News GCompris

[Aleix Pol]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Bruno Coudoin
<bruno.coudoin at gcompris.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some news on the GCompris front. The Qt Quick port is going fine, we ported
> 86 activities on the 140 of the Gtk+ version. We are currently ready for an
> official version, first on Android. The project is now well integrated in
> the KDE development platform, including the translation teams. A translation
> call has been done with a planned release for the 24th of December if we can
> get enough translations.
>
> I take this opportunity to mention here our crowd funding project.
>
> Currently the graphics are one of the weakest part of GCompris, as they were
> mostly done by the developers, using free graphics assets and sparse graphic
> artist contributions.
>
> To address this problem, we found Timothée Giet, a talented graphic artist
> interested in working on a complete graphics redesign.  He is a long
> standing Free-Software contributor, active member of the Krita team and so
> part of the KDE community. Making new graphics for more than 100 activities
> is a big work, so we need your help to achieve this goal.
>
> The project is not only about creating new background images but consists in
> a whole graphical rework. At first a graphic charter will be defined as none
> exists for now in GCompris. This will drive the project towards a unified
> style that it lacks today An emphasis will be done on usability, making sure
> the children find their way easily in each activity.
>
> If you want to help, please consider making a donation and don’t forget to
> share this news in your community.
>
> The campain on Indiegogo:
> http://igg.me/at/gcompris-unified-graphics%20
>
> Bruno.

Hi Bruno,
Good to see the project going forward!

Good luck with the artwork \o/

Cheers!
Aleix