Re: Libre games jam - a proposal

[Jacob Hrbek <kreyren@rixotstudio.cz>]

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I agree that infrastructure or some kind of management is critical

On 1/6/22 18:20, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Following on from the thread
>
> LibreJam - FSF* should host a Libre Game development tournament!
>
> I think the general consensus is, that this is a good idea.   The
> question is, how do we pull this off.
>
> Firstly I appreciate the tech team are busy :)
>
> I would suggest putting together some infrastructure first, so that
> maybe there is a specific mailing list for this project.
>
> We need to work out what the aims are,  so lets say we want to take
> someone (any age) who is using scratch, they want to either
>
> 1. Write their own games
> 2. Help maintain / contribute to existing free software games
>
> We need to try and help them along that path.
>
> Assuming people are pretty good with Scratch,  then we can take that as
> a starting point.
>
> 1. I think a general rule is that you should let the project dic
tate
> what you use. So by that python, love2d, etc are good for 2d games,
> where as GoDot, castle engines are designed for 3d games.
>
> I don't think 3d games in python would work.
>
> Making games
>
> 2.  Help people learn the basics, so find some tutorials to teach
> writing games in python for example
>
> http://inventwithpython.com/#scratch
>
> is perhaps a good starting point.
>
>
> Contributing to games
>
> Start simple,  Rocks n diamonds I think is free software, just that some
> level sets are not.   This is fine just install the free level sets.
>
> Start by making levels and contributing them back to the project. This
> is not about self promotion but I have made lots of videos on this topic.
>
> https://personaljournal.ca/rocksanddiamonds/
>
> So hopefully they are helpful,  ideally you need someone who you can
> meet face to face to test them,  make sure they are playable,  identify
> any major problems (just as you would with writing / testin
g software).
>
> This also teaches collaboration,  if rename levels in such a way when
> uploaded to git repository they all sit nicely together.  This can be
> done if you create levels 1-10 in the game and someone else creates
> levels 11-20,   when merged you end up with 20 levels.
>
> What you also learn here is collaboration, communication team work etc
>
> Contributing to games 2
>
> Perhaps a step up from the above is to make mods for Minetest, again
> lots of info on this, so it is a case of finding a team to you.
>
> I have tried to collate information in to a blog post
>
> https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/minetest-foss-minecraft-clone
>
> I appreciate that I have used the term FOSS which is depreciated, it is
> a blog post, can be reposted with a better title / content.
>
> Writing 2d games is then perhaps the next step
> then creating levels for 3d games (say assault cube) can we write mods
> for the game, if so how.
>
> Finally then move on to
3d games (if people want to),  perhaps a step
> before that is to cover programs such as blender to learn about 3d
> graphics, lighting, etc and using x,y,z axis
>
> We have all the free software tools we need for this
>
> git/gitlab
> etherpads
> bigbluebutton / jitsi
> IRC, mailing lists
> We could use a shared nextcloud for the rocksndiamonds levels, and other
> resources.   If people are not very confident with git. (Lets not put
> barriers in place) bend any barriers, so that eventually people can be
> confident with tools like git.
>
> Perhaps make lots of use of Decentralised platforms too (helps to
> promote) for example mastodon, peertube etc.
>
> If people see positive activity on these platforms it encourages their use.
>
> I think suggesting people create a specific e-mail for lists using for
> example disroot (which then gives you other tools like nextcloud,  pads
> etc) or protonmail also helps keep your game creation activities
> seperate, it also
means your normal inbox doesn't get swamped with
> messages.
>
> People such as the https://techlearningcollective.com/ who did a talk at
> Libreplanet,  could also be promoted to provide some of the training.
>
> Perhaps set up the infrastructure, then launch the idea at LibrePlanet,
>    so we can get people on board, to help at least, then figure out what
> we are able to teach people to get them started.
>
> Hardware such as the Raspberry Pi may not be fully RYF BUT it is very
> popular, very common and the support structure is there,   this is
> important if things go wrong they can usually find someone locally who
> can help.    The RYF issue becomes a talking / education point at least.
>
> Just a few thoughts
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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