View source for Activities/Inform7/Proposal

[[Activities/Inform7 | The Blog]]

1. Project Title & Shipment Detail<br>
Name of Project: (WEB-PUBLISHED) <br>
Interactive Fiction Interactive Developer (Inform7 IDE port to sugar)<br>
IF game engine (Parchment virtual machine in webkit activity)<br>
Shipping Address You've Verified: <br>
Included in emailed proposal #103204<br>
Number of Laptops (or other hardware) You Request to Borrow:<br>
1<br>
Loan Length—How Many Months:<br>
7<br>


2. Team Participants<br>
Name(s) & Contact Info: (include all email addresses & phone numbers)<br>
Teams of more than 1 person are not required, but favored!<br>
MP<br>
SW<br>
Employer and/or School:<br>
Student at University of Mass Amherst<br>
Past Experience/Qualifications:<br>
I've worked with SW<br>
Avid interactive fiction fan<br>
linux experience (bash, install, package management)<br>
competency with GNU make tools<br>


3. Objectives
Project Objectives: (WEB-PUBLISHED)<br>
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".<br>

-Package the Inform 7 IDE for the Sugar learning environment<br>
+I7 is an easy way of learning basic programming ideas<br>
+I7 is also creative writing that takes advantage of interacting with a laptop<br>
+plenty of source available for examples<br>
+easy to learn<br>

-setup interactive fiction VM (make an Interactive Fiction Play activity)<br>
+addition of 'easy to use' games<br>
+numerous existing games<br>

Package french and spanish localizations<br>
//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<br>
Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:<br>

modify the I7 IDE for usage on the XO (create and IF Create activity)<br>
-packaged into activity format<br>
-take advantage of the Journal<br>

create an IF Play activity<br>
-should use existing VM's (Quixe, Parchment)<br>
-should integrate into journal<br>
-package a set of games to go with it<br>


5. Needs<br>
Why is this project needed?<br>
provide a new realm of game playing / game creation that fits well on an XO machine<br>
provide a tool for interactive storytelling and creative writing<br>

Locally?<br>
In the greater OLPC/Sugar community?<br>
Help introduce more people to an easy to use 'language' for making games<br>
distribute a natual language programming environment that has spanish and french translations<br>
-> better idea::: games help promote interaction with a machine increasing users ability to use the machine (think teaching mouse usage skills with solitaire :: fun trick that works)<br>
we don't need to sell games, the people you're pitching already know that<br>
Outside the community? <br>
Promote the IF community<br>
Why can't this project be done in emulation using non-XO machines? <br>
testing font rendering on pixel Qi screens<br>
viability on actual processing hardware<br>
using the Inform7 IDE and making sure the UI conforms to the XO's dimensions and grayscale modes<br>
(also making sure it doesnt outdo the processing hardware for longer stories)<br>
Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for? <br>
one per person actively working on to have access to a physical XO<br>
Will you consider (1) salvaged/rebuilt or (2) damaged XO Laptops? <br>
1) yes<br>
2) yes, but a functioning XO would be preferred<br>


6. Sharing Deliverables<br>
Project URL—where you'll Blog specific ongoing progress:<br>
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Inform7<br>
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Activities/Inform7<br>
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<br>
How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or community members worldwide?<br>
Sugar Activities<br>
Repository hosted on git.sugarlabs.org/PROJECTNAME<br>
Will your work have any possible application or use outside our community?<br>
We would love to extend the existing gnome-inform7 translations (already using .po files)<br>
If yes, how will these people be reached? <br>
contact the IF community that it's been ported for use on XO via mailing lists, IFmud and the cambridge IF meetup<br>
Have you investigated working with nearby XO Lending Libraries or Project Groups? <br>
none in sturbridge/amherst area(?)<br>


7. Quality/Mentoring<br>
Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing people? <br>
Yes, but only once it has been built and package.<br>
Teachers' input into Usability? <br>
Yes, and on how to best integrate the activity into classrooms<br>
How will you promote your work? <br>
Via mailing lists<br>
Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community? (WEB-PUBLISHED) <br>
If YES: specify the kind of Ongoing Mentoring that will benefit you most. <br>
If NO: specify who will help you share your progress, creations & results. <br>
SW<br>

8. Timeline (Start to Finish)<br>
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) <br>
Include a couple milestones, even if tentative. <br>
Timeline:<br>
Month 1:<br>
build Inform IDE<br>
Begin work on Sugar oriented VM<br>

Month 2<br>
Have rudimentary VM built (prototype)<br>
Further work on IDE<br>

Month 5:<br>
Have beta of VM/IDE completed<br>

Month 6:<br>
test test test the IDE and VM<br>

Month 7:<br>
Create basic documentation<br>
Create VM/IDE packages with inbuilt game collection ready to ship<br>


Specify how you prefer to communicate your ongoing progress and obstacles! <br>
[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.<br>