Activities/Blocku/Development

This page displays the pertinent information regarding the development of Blocku.

Members
If you would like to help out with the development of Blocku then contact any of the active members. We would be happy with any help you can give.

Active

 * Members listed here are actively working on the project.

{| Mark DeMayo email: [mailto:mdemayo24@gmail.com mdemayo24@gmail.com ]

Contribution: Designer, Artist

Inactive Members

 * Members listed here are not actively working on the project, but may be contacted for questioning or consult purposes.

Development Meetings
4pm-6pm Wednesday January 20, 2010

4pm Thursday January 28, 2010 (IRC)

4pm-6pm Thursday February 18, 2010

2pm-4pm Wednesday February 24, 2010

5pm-6pm Thursday February 25, 2010

6pm Tuesday September 21, 2010 - Meeting w/project creator (Mark DeMayo) to discuss the project's status and development to date.

9am Friday September 24, 2010 - Initial group meeting, division of labor, discussion of project milestones

3-5pm Friday October 1, 2010 - Work on Pythonistas presentation, milestones, and goal breakdown/update

2pm Sunday October 10, 2010 - Work on puzzle editor, redeveloped/expanded milestones

10am Thursday November 11, 2010 - Merge final code,  create final presentation for tonights Pythonistas meeting. Complete group documentation.

10am Tuesday November 16, 2010 - Meet to turn in most updated versions of all materials. Update wiki with all relevant information to be used by future developers.

Updates
12.18.2013 Updated the Wiki Page with new contacts, Added more to the Git Repository including a ReadMe, updated the game to work with newer versions of Sugar

01.14.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with New Links

01.16.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new suggestions

01.21.2010 Updated the Wiki Page with new description, milestones, and logo

01.27.2010 Added in Fran, Added in summaries for student/teachers

02.02.2010 Developed Teacher Lesson Plan

02.09.2010 Reformatted Wiki

02.07.2010 Created the screenshot of the start menu and three game screens

02.07.2010 Added the screenshots to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the Lesson Plan to the wiki

02.09.2010 Added the active members and their contacts to wiki

02.09.2010 Reformatted and Enhanced the Wiki

02.24.2010 Fixed Size on Bugs Box, Added in more bugs encountered

02.24.2010 Added in future work for possible co-ops for blocku at RIT

02.25.2010 Added an image of the tutorial screen.

09.23.2010 Added new group members to wiki.

10.31.2010 Updated development page with new milestones and progress. Also added new screen shots and mock-up images. Updated Bugs/Fixes.

11.09.2010 Another milestone crossed off the list (block rotation). Added the new public repository link and the svn link for the board editor. Board editor screen shots up as well.

02.22.2011 Version 1.0 released

Milestones & Goals

 * Decide which program to use as a foundation. (Tetravex, Super Cube, Jigsaw-Puzzle)


 * Display a graphical interface.


 * Make squares movable.


 * Display squares with numbers.


 * Make squares able to be rotated.


 * Display game grid.


 * Blocks can snap to grid.


 * Complete Software Requirements Specifications


 * Complete Lesson Plan, and Instructional Documentation


 * Block rotation


 * Basic menu functions


 * Allow use of GameBoy buttons


 * Create art style


 * Time Attack Mode


 * Puzzle Mode


 * Story Mode


 * Scoring system


 * Sugarize

For a complete list of tasks that need to be accomplished, please see the following http://kaeedo.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/start-of-co-op/
 * Translate

Future Work

 * Allow teachers to input any constraint not just Math ones.


 * Change custom game screen to allow users to input matching pairs.


 * Change custom game screen to allow users to input constraint.


 * The ability to save games.


 * The ability to load games.


 * A leaderboard.


 * Achievements/Trophies


 * Save pair lists and constraints for future use.


 * Add sound effects for snap to grid


 * Possibility of Trololo song upon completion of puzzle during SOLVED! screen


 * Getting fractions into the game and being able to display them properly

Public Git Repository
http://gitorious.org/blocku/blocku

SVN For the Editor
http://blocku.sourcefortsmod.com/svn

Server
irc.freenode.net

Channel

 * 1) blocku