Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Marathon finished - plan to get active on tux4kids again

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

I propose we do Aviral's java rewrite of just Factoroids as a "proof of
concept" before we commit to a total rewrite of all of tuxmath and tuxtype.
If the result is a program usable for desktop (linux, windows, OSX), web,
and Android, including i18n, then maybe this drastic overhaul makes sense.

Until we get all the issues worked out, I think we should continue
developing tuxmath and tuxtype as C SDL programs.

David
On Oct 11, 2011 1:18 PM, "Aviral Dasgupta" <avi...@gm...> wrote:

> Well, it isn't exactly a port as much as a rewrite. The logic of Factoroids
> isn't all that complicated and the amount of work that needs to be done is
> vastly reduced due to Android's *awesome* APIs and the fact that it's Java
> (as compared to C). I currently just have a ship flying around on a screen,
> but I guess it shouldn't take long to complete it (...only if I had the
> time) It's closed source for now, but I'll publish it as open source when
> it's ready.
>
> Regards,
> Aviral
>
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> On 11 October 2011 23:40, David Bruce <dav...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Hi Aviral,
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Aviral Dasgupta <avi...@gm...>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi, David,
>> > Not sure if you read the post on Google+, but I am (at a rather slow
>> pace)
>> > working on porting Factoroids (not all of TuxMath) to Android.
>>
>> That's great! I thought about it a bit, and it would make sense for
>> each game activity to be its own smartphone/tablet app, rather than
>> keep them together as a larger application.
>>
>> What SDL Android port are you using?  I understand that there is a 1.2
>> port that is essentially complete but no longer maintained, and an
>> actively developed 1.3 port that isn't finished.
>>
>> --
>> David Bruce
>>
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