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deathkiller / jazz2-native

🎮 · Jazz² Resurrection: Native C++ reimplementation of Jazz Jackrabbit 2
https://deat.tk/jazz2/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Port for handheld retrogaming consoles #35

Closed orsonmmz closed 1 year ago

orsonmmz commented 1 year ago

Hi @deathkiller!

This is not a real issue, but I did not know how else I could reach you.

I just wanted to let you know, that I have managed to port your project to multiple handheld consoles (PortMaster) and it delivers tons of fun to many players. I am truly thankful for your effort, it brings back a lot of great memories!

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deathkiller commented 1 year ago

Hi! That's great. Did you have to change something or it just worked?

Also, please call it "Jazz² Resurrection". Otherwise, it might give the impression that it's a port of the original game, but it's not, it's a complete reimplementation.

orsonmmz commented 1 year ago

I have simply fiddled with the CMake options, so it looks for the game assets in specific directories. I remember I have tried to compile earlier, but it was crashing at the time. Certainly OpenGLES support has been improved since that time :+1:

I think the community realizes that many of the games (especially PC ones) are not the original games, but reimplementations. I would prefer to call it "Jazz Jackrabbit 2", because it is immediately recognized by many, but if you insist on naming it "Jazz² Resurrection", then I will respect your request.

deathkiller commented 1 year ago

Nice. I thought these devices don't have OpenGL ES 3.0 support. I think I've got request for port it on similar devices that didn't have it.

The problem is that it's not 1:1 copy of the original game - some features are missing, some were added and some are implemented differently, so it's inaccurete it call it "Jazz Jackrabbit 2". Official long name of this project is "Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source reimplementation of Jazz Jackrabbit 2". Short name is "Jazz² Resurrection". The same naming is also used for packages of various Linux distros etc., so to be consistent it would be better to call it "Jazz² Resurrection" (or use long name) also here. And it's easier for other people to search more information about it.

orsonmmz commented 1 year ago

Alright, I see the point. I guess the title is characteristic enough to associate it with the right game ;)