KDE Games/Porting

Targets of porting

• Rendering method: Current solutions commonly include usage of a QSvgRenderer, combined either with QGraphicsSvgItems or with (Q/K)PixmapCache. It is suggested to migrate to KGameRenderer instead. Integration with QGraphicsView is available through the KGameRenderedItem and KGameRenderedObjectItem classes. Integration with KGameCanvas is available through the KGameCanvasRenderedPixmap.
• (more to come)

Porting status

The second column shows which graphics stack (e. g. QGraphicsView, KGameCanvas) is used by the application. The third column shows the rendering method.

If you want to take part in porting, pick an app, contact the author or the kde-games-devel mailing list to coordinate your effort, read into the KGameRenderer APIDOX and start hacking! Please note that this porting effort is mainly about porting rendering code to KGameRenderer. Usage of outdated graphics stacks should not be changed because this might cause severe and non-trivial bugs.

Warning: It is advised not to use the primaryView property of KGameRenderedObjectItem class in new ports. The existing ports using it (KDiamond and Klickety/KSame) made it clear that the primaryView property has design flaws (concerning performance), so it will probably be removed again.

Application	Graphics stack	Rendering method	Who does/did the port? (if applicable)
bomber	KGameCanvas	KGameRenderer	Stefan Majewsky
bovo	QGraphicsView	QGraphicsSvgItem
granatier	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Mathias Kraus
kajongg	QGraphicsView	libkmahjongg
kapman	QGraphicsView	QGraphicsSvgItem
katomic	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Brian Croom
kblackbox	QGraphicsView	QGraphicsSvgItem
kblocks	QGraphicsView	QGraphicsSvgItem	Brian Croom
kbounce	KGameCanvas	KPixmapCache
kbreakout	KGameCanvas	KGameRenderer	Brian Croom
kdiamond	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Stefan Majewsky
kfourinline	QGraphicsView	PixmapCache (and classes similar to KGameRendererClient)
kgoldrunner	KGameCanvas	KPixmapCache
kigo	QGraphicsView	KPixmapCache
killbots	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Parker Coates
kiriki	QWidget with pre-rendered PNG		N/A
kjumpingcube	QWidget	simple QSvgRenderer::render()
klickety	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	(native QGV/KGR app)
klines	QGraphicsView	KPixmapCache	Lindsay Mathieson (Blackpaw)
kmahjongg	KGameCanvas	libkmahjongg	Christian Krippendorf
kmines	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Brian Croom
knavalbattle	QGraphicsView	PixmapCache
knetwalk	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Brian Croom
kolf	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Stefan Majewsky
kollision	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Brian Croom
konquest	QGraphicsView	KPixmapCache
kpat	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Parker Coates
kreversi	QGraphicsView	KGameRenderer	Brian Croom
kshisen	QWidget	libkmahjongg
ksirk	QGraphicsView	QGraphicsSvgItem and KPixmapCache
ksnakeduel	QWidget	KPixmapCache
kspaceduel	QGraphicsView	QGraphicsSvgItem
ksquares	QGraphicsView	N/A	N/A
ksudoku	QGraphicsView	KPixmapCache
ktuberling	QGraphicsView	QGraphicsSvgItem
kubrick	QGLWidget	N/A	N/A
libkmahjongg	N/A	QPixmapCache	(can now also be ported, with the new capabilities of KgTheme)
lskat	QGraphicsView	PixmapCache (and classes similar to KGameRendererClient)
palapeli	QGraphicsView	N/A	N/A