[Scummvm-devel] Adding splashscreen to ScummVM

[Max Horn]

Am 21.05.2010 um 22:42 schrieb Filippos Karapetis:

> I don't follow this reasoning either, as the Windows port is used by a big chunk of our users, plus we've had GPL violations under all platforms. The idea of a watermark in the bottom for X seconds sounds much more sensible amd less obtrusive to me. Perhaps this could be handled inside the updatescreen call, i.e it could modify the screen before refreshing it for the first X seconds

You mean something similar to the "on screen display" code in the SDL backend? Could be done (and removing it would a clear proof of modified code, just like removing a "regular" splash screen would be). It would, however, require more work for custom ports, and thus we would easily end up with some ports supporting it and some not, which I really really don't want. Yet without the required hardware, it would be hard to verify whether this works as it should...

Pro: it adds no extra startup time, which is good for devs who may have to start ScummVM a lot when e.g. bisecting a bug.

There is another factor to all this splash screen business, which is "branding" -- making ScummVM clearly recognizable as ScummVM across all platforms. I actually like that idea, and a "fully visible" splash screen would be better for that. But I understand that others do not agree on this. 

Cheers,
Max