User:Elfy/SoC Questionnaire - Revision history

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Elfy at 21:26, 30 March 2008

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Elfy: /* GUI toolkit */

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Elfy at 17:25, 29 March 2008

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 In short - most designers do not care of individual hexagons(however this is a matter of faction balance) but tend imagine the general overview of the things they are about to draw. Adding such functionality will allow them to quickly generate the thing that is on mind needing only some retouch after the generation.
 As to details IMHO Beziers curves are ideal to fill the role of a tool for defining areas as they provide intuitive and easy to code 'drag-n-bend' feature which most computer users are very familliar with.
 === Technology ===
 ==== GUI toolkit ====

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 == Timeline ==
-TODO
+The timeline estimation for the project is following. Basically the project consists of two parts loosely connected with each other: '''WML editor''' and '''Terrain Editor'''. Though they will form a unite application by the end of development they need distinct methods employed in order to be written.
 == Description ==
 The project I've chosen is the rewrite of wesnoth map editor.

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 = Basics =
 == Introduction ==
-My name is Protas Oleksiy. I come from Southern Ukraine, Crimea more precisely. At the present moment I am a biology student and freelance programmer. Speaking of global goals I set in my life I would like to find a cure for cancer and aging one day as well as help open and alternative software gain worldwide acknowledge and break the chains of stereotype and monopoly regarding software market. My hobbies include solving math problems, wrtiting poems, fishkeeping beadcrafting and more. I am not employed at the moment but I am occupying head software engineer position in our [http://usic.org.ua university student internet center] and also do computer work at the [http://imbg.org.ua biological lab].
+My name is Protas Oleksiy. I come from Southern Ukraine, Crimea more precisely. At the present moment I am a biology student and freelance programmer. Speaking of global goals I set in my life I would like to find a cure for cancer and aging one day as well as help open and alternative software gain worldwide acknowledge and break the chains of stereotype and monopoly regarding software market. My hobbies include solving math problems, wrtiting poems, fishkeeping beadcrafting and more. I am not employed at the moment but I am occupying head software engineer position in our [http://usic.org.ua university student internet center] and also do some computer work at the [http://imbg.org.ua biological lab].
 == Email ==
 My main e-mail is: http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5192/emailky4.png

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 === Technology ===
 ==== GUI toolkit ====
-This is the point to discuss with the developpers so I am presenting this in a form of pro-contras
+The editor will use Qt4 library for UI operations. Advantages:
-===== Native Wesnoth UI =====
+* Arthur engine provides fast and efficient drawing capabilities.
-Pro:
+* Qt allows a complex nonmodal dialog structure to be rapidly developped.
-* Gives an original '''Look-n-Feel''' of the game.
+* No need to code specialized widgets.
-* Can be easily embedded into the main executable.
+The Qt4 is present in virtually every Linux distribution. As to Windows binary release - Qt dlls can be shipped within the package with ease providing seameless installation for end-user.
-Contra:
 ==== User Interface ====
 The new editor will feature a vectoral 'select'-like tool including some subvariants similar to the '''Photoshop''' or '''Gimp''' selection mechanics while keeping them as most simple and trivial to use as possible. The selection then can be filled with terrain based on some predefined generation rules (akin to '''gradients''' in raster image editors but more demostrative to use) or cloned to achieve symmetrical formations.

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 I came up with the idea of project long before and I was just happy finding it in the list given by deleloppers. The project of my choice is '''Map/Scenario Editor'''.
 == Reasoning ==
-I've chosen the project because scripted map-editing is my passion in all strategy games I come across. Also having a userfriendly scenario editor greatly speeds up the mapmaking process as stated in an interview with Blizzard employee speaking of difficulties making maps for '''Warcraft I''' (TODO: link here). MORE HERE
+I've chosen the project because scripted map-editing is my passion in all strategy games I come across. Also having a userfriendly scenario editor greatly speeds up the mapmaking process as stated in an interview with Blizzard employee speaking of difficulties making maps for '''Warcraft I''' (TODO: link here).
 == Timeline ==
 TODO

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 * Can't be trully embedded into the main game program.
 * Will have very different visual style.
 == Gains ==

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 * Let the generator make the terrain more lifelike for example adding occasional forest tiles on plains etc.
 * Make transitions between different terrains more smooth, again freeing the designer from picking each tile by hand.
 In short - most designers do not care of individual hexagons(however this is a matter of faction balance) but tend imagine the general overview of the things they are about to draw. Adding such functionality will allow them to quickly generate the thing that is on mind needing only some retouch after the generation.
 == Gains ==

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 I study at [http://www.ukma.kiev.ua National University "Kievo-Mohylanska Akademia"] majoring in biology and attending extra courses of math, physics, chemistry and computer science. I am currently freshman because of reenrolling on biology from physics department.
 = Experience =
 == Gaming ==
-Well, I can't consider myself truly a gamer but I've always been fond of computer games. I prefer fantasy strategies and roleplaying, puzzle, stealth action games. My top-list of games includes: all ''warcrafts'', ''thief'', ''doom''. Speaking of type I am more hacker than a gamer - I always seek to exploit the game, carry on experiments with engine and so on. Most of the times just for fun as oposed to find cheat-like exploits. Also the story and multiplayer is critical for the game to please me. I often dig hard into a storyline and analyze the game atmosphere, live in it. I've discovered '''Wesnoth''' roughly a year and a half ago while browing portage and immediately fell in love with it. I mostly lean towards multiplayer but not just a meelee scirmish but a more scripted and fun action.
+Well, I can't consider myself truly a gamer but I've always been fond of computer games. I prefer fantasy strategies and roleplaying, puzzle, stealth action games. My top-list of games includes: all ''warcrafts'', ''thief'', ''doom''. Speaking of type I am more hacker than a gamer - I always seek to exploit the game, carry on experiments with engine and so on. Most of the times just for fun as oposed to find cheat-like exploits. Also the story and multiplayer is critical for the game to please me. I often dig hard into a storyline and analyze the game atmosphere, live in it. I've discovered '''Wesnoth''' roughly a year and a half ago while browsing portage and immediately fell in love with it. I mostly lean towards multiplayer but not just a meelee scirmish but a more scripted and fun action.
 = Project =
 == Selection ==
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 == Reasoning ==
 I've chosen the project because scripted map-editing is my passion in all strategy games I come across. Also having a userfriendly scenario editor greatly speeds up the mapmaking process as stated in an interview with Blizzard employee speaking of difficulties making maps for '''Warcraft I''' (TODO: link here). MORE HERE
 == Gains ==
 The first thing to gain from the project is to give birth to a brand-new scenario editor for wesnoth allowing the map base to grow more intensively. At least I would like also to use the thing after it is done ;-) The other thing to gain is the experience working on massive and opersource project which is on my point of view invaluable.
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 == Phone ==
 I like phone calls but written communication with mentor is way better providing a logback and natural 'antinoise' and 'misunderstanding' protection :-)

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