Epic (fail) porting - JWesnoth

[redcloud]

Hello. Is anyone interested in porting of the great game "The Battle for Wesnoth" http://www.wesnoth.org to Java language using Slick2D game framework? There is too much work for a single developer.

[Matzon]

never heard of the game ... looks nice actually.
As for porting, it looks like a tough job for even several people!
looks doable tho and source looks relatively clean. Using SDL it seems.

[redcloud]

It's a little bit wide! But my idea is to rewrite the GUI toolkit (maybe 70% of code) using Slick2D (very easy to use OpenGL game oriented framework) and maybe directly use some other code related to IA and scripting through JNI. ATM I'm setting up a svn project on sourceforge.

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[zammbi]

Question: why are you porting it? The current one works on the main OS's.

[redcloud]

Basically to offer OpenGL support. Running the game on some "small" devices like N900 is not so exciting because of the not so powerful CPU. I think that the introduction of OpenGL support will be appreciated.

[redcloud]

This is the repository https://sourceforge.net/p/jwesnoth/home/

Created the first window with original art and music. Switch to fullscreen through F key. Next feature is to make the window resizable.

[Eli Delventhal]

This is the repository https://sourceforge.net/p/jwesnoth/home/

Created the first window with original art and music. Switch to fullscreen through F key. Next feature is to make the window resizable.

Why not just port the existing game to OpenGL then?

[redcloud]

Port Once Run Everywhere

lol

Just because I'm more skilled in Java and it could be interesting to setup a team based on TDD. There's no significant reason, just a "code gym"...

[zammbi]

Fair enough. I guess you could then make an applet version too...
Are you going to improve the game? or just be a straight port?

[redcloud]

If some amazing idea pops up why not!