A native port of Armagetron Advanced — the open‑source 3D Tron light‑cycle game — to the OUYA microconsole. Runs fullscreen at a smooth frame rate on the OUYA's NVIDIA Tegra 3 (Android 4.1 / API 16), driven entirely by the OUYA gamepad.
Status: playable — boots, runs fullscreen, gamepad‑controlled, online‑capable. See
docs/OUYA_PORT.mdfor the full technical write‑up of the port.
- Native OpenGL ES 2.0 rendering through gl4es — the desktop immediate‑mode GL of the engine is translated to GLES2 at a single backend point.
- Fullscreen output at a fixed 720p render buffer, upscaled by the OS to fill the panel — true fullscreen and fill‑rate headroom for a steady frame rate on Tegra 3.
- Gamepad‑only controls designed for the OUYA controller (no keyboard/mouse needed).
- Self‑contained: all game data (config, textures, models, sounds, music, language) is bundled in the APK and unpacked on first launch.
- Online multiplayer works (server browser + master server lookup over HTTPS).
- Appears in the OUYA games menu with a proper tile icon.
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| D‑pad Left / Right | Steer the light‑cycle |
| D‑pad Down | Brake |
| OUYA system button (single press) | Open / close the in‑game menu |
| X / U (left face button) | Switch camera mode |
| D‑pad + face buttons | Navigate menus (O = Select / A = Back) |
On a non‑OUYA controller (e.g. a wired Xbox 360 pad) the Start button opens the in‑game menu instead of the system button.
The analog stick is intentionally unbound — steering is digital (d‑pad) only, which also prevents the OUYA's accelerometer from drifting the cycle. See the technical doc for why.
- Download the APK from the Releases page.
- Copy it to the OUYA and install it (e.g. via
adb):adb connect <ouya-ip>:5555 adb install -r ArmagetronAdvanced-OUYA.apk
- The game appears in Make → … / Games. The first launch only shows an "Installing game data…" screen with a progress percentage while the bundled game data is unpacked to storage (~30–60 s on the OUYA's slow flash) — this is normal and happens once per version.
The engine base of this port is the upstream 0.4 development trunk — the in‑progress next
major version, which is ahead of the 0.2.9.x stable line (0.2.9.3.0 at the time of writing).
The 0.4 trunk is what provides the tutorials, the cockpit HUD system and other features this
port uses. Port releases are numbered rN (0.4-trunk-ouya-rN) independently of engine
versions; earlier releases were tagged 0.4.x, which unintentionally looked like an engine
version number — they were port release numbers.
Requires the Android NDK r23.2.8568313, JDK 11, and the prebuilt native dependencies
(included under android/app/src/main/cpp/lib) plus Boost 1.82 headers (not vendored — see
docs/OUYA_PORT.md).
⚠️ On Windows, build from a path without spaces (AGP/ninja break on them). Use a junction:New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path C:\arma -Target "<repo>", then build fromC:\arma.
cd android
./gradlew assembleDebug
# -> app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apkTarget: armeabi-v7a, minSdkVersion 16, OpenGL ES 2.0.
- Armagetron Advanced © the Armagetron Advanced Team — GPL‑2.0‑or‑later.
This port keeps the engine under the same license; see
LICENSE. - Engine source lives under
armagetronad/; the OUYA shell, native glue, CMake build and patches live underandroid/. - Native GL translation by gl4es (ptitSeb); windowing/input via SDL2.
This is an unofficial, community port for a discontinued console, provided for preservation and fun. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Armagetron Advanced Team or OUYA.