As per the announcement regarding invitation of talk proposals for the Open source Game Development devroom, I wish to give a talk on KDE's Gaming Application Suite , The Gluon Project . Following is a short brief up on the same:<br clear="all">
<div><br></div><div><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Title: The </span><a href="http://gluon.gamingfreedom.org/about-gluon" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gluon Project</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Update</span><br>
</b><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></b></div><div><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Name: Shreya Pandit<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></b></div><div><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bio:</span><br>
</b><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A participant in Google Summer of Code 2013 under the KDE Community, I have been a KDE contributor and fan for long. I have worked on </span><a href="http://www.kexi-project.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kexi</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, KDE’s database management application as a part of season of KDE 2011 ; </span><a href="http://www.calligra-suite.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Calligra</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, their upcoming office suite to add various features to their word processor (Calligra Words ) and their writer-friendly tool ( Calligra Author ) and regularly do bug fixes. My work during GSoC involved increasing the usability and user experience for Gluon Creator, KDE’s Game Creation Tool. A short overview of my proposal can be found </span><a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/shreya_pandit/19002#" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> . A graduate in Computer sciences and engineering, I will join </span><a href="http://www.thoughtworks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ThoughtWorks</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in the coming year as an application developer. I have presented my work in various open source conferences such as the Desktop Summit 2011 at Berlin, Akademy 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia and been a part of Calligra’s annual sprints. </span></b></div>
<div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Abstract:</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Gluon Project is an open framework for Game Creation and Distribution and encompasses the needs of all alike, from the Game Author to the Game Player . It strives to </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">provide a complete ecosystem for both the creation, distribution and feedback gathering in 2D Games.</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the last couple of years the project has seen progress with leaps and bounds, it has been worked upon actively throughout the year. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session aims at showcasing the progress of the project over the years, along with a working demo of the latest version of the application . The Gluon Creator and Player, crucial parts of The Gluon Project will be looked upon. Light would also be thrown on working of Gluon on the mobile platform .It also talks about the roadmap ahead, and garnering newer contributors.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Length: 20-30 minutes </span></span></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Thanking you!<div>-- <br><br>
Shreya Pandit<br>
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