Meet OUYA: The Hacker and Developer Friendly Console

Just about every gamer has memories of playing in the comfort of his or her living room, sitting in front of the TV trying to save a princess or racing with friends. But nowadays, it seems that all the focus in the development world is on mobile and , because the platforms are more developer-friendly than consoles. With a majority of the head-honchos of gamemakers focused on social and , those who are focused on gaming may not be able to be creative as they’d like to be.

Well, one project hopes to change this: the OUYA. The OUYA is a console that is for the TV and powered by android. The developers of OUYA want to create an inexpensive console that is easy for developers to create games for, and allows hackers to tweak without voiding warranty all from right in front of your TV.

OUYA hands the reins over to developers with just one condition: some of the gameplay has to be free, if not all of it. That means that every, single featured on the OUYA will at least include a free demo, or completely free gameplay with the option to subscribe to the game, or buy expansions or special features. OUYA gets their inspiration from free-to-play games such as League of Legends and Team Fortress 2.

With access to OUYA‘s open design, developers can create games from the comfort of their living room. The OUYA is basically a developers kit in itself. There is no need to buy a license or a SDK, nor will there be pesky licensing, retail or publishing fees.

All that OUYA needs now is the help of fellow and developers. Their Kickstarter campaign still has 29 days to go, but already they have surpassed their goal of $950,000, and have raised $1,436,089, making the OUYA project the 8th Kickstarter project to break the million dollar mark! A pledge of only $10 will allow you to reserve a username before the launch. $25 will allow you to reserve a username, plus there will be a ‘founder’ emblem adorned next to your username. Pledges of $99 will get you all of the above, plus there will be one console and controller available to you before they hit shelves, and $225 will get you your very own console and two controllers, each etched with your username. Bigger pledges include goodies especially for developers.

To learn more about the OUYA or to make a pledge, visit their Kickstarter.

 

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20 comments

  1. I wanted to buy something from this site, but wanted to know if it would be safe and that i would get my product as shown.

    Has anyone got anything from them?

  2. Can someone translate this from pig latin to english? My pig latin isnt the greatest.

    okaya, oweverha ouya ypeya tia ongwra (aughla utoa oudla)
    ou’reya aa illysa oosega. Osa hat’swa pua?

  3. Can someone translate this from pig latin to english? My pig latin isnt the greatest.

    okaya, oweverha ouya ypeya tia ongwra (aughla utoa oudla)
    ou’reya aa illysa oosega. Osa hat’swa pua?

  4. Can someone translate this from pig latin to english? My pig latin isnt the greatest.

    okaya, oweverha ouya ypeya tia ongwra (aughla utoa oudla)
    ou’reya aa illysa oosega. Osa hat’swa pua?

  5. unbleevable39 July 11, 2012 at 5:27 pm -

    1. if someone thruw up on you
    2.if i was your firend
    3. you went to another planet
    4.if you saw a new breed of pokemon
    5. if you where a pokemon( which pokemon)
    6. if you were pregnet with a pokenon( which pokemon)
    7. if you found a pokemon
    8. if pokemon were real
    9. if you got attact by a pikachu (me)
    10. if you became famus
    11. if you were a guy pikachu and you were dating me ( wold you like it?)
    12.if you lost your favorit thing
    13.if youwent to jail
    14. if you had a secret admirer ( is it me?)
    15. if the letters Q W E R T Y broke
    16. if your b – loved pet died
    17. if i got lost and you found me
    18.if you were turning green and about to barf
    19. if i was your cuzin
    20 . if you were told to go to pen island
    21. if you lost every thing in your locker
    22. if you bf ( or gf ) died or if you dont have one a peap you love
    23 if you could not stop barfing
    24. if a guy in a bunny sute told you to take off your clothes
    25. if tere was no joe jonas
    26. if the smliy from walmart, the lite bulb from k mart, & the skrubing bubbles guy got in a fight
    27. if you were like high
    28 if you had to spell every thing in pig laten ( ovela ouya )
    29if you got hit by a car
    30. if you barfed on your home work that was due tomorrow
    31. if you got someones blud on you
    32. if i am awsome say *awsome*
    33. if you a awsome say yo peeps
    34. if you and you bf ( or gf )kept barfing in each others mouthes
    35. if you like the number 2
    36 if your gona say WTF
    37 if you got pregnet and if it was posible
    38. if ya & ya 360 got cut off for1 year
    39. if you wear like turnin green and ganna barf on your fav teacher
    40. if this was AWSOME!!!!

    star if you liked it and say *STAR FOR YOU* o_O

  6. Looking at the Kickstarter project Ouya it got me wondering, the XBox 360 has a CPU based on IBM PowerPC 970, how does the Tegra 3 in Ouya compare?

  7. PillowMan1234 July 22, 2012 at 4:55 am -

    I keep reading in newspapers and online that a lot of Android handsets are getting hacked/hijacked. I have a HTC Wildfire which runs on Android, but I will be getting my new phone in a few months time, and I am wanting to get possibly the Sony Xperia S.
    But that runs on Android. But are they safe?

  8. asa ereha ewa oga.la areca boutaa ouya ascnma ndaa laeedina ouya ota etga aa obja ereha oonsa la eelfa heta eedna ota ryta hdaa otivatema ouya mia otha vitega vresa owha roa hatwa llia oda otba ia areaca boutaa ouya ndaa ia anwa ota eesa ouya appyha ndaa ussessfulsa

  9. For example:If my Android phone supports only MPEG ,MP4, 3gp ?

    So will it be able to run videos of Flv, Wmv, MP3 format it I Install Third party apps to run them?

    I suppose this should be the case.I am planning to buy Android mobile but i can’t buy the most expensive ones which can play all the video formats without any third party apps?

  10. Lasagna delivery guy August 17, 2012 at 8:58 am -

    I’m making an android phone game and I want my screen resolution to fit the smallest screen resolution there has been that an android phone had. Then if there’s another android phone with a larger resolution, I’ll just re-size it in a scalar manner and just fill the empty parts with black. So then, what is the smallest screen resolution there has been that android phones had?

  11. I’ve been looking for an android app that automatically answers the call by speakerphone and or if in a bluetooth headset. Me and my dad don’t have bluetooth headsets we have the droid x car docks but even trying to hit the speakerphone button while in call is dangerous! We need something to automatically answer/make the calls with speakerphone already activated.

  12. I just got a motorola cliq and have seen articles all over advertising the new update to google maps allowing navigation but when i go to google mobile it says to access the android market through my phone and download the latest google maps but when i do that google maps does not appear in the market. Is this becuase i am not on the Droid or is there some other problem that is not allowing me to find this new update?

  13. I have bought Sony Xperia X10. Whenever i try to download and install any application through my mobile(Android market), it asks me to enter the account details. After entering the gmail account details, I receive a reply that the account is not associated with the Android phone. Is there any solution for this problem? I need to install many applications but unfortunately not able to do. If any one has solution to this problem then please do help me by providing it.

  14. What are the complete advantages and features of android os behind symbian os?? Please answer me because i am planning to buy an android mobile ranging 7 to 10k Indian rupees.THANK YOU

  15. I used to use Appinventor a lot. I really got used to it, so when using a program like Eclipse, I get extremely confused. I am currenty watching a good amount of tutorial videos on youtube to operate Eclipse, but it only makes me miss the codeless AppInventor.

    Are there any other programs that make it easy to create apps for Android?