Ren'Py on Maemo

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Ren'Py on Maemo

#1 Post by luminarious »

One one hand, the Maemo platform is based on Debian, with some amount of customization. Python is available via http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/

Resolution of the devices is 800*480px widescreen.

PyGame has been successfully run via the SDK, Frets on Fire being the game.

Ovi store will, apparently-eventually carry Maemo software as well.

On the other hand, device base is not terribly large, I do not know how much work it would take and wether it's worth it in the long run. Seems, however, a lot easier than iPhone support.. :D

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#2 Post by doragasu »

I'm trying to port Ren'Py to the OpenPandora console. It uses the same screen resolution (800x480), the same SoC (TI OMAP3530) and is also Linux based, so I suppose if I get it to work, maybe the same package could be used with Maemo...

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Re: Ren'Py on Maemo

#3 Post by PyTom »

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=55868

discusses a port of Ren'Py to mameo. I don't plan to work on it myself, as mameo is more-or-less a dead platform, and was never very popular in the first place. Ditto for openpandora, which IIRC has total sales in the thousands - which is much less than what Android sells in a day. Since only a small fraction of users on these minority platforms will use Ren'Py, it's tough to justify the additional development effort.

That being said, I can try to support people who want to port Ren'Py to other platforms themselves.
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