The iPhone 14 Professional and 14 Professional Max could have solely simply debuted the Dynamic Island that replaces the notch (one thing that is been with the iPhone since 2017) however builders are already discovering alternative ways to make use of it, together with new recreation concepts.

An evolution of the notch has been a very long time coming  – it was attending to the purpose the place it was getting stale to see it on an iPhone. Whereas it shriveled in 2021 with the iPhone 13 line, customers had been wanting ahead to seeing if the rumors had been true that it was going, and in a means it did.

The Dynamic Island seems to be one of many greatest modifications to the iPhone in years, each in {hardware} and software program, and a developer by the title of Kris Smolka is already displaying off a technique it might be used to revolutionize smartphone gaming.

An island of alternative

Who has an iPhone 14 Professional proper now? Want to check this on gadget asap!🏝️ Hit The Island – our recreation idea for iPhone 14 Professional, nonetheless laggy nevertheless it’s turning out good 🙂 #iPhone14Professional #iOS16 pic.twitter.com/kWLU77gk6dSeptember 13, 2022

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On this idea referred to as ‘Hit the Island’, primarily based on the enduring recreation Alleyway (opens in new tab), you management a shifting platform to hit a ball, and you need to hit the Dynamic Island to maintain the sport going.

With each hit, the colour scheme of the sport modifications, and the Dynamic Island reduces in measurement, growing the problem. It is a sensible concept and goes to indicate how one thing so simple as this might be so interesting for a recreation.

This idea makes me surprise what different video games may apply to the function. Maybe it might be a thundercloud in an limitless runner recreation, shifting across the high of your iPhone as you attempt to dodge it. Or one thing as small because the countdown lights earlier than a race begins, earlier than it modifications into a part of a consumer interface for the racing recreation.

We’re not removed from the iPhone 14 Professional and 14 Professional Max launch, so there is a good probability we’ll be seeing loads of different video games and apps that reap the benefits of Dynamic Island within the coming weeks, months, and years.

Possibly we’ll even see one thing that is worthy of a spot on our greatest iPhone video games listing.