[casual_games] languages...

[Jason Van Anden]

I will have to check that out.
 j

 On 10/5/05, Duncan Gough <duncan at 3rdsense.com> wrote:
>
> I had no problems getting my Pygames into an .exe using just py2exe,
> which made installation just the same as any other game, so it does
> sound like things have changed.
>
> I tend to agree though, I'm more comfortable using Python on the
> server side.
>
> On 5 Oct 2005, at 14:10, Jason Van Anden wrote:
>
> > I have always been under the impression that the installation of
> > pygame based apps requires a bit of a learning curve on the user's
> > behalf depending on the platform. Has this changed?
> >
> > I love Python, butI use it on the server side and on apps I
> > maintain and for prototyping.
> >
> > Jason Van Anden
> >
> >
> > On 10/5/05, Duncan Gough <duncan at 3rdsense.com> wrote: Hello Lionel,
> >
> > I don't have any experience of .Net but I have written a couple of
> > games in Python using Pygame:
> >
> > http://www.suttree.com/code/pygames/
> >
> > http://pygame.org/news.html
> >
> > Development of Pygame has just picked up again, which is very
> > encouraging. The biggest downside I found was that in using py2exe to
> > create an installer, the whole Python interpreter gets bundled into
> > the application, which made the file quite large.
> >
> > On 5 Oct 2005, at 10:17, Lionel barret De Nazaris wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > > I am to quite new myself to casual game programming. And I am
> > > wondering if Python or .Net are valid alternatives to the common
> > > Flash and Java ? The IGDA white paper name Python but does not give
> > > any example of game made completely in Python, so I am wondering if
> > > it's not wishful thinking (Python is an easy language to love).
> > > Apologies if I tread a very common ground.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Lionel
> > >
> > > Duncan Gough wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> Jobe Makar's book is has lots of very good examples of several
> > >> different types of games (puzzle, isometric) as well as plenty of
> > >> solid code excerpts for collision detection, real-time chat and
> > >> socket servers.
> > >>
> > >> The Flash Game Coders mailing list is generally quite quiet but
> > >> there are plenty of very helpful people on there too:
> > >>
> > >> http://proalias.com/mailman/listinfo/flashgamecoders_proalias.com
> > >>
> > >> Finally, the flash paper that has already been recommended is not
> > >> just worth reading, it's worth printing off and reading away form
> > >> your computer:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.drizzle.com/~scottb/gdc/flash-paper.htm
> > >>
> > >> All the best,
> > >>
> > >> Duncan
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> http://www.millionsofgames.com
> > >> http://www.suttree.com
> > >>
> > >> Personally, I'd get to grips with Flash first and then worry about
> > >> Flash 8 later.
> > >> On 5 Oct 2005, at 01:27, Matthew Ford wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> n00b alert!
> > >>>
> > >>> Can anyone recommend a good intermediate-level book for making
> > >>> games in Flash?
> > >>>
> > >>> I've programmed assembly and C in the wayback, and once worked
> > >>> with similar mid-level development tools, so I don't need the
> > >>> super-basics. I don't seek game design advice in the book. Help
> > >>> for coding live online multiplayer games is a big plus.
> > >>>
> > >>> Overall I just seek a good resource to read on a plane to get up
> > >>> to speed on Flash game creation.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks for any help!
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