[xmlvm-dev] Games with LibGDX on iPhone

[Tomás L. <to...@be...>]

Hi,

I arrived at XMLVM because I would like to develop a Game Engine capable of
producing Java games for desktop as well as Android and iOS and if possible
more devices. I watched the youtube videos and now have a global
understanding of how it works.

I checked out the source code but wasn't able to compile the demos. First
the ant process failed because a few files have capitalization problems that
don't work on Linux, specifically *Xcode*.xml files in 'nbproject' folders.
After I fixed those issues another issue came up, according to Ant a folder
named 'Src' was not found for the 'xokoban' project. I was not able to fix
that issue as renaming wouldn't change anything and couldn't find a
reference on any of the build.xml files to 'Src' that I could fix to 'src'.

I found a few examples like basic OpenGL that are already working so it
should be viable to create a complete OpenGL 2.0 mapping to be used in
games. Using LibGDX it is already possible to develop targeting Android and
Desktop seamlessly for the library user. It is done with an abstraction over
the platform as well as OpenGL encapsulated as "backends", there is even a
backend that maps OpenGL to DirectX.

I think I need to work on two fronts: 'LibGDX iPhone backend' and 'OpenGL ES
2.0 for XMLVM'. Since I'm a totally green on the whole XMLVM I would really
appreciate advice on how to proceed!

Thanks!
Tomás Lázaro