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Quper
Quper
Team name: None Project name: Net School 1.0 Brief description: It will be a program made in python, propably pygame. that will be a online school for those with the OLPC computer. Target aim: Freeware Compensation: None Technology: Python - Cross Plaform Talent needed: - Project leader - Programmers - One graphic designer Team structure: Me - Designer Contacts: Send a reply here or send a PM to me Additional Info: Even if this isn't a game, it has a lot in common with how it is built up. So it is proppably better if you know how to make games in python then applications, but both types whould be nice to mave in it. I've been planing a application project that will be mostly made for the OLPC computer, but also cross-platform. If you don't know what OLPC is: It is a project to make a laptop for 100 dollars to the children in the poor countrys. The program i've been planning is called "Net School 1.0" as you propably know from the title it is going to be a program that will make it able to have school online. it will also be able to save and download lessons to it. ask questions and so on. It will propably be made in pygame since the OLPC have best support for python. The reason i call it 1.0 is that i've been planning a couple of versions, that will be an upgrade from the previously. The reason for not just making one version with everything directly is that not everything is needed for it to be a realy useful program. plus it might be easier to hold together a group if they don't need to be in it to the end. The design document are half finished but chould be finished pretty fast if there whould be any interest of starting it. About me. I a, a c++ game programmer student. I was hoping to be able to start it on my own if there wasn't anyone that chould start it. So I've started to learn a little bit about python and found out, it is really a lot to learn. So i'm not so sure how long before I will be good enough to attribute something to the project so if there is any interest of anyone to be projet leader and start it, feel free to post a meessage. I will theb only be helping with stuff that you can't handle yourself or you want help with. Feedback: Only if you have something important to say. ps. I know some will be complaining of my small roll in it, but believe me. I whould have a bigger role if I chould. I see this as a project to helping people, not to get a good portfolio for myself. Hope some of you see it the same way
Walked
Walked
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=457668

As pasted above you posted in my thread regarding your project.

I am mildly curious in regard to what youre looking to do. Can you get in touch with me, ideally via AIM?

WalkedYarplane.

Thanks.
Quper
Quper
I will be back in my apartment the 20th of August so i can send all information you'll need since all my notations and desgin document are there. but feel free to contact me at my msn: roland_o@mail.com

[Edited by - Quper on July 29, 2007 4:10:12 PM]
Quper
Quper
Some of the thing that will be in the net school:

This is not all the stuff and this is not only the 1.0 version. the 1.0 version are pretty basic and doesnt contains all the stuff I will list down here

The student:

Will be able to

- talk to other persons in his group, or someone else for that matter if it is allowed and he click on the person in the list

- ask a teacher a question.

The asking will mostly be verbal but it will be options for text message also

- Read from ebooks

- Making notations

- Send in tests

- Writing in some html style ebook where you can see if you have correct answers directly


The teacher:

- Answering questions, the student must ask for permissions to ask a questions, otherwise noone else will hear, including the teacher

- Write more freely, not only in text

The server:

- Choose how many and how big groups there will be, a group works like when they are in a table. they will be the ones you'll aks questions

- How many thats reserved for people with password, and how many seats for the ones without

- What rights the students will have

- What ebook that will be in use

- Upload the ebook that will be used

- Subteachers


Some technology stuff

- Saving and playing lessons

- Use a replay to start a lesson

- The internet server and the lan server will have a bound that will make it possible to have just that computer connected to the internet server, then share the information to every computer that is connected to the local computer,since the information are the same. It will also have an option for the server(s) to only be able for the students to work togather with the ones in the lan.

- Be able to play some stream videos


There is mutch more i forgot to mention and some I havn't come up with yet. But don't be afraid, mutch of this will be in a later design document, not the one for the 1.0, I have splitted all things I wanted in 4-5 versions. And mutch of this are only in the dream stadium. The thing we are aming at now are the 1.0, so this is just a vision I have. Nothing you have to think about how long it will take to be made
Quper
Quper
Does anyone knows a "help wanted" forum for python?

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