User:Prakhar/Weekly Updates

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TYPING TURTLE

This page summarizes various activities that have been a part of the development process of game based typing turtle activity.

May 1-May 7, 2008

  • Introduction period with my mentor Mr. Wade Brainerd and co-developer Ms. Kate Scheppke
  • Laid out plans with my mentor. Kate will work on basic typing activity and I'll work on game-based typing activity.
  • Studied various current typing games like TuxType.
  • Wade conducted a survey to examine our present technical background.
  • Wade prepared a short tutorial for us to refer to equip ourselves with required technical skills.

May 8-May 19, 2008

  • Went into university exams. No progress.

May 20-May 27, 2008

  • Started reading about Sugar HIG and Sugar Activity Tutorial
  • Switched from Ubuntu to Fedora.
  • Emulated the Sugar environment on my PCs.

May 28-June 4, 2008

  • Started working on the game designs.
  • First mock-ups released.
  • Received my XO-1 on June 3
  • Dedicated 2 days to explore the XO environment.

June 5-June 11, 2008

  • Attended a Python workshop which really set the tone for the project.
  • Almost final mock-ups released. Still scope for improvement.
  • Converting the mock-ups into Python classes and methods.
  • Documented all the work on wiki.