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ToDo List

Since OpenSolaris has only a small subset of games ported to it, there is plenty to do. This page gives some general idea's of what is lacking for games on the OpenSolaris platform.

Writing games control drivers

Playing many games just using the keyboard can be frustrating. Also there are some games that require Joystick drivers to build or play the game. Luckily there are standards to which most USB games control devices conform to. Below are links that may be of interest.

USB.org HID information	Joysticks and Games controllers are defined as a Human Interface Device under the USB specifications. This site gives information relating to devices that confor to the USB HID specification
USB Driver Development Kit version 2.0	Contains sample from drivers and information

Porting Games support libraries

Most games a built using libraries such as libSDL. Some games require libraries which have not yet been ported to OpenSolaris. Therefore if the game is worth porting, then you will have to port the required libraries first.

Porting new Games

Pick a game which has not been ported yet. Have a go! If you get stuck, or need help, then post a message to games-discuss. Finally when you have a working port, please post your build scripts and patches to games-discuss or to a well known Solaris build repository.

A couple of good places to look for games to port are The Linux Game Tomb and SDL Games

Testing all of the above (The fun part)

Somebody has ported a game to an OpenSolaris platform. Please try it out, and notify the author/porter of the game if you find a bug. Also a report of the game and how it works on OpenSolaris should be posted to games-dicuss.

Writing Games

As OpenSolaris becomes a more widely used desktop, people may well use it as a development platform for their game. If you wish to do so and do know know where to start, please post a message to games-discuss.