SummerOfCodeIdeas
I want to be one of your Google Summer of Code students, what should I do...
Welcome! Here is a quick list of things to do at this time:
- MOST IMPORTANT Submit your application to Google till May 3rd.
- MOST IMPORTANT Join the irc channel (#wesnoth-dev on irc.freenode.net) and talk about your project and your appilication. We will not give formal interviews, but we will clearly favor people we have learned to know during the selection process (basically communication via IRC is mandatory for our project! it is the main way of "every day communication" for Wesnoth. For the same reason, it's also a good idea to regularly read the IRC logs.).
- VERY IMPORTANT Create the wiki page about your idea (Make a copy of the student proposal page template: SoC2013 Template of Student page):
- Fill the questionnaire.
- Detail your idea as much as possible, look at other students pages, and please give timeline, milestones and studies you've done
- If you haven't done so yet, create an account on gna.org (required for committing later on)
- If you haven't done so yet, create an account on the wesnoth forum, and tell an admin of the forum or leader of the group on the IRC channel to mark it as a GSoC Student account (admins/group leaders are: Boucman, Crab, fendrin/Fabi, Ivanovic, Mordante/SkeletonCrew, Noy, shadowm/shadowmaster, Sirp/Dave, Soliton)
- Though not mandatory, it is highly advisable to go to the EasyCoding and NotSoEasyCoding pages and implement one of these ideas (or any idea of similar scope) so we have an idea how you work. Be sure to use your gna account when submitting these patches so we know who it is coming from. You can also implement some features from our feature request database at gna. When you implement something, also list it on your own page with a reference to the patch. This should give you a good idea what the Wesnoth sourcecode is like and will provide a good start to getting used to our coding style, too. You can also start working on your project and submit patches/prototypes related to it
- For working on Wesnoth you have to be able to compile trunk. To do so you should have a look at the page about the repository and afterwards compile Wesnoth.
Information about our Project
The information we provided google with about our project can be looked up at the site SoC Information for Google.
Also see the DeveloperResources link (from the Project page).
People to bug on IRC
We have prepared a list of people with their "area of competence". This is to give you an idea on which areas those people can be of help for you. Of course you should always just ask in the IRC chan, but those are the most likely ones to answer questions in the respective area. And here is the list:
List of Ideas for the Project (Suggestions from wesnoth developers)
| NOTE: this list of ideas is automatically generated from the 'description' section of pages in Summer of Code 2013 Idea category. DO NOT TRY TO EDIT THIS LIST BY HAND - IT WON'T WORK. INSTEAD, CREATE A NEW PAGE WITH THE 'Soc Ideas2013 Template' template. |
| NOTE: to add a student page, create a new page based on copy the student proposal page template: SoC2013 Template of Student page): |
Addon Server: Create a new and shiny one
Page for the idea: SoC_Ideas_Addon_Server_2013
Wesnoth has an addon server that originally only hosted extra campaigns, but now also hosts Multiplayer Maps, Factions, Eras and more. Also the amount of hosted addon has increased over the years. The server itself is almost unchanged and can use an upgrade. Performance-wise things are not bad, but it would be nice to store additional meta-information on the server and have a better integration for translations.
There are no submitted student proposals for this idea
AI: Implement a 'total defense' strategy
Page for the idea: SoC Ideas AI Defense Strategies 2013
AI in wesnoth's is good at killing things but is bad at defending. Therefore we are forced to make it attack at 2:1 odds. This is the single biggest limiter of the AI skill at the moment. To solve that, we need to teach the AI to defend.
Suggested skills: C++, knowledge of wesnoth's gameplay (can be learned during the project)
There are no student proposals for this idea
AI: Improve configuration and behavior in mainline campaigns
Page for the idea: SoC Ideas AI in Mainline Campaigns Refactoring_2013
We need to ensure our mainline campaigns are using the new capabilities of the AI engine, and improve AI in them by using behavior scripts implemented in lua and C++ code.
Suggested skills: testing and QA skills, C++, lua (can be learned during the project).
There are no student proposals for this idea
AI: Refactor recruitment algorithm
Page for the idea: SoC_Ideas_AI_Recruitment_2013
We need to refactor existing wesnoth's recruitment algorithm to:
- support recruiting with multiple leaders.
- support per-leader recruit/recall lists.
- support easy limiting of recruitable units.
- analyze map terrain better
- recruit units that are more useful
- improve counter-recruiting strategies.
- improve recruiting for AI-playable campaigns where AI has to not spend all the gold.
Most likely, a new implementation would be coded from scratch, taking parts of existing C++ code as a guideline.
Suggested skills: mainly C++, a bit of lua (can be learned during the project)
There are no student proposals for this idea
Game Engine: Improve Multiplayer Campaign Support
Page for the idea: SoC Ideas Multiplayer Campaign Support 2013
We need to make coding multiplayer campaigns as easy as coding single player campaigns, making it possible to use different difficulty levels, save/restore progress, and switch/remove/add players easily.
Suggested skills: C++ coding (the project some hard C++ coding tasks in a large codebase)
There are no student proposals for this idea
Other: Your own ideas
Page for the idea: SoC_Ideas_Your_Own_Ideas_2013
Suggested skills: C++ (depends on the project).
There are no student proposals for this idea
New idea template title
Page for the idea: SoC_Ideas2013_Template
Info that will appear on Summer of Code ideas list.
There are no submitted student proposals for this idea
Student proposals not submitted to google
There are 24 student proposals which were not submitted to google
Arkist
Arkist
dragos
Dragos/GsoC 2013/AI: Implement a 'total defense' strategy
dragos
Dragos/GsoC 2013/AI: Refactor recruitment algorithm
elf11, elf_11, elf__11
Elf11
flix
Flixx/GSoC 2013/AI: AI: Refactor recruitment algorithm
GrayS
Gray
jleldridge
Jleldridge
kelpy
Kelpy
MaraJade
MaraJade
Nephro, nephNephro SoC2013
perennate
Perennate
pjte
PJ
PL_kolek, PL_kolek_, PL_kolek__, PL_kolek___
PL kolek
redeian
Redeian
rsyh93
Rsyh93
Shofixti
Questionnaire
Please see the following page for the questionnaire:
User:Shofixti/GSoC13/QuestionnaireShofixti/GSoC13/Proposal
darius42
SoC2013 Darius42
thunderstruck
SoC2013 thunderstruck MP Campaign Support
threkk
Threkk
Trademark
Trademark/GSoC 2013/Addon Server: Create a new and shiny one
varunv
Varunv
Vinipsmaker/GSoC13
YoungWolf
YoungWolf
Zazweda, ValentinD
Zazweda
Student proposals submitted both to wiki and google
(marked by hand, so if your proposal is not there, don't panic, check google's site instead and ping us, if necessary)
All the proposals were submitted to google
Arkist
Dragos/GsoC 2013/AI: Implement a 'total defense' strategy
Dragos/GsoC 2013/AI: Refactor recruitment algorithm
Elf11
Flixx/GSoC 2013/AI: AI: Refactor recruitment algorithm
Gray
Jleldridge
Kelpy
MaraJade
Nephro SoC2013
Perennate
PJ
PL kolek
Redeian
Rsyh93
Shofixti/GSoC13/Proposal
SoC2013 Darius42
SoC2013 thunderstruck MP Campaign Support
Threkk
Trademark/GSoC 2013/Addon Server: Create a new and shiny one
Varunv
Vinipsmaker/GSoC13
YoungWolf
Zazweda
Result from Google acceptance
List of proposals accepted by Google would be available on May 27th