> > Dude-- you're preaching to the choir here!!! > The Android port of quake was by a guy called ... and was based on the port > of Quake for N900-- the Nokia phone which runs on the Linux derived Maemo > Operating System. > > Did you know-- in the coming 2 years-- Nokia is going to shift it's > N-series and XPress Music phones away from Symbian to Maemo; which is 100% > open-source ? > > Did you know that Maemo currently uses a port of GTK for it's GUI controls > and widgets-- but Nokia's shifting away from GTK to a port of QT for Maemo-- > which is under development right now ??? > > My company is one of the 7 companies in India which has been selected to be > in it's Maemo partner program also-- so we have the inside cutting edge on > many developments in that arena. >
Well Well Well... Since you work this close to Maemo, I think you would know about MeeGo<http://meego.com/>(Moblin + Maemo Merger). Well I came across moblin about 2 yrs ago (in its infancy). Loved the idea of x86 based mobile system. Last year, they had a student development contest running in which my app was selected. This was where I started development for this particular platform. Those days windows decorator was handled by gtk port ( Hildon I think ) developed mostly for Maemo. So had to access a lot of Maemo developer resources. I won a AIGO P8860 :) Anyways, Moblin changed target and moved from MID's to netbook/nettops. Leaving lots of people stranded. Apparently ( I agree with them ) Atom + 945 chipset took too much power to fit into a pocket. However, recently I came across moblin + Maemo merger (MeeGo), and was wondering if the target arch is x86 or not. I do know that Intel is planning to get MIDs out this year. Its been too long a wait for a x86 based mobile device. Regards Aditya Vishwakarma Undergraduate Student, IT Department NSIT, Delhi University, India On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote: > Yo Aditya-- great to see your thoughts mirror my own... and great to see > you and Manusheel here and guiding students... > > thanks for the stuff about doom on iphone-- had a look and I will surely > check that out in detail-- as it looks really interesting. > > See my reply below the quoted message text... > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Aditya Vishwakarma < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I would also like to add something. I wanted the members to code something >> for which the design was fundamentally established for reasons I am going to >> specify now. >> >> As you know, Game development consist of Game Design, assets and coding. >> Now, Game coding is usually a event handling + state machines. Drawing is >> handled using Ogl /Dx. All of these elements are very new to a programmer >> used to sequential methodology in TC. Most of the team consist of 2nd yr >> guys. Therefore, As a 1st step in GameDev, I feel the members should be able >> to code a game whose mechanics they are familiar with, rather than trying >> their hands at *de-constructing* a game idea into events and state >> machines.(which is art of game design). Infact, right now, I am not even >> asking them to use Ogl/Dx, just being able to use a simple sdk ( like sld, >> allegro etc) to create the game is enough for the 1st task. >> >> In the 1st meeting, I had said that my goal with the GameDev club was to >> make these guys proficient enough in this art so that they can be easily >> hired by Game companies.(which is not equivalent to making games ) >> Specifically, they should have the capability to code/work with a >> professional game engine ( if aiming for Game programmer ) or be able to >> create efficient assets ( if aiming for creative artist ). >> >> @Nalin Savara: The Quake III was even Ported to Android! That is one crazy >> engine. >> Also, if anyone is interested, here is a code review of Doom Iphone port >> http://fabiensanglard.net/doomIphone/index.php >> >> > Dude-- you're preaching to the choir here!!! > The Android port of quake was by a guy called ... and was based on the port > of Quake for N900-- the Nokia phone which runs on the Linux derived Maemo > Operating System. > > Did you know-- in the coming 2 years-- Nokia is going to shift it's > N-series and XPress Music phones away from Symbian to Maemo; which is 100% > open-source ? > > Did you know that Maemo currently uses a port of GTK for it's GUI controls > and widgets-- but Nokia's shifting away from GTK to a port of QT for Maemo-- > which is under development right now ??? > > My company is one of the 7 companies in India which has been selected to be > in it's Maemo partner program also-- so we have the inside cutting edge on > many developments in that arena. > > Great to see interest in Linux on mobile devices... and I wish you all best > of luck in your efforts... > > Regards, > > Nalin > > Regards >> >> Aditya Vishwakarma >> Undergraduate Student, IT Department NSIT, Delhi University, India >> >> >
