[ANN] Four new OLPC Games by the Software Architecture Group

> Hi all,
>
> we'd like to announce that we published four new games for the OLPC/XO laptop (also available
> for Standard Squeak, MIT license). They have been developed by students in the last semesters
> of our software architecture lecture (Hasso-Plattner-Institute, University of Potsdam).
>
> http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/projects/olpc/index.html
> (or: http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/projects/olpc/index.html)
>
> In particular, we thank the following students for their course work and Matthias Springer for
> porting the projects to the XO.
>
> BroBreakout
>         Fabio Niephaus, Daniel Werner, Philipp Otto, Frank Blechschmidt
> PetConnect
>         Jaqueline Pollak, Daniel Neuschaefer-Rube, Jakob Reschke, Judith Hartmann
> BDBoulderDash
>         Johannes Koch, Tim Friedrich, Johannes Villmow, Felix Wolff
> SpaceCleanup
>         Kai Fabian, Dominik Moritz, Malte Swart, Matthias Springer
>
> More games are coming soon...
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
> ---
> Michael Perscheid
> [hidden email]
>
> http://www.michaelperscheid.de/
>
>

> Hi all,
>
> we'd like to announce that we published four new games for the OLPC/XO
> laptop (also available
> for Standard Squeak, MIT license). They have been developed by students in
> the last semesters
> of our software architecture lecture (Hasso-Plattner-Institute, University
> of Potsdam).
>
> http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/projects/olpc/index.html
> (or: http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/projects/olpc/index.html)

> In particular, we thank the following students for their course work and
> Matthias Springer for
> porting the projects to the XO.
>
> BroBreakout
> Fabio Niephaus, Daniel Werner, Philipp Otto, Frank Blechschmidt
> PetConnect
> Jaqueline Pollak, Daniel Neuschaefer-Rube, Jakob Reschke, Judith Hartmann
> BDBoulderDash
> Johannes Koch, Tim Friedrich, Johannes Villmow, Felix Wolff
> SpaceCleanup
> Kai Fabian, Dominik Moritz, Malte Swart, Matthias Springer
>
> More games are coming soon...

> On Tue, April 16, 2013 11:22 am, Michael Perscheid wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> we'd like to announce that we published four new games for the OLPC/XO
>> laptop (also available
>> for Standard Squeak, MIT license). They have been developed by students in
>> the last semesters
>> of our software architecture lecture (Hasso-Plattner-Institute, University
>> of Potsdam).
>>
>> http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/projects/olpc/index.html
>> (or: http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/projects/olpc/index.html)
>
> Thank you. I downloaded all of the games on that page, and look forward to
> trying them out and dissecting them to see how they work.
>
> What materials do you use to teach Etoys and Squeak to your software
> architecture class? I see by opening a System Browser on BroBreakout that
> much of your game development is in Squeak.

>> In particular, we thank the following students for their course work and
>> Matthias Springer for
>> porting the projects to the XO.
>>
>> BroBreakout
>> Fabio Niephaus, Daniel Werner, Philipp Otto, Frank Blechschmidt
>> PetConnect
>> Jaqueline Pollak, Daniel Neuschaefer-Rube, Jakob Reschke, Judith Hartmann
>> BDBoulderDash
>> Johannes Koch, Tim Friedrich, Johannes Villmow, Felix Wolff
>> SpaceCleanup
>> Kai Fabian, Dominik Moritz, Malte Swart, Matthias Springer
>>
>> More games are coming soon...
>
> Vielen Dank.

> Hi Edward,
>
> On 17.04.2013, at 07:10, [hidden email] wrote:
>
>> On Tue, April 16, 2013 11:22 am, Michael Perscheid wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> we'd like to announce that we published four new games for the OLPC/XO
>>> laptop (also available
>>> for Standard Squeak, MIT license). They have been developed by students
>>> in
>>> the last semesters
>>> of our software architecture lecture (Hasso-Plattner-Institute,
>>> University
>>> of Potsdam).
>>>
>>> http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/projects/olpc/index.html
>>> (or: http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/hirschfeld/projects/olpc/index.html)
>>
>> Thank you. I downloaded all of the games on that page, and look forward
>> to
>> trying them out and dissecting them to see how they work.
>>
>> What materials do you use to teach Etoys and Squeak to your software
>> architecture class? I see by opening a System Browser on BroBreakout
>> that
>> much of your game development is in Squeak.
> All the games are implemented in Squeak/Smalltalk. We neither teach Etoys
> nor apply it for our student projects. The course is about writing "good"
> software. The students should realize small games within 3 months and
> present their design decisions, architecture etc. This is the practical
> part for
> teaching idioms, design patterns, and object-orientation. As Etoys is
> built for
> children we cannot apply it for these purposes.
>
>> I an others are currently working on an Etoys Reference Manual in two
>> volumes,
>>
>> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/etoys-reference-manual/_edit/
>> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/etoys-reference-manual-vol-ii/_edit/
>>
>> including the Etoys interface to the Squeak IDE, and would be interested
>> in any comments you or your students could make. Or any of them could
>> join
>> in, if they like.
> I will have a look at it. We have another workshop course for pupils where
> we
> teach Etoys. More documentation would help us and the pupils a lot.
>
>> I am planning a book, Etoys by Example, that would start by showing how
>> learners can modify the tutorial and sample projects provided in the
>> Etoys
>> image, and how to learn Etoys and Squeak by dissecting such examples.
>> With
>> these tools, they can determine for themselves how they can use Etoys
>> effectively, and then progress to as much mastery of Squeak as they
>> choose. Would you or your students be willing for me to include some of
>> your software as more advanced examples, and to describe any of their
>> design process?
> Yes, you can do it. But remember that these projects are written in
> Smalltalk
> and mostly independent of Etoys. If you are interested in more details
> about
> these projects please contact me ([hidden email])
> or the students directly ([hidden email]).
>
>> I see that the page says that these games are under the MIT license, but
>> BroBreakout says that it is under a Creative Commons
>> Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. I have not yet looked at
>> the others. Can we get this resolved?
> Thanks for this information. We will fix it. Nevertheless, both licenses
> should
> work for OLPC and your project.
>
>>> In particular, we thank the following students for their course work
>>> and
>>> Matthias Springer for
>>> porting the projects to the XO.
>>>
>>> BroBreakout
>>> Fabio Niephaus, Daniel Werner, Philipp Otto, Frank Blechschmidt
>>> PetConnect
>>> Jaqueline Pollak, Daniel Neuschaefer-Rube, Jakob Reschke, Judith
>>> Hartmann
>>> BDBoulderDash
>>> Johannes Koch, Tim Friedrich, Johannes Villmow, Felix Wolff
>>> SpaceCleanup
>>> Kai Fabian, Dominik Moritz, Malte Swart, Matthias Springer
>>>
>>> More games are coming soon...
>>
>> Vielen Dank.
> You're welcome.
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
> ---
> Michael Perscheid
> [hidden email]
>
> http://www.michaelperscheid.de/
>
>
>