Re: [GSoC 2013] Improvements of the collision and physics simulation systems

Let me rephrase a bit. I know the syntax and concepts of C++ (actually, had
a full semester's work on it for college) but I haven't been working at in
a professional capacity. Anyway, I believe getting used to a language is
not difficult, as the difficult part is figuring out the language agnostic
parts such as the algorithms, the data structures, domain specific
techniques, etc. These are the pain points you see in code regardless of
the language :). So, I'll apply and hope the proposal gets accepted :).
This is a learning experience after all.

For a game, I'd actually like to use a couple of humanoid characters
trapped in a room with a transparent wall between them. The wall would have
cracks big enough for a bullet to go through. Each player gets a turn to
position himself somewhere in the room and shoot at his opponent. The trick
here is that you can curve the bullet (similar to the movie, Wanted), so
you can position where the other player can't hit you dead on and curve it
to hit the opponent.

The concept is still at the preliminary stages. Does this sound like a good
idea for the game?


On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Stefano Angeleri <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Surely not knowing c++ won't disqualify you immediately but definitely
> it's a noticeable handicap. In my experience people who took java and then
> moved to c++ found issues with pointers, but surely everyone is different
> and might be easy to tackle for you. Many of the people who applied till
> now have a certain level of knowledge of c++ already (usually several years
> working with it). So surely it will be more difficult (both being picked
> and doing the actual project), but it's not possible to say for certain as
> it depends on allocated slots, the actual proposal being submitted and many
> other indicators.
> Actually not many sent applications for the game showing cs capabilities.
> Regarding the project you choose, well for now we don't have applications
> on it, just like in the vfs project, also feel free to propose something
> which isn't in the list but might be of interest to the project.
>
> just my 2 cents.
>
> 2013/4/28 Tharindu Mathew <[email protected]>
>
>>  Hi everyone,
>>
>> My name is Tharindu Mathew, and I'm from Sri Lanka. I hope I'm not too
>> late to talk about a GSoC project, as I've got enrolled in school recently
>> (Master's @ Purdue) and became eligible to apply last week.
>>
>> A bit of history about myself: I've been mainly programming in Java for
>> about 6 years for work/university. So, I have some expertise in Java. I
>> hope that doesn't disqualify me immediately from submitting a successful
>> proposal for GSoC for Crystal Space (Please let me know if it does). That
>> being said, I'm good in Javascript and currently teaching myself C as well
>> as C++. I've participated in GSoC before in 2008 and worked for the Apache
>> Harmony project. My work is mentioned at [1][2]. I've also contributed to
>> the Apache Synapse and Apache Axis2 projects. Also, I'm good at the maths
>> parts as well (matrices, vectors, transformations, etc.) but need to brush
>> that up as I haven't used it too much lately :)
>>
>> I don't have plans for this summer as I'll be free of work and school and
>> will be able to take on a task fully. I've always been a fan of making
>> games and am currently trying my hands on making a 2D game for Android. My
>> main goal in doing a project for Crystal Space is to become an expert in
>> C++ and 3d graphics programming.
>>
>> I've gone through the ideas page at [3] and most of seem to allow me to
>> achieve my goal. I believe many folks must already be wanting to do the
>> game showing CS capabilities and such. Would 'Improvements of the
>> collision and physics simulation systems' still be open to take on? If not,
>> could you suggest a project that is not keenly contested to submit a
>> proposal on?
>>
>> PS: I'm checking out the source code, and is in the process of building it
>>
>> [1] - http://wiki.apache.org/general/SoC2008SuccessStories
>> [2] - http://harmony.apache.org/newshistory.html
>> [3] - http://www.crystalspace3d.org/trac/CS/wiki/SoC%20Ideas
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tharindu
>>
>> blog: http://mackiemathew.com/
>>
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Regards,

Tharindu

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