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Re: [pygame] Calling all game developers - OLPC
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- From: Charles Joseph Christie II <sonicbhoc@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:15:34 -0400
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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 <kantrn@xxxxxxx> 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