Re: [kidsgames] first_math

[jeff@smluc.org]

Hi Chris,

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Chris Ellec wrote:

-->Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 00:01:45 -0800
-->From: Chris Ellec <info@linuxforkids.com>
-->Reply-To: kidsgames@smluc.org
-->To: kidsgames@smluc.org, eduttg@seul.org
-->Subject: [kidsgames] first_math
-->
-->
-->Hello,
-->
-->I had started a little game using the ClanLib libraries to try to learn how those
-->work. It's supposed to be good for sprites and stuff, such as the Pingus game.
-->(which is a really nice game by the way)
-->

Yay!

-->I'm sorry to report that ClanLib is not very friendly. I can duplicate what's in
-->the tutorials, but beyond that, the documentation is very limited. So I'm trying
-->to do something , say move an object behind another one, and I don't even know
-->what function I'm supposed to use. And when you find it,  it's hard to figure out
-->how to use the arguments.
-->

Thank you for the report.

-->Anyway, I put that aside for now and tried the Gtk instead. Much Better ! I was
-->able to create a little game in a couple of hours.  Of course it's a lot less
-->fancy that my try at ClanLib, where I had flying penguins, but this one works !
-->

Alright!!!

-->It's not a very exciting game (just a math quizz), but I think it is a good
-->example of using Gtk.
-->

I would be surprised what is exciting for the kids.

-->If you want to try it: http://www.linuxforkids.com/first_math-0.0.1.tgz. The ftp
-->server is down, so I put it on the main http server.
-->

Would you like this to become one of the first kidsgames projects or
maintain it separately?

We have much to hash out on exactly how kidsgames will be related to
existing projects, and even projects that are spawned from the kidsgames
project.

I think it is perfectly acceptable to have both projects maintained
directly in the kidsgames cvs and those that are only linked to from
kidsgames.  Any comments on this from anybody?

-->
-->chris.
-->

-- 
Jeff Waddell
jeff@smluc.org

Kids Games Project Coordinator
main website at http://smluc.org/SIA/kidsgames/


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