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* Also, please read and respect the [[Portability Guide]].
* Also, please read and respect the [[Portability Guide]].
* If you have write access to our repository, you are expect to have read and to comply to the [[Commit Guidelines]].
* If you have write access to our repository, you are expect to have read and to comply to the [[Commit Guidelines]].
* If you want to provide a new Engine for ScummVM, check out our [[HOWTO-Engines|Engines HOWTO]].
* If you want to port ScummVM to a new platform, check out our [[HOWTO-Backends |Backends HOWTO]].
* Our [http://doxygen.scummvm.org/ Doxygen source code documentation] may help you to get the big picture about ScummVM.
* Our [http://doxygen.scummvm.org/ Doxygen source code documentation] may help you to get the big picture about ScummVM.
* Also, you might want to check our list for current [[Platform Limitations]]
* Also, you might want to check our list for current [[Platform Limitations]]
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* If your engine supports multiple games / game variants, properly detecting and differentiating them all can be a nuisance. Use the [[Advanced Detector]] to overcome this hurdle.
* If your engine supports multiple games / game variants, properly detecting and differentiating them all can be a nuisance. Use the [[Advanced Detector]] to overcome this hurdle.
* Accessing files in a portable fashion is non-trivial. Read all about [[HOWTO-Open_Files|how to open files]].
* Accessing files in a portable fashion is non-trivial. Read all about [[HOWTO-Open_Files|how to open files]].
== For Backend authors ==
* If you want to port ScummVM to a new platform, check out our [[HOWTO-Backends|Backends HOWTO]].


== Projects, plans, things to do ==
== Projects, plans, things to do ==
* [[OpenTasks|List of open tasks]], with relatively detailed descriptions, and contact points. Some rather small ones, some bigger ones, take a look.
* [[OpenTasks|List of open tasks]], with relatively detailed descriptions, and contact points. Some rather small ones, some bigger ones, take a look.
* [[Small Devices Backend]] -- this is under development as part of the GSoC, but additional help is welcome.
* [[Small Devices Backend]] -- this is under development as part of the GSoC, but additional help is welcome.
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