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[Bigun]

Has anyone tried to contact Skype?

[OrR]

Here is another one for the list (probably mentioned somewhere in those 19 pages already, though):
http://www.planetmule.com/
Looks port-friendly and it's free, although as far as I can tell not open source.

[Tom`]

Here is another one for the list (probably mentioned somewhere in those 19 pages already, though):
http://www.planetmule.com/
Looks port-friendly and it's free, although as far as I can tell not open source.

It's a Java application, so it might run as-is. I don't know if there's a way to determine this definitively - maybe I could check and see if it runs on PowerPC, which is the only other architecture I have available here - but I don't know if that even guarantees that the Pandora will run it.

[pelrun]

Has anyone tried to contact Skype?

No, the three hundred previous Skype threads completely forgot. *sigh*

Don't hold your breath for it.

Edited by pelrun, 18 February 2010 - 01:03 PM.

[Michie4life]

What if the games will be buy-able, will they be free for the people who already bought it?
Because I already bought much of the games I saw in the list.

[PhillipJ]

What if the games will be buy-able, will they be free for the people who already bought it?
Because I already bought much of the games I saw in the list.

Yes, OP will ensure that for every single game that's ported that if you have bought it for another platform you will get it for free for your Pandora. Craig and ED will personally go around to every single developer/publisher and beat them with their own arms if they don't comply.

[VRAndy]

What if the games will be buy-able, will they be free for the people who already bought it?
Because I already bought much of the games I saw in the list.

It'd be hardly worth their while to port it then wouldn't it?

Think of it this way. If you buy a game for Playstation, then you buy an X-Box, you don't automatically get the X-Box version of the game.

[WizardStan]

What if the games will be buy-able, will they be free for the people who already bought it?
Because I already bought much of the games I saw in the list.

Yes, OP will ensure that for every single game that's ported that if you have bought it for another platform you will get it for free for your Pandora. Craig and ED will personally go around to every single developer/publisher and beat them with their own arms if they don't comply.

In serious terms, they can't guarantee that. Most things, such as the Quakes and Dooms, and most other third party ported games, will easily be runnable without repurchase; just get the Pandora executable and copy the data from the one you already own.
However, that doesn't guarantee that every publisher will allow that. The creators of Penumbra sell both a Windows and a Linux version which they consider separate entities: buying one does not give you the rights to the other. If they released a Pandora version, they might also consider it a separate version and charge for it, even if you already own one of the other two versions.

[Kicker]

I know it's a CPU hog (oddly it can be one of the most demanding apps to run on modern hardware) but has anyone asked the Dwarf Fortress guys if they'd consider a Pandora port? It's already available for linux (x86) as well as windows but it uses OpenGL (rather than ES).

No need to ask, the graphics layer is on github. Just fork it, add a branch named opengl_es, make the changes needed, and send Baughn a pull request.

Umm. Then wait and see if the main developer wants to even bother...no! I demand optimism from myself!

[Trickyhero]

Hey could could you contact the guys that make BaboViloent2? I think that the game is perfectly suited for the Pandora.

Edited by Trickyhero, 12 April 2010 - 03:13 AM.

[Prometheus]

And what is this? And why is that? And where are the contact details? You kind of need to provide those if you're going to ask someone to contact people.

Edited by Prometheus, 12 April 2010 - 03:16 AM.

[Rebel]

Gish has gone open source thanks to the Wolfire humble bundle.

[forces/before]

Boingo.se is no more

[WizardStan]

Boingo.se is no more

Regrettable (even though I'd never heard of BlackDrop Studios before) but what does that have to do with this?

edit: nevermind, I thought I was in the wrong thread. Trying to figure out what Boingo had to do with the Humble Indie Bundle. Sorry.

Edited by WizardStan, 12 May 2010 - 04:52 PM.

[paddy]

I know we have a real keyboard but (Zero Weight Keyboard) is my fav touchscreen solution ,i don't think it is open source and also it requires Microsoft .Net 3.5 ,don't know if this one can be done but it rocks.

http://www.freshnet8.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9tzEd6Ey8&feature=related