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.
kspaceduel tournament -- a tribute to 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.
As a tribute in this 50th year since development started, Skullspace will host a tournament with the slightly more modern kspaceduel.
Timeline
- 12:00-14:00: Practice time
14:00-14:10: Reading from 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
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 16:00 finish time
- Left/right position on keyboard determined by tournament administrator
- 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