Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Mobile port

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

I wouldn't worry about a mobile version of tux typing.

I'd suggest just a rewritten clone of the tuxmath comet game or of
factoroids.  The code doesn't have to resemble our existing C code, just so
a kid will recognize it as basically the same game.
On Mar 18, 2012 11:23 AM, "deepak aggarwal" <dee...@gm...>
wrote:

> Hi Aviral
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Aviral Dasgupta <avi...@gm...>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Good job on the research. NME looks promising and as an added bonus, it
>> looks like it's pretty similar to ECMAScript. It's also open source, so
>> that's great. On the other hand, I'm not so sure about Haxe. Not many
>> people would want to learn a completely new language. It'd be great to see
>> a prototype created with NME. How about starting with just Factoroids and
>> moving ahead from there?
>>
>
> Why nme and haxe is assume
> 1. Actionscript is lot alike Java+Javascript therefore if know these
> languages then you can pick it very easily and more importantly    there
> are lot of resources available for it ( I struggle a lot with MOAI ).
> 2. NME api are lot similar to actionscript API to such extent that I am
> able to use same actionscript code for it with some minor changes.
> 3. Build process is very very simple. Even a 10 year old child can build
> for multiple platform very easily with sdk and path set.
>
>
>> Other things that you might want to consider:
>>
>>    - Quite a few of TuxMath's resources are still in raster format and
>>    the sources for these are not available. These may have to be redone.
>>
>> Hmm I have to do that there is no alternative for it.
>
>>
>>    - How do you plan to implement touchscreen/sensor based controls?
>>
>> I have some Idea's for it but I am still struggling to find a solution
> for tuxtype. Any creativity will end it's aim. So only phone with pysical
> keyboard and tablets will be compatible with it's concept.
>
>>
>>    - A lot of menus will need to be reworked (as in, a direct "port"
>>    will not do) because text based menus, which are OK for the desktop, would
>>    probably not work that well on a 3.5'' mobile device.
>>
>> Yup. It's the main problem that you have to face. Even menu for phones
> and tablet will have some differences.
>
>
>> Overall, it sounds like a good idea. Setting up a public git repo so that
>> others can track your work would probably be a good idea.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Aviral Dasgupta.
>> www.aviraldg.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18 March 2012 19:47, deepak aggarwal <dee...@gm...>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi David
>>>
>>> I have been studying all alternatives for making cross platform games
>>> and able to find a way for solving our problem.
>>> NME and Haxe are the possible solution which will trully make our code
>>> portable.
>>> It support all major mobile, desktop and web platform.
>>> I have been learning it for past one week and find it very easy and most
>>> importantly very fast (performance).
>>>
>>> Hope you will like it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Deepak
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>
> Deepak
>
>>
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