hey handful how these 4-way rocker keys are mapped in SDL? as ordinary keyboard arrow keys?
this issue about holding the device and using the rocker with one finger has crossed my mind before: can we use the other hardware buttons, like Zoom-keys? can we plug a USB joystick? ;-P --- Marcelo Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > The screen rocks. Believe me. There is some weird > stuff that eventually > happens with sdl games, sometimes the pen gets crazy > =) but nothing solid > enough to call a bug. > > the problem is, even with buttons you would still > having to deal with the > stylus or only one finger ( not a good idea, to > leave you fingerprint on > screen ). > > I´m trying different things for gameplay ( holding > device in the side for a > tetris-games like, or a shoot'em up ) using the > 4-way rocker and the stylus, > 4-way rocker and your finger like pressing a button > ( but only one press > point can be used ). But as I told you, I believe > the Nintendo-like games > will be the best way to go. > > > here goes some issues concerning the use of the > 4-way rocker : > > 1) It´s to close to the first hard button. so > holding the device in a > vertical way, you get a AMAZING screen for pinballs, > shot'em up , but using > 2 fingers in the 4-way rocker is impossible > > 2) it´s not that smooth for gaming, and not that > confortable for fast > movements, so don´t make great expectations for > that. > > 3) it's 4-way =) > > > My Bests Regards, > > Marcelo Oliveira > > > On 7/8/05, Gustavo Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On 7/8/05, Marcelo Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Yes I ran it, and showed the fps on my terminal > on my desktop ( > > connected to > > > the maemo via USB ) > > > But as I told you : IMHO, based on my game > development experience ( > > mainly > > > on portable devices) the fps showed on the > monitor is not the real one. > > > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > But since it was usable refreshing the whole > screen every second, > > > it's easy for everybody to write games to nokia > 770 with no magic > > > optimisations! ;-) > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > > > I don't have any doubts about it. =) We're > developing/ porting small > > games, > > > but we already faced some performance issues. > > > We did a splash screen with whole screen update > ( that classic squares > > with > > > diagonal movement ) and without hardware > surfaces it was pretty sloopy. > > > > > > I think optimization should be done when really > needed. And my main > > concern > > > about games is the stylus input, that drives me > crazy. For simple point > > and > > > act games it's just perfect, but for a whole > universe of games it's just > > > unusable. Like platform -side scrolling games, > would suck with stylus > > input. > > > > I don't know how sensible this device's touchpad > screen is, but maybe > > we can simulate buttons on the screen? > > > > > > > There goes my suggestion : CREATE a small and > fast simple gestures > > > detection API, so we can develop Nintendo DS > like games. The main focus > > > should be real fun games with stylus input, and > not > > > > "Look-mom!-I-GOT-60fps-Doom-Like-Game-On-My-Maemo > > > > Yes, this would rock. > > > > -- > > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > --------------------------------------- > > Computer Engineer 2001 - UNICAMP > > GPSL - Grupo Pro Software Livre > > Cell..: +55 (19) 9165 8010 > > Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ICQ#: 17249123 > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype: gsbarbieri > > GPG: 0xB640E1A2 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net > <http://wwwkeys.pgp.net> > > > > > > -- > Marcelo Eduardo Moraes > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > Daniel "NeoStrider" Monteiro ======================================== visite: http://www.makingthegame.tk no seu computador ou http://tagtag.com/makegame no seu celular! ======================================== _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Acesso Grátis - Internet rápida e grátis. Instale o discador agora! http://br.acesso.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
