From 20389a1a5eb1b8f1556faca879137a8d3097df7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alejandro Segovia Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 23:41:17 +0000 Subject: Updated README --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2759408..3469221 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,41 @@ ceibal-chess ============ -A chess game for the Sugar (OLPC) environment \ No newline at end of file +A chess game for the Sugar (OLPC) environment. + +This project consists in creating a Chess activity for the Sugar environment to teach kids the basic rules of the game and allow them to play with one another and against the CPU. + +Ceibal-Chess differs from other projects in that it aims to produce a chess Activity for the Sugar and the XO that is free as in Freedom, allowing kids to explore its source code, modify it and redistribute it freely. + +Features +======== + +* Free as in Freedom (GPLv2). +* Designed from the ground up to work on the XO. +* Distributed as an Activity Bundle (.xo) +* Completely developed in Python + PyGame. +* Integration with GNU Chess. +* Player vs Player mode (on one Laptop). +* Valid movements highlighting. +* Enemy movements highlighting. +* Portable: known to work on various Linux distros, Mac OS X and even Windows. +* Easy to learn and use, without complex menus or options. + + +You can contact the project administrator at asegovi AT gmail DOT com. There are also Google and Facebook groups, both called ceibal-chess. + +Download +======== + +The source code is available through several repositories: + +* From Google Code at http://ceibal-chess.googlecode.com, through Subversion. + +* From SugarLabs at http://git.sugarlabs.org/ceibal-chess/master, through Git. + +* From GitHub at https://github.com/alesegovia/ceibal-chess, through Git. + +Copyleft +======== + +Copyleft (`C) Alejandro Segovia and the Ceibal-Chess team. Contact us at http://groups.google.com/group/ceibal-chess -- cgit v0.9.1