Ah, I see.. I've actually been looking at the Sugar project, I'd think the activity/group focus and the interface would work pretty well as a game environment.
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Christian Ahmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ryan. > > That comes closer to what I thought about. > Btw. you dismissed something.I plan to use the frontend as a replacement > for the normal Desktop environment, so that not XFCE is started by the > loginmanager like gdm. The frontend will be game oriented, but it can use > whatever program can be installed on Ubuntu. > You also may build your own frontend so that you can choose which > applications you want to use often and you can use them directly by a click > on the related entry / widget on the frontend. So you can use your browser, > pidgin, whatever program you want to. > > Djl looks nice, maybe I could lend some ideas from it ;-) > > Have a nice day, > Barde > > > 2009/5/2 Ryan Swart <[email protected]> > > This idea sounds pretty cool, as I understand it, you will have a full >> screen interface like Elisa or Ubuntu Netbook Remix, instead of just being a >> windowed app like Mirthkit or DJL (mirthkit also only seems to support games >> developed for it) >> >> The only problem I see regards the fact that people don't /just/ play >> games a lot of the time. You like to have controll over your music, have an >> im client or irc open, heck, even browse the web a lot of the time.. Having >> an interface that limits you to gaming could be problematic, maybe solved by >> integrating those activities into the app? >> >> But barde, definitely check out DJL <http://en.djl-linux.org/> in the >> meanwhile, the team has similar objectives and making a nice >> interface/adding functionality to the project would be awesome :) >> >> >> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Khalid Rashid <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hello Barde >>> >>> I skimmed through your email, so I'm sorry if i missed anything [?] I >>> think your idea sounds pretty similiar to mirthkit, which is already in >>> existance and FOSS. Did you check it out? >>> >>> BR, >>> >>> *Khalid Rashid <[email protected]>* My PGP public key ID: >>> BFC11F5F<http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xCC9370B757DE41F0A9B35496A8F1137DBFC11F5F> >>> >>> *"In the middle of every difficulty >>> lies opportunity."* -Albert Einstein >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 17:54, b4rd3 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there, Ubuntu Gaming Team. >>>> >>>> Let me shortly introduce myself. I am a 27 years old programmer and web >>>> designer with a certain dedication to making music, playing games, >>>> creating media and so on... of course on linux operating systems. >>>> >>>> I primarily used Gentoo Linux for many many years now, but some time ago >>>> I switched to Ubuntu, 'cause it just means less trouble. At all fronts >>>> you don't have to fight your system, many things will just work (even >>>> out of the box). That's an important point these days. Linux evolved and >>>> many many problems we once had were solved by time. But there's one >>>> thing remaining: >>>> We've got too many distributions, so especially developers of games >>>> don't have all the resources to test their games on every platform or >>>> distribution. We need a certain "base" - I just call it Ubuntu in these >>>> days. >>>> Also, there are too many games that are not really known to the public. >>>> They are in the repositories, but just few people ever installed them. >>>> The good ones should be better promoted. >>>> >>>> And now let me explain my idea as quickly as possible... >>>> Well, I have the idea to write a gaming frontend ( I already have a >>>> proof of concept - it works). This frontend should replace a normal >>>> Desktop Environment when Ubuntu is in "Gaming Mode". E.g. if you're >>>> running XFCE4 or similar, then you would start the frontend ( or make >>>> the frontend to your standard X11 Environment if you like , just tell >>>> GDM to start it rather than XFCE/ Gnome/ etc..). >>>> The frontend that appears then will check the users password ( he has to >>>> enter it once, so the system can do all things to come automatically >>>> later on) and check if 3d acceleration is activated as well as an >>>> internet connection is enabled. These are things that often should run >>>> just out of the box on a modern ubuntu system. Well, the frontend will >>>> then offer a list of game categories that you can select and then you >>>> come to a list containing games to this category. You will see, which >>>> games are installed at the moment and which ones are not. If the game is >>>> not installed, the player can just click on an install button and the >>>> system will apt-get it instantly from the ubuntu repositories (that's >>>> where the password comes into play). The user even can purge games, if >>>> he doesn't want to have it on his system anymore. You'll also see if the >>>> games can be played with more than one player and so on. >>>> >>>> To minimalize the development times of the frontend , my idea is to use >>>> a ruby based framework called MERB and write the whole frontend as a >>>> local running web application,rather than program the whole interface in >>>> a language like C / C++ or whatever. So we basically could use a lot of >>>> media and the interface can look whatever you like to. Settings will be >>>> stored in a portable sqlite3 database and the application itself will be >>>> running as a local user process with the help of the mongrels server, >>>> that itself is written in ruby/c++. >>>> With the help of the database, we could extend the system at any time >>>> without much bliss. The User can update the system database with the >>>> newly available games and so it can offer more games later on. >>>> >>>> We could extend the application so that it stores some data of the User >>>> like his nickname and >>>> Further development could lead to the creation of a gaming league that >>>> bases on oss games. We could use the system to promote new oss games >>>> from developers who otherwise wouldn't get much attention, for example. >>>> >>>> So it's clear that this is a lot of work, but with the help of some of >>>> you guys, we could get something together in the not too far away >>>> future. Xorg X11 development makes good progress in these days and 3d >>>> games and engines will support linux, if just a broader community would >>>> shine on. >>>> Maybe we could even use wine... writing scripts to automatically install >>>> windows games from cd /dvd that otherwise would be a pain to install for >>>> most users. There are plenty of ideas, we just have to stand up and the >>>> penguin out. >>>> >>>> many greetings from austria to everyone who reads this. >>>> >>>> btw. i say "thank you" to every bit of comment or criticism >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> barde >>>> -- >>>> This message was sent from Launchpad by the user >>>> b4rd3 (https://launchpad.net/~barde667<https://launchpad.net/%7Ebarde667> >>>> ) >>>> using the "Contact this team" link on the Ubuntu Gaming Team team page. >>>> For more information see >>>> https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: >>>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : >>>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >
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