Introversion

This should probably be in the dev forum, but since no one wants to give me access (yes I did buy the source) I'll just put this here. This is my new hobby programming project (since doing theoretical work doesn't do much for my sanity): porting Uplink to the Android platform. Below is my first demo of what I have done so far:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y8PX1aYq50 (don't know how the whole embedding thing works - don't really use forums)

Now a couple of things:
1) It's not a proper Android implementation. It's an instance of android-x86 (http://www.android-x86.org/) running on VirtualBox because the Android emulator is way too slow. I don't own an Android device at present, but hoping to pick up one of these Asus eee Pad Transformers when I visit the USA in June.
2) Because of 1, the sound doesn't work. The music was added to the movie afterwards.
3) I'm not worrying too much about the text and button sizes or the layout now. I'll tune those when I get a proper platform to test on.
4) The main game screen is only a mock-up at this point.
5) No, I can't give this to you since the distribution rights are owned by with Introversion Software.

I'll update as I move on, but don't expect too much in the immediate future. I have to prepare for the previously mentioned trip (see above).

And in before anyone else: this is probably vapourware

Looks good so far
Uplink on my android tablet would be fun

Cool!

Oh, here's the video you linked to all embedded up:



It's just [youtube]<link>[/youtube]
(this may not work in all forums)

A tablet port of Uplink.. I really like this idea.

The iOS SDK would not be flexible enough to allow a port - I'm all for an Android implementation. However just 'porting' aside, there would be a lot of UI constraints. I've had fun with Uplink on my Thinkpad X61 tablet.. and the only thing it's missing is an OSK.

Very interested in where this is going.

Could you maybe elaborate on why the iOS SDK would not allow for a port?

this game would lend itself to touchscreen tablets so well

did this project ever get any further?

treelo wrote:this game would lend itself to touchscreen tablets so well

did this project ever get any further?

I see Uplink is now ouit for IOS any news on the android version, dates etc.

It will be released "soon".

NeatNit wrote:It will be released "soon".

Thanks for that, I was rather hoping for a next month, next year etc, but thanks anyway.

Great news to hear this will be coming out for Android Tablets.

Don't laugh at my choice of tablet, but will there be any consideration as to getting this working on the BlackBerry PlayBook's Android runtime environment too? Day #1 purchase from me if you do.

i just got done downloading the game...i shall give it a whirl tomorrow to see if it is as good as it should be

thank you

pretty p1ssed that i didn't spot it sooner though