After I finish my game, I'll be VERY glad to work on a game for the OLPC project. I can use it as "community service learning" because my school requires it for my graduation. ;)
On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:04:47 -0400 Noah Kantrowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Horst JENS wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:02 -0400, Noah Kantrowitz wrote: > > > >> Calling all game developers! The One Laptop Per Child project needs > >> talented game developers to work on software for the XO laptops. > >> Thanks to a few awesome developers, PyGame is now up and running > >> under Sugar (the OLPC graphical environment) and should be > >> included in the build system shortly. What we need now is games > >> geared towards children in developing areas. Information about > >> PyGame on the XO can be found at > >> http://mailman.laptop.org/pipermail/games/2007-April/000036.html. > >> I would ask anyone interested in either building new games or > >> porting existing ones to join the OLPC games list > >> (http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/games) and discuss > >> your ideas there. This is a chance to have a major impact on the > >> lives of millions of children, as well as work on a unique > >> platform. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email > >> me, or ask on the games list. > >> > >> --Noah Kantrowitz > >> OLPC Evangelist > >> > > > > Hi Noah, > > making pygames for the OLPC project is a great idea. > > Could you post to some direct links of how and where to join the > > project (pygame -> olpc)? > > I figure i need to download / set up an emulator to test if my game > > is working on the OLPC-Computer ? > > -Horst > > > > > > > > > There are several developer images with Sugar preinstalled here: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developer_Images. If you are using Linux you > can also install the sugar system directly (see > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Installing_Sugar). As for joining, > there isn't really much formalized yet, other than the mailing list I > mentioned. Hope this helps. > > --Noah