Palm Opens webOS Game Developer Cafe

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has announced on Friday the launch of yet another solution to help developers come up with games for its newly released webOS platform, namely the webOS Game Developer Cafe. Designed as a developer forum, the new utility offers those interested in developing games for the operating system on the Palm Pre the possibility to share some of their ideas and work with others.

The company's newly released Palm Pre mobile phone comes with a lot of processing power to enable users to enjoy sophisticated gaming solutions. Since the operating system running on the device is brand new, there are only a few applications available for it, and Palm has been striving lately to attract and help developers come up with new software solutions for the OS. The gaming area hasn't been left aside either, and the new forum shows Palm's commitment in this regard.

“webOS and Palm Mojo SDK development currently offers the basic elements you'll need to create games across many of the most popular categories. HTML, JavaScript, and CSS – the same core technologies that serve web developers so well and power the webOS user experience – are also suitable for creating a wide range of games: puzzles, word games, card and board games, innovative social games, and the list goes on – even simple arcade games,” Palm says in a post on its webOSdev site.

As the mobile phone maker notes in the article, the webOS does not feature support for all types of games at the moment, yet some attractive and compelling ones can already be developed for it. In time, the company will improve its Mojo SDK so that a wide range of games can be built for the webOS. Developers interested in delivering games to the OS should check the new forum, as both them and Palm will have much to gain while learning from one another. “We're going to watch to see what you develop, what you need, what works for you, and what doesn't work. To help us do that, we want you to talk to us about what you need to take your games to the next level,” Palm states.