Hi all, So there have been some pretty amazing things going on around here in Sky-Time land, way better than I would have ever dared to hope. We are talking with a school that is interested in using our game to teach time. They have made some good suggestions to improve our game before release. Ryan and Ian are currently working on merging their code, and will then jump on making those improvements. I have been working on the Sky-Time website. I’ll post the link here when that’s online. In oth ...

Howdy, This week has been full of fun FOSS related activities. For Sky-Time I created the small icon that will appear on the desktop. The Pythonistas meet up was very useful. Some suggestions really helped the coding end of our project. I saw Walter Bender speak! That was awesome. And after we talked about what icons he would like to see re-designed. So I will be attempting to make those real soon. Today he is coming to class to speak again. This weekend is the Space Apps Challenge! And also ...

All of the art assets are done! Wahoo. Code is going slowly but starting to come together. Next few steps: -Write out questions -lesson plan -Prettify website -translate languages ...

Currently my teammates are still learning Python and I made some really cute assets aimed at the first grade audience. We are currently on target to complete this weeks schedule. I attached the in progress assets. :) AttachmentSize skytime assets.jpg 1.4 MB ...

Working on Sky Time has been really fun so far. We have a planned schedule. I missed week four because I was at GDC but it sounds like they did a great job presenting out design to the class. I have high hopes that our project will be successful! :D http://jlk9713.cias.rit.edu/skytime/skytime.html ...

Here are some cool sugar applications that I did some research on: Etoys 113: “Media authoring environment with graphical scripting for children of all ages. Aren't we all children?” I love this idea. This is a great way to create stories through interacting with visuals. I also like that is aimed at a young age group. Pretty fun! Grid Paint 1: “A simple paint activity for kids to draw pictures using a grid of triangles. Be expressive using just colored triangles: now everyone could be an art ...

Hi, My name’s Jenn, and I am the new kid at FOSS@RIT. I am really excited to be the artist/designer to be working here!! I am studying Medical Illustration at RIT, and when I am not drawing organs in the cadaver lab, I have been getting into interactive media and game design. My first order of business at FOSS was attending a Random Hacks of Kindness hack-a-thon. It was the first I had heard of the organization, and honestly I was blown away by what they do. When you think of helping a chari ...