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pygame port to S60 nokia phones.

Jussi Toivola has done some more on his pygame port to symbian s60 -- which many nokia phones run. Here's some details of his progress on the port. >>> Jussi Toivola writes: new version is out(SVN 1844): http://jtoivola.googlepages.com/pygame_20090117_signed.sisx New features: - png, jpg, gif and tif image support. - Demo replaced with launcher application -- liquid example ported to s60 -- Comes with initial pen\mouse support( no list scrolling yet ) - Lots of build script configuration - Python embedded as a sis with byte-compiled libraries( PyS60 CE feature ) Detected limitations: While implementing the launcher, I stumbled upon a problem with fonts. Symbian's c-library (estlib) does not allow multiple open file handles on a single file. This causes following code to fail on phone( works on emulator ): font1 = pygame.font.Font( None, 20 ) font2 = pygame.font.Font( None, 30) On the second line pygame tries to open the default font file, but fails in doing so. I worke...

pygame ported to pyS60 for nokia phones.

Pygame on nokia phones with pys60! Details here: http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=516861 The port is very fresh(by GameDude from Finland), so there's a few incomplete parts, but enough things to have fun with. Nokia should be congratulated for supporting python on their phones(the most popular phones in the world). Unlike apple, which does not allow python on their iphone.