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C-Dogs SDL

  • Q: I'd like to participate. How do I begin?

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      Play the game! Suggestions and feedback are most welcome.

      Take a look at the list of open issues https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl/issues See if there's something you find important, or add your feature requests.


         — congus bongus (c_xong) · 3 years ago
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        Talk about diverse kinds of contributions. Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

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        Here's how to download and patch our codes…

        Read about our death-defying mailing list and momentous IRC channel at http://lobstermag.net.

  • Q: Other than writing code, how can I contribute?

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      Feedback, suggestions, bug reports, ideas, spreading the word


         — congus bongus (c_xong) · 3 years ago
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        Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.

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        We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.

  • Q: What's a good bug for a newcomer to tackle?

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      Getting started exercise

      https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl/wiki/Architecture

      This page has a high level overview of the game, as well as some exercises to test your understanding of the code. Once that's done, there are plenty of enhancements in the open issues list: https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl/issues


         — congus bongus (c_xong) · 3 years ago
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        Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!

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        Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.

  • Q: What is a bug or issue with C-Dogs SDL that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?

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      Replacement art

      The art is non-free, but there's a lot of art to replace. The project needs artists to replace the pixel art in the game. See https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl/issues/173


         — congus bongus (c_xong) · 3 years ago
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        I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.

        Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.

        I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.

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About C-Dogs SDL

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Classic overhead shoot-em-up game

from the profile of congus bongus (c_xong)

The code is mostly written in C.

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