[misc] Spring applied for GSoC 2009

[misc] Spring applied for GSoC 2009

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Auswaschbar
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[misc] Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Auswaschbar »

Spring applied for participation in the Google summer of code 2009 as a mentoring organisation. We hope to get some projects for improving spring, and to attract new developers, because you can never have enought of them ;)

If you know some C++ and want to see spring imrpoving, please participate. Also ask your friends, colleagues, siblings, grandparents ... if they want to do.

A list of some project examples can be found at http://spring.clan-sy.com/wiki/SpringEngineTODO. You can also make your own proprosal.
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MidKnight
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by MidKnight »

Huzzah! :mrgreen:

Sadly, my coding skill is equivalent to that of a dying rabid dog, so I can't really contribute much :(
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adin_panther
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by adin_panther »

I hope that works out, would be good for us.
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Forboding Angel
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Forboding Angel »

Posted :-)
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Otherside
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Otherside »

Hope this works :p

and i hope someone goes for new map format first :P
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MidKnight
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by MidKnight »

mesh deformation.
skeletal animation.
rope physics.

I wouldn't care about anything else if those were implemented :mrgreen:

though SM3+1 would be nice too
imbaczek
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by imbaczek »

all of this is in md5 AFAIK, which kloot has half-done, judging from the screenshots. bug him to release something ^^
el_matarife
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by el_matarife »

I noticed we didn't get accepted. Did they give any reason for turning us down?
Auswaschbar
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Auswaschbar »

Reasons some google-guy gave us in IRC:
  • there was some pessimistic comment in the gsoc-discussion forum thread, which was linked from our todo-page
  • we did not have a dedicated GSoC-site in our wiki, we used our regular todo-site
And yes, we know this is weird.
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jcnossen
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by jcnossen »

I can't find pessimistic comments in the gsoc thread, but I do agree with the last. If you look at other projects, they are really prepared for GSOC, have mentors and projects ready also.

Anyway, hopefully more luck next year..
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Agon
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Agon »

jcnossen wrote:I can't find pessimistic comments in the gsoc threadr..
I think they mean this:
"i don't quite believe google would want a rather niche game... and we're not exactly an organization."

And yeah, I should have put a google banner to the todo list and renamed it to "gsoc idea list" or something like that.....
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Otherside
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Otherside »

rather niche O_o

they accepted wesnoth last year. I think thats way more niche than a rts engine
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by imbaczek »

we talked a bit about this in #sy, the conclusion was "move along, nothing to see here". next year we'll have to try harder, use a wiki, censor the soc forum threads, provide a mentor for each project proposal upfront, etc. as of this year, case closed.
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[mft]Rrrr
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by [mft]Rrrr »

Good Luck to you!!
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clericvash
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by clericvash »

Goodluck for next year.
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1v0ry_k1ng
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by 1v0ry_k1ng »

they accept wesnoth but turn down spring?

GG
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Blue_Falcon
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Blue_Falcon »

Ok. IMO, that's madness. But Spring just needs to get more organized, then they might accept us. :|
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MidKnight
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by MidKnight »

slowpoke.dds
:|
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Soul
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Soul »

they accept wesnoth but turn down spring?

GG
Isn't wesnoth crap? Atleast compared to Spring.

We should demand justice, or at the very least extract revenge.
Societal
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Re: Spring applied for GSoC 2009

Post by Societal »

I can understand not liking the style of Wesnoth's gameplay, but calling it crap when it does several things better than Spring does currently stinks of bias.

* MacOS binaries + other more exotic OS binaries available
* Single-player campaigns
* Installer comes bundled with everything you need to play immediately because the content doesn't face the same legal ramifications of most Spring mods.
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