[Scummvm-devel] Fwd: Welcome to GSoC 2020 and ScummVM and ResidualVM!

Mon May 4 20:47:18 UTC 2020

Welcome Nathanael, Dylan, Aryan, and Gunnar. I hope you will enjoy your time with us this summer and I am looking forward to your contributions.

Thierry

> On 4 May 2020, at 21:33, Eugene Sandulenko <sev at scummvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Forgot to CC -devel
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Eugene Sandulenko <sev at scummvm.org <mailto:sev at scummvm.org>>
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 at 22:31
> Subject: Welcome to GSoC 2020 and ScummVM and ResidualVM!
> To: <gsoc-students at scummvm.org <mailto:gsoc-students at scummvm.org>>
> 
> 
> NOTE: This email contains important information on starting to build your relationship with the ScummVM and your mentoring team.
> 
> Dear students,
>  
> Congratulations on having your proposal accepted as a GSoC 2020 project for ScummVM and its sister project ResidualVM! We are really looking forward to working together with you on your projects and hope that these will all be rewarding and successful projects.
>  
> We have prepared a page on our wiki to outline the steps you should undertake next. Please read this carefully and follow the instructions given here: http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Summer_of_Code/Students_Guidelines <http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Summer_of_Code/Students_Guidelines>  Past GSoC students have also written a page with various tips: http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Tips_From_Past_GSoC'ers <http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Tips_From_Past_GSoC'ers>  If you are unsure about anything at all, please don't hesitate to contact us!
>  
> To summarise the big ticket items for you to look at in the near future are:
> 	- Get in touch with your project mentors and start to sort out your 'presence' for the project.
> 	- Start to actively discuss your task with your mentoring team and refine your proposals and project schedule.
> 	- If you have not done so already fork the ScummVM repository on GitHub and create a ‘home’ for your work.
> 	- Subscribe to scummvm-devel (at https://lists.scummvm.org/listinfo/scummvm-devel <https://lists.scummvm.org/listinfo/scummvm-devel>).
> 	- Setup your blog for the project. You are free to do this however you want, self-host or use whatever works for you. If you’re stuck a major site like Wordpress.com <http://wordpress.com/> may be helpful. Please let us know your Atom or RSS feed link as soon as possible so that they can be added to http://planet.scummvm.org <https://planet.scummvm.org/>
> 	- Post an introduction to your blog that you've been accepted and details about your task. Remember to keep your blog posts clean and use no profanity or offensive tone as we will aggregate them under the project planet.
> 	- E-mail your introductory letter to scummvm-devel telling everyone about yourself and your task. Ideally include a link to your blog and GitHub repository so people can follow your efforts during the project.
> 	- We strongly encourage you to be present in the #scummvm channel on Discord (https://discord.gg/5D8yTtF <https://discord.gg/5D8yTtF>) or #resudualvm on ResudualVM Discord server (https://discord.gg/VFQjRfa <https://discord.gg/VFQjRfa>) during the bonding period and while working on your project. This is also a good place to ask questions related to ScummVM or ResidualVM and get help.
>  
> Other than that, just stick around and get stuck into your projects and our codebases in general, ask any questions you might have and take an active stance in the community, read and learn. You are very welcome to get into coding but you’re not actually required to do it before June the 1st. However, please take into account your schedule, and if you have plans to start working earlier because of your availability, you are more than welcome.
>  
> Each project has a core mentoring team with the rest of the GSoC team providing support.
>  
> Your mentoring team are the primary points of contact for your project and it is recommended that you ensure that all your mentors are aware of all correspondence and progress as you work on your project. So make sure to always copy both your mentors when sending an email. Your mentoring team are also the ones responsible for evaluations at various points during the programme - but don't let this stop you from making the most of them by asking for help and guidance. Their /primary/ concern is helping you succeed in your project.
>  
> Projects and the mentoring teams are listed below:
> 
> Student: Nathanael Gentry (npjg on Discord)
> Task: Macromedia Director
> Mentors: Eugene Sandulenko (sev on Discord, sev at scummvm.org <mailto:sev at scummvm.org>), Arnaud Boutonné (Strangerke on Discord, strangerke at scummvm.org <mailto:strangerke at scummvm.org>)
> 
> Student: Dylan Servilla (djsrv on Discord)
> Task: Macromedia Director
> Mentors:  Eugene Sandulenko (sev on Discord, sev at scummvm.org <mailto:sev at scummvm.org>), Arnaud Boutonné (Strangerke on Discord, strangerke at scummvm.org <mailto:strangerke at scummvm.org>)
> 
> Student: Aryan Rawlani (aryanrawlani28 on Discord)
> Task: Unicode and BiDi support for GUI & Move Detection features to the main executable
> Mentors: John Willis (DJWillis on Discord, djwillis at scummvm.org <mailto:djwillis at scummvm.org>), Eugene Sandulenko (sev on Discord, sev at scummvm.org <mailto:sev at scummvm.org>)
> 
> Student: Gunnar Birke (Fury on Discord)
> Task: Wintermute 3D to ResidualVM
> Mentors: Einar Johan Trøan Sømåen (somaen on Discord, somaen at scummvm.org <mailto:somaen at scummvm.org>), Paweł Kołodziejski (aquadran on Discord, aquadran at scummvm.org <mailto:aquadran at scummvm.org>)
> 
> Additionally, other members of the team will help with mentoring duties as needed and cover for each other to ensure you always have an active mentor throughout the programme. You may also find you have additional formal support from other team members as your project progresses.
>  
> Besides talking to your mentors, you can (and should) ask questions on Discord and on our mailing list (https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scummvm-devel <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scummvm-devel>). Don't hesitate to ask questions, there is no such thing as stupid ones.
> 
> Should you need to contact 'everyone' on the ScummVM GSoC team you can write on #scummvm-gsoc channel on Discord. For any major communication outside of the planning work with your mentoring team, this may, in fact, be the best way to keep everyone informed.
>  
> Lastly, Arnaud Boutonné (strangerke at scummvm.org <mailto:strangerke at scummvm.org>), Eugene Sandulenko (sev at scummvm.org <mailto:sev at scummvm.org>), and Thierry Crozat (criezy at scummvm.org <mailto:criezy at scummvm.org>) are taking GSoC admin duties this year and can be contacted if you have any concerns or questions about the program outside of the mentoring. They are also your natural escalation point for any concerns or questions that can’t be addressed by your mentors.
>  
> We wish you the very best of luck with your projects over the summer and hope you enjoy working on ScummVM.
>  
> Regards,
> Eugene Sandulenko and the entire ScummVM GSoC team
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