Dance, Dance QML Revolution - Using Qt for MeeGo development

Dance Dance Revolution was a very popular dance game back in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Then, in 2005, an open source version of the game, called “StepMania” was released. This brought the popularity of Dance Dance Revolution back with a small, but strong fan base. However, StepMania was developed for the desktop environment and uses “SDL” which uses the desktop version of OpenGL, limiting its portability. Therefore, a QML port has the following advantages: It can run on mobile devices like cellphones and tablets without having to worry about differences in capabilities; it can natively handle multi-touch and other types of input easily; and it can also run things like video and animation natively. This presentation will cover what was needed to complete this port, what issues arose and things to think about in game development using QML.