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This is a (growing) list of activities in development for the XO laptop. Click on an activity name for detailed information about its design and development status.

For information about activity development in general, see the Activities section of the OLPC Human Interface Guidelines, and Creating an Activity.

For information about content under development, see library grid.

Sugar Activity List

Icon	Activity Name	Description	Last Build	l10n & Status	Mime types
General Search and Discovery
-	Journal	File and activity browser and history	542 C	integration in process, always on
-	Browse	Web browser	542 C	Web version 19 - depend on new hulahop package, embedded ogg playback added	.ogg, .html
-	Library	Overview of content activities	519 C	Being packaged separately with /home/olpc ; 519 version ~200M, current version is ~9M, runs via Browse	.xol
Documents (Read, Write & Share)
	Read	Book/pdf reader	4xx C	May not be a sugar icon in the long run; Can get to it from the browser; PDF functionality ok but mem-hungry.	.pdf
	Write	Word processor	5xx C	version 20+; added collaboration; journal integration added	.doc, .abw, .txt, .rtf
-	Collage	Collage and book maker	???	Being worked on by Sophie	?
-	MikMik	Distributed wiki editor	???	Not in current build; part of Mako's thesis. Being tested this month. Basics work, for T3.	?
-	Story Builder	Graphical story constructor with a variety of characters and backgrounds and simple word-processing capabilities for writing and sharing via mesh.	???	Not in current build
Feeds : News and more, (Read, Write & Share)
.	News Reader	News reader	4xx C	May not be a sugar icon in the long run; Get from the browser	?
Chat and talk
.	Chat	Text chat	535 C	Works though the School Server or on the mesh.
.	Video Chat	Video/Voice chat (Call)	437	Probably not a Sugar Icon. Can talk to another person over internet; peer to peer still being worked out.
Drawing & Media editing
-	Draw	Basic Paint	5xx C	GUI needs rework.
	Tux Paint	excellent paint program for young kids	?	Localized to 70 languages. Native code; Sugar API documentation is a roadblock.	.png (currently captive)
-	Photograph (Capture)	Still and video C	542	With video	.jpg, .ogg
	TamTam	Music composition	5xx C	partially complete.	.ogg, .midi
Programming
-	Console	Developer's console	All	Not a Sugar icon. Accessed with Alt+= from sugar, includes diagnostics and terminal.
-	Develop	Development IDE/tool	No	Most recent version not working in current builds.
-	Python	Programming language/environment	?	Not in current build
	Etoys	Learning / programming / authoring environment	542 C	In the build; presence integration underway.
-	Logo	Logo programming language	?	Not in current build
-	Turtle Art	Psuedo-Logo graphical programming language	542 C	Needs a toolbar
-	Scratch	Learning / programming / authoring environment	?	Under development
-	EduKT	Multimedia Content Creator	?	In Development, initial 0.29 release done.
-	Guido van Robot	Educational programming language, IDE and lessons	?	Stable. Work is done to integrate the lessons.
Math & Science
	Calculate	Basic calculator	4xx C	In the build; usable as is. Maybe grouped with spreadsheet.
-	Calculadora	Basic calculator with visualization of calculations	4xx	Some issues with render on XO
-	Spreadsheet	Basic spreadsheet	?	Not in the build yet. Group Sugar icon with calculate
	Ruler	Simple ruler and cm/mm grids	51x	TRIAL-2 feature complete. Needs l10n, and testing on real hardware.
	Stopwatch	Basic stopwatch	496	Could go TRIAL-2 with current features. But more planned. Needs l10n, and testing on real hardware.
-	Measure / Oscilloscope	Oscilloscope and Data Logging	542	Not in current build.
Media, Audio & Video Players
-	DJ	unknown quantity	?	Not in current build
-	Multi-media	Gnash for early builds	?	Not in current build
-	Helix media activity	Media player	5xx	In latest build	.ogg+
-	Sonata music player	Musicpd backend and frontend	?	Not in current build
Games
-	Block Party	Tetris game	? C	In the build; could use optimization, but complete.
-	Block Game	Tetris game	?	svn .xo file, sugarized
-	Connect	Connect-4 game	502	UI Improved to tell you what is going on (waiting for player to join...); works with salut
-	Deducto	Logic game	?	Running well in Sugar. Development going on to make it compatible with the UI guidelines.
	Kuku	Educational tutorial game	5xx	Kuku/Localization, Not in the build
	Implode	Logic game	5xx	Not in current build.
	Memorize	Memory game (?)	5xx	Not in current build
	Memoletters / Memonumbers	Memory game for learning letters and numbers and more	5xx	Not in current build, flexible tile model
	Memonumbers	Memory game for numbers	-	Not in current build
-	Math game	math game for making a number as a function of 4 others	?	Not in current build; has YouTube video demo
	ABC FLower	A more appropriate version of the hangman game	N	Not in current build
-	Reversi	Reversi board game	4xx	Not in current build; see coderanger.net source
-	Slider Puzzle	Slider Puzzle to improve on puzzle solving skills	4xx	Not in current build. Already works and the UI is almost defined. Partial mesh support.
-	Spray Play	two- or more? player shape-pushing physics game	??	Not in current build. code @ googlecode.com.
-	3D Pong	3d pong game	4xx	Not in current build; on the wiki as uploaded file.
	Typewriter	Phonics, Vocabulary and Typing game	406	Not in current build;
-	SpaceWars	classic space game	?	Not in current build; Ported by the Silverman brothers.
-	DazzleDarts	classic physics game	?	Not in current build; Ported by the Silverman brothers and Vadim Gerasimov (network enabled, but not integrated into Sugar)
-	GCompris	collection of games	?	Not in current build; Ported by the GCompris team but not integrated into Sugar. The port consist in making each of the 100 GCompris activities being packaged individually.
	Domino	math domino game	?	Not in current build; Don't support mesh yet, you can play with your xo.
	Ecomundo	life simulation game	?	Not in current build;
Teacher tools
-	MaMaMedia Teacher Center	More 'traditional' resources for teachers exploring the XO/MaMaMedia Activity Center in-class	?	Not in current build
-	Wikiosity	Customized reading list generation from link structure of Wikipedia	?	Not in current build
Other
-	Poll Builder	Simple poll tool that allows children to express their opinions on a given topic	-	Not in current build
-	MaMaMedia Activity Center	Menu Page for MaMaMedia activity suite	4xx	Not in current build
-	MaMaMedia Teacher Center	More 'traditional' resources for teachers exploring the XO/MaMaMedia Activity Center in-class	?	Not in current build
-	Cartoon Builder	Create cell animations	-	Not in current build
-	Story Builder	Graphical story constructor with a variety of characters and backgrounds and simple word-processing capabilities for writing and sharing via mesh.	?	Not in current build
	User:AlbertCahalan#example_app Hello-1.0.0.tar.gz	Demo/example of Sugar API usage.	?	Not in current build
-	Mesh Board	Peer-to-peer "Craigslist"	?	Not in current build
-	VisualAcuityDemo	Play with visual acuity measurements.	?	Needs tube-based remote control.
-	Terminal	An activity version of the Sugar terminal	49x	Not in current build; v.1, Terminal-1.xo. needs l10n.

l10n — Please note the l10n (aka Localization) elements of the activity (ie: the POT file/directory link — [http:link POT] or [[PO page]].

Launching from: mesh, taskbar, journal, clipbar, browser.

See also

• Activity bundle, Library grid, Software ideas