Hello,
As an accepted organisation for the Google Sumer of Code (GSoC), LabLua is seeking students interested in working with SDL-based games using the programming language Céu.
LabLua is a research lab at PUC-Rio dedicated to programming languages:
This is our second year participating in GSoC:
https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2015/lablua
Last year we had 4 students working with us:
https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/lablua
Besides Lua, LabLua also does research on the language Céu, which targets system-level development of reactive systems. For a little introduction about the language, please watch the video in our front page:
Céu appeared last year on "StrangeLoop" and the "Future Programming Workshop":
http://www.future-programming.org/program.html
Suggestions are welcome (also from list members not necessarily applying to GSoC).
- Idea 1:
Port to Céu an existing C++ open source game of considerable size (30-50k lines of code).
Here are some possible projects to look for:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games
http://www.reddit.com/r/opensourcegames
In addition to a working implementation, we expect the student to write about the experience of using Céu in the context of game development, also comparing the implementations in terms of code complexity (e.g., lines of code), resource usage (CPU, memory), etc.
Check the official website:
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015
- SDL
- C
(Previous experience with Céu is of course not required.)
The current distribution of Céu is only available for Linux. A student using another operating system is also welcome, as long as she/he has the skills to build the development environment by her/himself. The compiler of Céu depends on gcc, lua-5.1, and lua-lpeg.
Last year LabLua had over 15 submissions for only 4 slots. (Note that we will only know the number of slots for this year after the students submit the proposals.)
It is highly recommended that the student installs Céu, compiles some examples, possibly making something very simple from scratch (or changing some existing example). For us, this is important to see if the student will be able to keep track of the project. For the student, this initial experience is important to ensure that the expectations with the project match the reality.
If the student has participated in other open source projects, it is also recommended that she/he tell us about that experience.
We will be happy to answer.
Thanks, Francisco Sant'Anna (LabLua)