SummerOfCodeIdeas

This page is related to Summer of Code 2014

See the list of Summer of Code 2014 Ideas

I want to be one of your Google Summer of Code students, what should I do?

Welcome! Here is a quick list of things to do:

MOST IMPORTANT: Submit your application to Google before March 21st.
MOST IMPORTANT: Join our IRC channel, #wesnoth-dev on irc.freenode.net (webchat), and talk about your project and your application. We will not give formal interviews, but we will clearly favor people we have learned to know during the selection process. IRC is the main, mandatory communication medium for the Battle for Wesnoth Project; for the same reason, it's also a good idea to regularly read the IRC logs.
VERY IMPORTANT: Create a wiki page about your idea, using our student proposal page template as base.
- To create a new page, enter the desired URL for the page in your browser's address bar, e.g. http://wiki.wesnoth.org/New_Page. (See also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page)
- Go into editing mode on the template page http://wiki.wesnoth.org/index.php?title=SoC2014_Template_of_Student_page&action=edit and copy the contents to your new page. DO NOT ACTUALLY EDIT ANYTHING IN THE TEMPLATE!
- Fill the questionnaire.
- Describe and explain your idea in as much detail as possible. Look at other student pages, and provide a timeline, milestones, and studies you've done.
If you haven't done so yet, create an account on GitHub. (Required for pull requests and for granting you commit access to the main repository later on.)
If you haven't done so yet, create an account on Gna.org, where our bugs tracker and developers mailing list are hosted. (Recommended for submitting bug reports with a single identity, required for managing bug reports if you are granted commit access.)
If you haven't done so yet, create an account in the Wesnoth.org forums, and tell a leader of the Summer of Code group or a forum administrator on the IRC channel to give it SoC group membership.
- Forum administrators: Ivanovic, Noy, shadowm, Soliton, Turuk
- SoC group leaders: AI, Crab, mordante/SkeletonCrew, thunderstruck, Trademark
Though not mandatory, it is highly advisable to take a look at the EasyCoding and NotSoEasyCoding pages and implement one of the proposed ideas ideas (or any idea of similar scope) so we can have an idea of how you work. Be sure to use your GitHub account when submitting pull requests so we know who it is coming from. You can also implement features from our bugs tracker.
- This should give you a good idea what the Wesnoth source code is like and help you get used to our coding style as well.
- When you implement something, also list it on your own page with a reference to the pull request.
- You can also start working on your project and submit patches/prototypes related to it.
For working on Wesnoth you must be able to compile Git master. See our repository information page and the guide on Compiling Wesnoth.

Information about our Project

The information we provided Google with about our project can be looked up at the site SoC Information for Google.

Also see the Developer Resources listing (linked from the Project page).

People to bug on IRC

We have prepared a list of people with their areas of competence. This should give you an idea of which areas those people can help you with. Of course you should always ask in the IRC channel first, but these are the most likely people to be able to help you.

SoC People to bug on IRC

List of Ideas for the Project (Suggestions from Wesnoth developers)

Note: This list of ideas is automatically generated from the Description section of pages in the Summer of Code 2014 Idea category. DO NOT TRY TO EDIT THIS LIST BY HAND - IT WON'T WORK. Instead, create a new page using the GSoC idea page template.

Note: To add a student page, create a new page copying the contents of the student proposal page template.

AI: Improve AI by implementing global attack/retreat decision

Page for the idea: SoC_Ideas_AI_Global_strategy

The Wesnoth AI works by making local decisions about moves and attacks. Teach it to determine if it's worth to fight offensively or defensively in a given situation.