Phone Fight
April 7th, 2008
As a result of an all-night hack at Over The Air on April 4-5 2008, we developed a “bordering on the lunatic” modern-day way to settle disputes. It’s a little app written in Python for Series 60 phones and uses the Nokia N95/N958GB’s accelerometer and bluetooth connections to run a virtual duel between two phones.
The original version was rather buggy, but it proved the concept rather well
Here’s a little video of it in action at MoMoLondon…
Lastminute.com labs showcase phone fight at MoMoLondon from ribot on Vimeo.
After a lot of prodding from friends who were keen to get their hands on a version that they could actually install, we’ve put a bit of time and effort into crafting a version that you can now download and play.
Installation Instructions
- Download and install phonefight_bundle.sis, then run the application. That is all you need.
Technical details
In order to get phonefight to work, the above install file will install a number of pieces of software on your phone. These are the following:-
- Python for S60 v1.4.5 or newer: see http://sourceforge.net/projects/pys60- The N95 Accelerometer plugin fromhttp://research.nokia.com/files/N95_RD_Accelerometer.zipSee this wiki page for more details:http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/S60_Sensor_API?ticket=ST-5043-0QRWvAYpcDct3UPHZihFFftPc16ytb4ms1E-20- Lightblue version 0.3.3 to enable two phones to communicate over bluetoothhttp://lightblue.sourceforge.net/- Cyke64's aXYZ 1.0.2 Python extension from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=132176&package_id=252008(install the newest self-signed version)- Misty - extra python plugins, used to disable the screen saverhttp://cyke64.googlepages.com/misty_selfsigned_infinite.sisx
You should also get the most up to date firmware for your N95 as well.
Happy duelling!
PS – if you are a python developer and want know more, get in contact or have a look at the project’s github
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July 21st, 2009
Darren Duff says...it’s really cool. Even though I am blind it’s still fun to play. Runs great on a nokia n82. I only wish there was a way to play single player with the phone.
Do you know if anyone else has made any more skins?
July 21st, 2009
Rux says...Hallo Darren,
Glad you’re enjoying. Sadly noone else has created any new skins for it yet. Are there any other ones that you’d like to have made in particular?