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[PATCH 0/5] Add superstarfighter

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From: Nicolò Balzarotti <anothersms <at> gmail.com>
To: Timotej Lazar <timotej.lazar <at> araneo.si>, 41365 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#41365] [PATCH 0/5] Add superstarfighter
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 17:55:43 +0200

Hi! This is nice to have.

If other godot games can be built this way, does it make sense to create
a godot-build-system?

Thanks, Nicolò

Timotej Lazar <timotej.lazar <at> araneo.si> writes:

> Hi,
>
> this series adds SuperStarfighter¹, a small game built with the Godot
> engine. I’m submitting it together with patches for godot needed to
> build the game, and some other improvements. I built the game for x86,
> x86_64 and aarch64 (can’t run it there due to missing 3D acceleration).
>
> The main change to godot is building the headless binary, which is used
> to compile game assets without requiring X. I put this into a separate
> output because it doubles the install size. Compile time is also nearly
> doubled, since most files get compiled twice.
>
> If the longer compile time (in total ~20 minutes on an old i7, and
> ~80 minutes on an even older core duo) is problematic, this can be split
> in two packages. The game depends on both versions to build and run
> though. Thoughts?
>
> I also enabled release build for Godot, removed an old workaround for
> aarch64 (disabling threads caused an infinite loop when building the
> game), and installed the icons to the correct location to be used with
> the .desktop file.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ¹ https://notapixel.itch.io/superstarfighter
>
> Timotej Lazar (5):
>   gnu: godot: Enable release build.
>   gnu: godot: Remove obsolete workaround for aarch64.
>   gnu: godot: Build and install the headless version.
>   gnu: godot: Install provided .desktop file and icons.
>   gnu: Add superstarfighter.
>
>  gnu/packages/game-development.scm | 68 ++++++++++++++--------------
>  gnu/packages/games.scm            | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
>
> -- 
> 2.26.2

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