[Kde-games-devel] State of games

[Dmitry Suzdalev]

On Thursday 10 August 2006 01:52, Mauricio Piacentini wrote:
> I agree with this in principle, and some games already have an active
> user base. However, I would like to add that some of them are starting
> to look very dated imo. I am not talking about games that are supposed
> to look retro, like kgoldrunner, of course. But KDE has improved a lot
> specially in the graphics department, and this makes the difference more
> obvious when a game has not been updated in the last few years. In some
> cases the icons are really good, but the game pieces and backgrounds
> could be improved to use vector art, or transparency, or use shadows,
> for example.
>
> I have introduced many people to KDE, including family members. And most
> of them have mentioned that some of the games look unpolished, some in
> art, others in gameplay, others in general usability. I understand that
> there are technical and practical limitations to what we can do, but the
> longer development cycle for KDE4 makes it possible (imo) to improve on
> this, a great opportunity for a small redesign. And maybe a good
> opportunity to reevaluate all games in a sistematic way as well. If some
> are starting to show their age, maybe they can be redesigned, or even
> removed?
>
> Dmitry has started this process in the quality check page already, and
> in his message. Maybe we can use this list or a wiki to discuss the
> state of each game with the current maintainer or author, and find ways
> to involve graphic artists or more programmers in this effort to improve
> the overall quality of the package. In my opinion most games could be
> updated relatively easy with refreshed graphics, and this alone would be
> an amazing difference for users migrating from KDE3 to KDE4 when it is
> ready. You know, sometimes the first impression counts a lot, and pretty
> graphics help :)

I'm all for it!
Agreed with every word ;).
Same feelings here.

Well what we need now is some concrete actions based on your plan :).

Dmitry.