So... Anything Going On?

[Anhaedra]

The whole GP2X scene seems pretty quiet lately.

 

[TelcoLou]

What, you didn't get the invite to the secret board?

 

[Anhaedra]

No, I'm not cool enough.

 

[yaustar]

It is the time of year for exams and ( I think) financal end of year... posible causes.

 

[Muncher666]

Financial end of year is two months away, matey.

Allan.

 

[Anhaedra]

Yes, that makes sense. Sometimes the simple things escape me. :rolleyes:

 

[thelamer]

I think it is because all the simple compile and go ports have been done . Now things need to be tweeked to run better on this hardware and that takes alot more effort than just porting something .

 

[vic20-ian]

Financial end of year is two months away, matey.

Allan.

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5th April in the UK

 

[vic20-ian]

I think it is because all the simple compile and go ports have been done . Now things need to be tweeked to run better on this hardware and that takes alot more effort than just porting something .

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I think it is because the most popular emulators are running and everyone is playing games rather than developing the other emulators.

Mum says - Now stop playing games and get back to your coding

 

[Nintendo]

The whole GP2X scene seems pretty quiet lately.

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It's because the iRiver G10 is coming...

 

[sand_man]

The whole GP2X scene seems pretty quiet lately.

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It's because the iRiver G10 is coming...

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pfff

 

[Jarska333]

I think it is because all the simple compile and go ports have been done . Now things need to be tweeked to run better on this hardware and that takes alot more effort than just porting something .

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Hardly. There are still zounds of 2X-perfect open-source games and apps out there. Someone just needs to lure a coder to them...

Heeere kitty kitty... h34r:

 

[AcidiC]

The whole GP2X scene seems pretty quiet lately.

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It's because the iRiver G10 is coming...

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Can't wait to get my hands on those flash games

 

[virusx]

Quiet , quiet... <_<
I still have a bunch of zip and rar unpacked.

 

[Paradox]

for now the recent breakout box developments is keeping me happy, i feel a little boost of developments in the coming weeks.

 

[Dzz]

The whole GP2X scene seems pretty quiet lately.

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The gp2x has a tiny user base. Whenever that's true, the number of developers will be small, which means not much development will be done. I personally am amazed and pleased at the output of this group. There's more than one software "title" per 100 units of the machine sold, which is an amazingly large amount of stuff.

 

[trooper]

pfff

Bad wind ?. :rolleyes:

Trooper

 

[GeminiDomino]

pfff

Bad wind ?. :rolleyes:

That seems like a good way to sum up SONY's comments in general.

Good job.

 

[Mr.Jabberwocky]

There have been over 800 downloads for GP2x hardware SDL. How many times has this been released for updates and bugfixes? If we divide 800 by the number of releases that will give us an idea of how many people are developing with it. From that we can take a guess at how many works are in progress. Even if there have been 8 releases (surely less) that is 100 projects. It has been up there for two months, so, are we about to be showered with a bunch of releases ?
If we look at the number of downloads for DrMdx that should give an idea of the active user base. If there was only one release (?) that makes it about 5,500 of us actively using the gp2x. Even if there are 800 devs that is only 14% of the user base devving for it. (Why so few for an open source device? )
After the initial deluge of releases, are we maybe forgetting the amount of time and work that goes into programming and expecting too much ?
It is also interesting to note that homebrew stuff is not really that popular. The most downloaded arcade game is pang. This has had more than one release and has only been downloaded 1,200 times. If the same people downloaded the second release as downloaded the first only about 600 people checked it out. If only 11% of us can be bothered to check out the efforts of our devs I wonder why they bother.
Of course I have no idea why the scene is so quiet. It could be we are about to be hit with a load of stuff developed over the past two months or it could be the devs have got bored already and are looking for a new challenge.
Or it maybe you are just too impatient. This is a lot of work done in people's spare time.

 

[Dzz]

If we look at the number of downloads for DrMdx that should give an idea of the active user base. If there was only one release (?) that makes it about 5,500 of us actively using the gp2x.

It is also interesting to note that homebrew stuff is not really that popular.

There has certainly been more than one release, as the currently available one (4.3) is described as an update. There are 5 older versions available for download from Reesy's web site, but I don't know how many of those were available from the same page on archive.gp2x.de.

750 people have downloaded the 0.9 version of my game Vektar, which is enough for me since I just noodle around with writing games for fun. Most of the homebre games or ports have only seen maybe 300 downloads though, which is a bit discouraging. A lot of people just want the gp2x for emulators.