Re: [pygame] Calling all game developers - OLPC
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/36.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
Re: [pygame] Calling all game developers - OLPC
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/36.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
Re: [pygame] Calling all game developers - OLPC
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/36.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
