Hi all,
Been toying with the idea of building an open source brew planner computer program (think Beersmith etc), and was wondering if anyone might be interested in helping out with the more artistic/creative side of things. I'm useless at graphics, and loads and loads of writing that could easily be broken up if there are volunteers prepared to give a bit of their time.
Not after anything to be done right at the moment just expressions of future interest (names in credits etc), but lots of jobs will no doubt come up once the actual program itself is built to the point where it is useful:
Some background about how I'm going about things at the moment:
So, anyone interested? This is the kind of thing that just needs to be done once and done well, and everyone now and into the future can have access to a top notch tool without having to spend a thing (and not have to rip someone else off for the privilege - you pirates know who you are). Maybe look at contributing as a way of generating some good karma for previous software theft indiscretions...
Been toying with the idea of building an open source brew planner computer program (think Beersmith etc), and was wondering if anyone might be interested in helping out with the more artistic/creative side of things. I'm useless at graphics, and loads and loads of writing that could easily be broken up if there are volunteers prepared to give a bit of their time.
Not after anything to be done right at the moment just expressions of future interest (names in credits etc), but lots of jobs will no doubt come up once the actual program itself is built to the point where it is useful:
- Icons and other such pieces of small artwork (including replacing my horrible 1 minute job icon in screenshot...)
- Raw material database information - original content or with owner's permission if taken from a supplier website etc.
- Style descriptions & example information - again, original content or with permission from owner
Some background about how I'm going about things at the moment:
- To originally run on Linux, but should be portable to Windows later on
- Writing in C, using GTK libraries
- sqlite database backend to handle all record keeping, undo/redo functionality etc
- Maybe build with plugin system for easy addition/removal of features
So, anyone interested? This is the kind of thing that just needs to be done once and done well, and everyone now and into the future can have access to a top notch tool without having to spend a thing (and not have to rip someone else off for the privilege - you pirates know who you are). Maybe look at contributing as a way of generating some good karma for previous software theft indiscretions...