General Development - OUYA Developer Forums

Accessing ODK functionality in Haxe NME?

Ryusui — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:00:06 +0000

I'll confess I know next to nothing about Java, and I'm an absolute beginner in Android development. I've been fiddling around with the Haxe language, which can compile to Android, and so far I've got an ultra-limited demo running on my Ouya. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how I'd go about accessing the ODK's functionality from my Haxe program: I spent a good portion of yesterday trying to figure out how to get my demo to recognize the joystick only to discover it requires me to explicitly call a specific function in the (Java-based) ODK.

Any ideas how to bridge the gap here?

How to use "key.der" file?

ditrabox — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:56:10 +0000

I know that you need a key.keystore file to sign your applications/games, but how the .DER extension is supposed to work?

Thank you!

MonoGame Thumbsticks

RaptorX81 — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:31:16 +0000

Yesterday I spent most of the day porting over my game to the Ouya. I managed to get everything working except one small thing!

For some reason, it seems that the thumbsticks (left & right) are not receiving any X and Y input. I did notice that when I push the left thumbstick, it registers the corresponding DPad button. For example, I push right on the left thumbstick, and MonoGame thinks I pushed the right DPad. My game is a 3D online FPS, so the thumbsticks need to be working!

Has anyone else used MonoGame and run into this problem? I pulled the latest source code of MonoGame from github yesterday morning.

Noob running linux

teslacopernicus — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:31:31 +0000

I really want to develop games for the ouya. im of the C=64 generation and loved programming my own games back then. i really want to get back in to it. i am currently programming in python, as i wanted to originally do stuff using blender and to make apps for ubuntu. ive had a look at unity3d as that seems to be what all the youtube videos are pointing to. got to say, very disappointed. no support outside of windows and mac, although most of the OSs it exports to are linux based. Anyhoo, is there an easy way i can produce stuff for the ouya and still be able to use python as well as not having to go out and buy an operating system that i absolutely abhor with every fibre of my being, just to run one program?

please help.

Required gear for development

DanteC — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:44:50 +0000

Probably really stupid question, but what gear exactly do you need for development? The way I've seen some sites describe it, you only need an Ouya to develop for an Ouya. Is that true?

If you're developing on a PC, just how powerful a machine does it need to be?

A couple of questions

Arkinum — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:47:09 +0000

For the last year I've been learning all things related to game development. I started this as a hobby to keep my mind from rotting away. I'm now thinking it's a good idea to consider making it my next job. Anyway my first question is.

1- Lets say I make a erotic visual novel similar to those popular in Japan and I release it for the PC. I understand that OUYA doesn’t accept anything sexually explicit. Would there be a problem distributing it if I took out the erotic content? I'd still rate it as heavy, just to not suffer complaints later.

2- I'm still a year or two away from producing a game I'll put my name on however, I would like to release my first game(s) for free to promote my work. Could I upload my games to OUYA as a freeware download?

Thanks in advance.

So... many... questions 0_o

Wilford111 — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:16:12 +0000

So... Just a noob looking over all the ouya dev stuff they have here. I'm very intrigued that they have Game Maker as a supported game engine, and as I was looking about I have many, many questions as I've never officially made a game or released one to the public, of course.

So... just how exactly does one submit a game to Ouya in the first place? What file do you send? Just a raw text sheet of all the code, the Game Maker file, and app that starts the game on Windows.... what? Or... worst case scenario... do I need to recode everything to run on the Ouya dev kit that you download here?

I also have other questions, but I'll ask them in different discussions so this one at least has some sort of focus.

Anyway, thanks in advance :)

-Wilford111

Timeouts validating APK...

Adman — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:34 +0000

I'm trying to update my game, but the validation of the APK file seems to be timing out on "still verifying apk..."

How do you get in touch with Ouya?

Oriku — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:53:49 +0000

We've tried contacting them multiple times over the past few months over various topics related to our game's development and their policies, but I believe the only time they've actually responded to us is when we had hardware/controller issues.

Is there any way to get in touch with them? Has anyone else had luck?

Ouya emulator

tmccolgan88 — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:55:30 +0000

Is there an OUYA emulator that I can use to begin development on it or do I have to wait till I actually get the machine?

Remove Products and Games

ViTaLC0D3R — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:45:04 +0000

Hello I added a test product to the products and I want to remove it is that possible. Also I added a test game can I remove that.

My USB Port?

DJniceDoggy — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:45:11 +0000

Hello! So what gives with my USB port on my Ouya? I've done some reaserch on a variety of forums about formatting thumb drives but no matter what I do, the Ouya doesn't seem to even recognize it. So then I experimented with a variety of USB input devices and none of those register. Is this feature not "turned on" yet for my ouya since I didn't get a dev unit?

Just a little confused that's all... I'm dying to load some files on this thing!

Resolution Question

RyanDale — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:44:47 +0000

I'm currently developing a 2D game in MonoGame, but I don't have an Ouya to test with yet. My game has a resolution of 1920x1080. My question is do I have to manually handle the scaling process between different resolution TVs (i.e. 720p, 480p, etc) or does Ouya automatically scale the game down for me?

Any simple free 2D games engines for Ubuntu? Also...

TheDavyStar — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:47:56 +0000

I'm kinda new to making games and don't have much experience. I have done some Scratch and I have made a project on Stencyl (Admittedly, not a great one but I know how it works).

I run Ubuntu and I am very confused as to what game engine I can use to develop games and port to OUYA. I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas? I would be very grateful if anyone could answer.BTW Wine never works for me.

Also, I have no idea how to install the OUYA ODK (AS I said I use Ubuntu). If anyone can help me that would be great!

Will the OUYA store allow beta builds to be distributed?

SkyVu — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:01:35 +0000

If not, may I suggest it or having a separate section of the store for betas?

Also, if I want to run private/public betas, how does OUYA suggest I go about it?

dev kit offline

david_bennett — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:17:25 +0000

After the latest Ouya update, I find that the Ouya dev kit appears as "offline" after building and running the game.

c:\>adb devices

List of devices attached

015d456d7e241a0c offline

When the device is offline I can still play the game but I can't install a new build. I get the "device not found" error when trying to update the build. I haven't yet found a way to return the device to a usable state other than rebooting it each time.

Has anyone else encountered this? Has anyone found a way to return the device to "online" without rebooting it?

Thanks

- David Bennett

LibGDX - Controller extension issue

Evgiz — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:40:51 +0000

Hey.

Im facing a problem when trying to implement controller support in LibGDX.The controllers worked perfectly before I updated to the newest LibGDX version.

Yesterday I updated gdx and now I get this error:
"No controller manager available for: Desktop"
Downgrading gdx again didnt fix the issue.

It seems like the Gdx.app.getType() fails somehow in the gdx Controllers class...
Judging by the code, unless I have completely overlooked something, thats the only way the error can appear.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
It the extension just broken in the latest build?

Google Play Game Services and OUYA

lzap-dev — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:03:37 +0000

Hello,

I am implementing GPGS in one game

http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/games.html

Since there is no Google Play, I guess Game Services will not be available on OUYA right?

I was wondering if OUYA is able to offer something similar, paid I guess.

Any way to use Rpg maker 2003 on this?

Gerdski — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:45:28 +0000

Hello currently I am working on an rpg called "The Stupid Adventure of Gerd" which will be quite similar to earthbound in it's modern and goofy setting in rpg maker 2003 and the ouya console looks very promising to me so I was wondering if there is any way to import an rpg maker 2003 game on to the system.

OpenGL ES 2.0 on OUYA?

redsoxfantom — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:56:29 +0000

Hey guys, I'm having a bit of a problem enabling OpenGL ES 2.0 on my OUYA, and since it didnt look like anyone else had posted about it, I figured I'd ask.

So I have a simple GLSurfaceView called mySurface, and I'm calling setEGLContextClientVersion like so:

mySurface.setEGLContextClientVersion(2);

When I do this, LogCat fills with hundreds of the same error:

06-05 13:46:48.963: E/libEGL(1089): called unimplemented OpenGL ES API

And none of my drawing calls work. However, everything seems to work when I call

mySurface.setEGLContextClientVersion(1);

Normally, I would just assume that OUYA doesn't support 2.0 and move on with my life, but when I query the supported ES version using:

final ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);

final ConfigurationInfo configurationInfo = activityManager.getDeviceConfigurationInfo();

System.out.println(configurationInfo.reqGlEsVersion >= 0x20000);

I get "true", which apparently means that 2.0 is supported. I've tried adding

to the manifest, and even

android:hardwareAccelerated="false"

(I don't know! Someone on the Internet told me it helped!)

Anyway, has anyone else run into this issue? Is there a workaround or should I just wait for the next system update?

Genres suggestion

pixjuegos — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:33:01 +0000

Hi,

To the attention of Team OUYA,

First, I must congratulate you for this last update. Now everything works smooth and well, and I love the updating system.

I'm writing this message to suggest a few more "genres" or categories.

- DEMO/WIP: For the many games that only have their DEMO released. Like "A bit of a fist of awesome" or my own Ripollés' Nightmare.

- Free: For those games that are completely free. They should be able to ask for donations though.

- Open source: For those games that are open sourced. Thank their authors by giving them a bit more visibility (I don't know if that's the word)

I've just noticed that I'm quite biased as two of my games are DEMOs, two of them are FREE and all of them are Open sourced. Anyway, I think it would be a good idea :)

Can we disable Home Button?

newmessage — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:08:38 +0000

Hi,

I wondering if whether we can disable home button OUYA which will exiting apps if we pressed it twice or hold it.

I've already tried to return false it on my main activity, but it still able to close my game.

Something like this :

if ( keyCode == OuyaController.BUTTON_MENU)
return false;

Anyone can help me on this?

Thanks

How to delete game submission?

ditrabox — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:20:30 +0000

I did a wrong submission and would like to completely delete it. Thanks

Epic Games

Thorneblood — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:52:28 +0000

There are so many things we could do to make great, original games today that it is unreal. If you are looking for a writer to help build your world for you, let me know, i would love to help.

Flash

jets28cm — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:28:49 +0000

Would flash games translate over to Ouya as a standalone title instead of broswer base game?

Retail coming up and some polishing is needed to push consoles to the casual crowd!

jets28cm — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:43:55 +0000

At the end of the day the Ouya is a going to be a retail video game console and consumers want to buy the final retail polished version of the game...not a beta. They wont understand the need to continue to grow. Navigation through the games needs to better to make it easier for the consumer to get what they want, web browser and steaming app needs its own catorgory on the OS main screen and some orangizaitonal features for the games downloaded and a way to at least customize the GUI background....For a console made to be tinker with this should be basic. I want a pic of my family or nice setting in the background...not an Orange screen...it screams beta. Also a way to track our concurrt downloads would be nice. And also a way to make the WIFI alot better. its way to slow for a console of this nature where no physical media is being used. This weak WIFI feature is borderline inexcuseable. And also the off screen web broswer and GUI needs to be fixed as well. Think of the consumer base not the developer base....

HTML5 and ouya

zakchaos — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:02:19 +0000

I use a program called construct 2 which exports to html5 and was wondering if anybody had any sucess so far with intergrating the controller API into an .apk wrapper.

I've noticed i can use the controller in browser when playing an html5 version of my game, which im assuming the ouya is emulating keyboard controls. if this is the case, is there keyboard aliases for any of the other buttons i could utilize?

GUI background

jets28cm — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:16:17 +0000

They defiantly need to make it easier to change the background in the GUI interface

Screen Recording

Matt_Lang — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:52:19 +0000

Hey guys I just want to offer a free service to those of you that do not have the ability to do screen recordings of their games/apps on ouya. If you want me to, I can make some gameplay videos of your games and give them to you to edit. Just send me a message telling me where I can download your apk from and what you want me to do in the video. I will then give it to you to edit/add sound effects and stuff like that. But just a warning, I do not currently have sound working with my screen capture device so there will be NO SOUND but if it magically starts working, you'll be lucky haha but don't get your hopes up

This service is only offered as I have free time and I am not garunteed to return a video to you if you message me. I'll try to get em all out there but no promises :)

Game status: Archived

pixjuegos — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:15:25 +0000

It seems that some of my games' status is "Archived" and others are "Published". What does those status mean?

Thanks in advance! :)