what open source games would you like to see on dc

[fackue]

I've been anxiously waiting for this way back... I remember making a post about a week before crt0 ported the old Wolf 3D from libdream... wow that was back in like later 2001, early 2002!

Anyone wanna take a jab at it?

PS: Hey Ian - didn't you write a tutorial on examples of porting SDL projects? Or was it someone else? It would be an interesting read...

[souLLy]

gtafreedc is CLEARLY a fake. i could make better screenshots in 5 minutes in 3dstudio max.

/me waits for some bitchy announcement soon about the project being canned because "nobody believed it was real" and "it's finished and it works perfectly, too bad people doubted us. Its not gonna get released now" :

[16Bits]

freedroid, a paradroid clone, maybe something for the sdl porters to look into? http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/

[Ian_micheal]

SDL porting is pretty easy take one of the makefiles from my dev projects change the source files change the paths to data etc change the headers.

Type make many times that's all thats needed.

[Cap'n 1time]

Ian, mabey you could tell me a little more about it. What is required of a programs source for it to run on the DC?

[Christuserloeser]

Maybe there are some tutorials/link within our Development Forum ?
Have a look... or try google...

Won't be easy but would be great to welcome another coder to this scene!


Chris

[wraggster]

a thorough tutorial explaining what to do etc with sdl using certain files could be great for the scene, hmm imagine a batch file or executable where you feed the new sdl game in, then press convert (like the Boardmod thing) and hey presto you have a new dreamcast game.

Could that be done??

[Christuserloeser]

Presto! Now that would be fantastic ;D

Let me guess: It can't be done... :'(

/me hopes that this can be done


Chris

[Groggy]

Am l right in assuming one could get a SDL source code and then sit down with it and convert it for DC? I would love to do it if it is easy as that - l have plenty of time, if there is a tutorial or something

"SDL porting is pretty easy take one of the makefiles from my dev projects change the source files change the paths to data etc change the headers. "

I don't have coding experience but l'm pretty cluey so if the main problem with doing it is time l would happily do it!

[MetaFox]

[quote author=Wraggster link=board=homebrew;num=1086094053;start=45#46 date=06/10/04 at 20:22:35]imagine a batch file or executable where you feed the new sdl game in, then press convert (like the Boardmod thing) and hey presto you have a new dreamcast game.

Could that be done??[/quote]Hmm, theoretically, you could write a program that checks a directory for C files, then adds them to the makefile. The program would also have to scan the C files for image and sound files. This could get some SDL games working, but not many (alot of games out there require more than just editing makefiles and adding /cd/ to file links). Some games indeed are that simple, however.

Hmm, this might be something worth trying to do. Cool idea Wraggster - right up my alley.