The Problem with the game is, that there is no way to run it under modern operating systems so it would be an excellent candidate for scummvm, wouldn't it?
Is there any Chance someday scummvm will someday support this game?
Anything is possible. What you need is someone willing to put in the thousands of hours of hard work that is required to support a game. And for free none the less. Are you?
If you are looking for a yes or no answer, don't hold your breath.
Longcat wrote:Anything is possible. What you need is someone willing to put in the thousands of hours of hard work that is required to support a game. And for free none the less. Are you?
If you are looking for a yes or no answer, don't hold your breath.
He might be looking for a more technical answer from a SCUMMVM developer's view...
I am not a ScummVM developer, but I am familiar enough with ScummVM's inner workings and philosophical scope to tell you that, yes, it is most definitely possible BUT requires a LOT of work. And of course someone willing to work on said game.
A more specific answer requires a more specific question.
Longcat wrote:Anything is possible. What you need is someone willing to put in the thousands of hours of hard work that is required to support a game. And for free none the less. Are you?
If you are looking for a yes or no answer, don't hold your breath.
He might be looking for a more technical answer from a SCUMMVM developer's view... :roll:
It might not be thousands of hours, but it's at least in the right direction in case the copyright holders do not want to share their code. (And it is not using one of our supported engines by chance and no one ever noticed).
I can probably still find the source to that game somewhere in my archives but as mentioned the game was released only in polish and german so finding a dev willing to work on it might be a problem. Not to mention the game's "engine" was written in assembler (it uses some crude scripting language for the game's logic though). I do not have any problems with giving the source to someone willing to work on it as I consider the code (and code alone) to be mine (the company that hired me failed to fulfill contractual obligations).
You should contact the dev team in #scummvm on freenode irc. Many of the devs are actually german so it might not be as hard to find someone to work on the game as you think. Especially with the source available.
Nice, I started to work on this some time ago and made an extractor for the PTC files.
Later I stopped, though, mainly because it's not available in English. Also I'm not sure what our "policy" is with including non-English games if the games' engine isn't already supported.
Maybe some volunteer can be found who wants to translate the text from Polish/German to English if the game is maybe supported?
Mok wrote:I can probably still find the source to that game somewhere in my archives but as mentioned the game was released only in polish and german so finding a dev willing to work on it might be a problem. Not to mention the game's "engine" was written in assembler (it uses some crude scripting language for the game's logic though). I do not have any problems with giving the source to someone willing to work on it as I consider the code (and code alone) to be mine (the company that hired me failed to fulfill contractual obligations).
that are good news. So scummVM support for this game, in the future is likely?
No, but due to our successful experience with Sołtys, which we translated into other languages, we are willing to work on it. Just trying to reach Mok these days.
