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Line 1: − 1. Project Title & Shipment Detail+ − Name of Project: (WEB-PUBLISHED) − Interactive Fiction Interactive Developer (Inform7 IDE port to sugar) − IF game engine (Parchment virtual machine in webkit activity) − Shipping Address You've Verified: − IS FEDEX AND DHL SHIPPABLE (NO POST OFFICE BOXES) − INCLUDES A PHONE NUMBER − CONTAINS TEAM LEADER'S LEGAL NAME − US ADDRESS REQUESTED, OLPC CANNOT GUARANTY INTL SHIPPING − Number of Laptops (or other hardware) You Request to Borrow: − 1 − Loan Length—How Many Months: − 7 − + − 2. Team Participants+ − Name(s) & Contact Info: (include all email addresses & phone numbers) − Teams of more than 1 person are not required, but favored! − MP − SW − Employer and/or School: − Student at University of Mass Amherst − Past Experience/Qualifications: − I've worked with SW − Avid interactive fiction fan − linux experience (bash, install, package management) − competency with GNU make tools − − − 3. Objectives − Project Objectives: (WEB-PUBLISHED) − Concrete proposals with defined, measurable outcomes are much more likely to result in a laptop than "it would be cool to play with these and demo them". − − -Package the Inform 7 IDE for the Sugar learning environment − +I7 is an easy way of learning basic programming ideas − +I7 is also creative writing that takes advantage of interacting with a laptop − +plenty of source available for examples − +easy to learn − − -setup interactive fiction VM (make an Interactive Fiction Play activity) − +addition of 'easy to use' games − +numerous existing games − − Package french and spanish localizations − //Work with the makers of the Spanish and French languge extension modules to make them contained by default in the package − − − 4. Plan of Action − Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives: − − modify the I7 IDE for usage on the XO (create and IF Create activity) − -packaged into activity format − -take advantage of the Journal − − create an IF Play activity − -should use existing VM's (Quixe, Parchment) − -should integrate into journal − -package a set of games to go with it − − − 5. Needs − Why is this project needed? − provide a new realm of game playing / game creation that fits well on an XO machine − provide a tool for interactive storytelling and creative writing − − Locally? − In the greater OLPC/Sugar community? − Help introduce more people to an easy to use 'language' for making games − distribute a natual language programming environment that has spanish and french translations − -> better idea::: games help promote interaction with a machine increasing users ability to use the machine (think teachieaching mouse usage skills with solitaire :: fun trick that works) − we don't need to sell games, the people you're pitching already know that − Outside the community? − Promote the IF community − Why can't this project be done in emulation using non-XO machines? − testing font rendering on pixel Qi screens − viability on actual processing hardware − using the Inform7 IDE and making sure the UI conforms to the XO's dimensions and grayscale modes − (also making sure it doesnt outdo the processing hardware for longer stories) − Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for? − one per person actively working on to have access to a physical XO − Will you consider (1) salvaged/rebuilt or (2) damaged XO Laptops? − 1) yes − 2) yes, but a functioning XO would be preferred − − − 6. Sharing Deliverables − Project URL—where you'll Blog specific ongoing progress: − http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Inform7 − http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Activities/Inform7 − Please web-publish this entire completed proposal, removing any sections affecting your personal privacy. Ask if you want help -- communicating with our OLPC/Sugar global community is core! − How will you convey tentative ideas & results back to the OLPC/Sugar community, prior to completion? − Via IRC and announcements to mailing lists − How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or community members worldwide? − Sugar Activities − Repository hosted on git.sugarlabs.org/PROJECTNAME − Will your work have any possible application or use outside our community? − We would love to extend the existing gnome-inform7 translations (already using .po files) − If yes, how will these people be reached? − contact the IF community that it's been ported for use on XO via mailing lists, IFmud and the cambridge IF meetup − Have you investigated working with nearby XO Lending Libraries or Project Groups? − none in sturbridge/amherst area(?) − − − 7. Quality/Mentoring − Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing people? − Yes, but only once it has been built and package. − Teachers' input into Usability? − Yes, and on how to best integrate the activity into classrooms − How will you promote your work? − Via mailing lists − Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community? (WEB-PUBLISHED) − If YES: specify the kind of Ongoing Mentoring that will benefit you most. − If NO: specify who will help you share your progress, creations & results. − SW − − 8. Timeline (Start to Finish) − Please include a Proposed timeline for your Project life-cycle: (this can be in the form of Month 1, Month 2, etc rather than specific dates) − Include a couple milestones, even if tentative. − Timeline: − Month 1: − build Inform IDE − Begin work on Sugar oriented VM − − Month 2 − Have rudimentary VM built (prototype) − Further work on IDE − − Month 5: − Have beta of VM/IDE completed − − Month 6: − test test test the IDE and VM − − Month 7: − Create basic documentation − Create VM/IDE packages with inbuilt game collection ready to ship − − − Specify how you prefer to communicate your ongoing progress and obstacles! − [X] I agree to pass on the laptop(s) to a local OLPC group or other interested contributors in case I do not have need for the laptop(s) anymore or in case my project progress stalls.
Replaced content with " The Proposal Progress So Far: -Proposal (above link) has been submitted and accepted. Currently waiting on hardware --Maxpev, Apr3"
[[Activities/Inform7/Proposal | The Proposal]]
Progress So Far:
-Proposal (above link) has been submitted and accepted. Currently waiting on hardware --Maxpev, Apr3