toolchain for sugarizing local browser apps, game jam

[Walter Bender]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Carlos Nazareno <object404 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> Currently in Auckland, NZ now.
>
> Went to the game developer meetup last night and tossed the idea of an
> OLPC game jam for students and pro/hobbyist game developers to Stephen
> Knightly (chairperson of the NZ Game Developers Association ->
> http://twitter.com/sknightly )
>
> Problem is that there aren't enough Python coders and not everyone has
> the luxury of learning python.
>
> Perhaps other platforms that can run on the XO?
>
> For you guys who've been doing this, like in Nepal, Is there any good
> documentation out there for Sugarizing Javascript/CSS/Canvas/HTML5
> apps or any "web bundles" (Java applet/Flash applet packages) in
> general? Something that people with *zero* Python experience and who
> work on Windows & Mac can use.

Tomeu built a SWF interface to Sugar in order to build EatBloom

http://shell.sugarlabs.org/~tomeu/EatBoom-1.xo

I did a very simple Javascript activity:

http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4085

The work we have been putting into Gnome 3.0 will make it much easier
to support multiple languages... stay tuned.

-walter
>
> Another reason I'm big on cross-platform stuff for the XO is that so
> OLPC kids do not become "digital 2nd hand digital citizens" - they
> should be able to enjoy the same apps "the cool rich kids" use.
>
> We're looking at a possible pitch for the idea to at the auckland game
> dev meetup on January as a talk. Game jams are big right now, esp with
> http://ludumdare.com and for people who're into the demo scene
> http://scene.org instead of building some stuff just to show off mad
> skillz for free anyway, how about tapping them and building stuff for
> kids? Even interactive digital art stuff?
>
> Hope everyone is well,
>
> -Naz
>
> --
> carlos nazareno
> http://twitter.com/object404
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Walter Bender
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