On Thu, 10 May 2007, Kris Schnee wrote:
> Richard Jones wrote:
> > OLPC are having a game jam! It sounds like a helluva lot of fun and I'm
> > totally jealous of anyone who's in the US who could just fly there to
> > attend.
> >
> > The deadline for signing up is the 12th of May, so hop to it!
> >
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/GameJam
>
> This sounds like fun. But I'm not eager to pay $50-100 for the privilege
> of making and giving away games for a system I can't buy.
For that $50-$100 you get food and accommodation for the duration of the Jam.
As for your other point, well I guess that's how OLPC works. None of the
current developers will be actually using the laptop (though a lucky few do
actually have one).
You don't get the full system capabilities when you run a "system image"
installation -- you won't get the touchpad, special screen, mesh networking,
camera, other input devices, etc.
There will be hardware at the Jam for developers to run on.
Richard
