[Kde-games-devel] Mobile Platforms (was: Re: Minutes from the kdegames BoF)

[Mathias Kraus]

Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012, 14:53:09 schrieb Inge Wallin:
> On Saturday, July 07, 2012 13:21:46 Mathias Kraus wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2012, 13:02:10 schrieb Stefan Majewsky:
> 
> > > 4. Albert asked about our strategy for mobile platforms. There are
> > > valid arguments for and against going mobile ("we lack manpower
> > > already" vs. "this can attract new developers"). Did we ever have a
> > > thorough discussion about this?
> > 
> > Well, I think going mobile means going QML first and that is a huge porting
> > efford and will take time.
> > On the other side, QML might help to to attract new developers, since it
> > is the new shiny thing and maybe we can convice some people learning
> > QML by porting some games.
> 
> I am very much in favor of doing this. However, as somebody who has very 
> little time for games programming I want to use my time as efficiently as 
> possible. This means that I should probably not dive into the intricacies of 
> QML right now.
> 
> But I would be interested in working together with somebody who can do QML and 
> who would be interested to work with somebody who can do refactorings and 
> general AI work.  Any takers? If so, we can start with KReversi which I know 
> well and which is reasonably easy to work with.
> 
> For my own part I am mostly talking about the board games here. I guess the 
> animated games like KBounce and KGoldRunner are harder but still possible.

A possible way would be

1. Wait for the results of the SoC
2. A few maintainer of a large games should port a small game to QML
   (something like kmines)
3. Extend libkdegames to use QML, with the experience from the porting of the
   small games and keeping in mind what would be needed for the large games.
   As an alternative, temporary use a separate library like tagaro until things settle
   down and the move it the libkdegames like KgSound
4. Spread the idea of learning QML by porting an existing game

Regards,
Mathias