What were some hurdles in the project and how did you overcome them?
Building the multi-touch hardware was the biggest hurdle, the only thing I built before was an IKEA closet. This also shows that everyone can build their own multi-touch table if they want to, as long as they don't quit easily.
I overcame it by reading the How To tutorials, by reading forums, and just by trying it out, buy the equipment and just do it. I also had some problems using the communication tool the NUIGroup uses, so I overcame that by building my own. Other then that the only problem was time - unless you invent a time machine, you can't overcome that.
If you could impart some words of wisdom to people just getting into multi-touch development, what would you share?
Just do it! If you are passioned about it and you like building your very own computer table, you should just do it. There are a lot of games and applications for it already, you will enjoy it.
What do you think of the multi-touch community? How could it improve?
Thanks to the NUIGroup it's great, your topics don't get censored, everyone is very helpful and try to contribute to the community, so it's great.
As a developer, where do you see multi-touch in 5 years? 10?
Well multi-touch would just be as normal as single-touch screens. Apple already uses the technology in it's phones (iPhone) and ipods (iPod Touch) and Microsoft will soon follow with their new operating system [Windows 7] and it's Surface, more companies like Dell will follow. In five years, everyone will be able to affort and use multi-touch. The technology used today will still be very interesting as it allows for creative use, like integrating it in shopping windows, etc.
What do you do when Catan is finished?
A product is never finished, there are always things to improve and make it more fun. There are still so many options I like to integrate in this game and a lot of things that need another approach to make it better. So if I had the chance and the time I would definitely work on that.
Unfortunately I don't have that luxury. So now that the beta is finished, I need to finish my thesis and after that I will take a long vacation to a tropical place. When I get back I am curious about developing for the iPhone 3G, due the fact that it has a lot of technology in it which you can use, GPS, WiFi, (Multi)Touch, Accelerator, Camera, etc.
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