{"id":2,"date":"2008-09-23T18:29:25","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T22:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sf.net\/web\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-05-15T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T03:10:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<strong>VISION<\/strong><br \/>\nTo provide a Cross-platform, Free and Open Source Game Development Platform.<\/p>\n<p>KonsolScript Development Team believes that the unavailability of games on GNU\/Linux desktops is one of the major concerns why people keep using unauthorized copies of proprietary OS over GNU\/Linux, and that is something the KonsolScript Development Team is ought to address \u2013 we are doing our part to help promote GNU\/Linux as a viable gaming platform for desktops both for Game Publishers and gamers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MISSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Design an easy-to-learn Game Scripting Language<\/strong> &#8211; ensure to use less symbols and more human-readable scripting language<\/li>\n<li><strong>Develop a cross-platform Scripting\/Game Engine<\/strong> &#8211; ensure that any game will execute on two or more operating system without re-writing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Design and develop Game Authoring Tools for Rapid Game Development<\/strong> &#8211; ensure that non-programming individuals can make their game without writing codes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>KonsolScript<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Free Software and Open Source, scripting language primarily intended for 2D games development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The whole Game Development Kit is suitable for teaching 2D game programming.<\/p>\n<p>The end goal of this project is to have a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adobe_Flash\">Flash<\/a>&#8220;-like educational gaming platform for Windows, GNU\/Linux, MacOS, including mobile platforms like Android and Symbian where any newbie can learn how to make his game\/animation etc.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of work has been made and a lot more is to be done.  It might need to hire programmers to make an engine for Android, Symbian and MacOS, then some in-house testers for stability among these platforms.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to give help please do so, check out the <strong>Give Support<\/strong> at <a title=\"View Support Page\" href=\"support\/\">Support<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Mascot<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ki-si, a kissable ninja pig, is the official mascot of KAGE\" src=\"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/hello_kisi.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ki-si\" hspace=\"5\" width=\"158\" height=\"215\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\nKi-si, a kissable ninja pig, is the official mascot of KAGE.<\/p>\n<p>His name was derived from KS (short for KonsolScript). The name sounded like &#8220;kissy&#8221;, something like kissable, so we chose a pig for the character.  He is dressed up as a ninja because of the word &#8220;KAGE&#8221;, which means &#8220;shadow&#8221; in Japan &#8212; usually represents ninja.<\/p>\n<p><em>You will get to play Ki-si sometime.  KonsolScript Development Team is <a href=\"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/?s=smack\">currently developing a game<\/a> where Ki-si is featured as one of the characters.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISION To provide a Cross-platform, Free and Open Source Game Development Platform. KonsolScript Development Team believes that the unavailability of games on GNU\/Linux desktops is one of the major concerns why people keep using unauthorized copies of proprietary OS over GNU\/Linux, and that is something the KonsolScript Development Team is ought to address \u2013 we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/konsolscript.sourceforge.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}