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{{Obsolete|Reason: It's a 2008 GSoC application, covering a basic scenario editor and which GUI toolkit would have been best to use for it in 2008.}}

== Contact ==
* '''IRC-Nick:''' smoerl
* '''GNA:''' malle
* '''Wesnoth-Forum''': Malle
* '''E-Mail:''' m.wienecke [AT] googlemail.com

== Me ==
My name is Malte Wienecke. I'm 24 years old and live in Bochum, Germany.

I study IT Security at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and next semester I will write my master thesis.

It's the first time I participate at the SoC. A friend told me about it and now I'm here, tring to 
be part of an open source project and finding a way to realize my ideas.

== Experience ==
I have some experience in the development of application with ''Java'' and ''Python'' using 
''pyQt 3.3''. Besides of that I have experiance in ''C''. I also had the chance to develop software in a small teams before, but most of the time I had to
work on my own.

I'm used to ''Sub&shy;&shy;version'' and the bugtracking system ''Mantis'' and my favorite IDE is ''Eclipse''.

For a small project I would use a simple ''Waterfall'' development model combined with an iterative.

It's the first time for me to work on an open source project, but I tried to create my own ajax based
RPG game, like the old SNES Zelda or Final Fantasy 5, but I had some problems with the ajax part. 
<small>(I'm working on it!... Hey, why don't create an browser based Battle for Wesnoth using Ajax? ;-))</small>

Taking of games... I'm not really gamer, not any more. I like the old games like the old Lukas Arts game
and games, where the story is important, like Final Fantasy (FF7 is my favorite). 
I'm not the 3D Shooter guy.

I know Wesnoth for 3 days now. I like the game, I just finished the south guard campain.
<small>(I know, I'm pretty slow... ;)</small> I also took a look at the WML source of that campain 
and I'm impressed of the possibilities to create a story.

== Communication skills ==
Coming to my comunication skills, I can write in English and I hope you understand what I'm tring 
to say, but my English could be better and I'm not the fastest writer. But I hope during the SoC I 
can improve my skills. My Spanish also needs some refreshment, but I had it 6 years at school. 
My German is fluent.

I don't know how good I can interact with players, I hope they don't kill me, when they see my 
results of the project. But I am here to learn so I try to accept advice :)

== The Project ==
I would like to develop the scenario Editor using ''Qt4'' with ''Python'' and ''pyQt''. I had the
idea to create an editor, that can be extended with plug-ins and for the usability to develop Wizards
to create e.g. events.

I selected this project, because it allows to create stories. I always liked the editor of 
''Starcraft'' <small>(One of the best strategy games ever!)</small> and the amount of possibilities
to create the story. It would be nice hearing this for my work some day. :)

=== Why pyQt and not SDL with Wesnoth widget toolkit ===
I want to use pyQt because I have some experience using pyQt and Python and I know how it works. If I develop the editor with SDL and the Wesnoth widgets, I have to spend time for getting to know the Wesnoth-Gui toolkit. I also don't know how python is integrated in the Wesnoth GUI.

An advantage is, that the editor would look like Wesnoth and can use Wesnoth source, if I Use the wesnoth own GUI-Toolkit, but the lack of time forces me to choose the pyQt toolkit.

== Timeline ==

'''Before May 26'''
* Getting to know with WML and the art of scenario creation
* Analysis of the problem

'''May 26 - START OF CODING'''
* Design of base editor

'''June 7'''
* Base editor with load, save functionality

'''June 21'''
* WML-Text-Plugin
* Possibility to display maps (not edit)

'''July 5'''
* Event-Plugin

'''July 19'''
* Other features (Story-editor...)

'''August 11'''
* STOP CODING

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