of-concept demo and game plans into a full-featured game," he explains.
Sounds like an intriguing concept - sort of Dungeon Master, but on your phone. You see, everyone is jumping on the mobile gaming bandwagon. Soon it'll be Mizuguchi or Kojima or Spector. Next stop, credibility.
