Sorry for the long delay in posting something interesting, but I’m seeking to remedy this today. I’ve just posted a revised version of the Wikiup White Paper. Probably the most interesting part of the revision is the draft architecture, including a proposed API. I’ll be posting more on this API soon, but in the meantime, I welcome any thoughts you might have.
Sorry there haven’t been any updates in the past week, but this doesn’t mean that there’s been no progress. Some potentially exciting things are happening here at the Project, it’s just that I can’t discuss them at this exact time. I’ll post more ASAP. Thanks for your patience.
Wikiup has from its inception been about doing a particular sort of good. Namely, I want to put a powerful game development tool into the hands of students, small developers, educators, etc. People shouldn’t be kept from developing a great idea for a game simply because they haven’t got loads of money. I also think that there’s potential for Wikiup as an educational tool: this extends out of work that my old firm has been doing. They theorize that students who participate in communal game authoring learn the curricular content better. I like that.
I started following Social Innovation Camp on Twitter today. Their mission is to discover and encourage online tools for positive social change. I’ve described a couple of ideas above where I think Wikiup fits that description, but I generally like to think of myself as someone interested in good (am I a positive socialist?). So I’m wondering if anyone reading this can suggest ways in which Wikiup can work towards the good. Are there other types of simulations (medical, political) we should be actively supporting? How else might a web-serviced, quantitative database be used positively?
Thanks for any and all ideas.