[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] first impressions and some reports

[From: Gustavo Barbieri]

On 7/7/05, Salonen Kuisma <kuisma.salonen at maemo.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ext Gustavo Barbieri wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Now that I have the maemo environment set up, I started to love this
> > thing!!! And python!
> >
> > Thanks to Osvaldo and Ruda, I can run PythonCAD without any changes!
> >
> > Also, my game tutorial (pt_BR) runs perfectly (just need to check the
> > perfomance on a real device, since it's side scroll and redraws the
> > screen every time):
> > http://www.gustavobarbieri.com.br/jogos/jogo.tar.gz
> >    Could someone run "python2.4 jogo/a06/jogo.py -f -r 800x480" on a
> > real device and check if performance is an issue... if it can do at
> > least 30fps it's good enough. If it's ok I'll develop a game using
> > that engine. Also, it can be optimized a bit, I wrote it as an
> > educative project.
> >
> 
> I haven't checked it but it unfortunately cannot get that high
> framerates with the resoluation with current SDL we have (and pygame
> depends on the SDL).
> 
> And I am still not sure how much python will downgrade performance but I
> think that for now you unfortunately should just stick to partial screen
> refreshing if you want it to work smoothly on the device. At least you
> shouldn't scroll all the time, since < 20 fps isn't that smooth (not
> sure how much under 20 fps since i haven't enought of the experience
> with the pygame).

I know... I'll try a quick pygame app to test if side scrolling is
doable at all. It it passes the test I'll write something on wiki so
people can know how to do.
   Expect something by the end of the night.

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