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title: Google Summer of Code description: published: true date: 2023-03-01T05:20:48.733Z tags: editor: markdown dateCreated: 2022-03-12T22:49:22.722Z
We're currently not participating in the Google Summer of Code program. Check back next year! {.is-warning}
The Google Summer of Code is a program to encourage involvement in open source project. Originally intended for students, since 2022 it has expanded to allow any interested participants to sign up.
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In the simplest terms Ryzom Core is a complete open source MMORPG platform. It comes with fully functional tools, services, client and more. It provides all of the base functionality needed to create a sandbox MMORPG and provides a powerful data-driven means of expanding the game world.
Ryzom Core, simply put, is a platform for the creation of new and exciting worlds.
If you're reading this page you may not be asking yourself this question. Just in case you are though there are a number of reasons to participate in Google Summer of Code, not the least of which is that Google pays you between USD $1500 and $6600 for completing your project. You get valuable experience working on a large, complex open-source project. You get to exercise your programming skills and experiment with practical application of the theory you're learning in college. You may be able to use it towards your thesis. But most of all you get to work on the driving force behind a large MMORPG and the first open-source MMORPG framework.
Before you apply we encourage you to look at our list of ideas and see if anything here is something you're interested in. It's crucial to your success that you choose and create a project proposal based on work that you'll be motivated by and that you will find interesting. Our list of ideas is merely a collection of suggestions which you could take on or morph into something more suitable for your own needs.
We also encourage you to contact us through our IRC channel #ryzom on FreeGameDev.net, or through the Ryzom Core Discord. It's helpful for both you and the rest of the community if you get to know us and we get to know you. We hope to be working closely with you! Working with the community and the organizational administrators will also help you create a good, detailed project proposal and increase your chances of being selected.
First you will need a Google Account and then you will need to log in to Melange and create a profile. To create a profile click on the "create profile" link on the left. The Link ID is a short, unique name used to link your profile throughout the application.
You will not be able to do anything with the site until the Student Application Period.
In the mean time you will need to consider your project proposal and your application.
We've put together a brief document on writing the project proposal portion of your application. What we say isn't the final word, just some hints on writing a good proposal with decent changes of being accepted. You can read our tips here.
See the GSoC timeline FAQ for more information.
We're currently not participating in the Google Summer of Code program. Check back next year! Keep in mind, there is no guarantee that Google will run this program during any particular year in the future, nor that we will be selected to participate. Any documents listing future dates are tentative. {.is-warning}
Ryzom Core has participated in GSoC during 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, so far, in collaboration with the WorldForge project.