Maemo Coding Competition 1
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Welcome to the first App development Contest for Maemo devices.
Are you bored waiting for new games to be released for your n900? Is your forehead wrinkled stressing about the lack of applications in the extras repository? Does the emptiness of the Ovi store make you urinate in your sleep? And do you call out your mother's name when making love to your girlfriend because of step 4 of 5 disappointment and unrelated mental issues?
Well now YOU can change that, my friends! Introducing the first ever N900 Coding Competition!
If you are new to programming or want to learn, here's the excuse to finally make something. Anything. Particularly crap or stupid apps are particularly welcome, and I, in particular, will be particularly focusing on making such an stupid crappy app in particular.
Qt, PyQt, PyGTK, whatever language you like as long as it's functionally complete, runs safely and easily on the n900. Don't make a virus kthx.
Categories
There are 6 main categories for submissions:
- Desktop
- System & Utilities
- Games
- Graphics & Multimedia
- Location & Navigation
- Other
Every good competition has prizes, and I'm starting the bounty at $50 or equivalent to the developer(s) of the best overall app. If you would like to add to the prize fund please reply and let me know.. $5, $10, anything would be gratefully received. Why not sponsor your favourite category?
The winning application(s) will be decided by forum poll after the closing date of July 21st, 2010.
Good luck and most of all have fun!
Entrants can join at any time.
Prizes
Nokia invites the six winners (winner of each category) to the MeeGo Conference 2010. [1] Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by Nokia.
Also there will be a prize fund into which the community will be able to donate.
Participants
Fill in the table with your application informations and progress.
| Developer | Application | Category | Current Progress (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ianaré | Tipqalc | Utilities | 95% |
| Ianaré | Moon phase widget | Desktop | 5% |
| b0unc3 | maenotify-0.4 | Desktop | 55% |
| rmerren | Old School | Misc (is there a "Useless" category?) | 5% |
| amandalam | eSpeak GUI Client | Graphics & Multimedia | 80% |
Rules
Entries to be submitted no later than Wednesday July 21 Midnight Greenwich time.
Entries will only be accepted for the following formats: Nokia N900.
Entries may be accepted for other systems but only if they benefit the above format. For example development tools, video encoders, game makers etc that run on PC/Mac/Linux...
Already released software must have a substantial upgrade from previous releases to qualify for judging and must also contain a list of changes to the previous version.
Entries to contain a text file with the authors email, PayPal address, the name of the software and a brief description of the software. This file should be called "entry.txt"
Entries that are not stand alone software will have to include any libraries or files required to run, or they should be easily available via the normal Maemo.org and Nokia repositories. In special circumstances we will be flexible on this rule but clear instructions will have to be provided. In the case of interpreters and emulators copyrighted files should not be included.
Entries in languages other than English will be accepted as long as sufficient English documentation is provided.