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We were talking just since yesterday. I was promised that the source code will be released once the game is back in the store. Now it is there, but I did not get the sources even privately after requesting it several times.fingolfin wrote:Note that it is not sufficient to talk to Eugene/sev alone; many more people hold copyright on parts of ScummVM. If you don't release the source, you would have to get permission from every single one if you wanted to keep the source code closed.
Wow, that's a very interesting development! I'm imagining we could some day download a ScummVM app in the App Store and be able to purchase the games for it within ScummVM itself, which would be pretty awesome. If FOTAQ has already made it this far, I don't see why this wouldn't be legally possible, since the 3.0 iPhone software will introduce in-app purchases. Of course, the biggest hurdle is that you'll need to cooperate with the big guns being LucasArts, Sierra, etc. in order to be able to sell their games through ScummVM...KingLir wrote: We will work with ScummVM team in order to bring as many games as possible to the iPhone and iPod touch.
This game isn't free anymore, in order to support the game developers.
Besides of making this "Apple Approved", this version features several improvements from the current Cydia ScummVM version, mainly: Full Screen, Better colors and Better in-game controllers.
Nothing sudden about it.nferno wrote:A (more likely) alternative path that I can see is that these game companies suddenly start noticing FOTAQ on the App Store. If they see it fares well, they'll start porting their games like mad (using ScummVM) and cash in on the games by selling them all as seperate App Store apps, which actually would also be fine by me...
The "only" hurdle you list there is in fact *not* the only hurdle, but it is indeed a huge one, one that is more or less impossible to overcome for the "Big" games (e.g. from LucasArts).nferno wrote: Wow, that's a very interesting development! I'm imagining we could some day download a ScummVM app in the App Store and be able to purchase the games for it within ScummVM itself, which would be pretty awesome. If FOTAQ has already made it this far, I don't see why this wouldn't be legally possible, since the 3.0 iPhone software will introduce in-app purchases. Of course, the biggest hurdle is that you'll need to cooperate with the big guns being LucasArts, Sierra, etc. in order to be able to sell their games through ScummVM...
Hmm, you don't happen to know which companies in particular are busy porting their ScummVM games to the iPhone? (or even which particular games?)joostp wrote:Some companies were already in the process of doing this before this version of FOTAQ came to the app store, but they are actually putting time and effort into adding value to these versions of the games, rather than doing quick rushjob ports that offer little to no benefit over a free version -- hence the apparent fear of "competition" that is telegraphed by (initially) claiming it'll take a few weeks to "prepare" the source.
True, I probably was being a little too optimistic againfingolfin wrote:The "only" hurdle you list there is in fact *not* the only hurdle, but it is indeed a huge one, one that is more or less impossible to overcome for the "Big" games (e.g. from LucasArts).
I do. You'll find out soon enough.nferno wrote:Hmm, you don't happen to know which companies in particular are busy porting their ScummVM games to the iPhone? (or even which particular games?)
Ohh, mystery and surprise; I like thatjoostp wrote: I do. You'll find out soon enough.
*sits and waits patiently like a little boy waiting for santa to drop down his chimney*
