Bug 5850 - Yet another Quake 3 port to Android
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: ioquake3
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Platform
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 enhancement
Assignee: Zachary J. Slater
QA Contact: ioquake3 bugzilla mailing list
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Reported: 2012-12-27 05:52 EST by pelya
Modified: 2012-12-28 01:10:02 EST
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Description pelya 2012-12-27 05:52:34 EST 
So, I've made yet another port of Quake 3 engine to Android, which has on-screen controls, automatically downloads game data, polished no less than most commercial games, and is free (unlike other Quake 3 ports on Google Play, which is a shame). It also supports gamepad/keyboard to some extent, but it's primarily designed for touchscreen.

It uses data files from the OpenArena game, and subsequently called OpenArena.
The game virtual machine files were modified as well to support touchscreen, so it's not compatible to ye goode olde Quake 3 CD, to desktop version of OpenArena, and to all Quake 3/OpenArena servers around, however I could not care less, because making PC players fight against players with touchscreen/gamepad is a recipe for disaster. I'm hosting my own Android-exclusive dedicated server to amend that (it's empty currently, because there are too little players).

Google Play release: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.openarena.sdl
Sources archive: https://sourceforge.net/projects/libsdl-android/files/OpenArena/
Git repo: https://github.com/pelya/commandergenius/tree/sdl_android/project/jni/application/openarena
Discussions thread on OpenArena forums: http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=4577.0
Comment 1 pelya 2012-12-27 05:54:43 EST 
The user registration is disabled on ioquake3 forums, that's why I'm opening a bug.
Comment 2 Zachary J. Slater 2012-12-28 01:10:02 EST 
Your Android version is cool, and I apologize for the issue registering for the forum. Please do not include any advertisements with ioquake3, or charge for ioquake3 even when you're using another game.

There are some really innovative control ideas in your port and I hope to see more of it.

I hope to have that forum registration issue resolved as soon as possible. Please feel free to stop by our mailing list or irc channel :-)