= Welcome to orxonox Trac =

orxonox is an Open Source vertical scroller game programmed in C++,OpenGL and SDL. It's designed to run on all important platforms like Linux, MacOS X, Windows, Solaris. In the final stages it will support even network play.
If we manage to be sober enough, this game shall definitly become the open-source genre-defining vertical scroller. 

== Orxonox Wiki Sections ==
 * [http://www.orxonox.ethz.ch orxonox main page]
 * DevelopmentResources (documentations, etc.)
 * FrequentlyAskedQuestions

== Orxonox Tasks ==
There are some tasks concerning the orxonox project. Some of them are ideas or requirements, where you are free to design your own solution for a problem. Some others are just coding work, where all the designer work has already been done and you can begin directly with the implementation:
 * Hardcode Development Tasks:
   * [ticket:4 Animation Player] to display explosions...
   * [ticket:13 Particle Engine] to calculate big explosions - really fancy stuff
   * [ticket:19 SoundEngine] to make the choir of angels sing
   * [ticket:21 Clipping/Culling] to draw nothing, that we aren't looking at right now - implement it in c++, octrees etc.
   * [ticket:27 Physics Engine] implementation and integraten - quite a big project and very important
   * [ticket:26 Material Class] - to have all the material effects like shiny, textures, blending etc.
 * Development Extensions (less work, straight forward)
   * [ticket:18 Sky Box] to display the sky around our world
   * [ticket:22 HUD] to display and design a Heads Up Display
   * [ticket:24 Shooting] reimplementation

== Orxonox Project Status ==
We are currently working on the '''orxonox-0.2.2-pre-alpha''' release. On this page, you can check-out the 
 * [milestone:0.2.2-pre-alpha working topics] 
 * [https://www.orxonox.ethz.ch/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/timeline?from=01%2F04%2F05&daysback=30&changeset=on the last commits]
 * [https://www.orxonox.ethz.ch/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/report/1 all active tasks at the moment]
 * [https://www.orxonox.ethz.ch/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/ the source]



== New Wiki System ==
We now have installed a wiki called [http://trac.edgewall.com/ trac]. This page is used for the developer team to organize itself and to provide the needed resources. Important informations however have to be published also on the [http://www.orxonox.ethz.ch orxonox] site, because it is our main site.

As all Wiki pages, this page is editable, which means that you can
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== Wiki Starting Points ==

 * TracGuide --  Built-in documentation
 * [http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/ The Trac project] -- Trac Open Source project
 * [http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/wiki/TracFaq Trac FAQ] -- frequently asked questions
 * TracSupport --  Trac Support