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We’re very happy to have the new name for our operating system and applications - StellariOS.
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ACORD: https://discord.gg/npYWfZK
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Happy Star Wars Day (written 4/5/19)
Timeline
At the moment I’m going to be working with Grok, Sololearn and a youtube tutorial to learn C++. I’ll be using codeblocks and visual studio to write the code. Check out this page to see the code.
2015
- December 23: Formation of ACORD (formerly Alliance of Droids)
2016
- August 13: Creation of the ACORD website
2017
- December 1: CLPG Grant Approved!
2018
- January: Started physical work on A0-D2
Coding timeline
- April 16: Started code tutorials (sololearn, youtube, freecodecamp)
- May 4: Resumed freecodecamp (coming up)
- June 4: Finished freecodecamp
- June 4: Finished Star Sailors (book one)
Stellarios
Stellarios is the official operating system and app of ACORD. Stellarios will be designed to work on MacOS & Windows devices, and there will be apps created for Android, iOS & Linux devices. Stellarios is going to be a bundle of applications that will be used by ACORD Corporation members to perform certain operations. Applications Droid Control App
Our droids (companion, scientific, etc) will be able to be controlled from this part of Stellarios. Once you click on the button to send you to the droid control app, you will select the type of droid you want to pair with (companion, scientific), then the class (steampunk, et, etc), then the model name (Sp-D2, a0-d2, etc.
Once you’ve selected your droid, you will find a cross-section diagram of your droid with different parts highlighted -
Legs = movement
Holoprojector = talk/message (http://replika.ai)
Dome/Head = Programs
Added post to Acord portal
Dome
Clicking on the dome will zoom in on the dome and give you a number of programs -
Battery - low battery mode. The physical droid will turn off and send itself to your phone or device. This means you can interact with a virtual version of your droid
Games - games like Star Sailors. Hosted on the app, and your offline progress sent to the servers. There will be online features too that require an internet connection
Science - experiments, research, tools
Writing/Drawing/Art
will be able to control our droids and play or games, like A0-D2 and Star Sailors
Can interact with replika.ai
Other applications
Other games, mini-games
Terragenesis Dragonvale Droid inventor
Dev News - DROIDOS
Sololearn
We recently hit our 6-day streak on Sololearn, meaning we had logged in and learnt some code for 6 days in a row. Over that period, we’ve learnt more of C++, so we are now about half-way through the basic concepts for C++.
What tutorials will we be using for coding?
I’ve already mentioned Sololearn, which is a free-to-use website/app that has really great content and gives tutorials for 13 different languages, including C++, C, C#, Python, and Java. I banged through the HTML course on the way back from Brisbane (when I went to the Australian Space Design Finals), and I made notes (see DroidOS Development), however it didn’t really stick in my memory. I think this is because of the way I made my notes and how rushed I was. I still understand the basics, and I’m going to be redoing that course.
I’m also looking for some other tutorial websites and other possible languages (see below).
Code Languages
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The future of DroidOS
As we had to change our name from Alliance of Droids to ACORD Robotics because of the word droid being trademarked, we’re planning to also change the name of DroidOS. This name change will hopefully be in place by August across all platforms, however we’ve got a few possible names lined up:
- StellarOS
- RobOS
- AcordS
Cool Links
https://usersnap.com/blog/gitlab-github/
Outsourced games
Not all of the games we work on/endorse were made by ACORD. Here’s a list of games/apps that are part of Stellarios, but we didn’t make:
- Terragenesis — A free game where you terraform over 50 planets and moons. Available for iOS & Android devices
- Replika.Ai — A companion artificial intelligence that aims to improve your wellbeing and mental health
- Dragonvale — Made by Backflipstudios (Creators of Gizmonauts), Dragonvale is a game where you collect dragons and breed them to create rarer ones, all the while building habitats and decorations. Highly recommended (see below)
- Starbound — A PC only game, sort of a cross between Minecraft (also recommended) and Terraria, but in space!
