BfW vs mobile devices

[Nikolay]

Are you going to make BfW available on mobile devices (Symbian, WM or J2ME)?

[AI]

as it's written in C++, you can't just port it to java, especially not the mobile edition (that one just sucks).

Perfect would be getting a phone that actually supports *real* programs. But the closest you'll get at the moment will be palmtops and google's Android.

[bkaczorek]

I have discovered BfW few days ago, I played it few times and I really like it. But I really would like to have it on my mobile I know, it's written in c++, but maybe it wolud have sense to rewrite it in j2me? I think there is more people like me that would like to play it on mobile. I am actually an Java programist, and with some help of you - I think that maybe i could try to rewrite many parts in java, but some good documention would be needed then(some roadmap, tasks etc.). So.. maybe there is sense to make a mobile version of this really nice game?

[AI]

That wouldn't just require porting the entire thing, it'd also require rewriting the interface and lots more (tinygui wouldn't be suficient either).

So the answer, most probably, is no.

[Blarumyrran]

hmm? with some slight modifications, tinygui runs pretty well on 3310, at least.

[Viliam]

I know, it's written in c++, but maybe it wolud have sense to rewrite it in j2me?

That would be like... 1 year of full-time work for 10-20 people who are C++ and Java experts. I doubt you would find such volunteers. Even if you find a person who is total Wesnoth fanatic, with C++ skills he would probably prefer to contribute to original Wesnoth.

[irrevenant]

hmm? with some slight modifications, tinygui runs pretty well on 3310, at least.

Hmm, judging by that screenshot, Wesnoth would do better to make the minimap whole-screen and togglable. I can't see it being spectacularly useful at that size and it's taking up prime screen real estate.

[Boucman]

we do have a tiny-gui mode, and it runs on gp2x

so anything that can run sdl is a potential candidate