Re: About GtkGLExt / glChess

[Andreas Røsdal <andrearo pvv ntnu no>]

Corey Burger wrote:
> n 8/31/06, Andreas Røsdal <andrearo pvv ntnu no> wrote:
>   
> > There have been many good suggestions for new games in gnome games so
> > far. One of the games that I like is glChess
> > (http://glchess.sourceforge.net/). It depends upon OpenGl, using the
> > GtkGLExt library. Note that glChess does not require hardware support to
> > be playable with OpenGl, it can also be played with software as well.
> >
> > OpenGL is perfectly suited for game-development. I would imagine that
> > OpenGl would add the extra graphic-appeal to gnome-games that some
> > people have been missing, and that we possibly could see more games with
> > OpenGl for GNOME in the future. Many Linux distributions already ship
> > with several OpenGl games by default (eg. Neverball and Tux Racer).
> >
> > How do people feel about adding GtkGLExt as a library dependency on
> > gnome-games, if glChess would be selected as a new game?
> >
> >  - Andreas
> >     
>
> I like the idea of OpenGL, but I have big concerns about thin clients
> and other memory tight environments. Thus, I suggest that glChess have
> a non-GL mode that is enabled by default, a standard 2D chess board.
> Create a view menu which allows users to change to OpenGL mode on the
> fly. Thus we can pimp the new stuff without pissing of our users (and
> our large deployments, most of whom are on some sort of thin client)
>   
Take a look at:  http://bobthegnome.blogspot.com/  The main developer, 
Robert, at least seems very interested in making this work, and has 
suggested a 2D / 3D solution.  :)

- Andreas