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Basics

My name in Jarek Fuks. I live in Poland in Olawa. I use jake102 at gmail as my email adress the same goes to IRC and forums.

*Why GSoC

I study computer science at Wroclaw University; i'm at 4-th year

Experience

• What programs/software have you worked on before?

I was working in wevo (library of evolutionary algorithms written in java). I coded a lot of small apps like film libarary.

• Have you developed software in a team environment before? (As opposed to hacking on something on your own)

Yes i worked in several team projects but most of them aren't public.

• Have you participated to the Google Summer of Code before? As a mentor or a student? In what project? Were you successful? If not, why?

No.

• What development model would you use (e.g. keywords: V-model, XP programming, agile programming, iterative; with the help of prototyping, formal specifications, tests, etc).

I like XP with tests.

• Open Source
  • Are you already involved with any open source development projects? If yes, please describe the project and the scope of your involvement.

I was active developer of initial version of wevo, now I'm not active but still involved.

• Gaming experience
  • Are you a gamer? If so...

Yes

• • What type of gamer are you?

• • What type of games?

I prefer strategy and RPG games

• • What type of opponents do you prefer?

Human (also multiplayer campaigns are good ;)

• • Are you more interested in story or gameplay?

Rather story.

• • Have you played Wesnoth? If so, tell us roughly for how long and whether you lean towards single player or multiplayer.

I was playing wesnoth about year ago for some time (2-3 months). Equally singleplayer and multiplayer.

Communication skills

• Though most of our developers are not native English speakers, English is the project's working language. Describe your fluency level in written English.

I'm rather good in written English (had to read lots of books at school)

• Are you good at interacting with other players? Our developer community is friendly, but the player community can be a bit rough.

I'm calm and don't have problems with others.

• Do you give constructive advice?

I got many ideas, most constructive.

• Do you receive advice well?

I think so.

• Are you good at sorting useful criticisms from useless ones?

It takes some time, but yes.

= Project =
* Did you select a project from our list? If that is the case, what project did you select?
* If you have invented your own project, please describe the project and the scope.
* Why did you choose this project?
* Include an estimated timeline for your work on the project
* Include as much technical detail about your implementation as you can
* What do you expect to gain from this project?
* What would make you stay in the Wesnoth community after the conclusion of SOC? 

Practical considerations

• Are you familiar with any of the following tools?
  • Subversion - Yes
  • C++ - Yes
  • Python - No
• Which tools do you normally use for development? Why do you use them?

I use Eclipse. It is very comfortable environment and i write programs faster :). Debug is very easy. Code formating and quick fix extremely speeds up coding and debug.

• What programming languages are you fluent in?
  • Java
  • Perl
  • C#
  • PHP
  • C++ (as I've mentioned before)
• What spoken languages are you fluent in?
  • English
  • Polish
• At what hours are you awake (please specify in UTC)

9 AM - 12 PM

• Would you mind talking with your mentor on telephone / internet phone?

I don't mind.