The ultimate goal is to establish a kind of "YouTube for Games" where members can upload and share their new creations much like YouTube members do with video. However, Gendai wants to help its developers make a little money in the process by allowing them to monetize their games online and on the Apple AppStore for the IPhone.
We got a chance to sit down with Yoshi over at Gendai during our Austin stop of the SummerMash tour. The full interview is embedded below (or you can grab the MP4).
As he spoke about with us in Austin, GameSalad Game builders will also be able to share their games on other social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. The cool part is that developers can actually share any part of a game, such as graphics or audio elements, with other developers, not just entire games! This modular aspect means developers can create and share a vasy library of re-usable components in an already easy platform.
The timing is perfect for such an easy development system for games, especally for the IPhone or any mobile platform for that matter. Many have made the same ambitious statements about ease of use but Gendai Games appears to be the real deal. The real test will be when they launch their public beta. That's when we'll truly find out exactly how easy it is to create games on their platform.
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