Sunday, April 18, 2010

Softway Solutions developed iPhone App "iscout talent" News Segment. Iphone app development programming Houston, Texas

Softway Solutions developed an iphone application for the Page Parkes Corporation gets featured on CW 39 news. The name of the iphone application is called "iscout talent" and it allows any one to become a scout. The application allows the users to upload pictures or videos of Models, Actors or Singers.



Softway Solutions specializes in Mobile Application development serving Houston and Texas businesses. Softway Solutions can develop application for the Android, iphone, blackberry, iPad and Palm devices. You can contact them at 2819144381 and or visit their website at www.softwaysolutions.com

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

iPad App Development Company in Houston - Softway Solutions - News Segment

Mohammad Anwar from Softway Solutions, Inc was interviewed by CW 39 to discuss iPad App development services serving the local Houston Market. You can watch the interview below


Softway Solutions has been developing apps for the iPad even prior to the launch of the iPad. Softway Solutions predicts that there will be a demand for business based applications that would be developed on the iPad. Businesses can build applications over the iPad that may help in their day to day processes with their business. For example a business may want to develop a GPS based application that helps their employees track their positions with respect delivery points or be able to access a centrally located database repository to update information.

You can learn more about their iPad app development services on their website at www.softwaysolutions.com

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The New APPLE Tablet – iPad Development services in Houston offered by Softway Solutions, Inc

Apple released their new tablet today - iPad. The iPad has a 9.7-inch touch screen, is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and comes with 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes of flash memory storage. It comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity built in. Jobs said the device has a battery that lasts 10 hours and can sit for a month on standby without needing a charge.


Softway Solutions will be offering the development and programming services for the iPad. We are looking to offer iPad development services for various industries ranging from the Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Retail and more. Softway Solutions would be offering the iPad development services for corporate applications or entertainment applications such as Games as well. Contact us today at 2819144381 or email us. www.softwaysolutions.com

Monday, November 16, 2009

Major Warhead Game For Free

Hey Guys,

Softway Solutions - sister company -- Drillbit Studios, LLC -- is giving away its Major Warhead Game for free on the itunes store for a Limited time only.. Please do check it out.

Get Major Warhead for FREE on app store for a limited time by Drillbit Studios.


Major Warhead is a single player base defense game where you command various weaponry available at the remote military base to defend from oncoming hoard of enemies.



Gameplay Video

iTunes page link:

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What sets Major Warhead different than existing Base Defense games?

Unique Attack Waves: No enemy wave follows the same path, each of the attack wave you encounter is different.

Stunning graphics combined with great sound effects and background music

Fluid controls for each of the defensive units

Strategic element to use the money earned to repair the base.


Gameplay Video 

Screenshots:





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Excerpts from the reviews on iTunes

Likes:

Gorgeous Graphics: one of the best graphics available for iPhone/iPod touch game. Decals for dead soldiers, wreckage for vehicles, smoke, trails, etc are well done. Comic style art is a cool touch.

Sound Effects: Funny voiceovers, ample SFXs to keep the action intense.

Controls: Fluid control system.

Pace: Easy to pick up, difficult to master.



Leave your replies and reviews.

Thanks !!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Verizon, Motorola, Google DROID Vs iPhone

I was watching this Ad the other day about an iPhone killer that Google, Motorolla and Verizon are pitcing. Check out the iDon't Ad


In my opinion, it will be very difficult to see an iPhone killer until a single company controls the OS and the Hardware, just like Apple does. We can help you develop mobile applications and game development for both iPhone and Android, so it would be a welcome addition.


check out more of the discussion on this subject here
Follow up answer on the discussion about Microsoft defying my logic below.

If that’s the case the same formula should have applied to windows mobile, but it has a market share of 0.04% according to marketshare.hitslink.com. This will take me off on a tangent, but Microsoft was smart in taking advantage of the market and provided their OS bundled with value PC's, but that’s what these PC's are, cheap. Do you think Mac and Linux, as they are today, would have survived, if a need did not exist. There was a requirement for a better operating system with fewer bugs and viruses. If you have not tried it yet, try running the Windows OS on a Mac, you will see the performance difference. Don’t get me wrong I am not a Apple fan boy in any way, in fact, I hate the fact that you have to purchase every small thing that you have come to expect free with a PC. I admit that I am running a windows OS because certain programs only run on windows, but the topic was iPhone killers. Droid although good, is no were near killing the iPhone. Microsoft might be closer to something good with Zune once they decide to push the device in the right direction.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Onseeker Music Iphone Application

Softway Solutions, Inc. successfully completed their development of the Onseeker Music application for the Iphone last month. The app was developed by a team of 3 developers and took approximately 3 months to complete.

The Iphone application allows users to look for live music events based on their GPS location or by zipcode. It also allows the fans to follow artists and or venues and get regular updates from them. The app has other features such as playlists that can be customized by the app user. These are some of the very few rich features of the Iphone application.

Softway Solutions is currently in the process of developing the Onseeker music application for other smart phons such as the Google Android and Blacberry phones.

Softway Solutions is currently working on numerous Iphone applications and Iphone games that shall be released in the very near future. We shall keep you posted on our progress as we get close to launching them.

You can learn more about Onseeker Music by going to the url: www.onseekermusic.com

Iphone game development using Cocos2d

Iphone game development is a very attractive prospect for any company. We evaluated several engines oolong, unity and cocos2d. Out of the three cocos came out to be the most promising for a 2D platformer, side shooter or a tower defense game. In this blog we discuss how the engine is sturctured and how to get started with the development on cocos2D.

The engine is basically divided into a Director which looks over all of the resource management. It is a singleton class which ensures that only one instance of director is in use. It is the starting point of any application that use cocos2d. So first we create a windows based application in our Xcode project creation wizard. Then in the application delegate class of our iphone game project we add the following code.

UIWindow *window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
[window setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[window setMultipleTouchEnabled:YES];
[[Director sharedDirector]setDeviceOrientation:CCDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft];
[[Director sharedDirector] setDisplayFPS:YES];
[[Director sharedDirector] attachInWindow:window];

[window makeKeyAndVisible];

Scene *gamesScene = [Scene node];
[[Director sharedDirector] runWithScene:gamesScene];

We ensure that we include the file cocos2d.h to ensure there are no compilation errors. The next step is to ensure that we link our application to the cocos2d libraries. To do that we go to Project> Edit Project Settings > Linker Search paths and set the path of the cocos2d library for linking. Hit the build and ensure there are no linker errors. And you would have your first cocos2d starter app ready.

I will be posting the code and screenshots of the process very soon. Till then keep on reading.

Alok Rao
Softway Solutions, Inc
Chief Software Architect
www.softwaysolutions.com