Re: Libre games jam - a proposal

[Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>]

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Hi Roberto

Cool thanks for this,  I think we have a lot of material available to us 
now,  what we need is to decide how to structure something so that 
people can learn.

We need learners I gues

Paul


On 06/01/2022 19:00, Roberto Sánchez wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Just a few short things...
> 
> Godot can make both 2D and 3D games, it also uses (among others) a scripting
> language similar to python called Gdscript.
> 
> Also, for this purpose, maybe the people at gdquest (  who provide Godot
> training materials whichI think are under free licences) could be potentially
> useful partners.
> Hope this is somewhat useful.
> 
> Roberto
> 
> On 6 Jan 2022 18:20, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
> <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> 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 dictate
>      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 / testing 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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