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== kspaceduel tournament -- a tribute to Spacewar! == | == Spacewar! tournament == |
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[[WikiPedia:Spacewar!|Spacewar!]] was one of the earliest computer action games. Developed by hackers for the PDP-1 initially in 1961 and 1962, and released freely shared source code; it was in effect, the first notable free and open source action game. | [[WikiPedia:Spacewar!|Spacewar!]] was one of the earliest computer action games. Developed by hackers for the [[WikiPedia:PDP-1|PDP-1]] initially in 1961 and 1962, and released with freely shared source code; it is the first notable free and open source action game. |
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As a tribute in this 50th year since development started, Skullspace will host a tournament with the slightly more modern [[http://games.kde.org/game.php?game=kspaceduel|kspaceduel]]. | As a tribute in this 50th year since development started, Skullspace member Mark Jenkins will host a tournament using a version running on [[http://spacewar.oversigma.com/|on a PDP-1 emulator written in Java]]. |
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=== Timeline === * 12:00-14:00: Practice time * 14:00-14:10: Reading from [[WikiPedia:Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution|Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution]] by Steven Levy, the hacker ethic as enumerated by Levy and a sample from chapter 3, Spacewar!. * 14:10-16:00: Tournament play |
( Does anyone want to point out any of the cool things going on in [[http://spacewar.oversigma.com/sources/|the source]]? ) Concurrent with the tournament, Adrian will demonstrate what the loading experience was like on the PDP-1 in 1961 with the [[WikiPedia:Punched_tape|punched tape]] reader for his PDP-11 -- with a game with a confusingly similar name, Spacewars. And Mark will invite folks waiting around to read out chapter 3 on Spacewar! from [[WikiPedia:Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution|Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution]] by Steven Levy. |
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* Number of rounds required to win a match to be determined by tournament administrator in order to target 16:00 finish time | * Number of rounds required to win a match to be determined by tournament administrator in order to target 15:00 finish time |
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* Participants have the opportunity to do key remapping at the start of a match === Volunteers positions === * Tournament administrator -- volunteer needed * Assistant to tournament administrator -- volunteer needed * Someone to bring a copy of chapter 3, Spacewar! from Hackers -- volunteer needed * Someone to select an appropriate length sample of chapter 3, Spacewar! -- volunteer needed * Someone to kick off the tournament by reading the hacker ethic as enumerated by Levy and to read the sample from chapter 3, Spacewar! -- volunteer needed === Computers with kspaceduel pre-installed and available for tournament play === * Mark's laptop with external keyboard |
2011/Canada/Winnipeg/Skullspace
The monthly hack-a-thon at Winnipeg Skullspace will recognize Software Freedom Day (Saturday 17th) by incorporating some free and open source software related events into that day.
Spacewar! tournament
Spacewar! was one of the earliest computer action games. Developed by hackers for the PDP-1 initially in 1961 and 1962, and released with freely shared source code; it is the first notable free and open source action game.
As a tribute in this 50th year since development started, Skullspace member Mark Jenkins will host a tournament using a version running on on a PDP-1 emulator written in Java.
( Does anyone want to point out any of the cool things going on in the source? )
Concurrent with the tournament, Adrian will demonstrate what the loading experience was like on the PDP-1 in 1961 with the punched tape reader for his PDP-11 -- with a game with a confusingly similar name, Spacewars.
And Mark will invite folks waiting around to read out chapter 3 on Spacewar! from Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy.
Tournament Format
- Position in tournament to be determined by tournament administrator
- Number of rounds required to win a match to be determined by tournament administrator in order to target 15:00 finish time
- Left/right position on keyboard determined by tournament administrator