Comparative Analysis of Porting Strategies in J2ME Games

Authors:
Vander Alves;Ivan Cardim;Heitor Vital;Pedro Sampaio;Alexandre Damasceno;Paulo Borba;Geber Ramalho
Affiliations:
Federal University of Pernambuco;Federal University of Pernambuco;Meantime Mobile Creations;Meantime Mobile Creations;Meantime Mobile Creations;Federal University of Pernambuco;Federal University of Pernambuco
Venue:
ICSM '05 Proceedings of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Porting is a critical task in mobile device game development. The high diversity of devices requires correspondingly customized versions of a single game. Managing the variabilities among these customized versions while exploring the latent game commonality cannot be solely addressed with a single technique. This paper contributes to this task by identifying and analyzing porting challenges, and by evaluating and contrasting existing approaches within industrial-strength case studies of J2ME games. Further, we present lessons learned, proposing more effective guidelines for this process, aiming at improving the quality of the resulting applications and porting process productivity.