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philj56 / gbcc-android

Android front end to gbcc
https://gbcc.github.io
MIT License
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GBCC on F-Droid? #4

Open y20k opened 2 years ago

y20k commented 2 years ago

Hi @philj56

I really enjoy using GBCC. I wanted to ask, if you are interested in having GBCC added to the F-Droid Free and Open Source Android App Repository?

I can offer to open a Request For Packaging in their GitLab.

F-Droid compiles apps from source code, that is hosted in Git repositories, and hosts and distributes the resulting binaries. I am distributing my apps via F-Droid, too. That turned out to be a good decision for me, because F-Droid has a competent, active and friendly community.

Cheers and keep up the good work :-)

philj56 commented 2 years ago

Hey, yeah that was the plan eventually - I just never got round to sorting it out.

I'd always meant to implement multiplayer over local wifi or similar, implement a consistent save state format (like that used by Sameboy), and then remove the early access tag on the play store and put it up on F-droid. I currently have more time than I used to, so maybe it's finally time to sort this out :)

y20k commented 2 years ago

Hi @philj56

I have been playing a Pokemon game using GBCC from start to finish on my phone (= I spent A LOT of time using the app). GBCC worked flawlessly for me. I understand you feel that the app is not finished, but I wanted to give you the feedback that for me it did not feel like an early access app.

But:

implement a consistent save state format

I did not think about it. But that seems to be an important feature, now thinking about it.

philj56 commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah the main reason for early access is the save state format - currently, if I update the core emulator much, the savestates (but not rom saves) can break, so I didn't want too many people to use it before I fix that