A Game Built On The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries

[phoronix]

Phoronix: A Game Built On The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries

Aside from having an obscure name, making Escape From Booty Bay an interesting open-source game is that it's built atop EFL, the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE4NTE

[devius]

This game looks familiar... where have I seen it before?

Why does a window manager need a physics engine?

[Tiger_Coder]

As far I read, Enlightenment is like QT/KDE, a toolkit + some applications + a windows manager. Physics engine is part of the toolkit I guess.

Side topic: I heard Rovio and Canoncial was making a deal about getting Angry Birds on USC. Any one know anything about that?

[curaga]

Yay FOSS clones of random game X

[89c51]

As far I read, Enlightenment is like QT/KDE, a toolkit + some applications + a windows manager. Physics engine is part of the toolkit I guess.

Side topic: I heard Rovio and Canoncial was making a deal about getting Angry Birds on USC. Any one know anything about that?

EFL are the toolkit and E17 is a DE based on the toolkit.

There is also another game being developed which is a minesweeper clone.

And yeah cloning popular games rubs me a bit wrong even if this is just a showcase.

[russofris]

And yeah cloning popular games rubs me a bit wrong even if this is just a showcase.

Most tech-demos are created by developers who have little interest in making, publishing, or selling a full fledged game. The objective is to demonstrate the technology to real game developers, in an effort to spark their interest in the toolkit.

That said, my 3 year old finds "Trucks-n-Skulls" far more entertaining than Angry Birds.

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[oliver]

A window manager can use a physics engine for thewobbly windows! But wait, there's more! What about bouncy scroll lists? I guess you catch my drift. I wouldn't be supprised that iOS makes heavy use of pyhsics.