<font size="4">Hello everyone,<br> Please forgive my poor Engligh.<br> I'm
on my second year for a Master degree in Computer Science from Chinese
Academy of Science,China.My name is Liu Yang.<br> I'm so excited to see the Tux4Kids when I
look through the projects list of GSoC--the SuperTux on OpenSUSE really
impressed me.So I browsed Tux4Kids' pages and the project
ideas,realizing that it would be a big honor to participate in this
project.Your passion for bringing happiness to kids really affects
me,and many many ideas just burst out,about the existing games and the
approaching games.But when I calmed down,I find that you guys are
right--the foundation architecture of the software is very very
important for a successful game.<br>
My major is computer graphic,so I think I can handle things refer to CG;I am familiar with C/C++,SQL,some source code management
systems like SVN,CVS,Git,some game engine like OSG,OGRE and Linux
programming.And I'm using OpenGL,DirectX,OpenCV,CUDA lib most in my research
work,so I think I can master SDL quickly(already studying and using it
now).Also I can help the locale of the TuxTyping for Chinese and Japanese. <br>
That letting more students play the games is the most important
thing,so the internationalization and cross-platform support is the
first-level task.If it has enough time,other features should be
considered.I list some ideas below:<br>
1.Assistant features:such as a special character who do help which
Deepak has mentioned,some properties like a green letter for slow down
the falling of words,and take a test and give a suggestion of the
hardness of game at beginning.<br>
2.Playfulness:There are a few game mode for now,and students always like
something new,so it's okay to add some more modes,taking endless
mode,time-limiting mode for example.Also the fish can not only falling
down,but also swimming along a river;the penguin have to jump from one
ice to another which has a letter on to across the river.<br>
3.Multiplatform:Have you considered to make it run on
cellphone?For I have noticed that kids around me
are available for cellphone easily than a computer.<br>4.New games:I
really want to advice you to develop a jigsaw puzzle game for the
imagery thinking is such a basis for the in-depth learning of many
subjects.<br>
Wish you good luck !<br> Best
regards!<br><br> LIU Yang<br>
April 4th,2010</font>