<s>
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
(	O
TP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
turn-based	O
space	O
empire	O
building	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
is	O
a	O
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
creating	O
a	O
specific	O
group	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
often	O
called	O
4X	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
phases	O
of	O
gameplay	O
that	O
arise	O
:	O
eXplore	O
,	O
eXpand	O
,	O
eXploit	O
and	O
eXterminate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
examples	O
of	O
games	O
from	O
which	O
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
draws	O
ideas	O
are	O
Reach	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Stars	I-Application
,	O
Stars	O
!,	O
VGA	B-Application
Planets	I-Application
,	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Orion	I-Application
and	O
Galactic	B-Application
Civilizations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
it	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
simple	O
clone	O
of	O
Stars	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
Tim	O
decided	O
to	O
try	O
starting	O
a	O
full	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
"	O
Worldforge	B-Protocol
"	O
of	O
space	O
empire	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
hoped	O
that	O
this	O
would	O
encourage	O
other	O
people	O
who	O
did	O
n't	O
want	O
to	O
just	O
clone	O
Stars	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
year	O
2006	O
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
had	O
not	O
reached	O
the	O
envisioned	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
these	O
setbacks	O
,	O
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
has	O
a	O
huge	O
code	O
base	O
of	O
framework	B-Architecture
;	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Ohloh	B-Application
project	O
stats	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
produced	O
95,000	O
lines	O
of	O
code	O
,	O
while	O
Thousand	O
Parsec'''s	O
own	O
code	O
count	O
puts	O
it	O
at	O
90,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
left	O
before	O
full	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
Stars	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
analysis	O
website	O
Ohloh	B-Application
the	O
project	O
has	O
had	O
47	O
individual	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
was	O
allocated	O
3	O
slots	O
in	O
the	O
2007	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
was	O
fortunate	O
enough	O
to	O
be	O
allocated	O
8	O
slots	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
again	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
being	O
given	O
7	O
slots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
has	O
had	O
significant	O
success	O
in	O
developing	O
students	O
into	O
full-fledged	O
contributors	O
;	O
Local	O
developer	O
Eugene	O
Tan	O
,	O
who	O
last	O
year	O
contributed	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
Thousand	B-Application
Parsec	I-Application
project--an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
framework	B-Architecture
computer	O
game--was	O
invited	O
by	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
lead	O
developer	O
to	O
mentor	O
this	O
year	O
's	O
participants	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tan	O
told	O
ZDNet	O
Asia	O
:	O
"	O
Returning	O
as	O
a	O
mentor	O
is	O
important	O
to	O
me	O
because	O
this	O
is	O
in	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
community	O
,	O
where	O
I	O
am	O
sharing	O
my	O
knowledge	O
and	O
contributing	O
my	O
expertise	O
to	O
collaborate	O
with	O
other	O
programmers	O
to	O
develop	O
better	O
,	O
more	O
innovative	O
applications.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
migrated	O
its	O
code	O
repository	O
from	O
SourceForge	B-Application
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
described	O
in-detail	O
in	O
the	O
2012	O
book	O
"	O
The	O
Architecture	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Applications	O
"''	O
.	O
</s>
