[Scummvm-devel] Out of This World / Another World?

[Max Horn]

Am 05.05.2004 um 19:45 schrieb <Torbjorn.E.Andersson at tietoenator.com>:

> I have to admit that I'm rather puzzled by the merging of 'raw' [1] 
> into
> ScummVM. Particularly since there was no discussion first, unless I 
> blinked
> at the wrong moment and missed it. Judging by the discussion on 
> #scummvm,
> I'm far from the only one who feels that way. Including cyx, who 
> suggested
> the discussion be brought up on the mailing list.
>
> There are at least two reasons why 'raw' seems like an awkward fit in
> ScummVM to me:
>
> * So far, we have only supported bitmap graphics. Out of this World 
> uses
>   mostly lines and polygons, as far as I can tell. ScummVM's graphics
>   scalers are hardly ideal for this.
>
> * It's not really a point-and-click adventure - it's more of an arcade 
> game.
>
> It doesn't really matter much to me, but I'd be interested to hear 
> what the
> reasoning behind the merger was.
>

Wasn't really aware that it isn't an adventure (I don't even know that 
game myself), though I was asked about it by sev (Eugene) via direct 
email -- though in retrospect, it would indeed have been much better if 
this had been discussed (or at least announced) on scummvm-devel. My 
personal stance on this is best summarized on what I replied to 
Eugene's mail to me:

> Hi Eugene,
>
> as with saga, I am not at all interested in adding that engine. And 
> while I am not that eager about ScummVM getting bigger and bigger, I 
> see no major reasons why not to add this one engine, after we added 
> all those others... Seems we are more and more getting an 
> "Adventure-MAME".
>
> Anyway: if cyx, you and aquadran want to add this and are going to 
> take care of it, fine by me.



Cheers,

Max