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== TileGamer: Make Your Own Games == |
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Welcome to the OLPC wiki page of [http://www.tilegamer.com www.tilegamer.com], the world's most easy-to-use game creation system. Non-programmers can use TileGamer (formerly known as Treenimation) to create multiplayer board games, as well as animated games, and programmers can add functionality to these games. Professional game developers can use TileGamer as a prototyping tool. All users can log on to www.tilegamer.com and play these games inside a web browser, or create their own games, absolutely free! |
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[http://www.vecsworld.com Vecset] is a software tool used for creating multiplayer games, such as |
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board games and animated games. There are 2 versions of Vecset: a Windows version, and a scaled-down |
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version for the XO Laptop. The Windows version will be implemented in Java, and the XO version will |
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be implemented in Python. The Windows version includes a built-in scripting language called Vecscript, and enables users to play games over the Internet (in their web browsers). The XO version uses Python as its scripting language, and users cannot play games in their web browsers. Instead they can play games with other nearby XO users, over the wireless network. |
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Games created with TileGamer can be converted into a Java applet and run in a web browser. Simple drag-and-drop games can be put together by non-programmers, and programmers can add functionality to these games. All games are written in a built-in scripting language called Treescript, which resembles Java. The game editor lets you switch between infix mode (like Java) and prefix mode (like Lisp, the default). The game editor compiles Treescript code into Tilegamer Intermediate Language (TIL), which is a text file. The TIL code is then loaded into memory and executed. |
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At runtime, the end-user runs the Java applet (or compiled Python code in the case of the XO Laptop). The game editor is written in Python, so it will potentially run on multiple platforms, such as Linux and Mac, not just Windows. The "Tile" in TileGamer indicates that most game elements are contained within the cells or tile-stacks of one or more onscreen grids. Also, all animated objects are either contained in a cell/tile-stack, or straddle the boundary between 2 adjacent cells/tile-stacks. |
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== Project Status == |
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I am [[User:Mikehahn|Mike Hahn]], the creator of Vecset. So far part of Vecset for Windows has been implemented in Python: the VEC Loader and the initial code that will eventually become the Code Editor. In a couple of days I will finish the Python coding, and then translate what I've developed so far (just the Code Editor part) into Java. |
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=== Join TileGamer === |
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TileGamer is a very ambitious project. I could really use the help of the OLPC Developers' community to pull it off. If you're interested, please visit [http://www.tilegamer.com TileGamer], and click on OLPC Links > TileGamer > Implementation Plan > Help Wanted. At this point, the implementation phase of the TileGamer project is in its infancy. Hopefully I can ramp it up and actually start writing code in the weeks and months ahead. |
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Treescript, which is the built-in scripting language included with Boardwalk, is at once powerful enough for professional game programmers to use to develop Treenimation-compatible game prototypes, yet so easy to learn that XO Laptop users (even children) can use it to learn how to program simple games, with only minimal intervention by an adult instructor. |
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=== Language Features === |
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* Operators precede their operand(s) |
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* Optional infix mode for experienced Python/Java programmers |
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* Structure Editor mode eases code entry for newbies |
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* Type a question mark (?) at any time to display a context-sensitive popup menu of valid code choices |
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* Stepping-stone to learning Python programming: |
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** Start them off in prefix mode (operators precede their operands), and later switch to infix mode (binary operators go in-between their operands) |
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* RAD-style program development, in which user selects game components from a component palette, and edits their design-time properties |
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* Game Editors: |
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** Board Games (static) |
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** Level Editor (animated) |
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** Vector Editor (a vector is an animated/static object, which may be composed of other vectors) |
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Latest revision as of 07:12, 20 May 2009
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TileGamer: Make Your Own Games
Welcome to the OLPC wiki page of www.tilegamer.com, the world's most easy-to-use game creation system. Non-programmers can use TileGamer (formerly known as Treenimation) to create multiplayer board games, as well as animated games, and programmers can add functionality to these games. Professional game developers can use TileGamer as a prototyping tool. All users can log on to www.tilegamer.com and play these games inside a web browser, or create their own games, absolutely free!
Games created with TileGamer can be converted into a Java applet and run in a web browser. Simple drag-and-drop games can be put together by non-programmers, and programmers can add functionality to these games. All games are written in a built-in scripting language called Treescript, which resembles Java. The game editor lets you switch between infix mode (like Java) and prefix mode (like Lisp, the default). The game editor compiles Treescript code into Tilegamer Intermediate Language (TIL), which is a text file. The TIL code is then loaded into memory and executed.
At runtime, the end-user runs the Java applet (or compiled Python code in the case of the XO Laptop). The game editor is written in Python, so it will potentially run on multiple platforms, such as Linux and Mac, not just Windows. The "Tile" in TileGamer indicates that most game elements are contained within the cells or tile-stacks of one or more onscreen grids. Also, all animated objects are either contained in a cell/tile-stack, or straddle the boundary between 2 adjacent cells/tile-stacks.
Older Versions of TileGamer
TileGamer is an evolution of 2 earlier project, Treenimation and Vecset. The XO version of Treenimation was called Boardwalk.
Join TileGamer
TileGamer is a very ambitious project. I could really use the help of the OLPC Developers' community to pull it off. If you're interested, please visit TileGamer, and click on OLPC Links > TileGamer > Implementation Plan > Help Wanted. At this point, the implementation phase of the TileGamer project is in its infancy. Hopefully I can ramp it up and actually start writing code in the weeks and months ahead.