pyweek-game-jam

[grim smelt]

hi how do I join?

[real eagle]

The event will be in September, you can register by submitting your project then

[grim smelt]

ohh

[twin olive]

which module do you use?
(i think pygame, but maybe ursina aswell?)

[twin olive]

okay

[sly oyster]

Pyweek 34 approaching ❗ ❗ ❗

[jagged lance]

Too bad it's during the start of hunting season.. maybe I can make a deer hunting game that secretly controls a deer hunting robot... Like Ender's game

[languid kindle]

enders game is a pretty good movie ngl

[novel verge]

I agree

[manic swallow]

not really, the book was 1000% better, which is pretty par for the course with movie adaptations

[jagged lance]

You know the next gen... If it isn't a movie it doesn't exist

[rustic karma]

books > the movies based on them

thats a basic fact of life

with basically no exceptions

[manic swallow]

yep

[lament geyser]

is godot allowed?
it has a small python syntax if thats allowed

[sly oyster]

Don't know sorry

[grand haven]

i think godot use syntax c # program

algoritm c

[hot flume]

You can't use godot directly, but I believe there are python bindings for godot that you can use

[vagrant kraken]

did I miss this game jam 😓

[prisma fox]

you missed the march one, but good news is that the next one is coming up pretty soon

https://pyweek.org/34/

[real eagle]

!cban 581907800314216506 racism

[proud ruin]

:ok_hand: applied ban to @open cypress permanently.

[molten glen]

there are so many channels in this discord - is this the right one to talk about #revival-of-code in?

[mild radish]

you can go to Revival of Code Discussion thread in the #event-discussion channel @molten glen

the website says pre-registrations underway. how do I register?

[molten glen]

thanks!

[unique glade]

For PyWeek? You'll need to first create an account (in the top right corner, click the menu button, then "Register"). https://pyweek.org/34

[mild radish]

I have an account already

and I'm signed in

so I'm registered automatically I guess?

[unique glade]

No, you'll need to click on your username in the top right and click "Register Entry" when you have that link I sent above open, like this:

[mild radish]

ouu kkk

thanks!

[regal needle]

pyweek 34 dates

[hot flume]

PyWeek 34 Dates
PyWeek 34 is scheduled for September 4-11, 2022

Wondering what PyWeek is?
PyWeek is a twice-a-year game jam that has been running for the past 15 years. Starting on the first day of the jam you start coding, designing, and developing your game. This can be done as an individual or with a team. By the end of the 7 days you must submit your entry on the PyWeek website for it to be counted as a valid submission.

Visit https://pyweek.org for more details!

[obsidian berry]

If you register, but don't finish the project in time, do you HAVE to submit something?

[hot flume]

nope, I registered but wasn't able to have anything to submit last pyweek and it was fine. But if you don't submit it means you can't formally judge other projects (and help pick the winner). You can still play them and check it out, you just can't score them

[obsidian berry]

Great! thanks 🙏

[broken agate]

ummm how to register ? 🥲

got it

[frank prism]

What's the theme?

[hot flume]

You won't know until it starts

The voting for the theme opens next Sunday though

[frank prism]

I'll wait until the theme reveals then I'll sign up lol

[wet kelp]

sorry for the ping but what to enter for the group url

[hot flume]

which part of the sign-up is this?

[wet kelp]

add entry part

for registering an entry

Use this page to register an entry in the challenge. You may enter as either an individual or as a team. By registering a team you will become that team's "admin" user. You will be able to change the title and team roster after you've added it.

[hot flume]

you can enter in whatever, like a team name or what have you that people can use to find the entry url

[wet kelp]

oh okie thanks

When approved, members will be able given this URL:

Group URL:

Chat/group URL, visible only to participants.

Enter a valid URL.

it's says enter a valid url

so should I make like some server and enter the server link there?

[neon iron]

I'm gonna be solo again this yr

[wet kelp]

@hot flume

[hot flume]

yeah, that should work

[wet kelp]

okie cool

[neon iron]

How often does pyweek.org update? I added a profile with my primary email to gavatar and my profile image hasnt changed yet

Ah it just did

What library are you guys thinking of using?

[prisma flax]

Hello

Does anyone know how to sign up

[unique glade]

Once you're signed in to your PyWeek account, just go to https://pyweek.org/34, then click your username in the top right, then click "Register Entry" and fill out the required information

[unique glade]

Can this be pinned?

[slender night]

is graphics required in pygame?

[neon iron]

Wdym?

[slender night]

i was looking at recent pygames and i saw most of them had visual designs or whatever inside them

i was curious if we can make pygames using only texts

[neon iron]

There's no criteria or checklist idt, it could be as complex as a 3d fps or command line rock paper scissors

It should fit the theme tho

[onyx basin]

Game jam!

Cant wait

Am planning to go solo for this one

[neon iron]

Ima do a poll, react iuw

Which library will you use?

1. Pygame
2. Arcade
3. Ursina
4. Panda3d
5. Pyglet
6. Other

[vapid ledge]

what should be the maximum team size for the jam?

[neon iron]

lol pha's skewing the results

[spring brook]

assuming no game engine is allowed as it will break rule 2.2.d

[spring brook]

and why u guys choose that option?

[crystal mica]

cause Arcade is awesome 😎

[spring brook]

why it is awesome 🙂?'

[hot flume]

a game engine like panda3d is allowed

[spring brook]

ok

[crystal mica]

we can use any game engine right ?

[hot flume]

there's an approved list, you can check it in #pyweek-faq

but as long as it meets the rules/requirements you can use it

[crystal mica]

check this 👀

https://api.arcade.academy/en/latest/pygame_comparison.html

[neon iron]

I'm trying out arcade this jam, we'll see how it goes

[sly oyster]

should www.pyweek.org redirect to pyweek.org?

[summer wyvern]

Just use another browser

Or clear cache

Happened to me i just used another browser

[sly oyster]

well ms edge says same

I mean I **can **get to that website by just removing www. but I think it should redirect to correct site if someone like me types it wrong (with www)

just to clarify
Working fine - https://pyweek.org/
Does not work - https://www.pyweek.org/

[summer wyvern]

Weird

[sly oyster]

does it work for you?

[summer wyvern]

Yes www does work

I use brave btw my site didn't worked on chrome so i got to brave

[restive depot]

how can i delete my entry?

because i saw some rules and other stuff and i don't wan't to enter the pyweek jam

[neon iron]

Well aren't those two different domains?

[neon iron]

Just do nothing and don't submit a final result

[restive depot]

OK

[neon iron]

What rules turned you away, if you don't mind me asking?

[prisma fox]

you're right, it should. it's been like this for a while

there might be an issue for it, I believe everything is open source/on github

[restive depot]

I wasn't thinkning of the only python libraries you can use, because i was going to use tkinter, but i didn't want to learn a new library just for a game jam.

[hot flume]

You can use tkinter, that's fine

[final tinsel]

Here you go, pyweekorg/pyweekorg#89

[umbral jetty]

GitHub

[pyweekorg] #89 Redirect www to non-www

[final tinsel]

Not entirely sure issues about hosting should go on the repo itself, but I don't really know where else to put it

[restive depot]

Oh, thanks 👍

[summer wyvern]

But its not in list?

[hot flume]

that list isn't exhaustive, it's just the common ones used to make games

[summer wyvern]

So i can use pyqt too?

[hot flume]

pyqt would meet the requirements, so yeah

[summer wyvern]

Ohh nice means i can use any lib out of list that just dont break rules

[summer wyvern]

What if i use my own lib?

[hot flume]

It would need to meet these requirements: https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html#entries-are-to-be-written-from-scratch

So, if it's a library that has been published to PyPI at least 30 days before the competition, has the appropriate license, has documentation that people can find, and doesn't contain specific game logic then it's fine

[summer wyvern]

I mean if i made a lib before game jam which have game objects, behaviours and game logic will it be against rules?

[hot flume]

if it has game logic, objects, and behaviors then you wouldn't be able to use it

[dawn gorge]

are vector modules allowed in the game jam?

[lament geyser]

how can i register in the pyweek game jam

[neon iron]

Make an account on pyweek.org, go to the next activity tab, tap your name, and hit register entry

[lament geyser]

ok thanks

so

urrsina or panda 3d which one is good one?

[lament geyser]

ursina is that good enough?

[neon iron]

You can make a game w/ ursina, ye

[summer wyvern]

Use whatever you want dont get recommendations like this some people may recommend you bad things so you may lose

Read opinions on internet

[neon iron]

If you are new to game dev, personally I'd recommend you start out with pygame. It's been around for decades and is decently intuitive, and also the most popular library for game dev by far afaik

But as Techlord says, it's totally up to you

[sly oyster]

ursina is your only* option if you want to make 3D-game.
for 2d game you have lots of great options from arcade to pygame and finally tkinter

• panda3d exist but has anyone used it in pyweek, it takes more time than ursina
  let me know, if I am wrong =)

[thorn eagle]

i think you're wrong https://github.com/rdb?tab=repositories&q=pyweek&type=&language=&sort= not only Panda3D has been used, but it also won a few times

i'll add that both pygame and Panda3D can run on web with some care about the main loop using same code as desktop

[jagged lance]

I also think you're wrong. A framework isn't required... Someone could write a 3d game from scratch

[sly oyster]

damn, looks fabulous

Someone could write a 3d game from scratch in just 7 days
true, would be very impressive

[vapid ledge]

what is this?

like it can be same as team name right?

[mild valley]

Hey, does anyone know if we can use any other physics engines within arcade other than pymunk and the ones they already have?

[summer wyvern]

nope you cant use physics engines

read rules

[mild valley]

where does it say that?

[summer wyvern]

https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html

[mild valley]

It says nothing about engines here

[summer wyvern]

You may use libraries that were created before the competition if and only if
they have been published to a public searchable index such as PyPI, GitHub, or this handbook for at least 30 days before the competition; and,
they are licensed under an OSI-approved open source license, or are public domain; and,
the index page (eg. README/PyPI page) contains, or links to, a documentation resource that describes the features of the library and contains thorough API documentation; and,
the library does not contain game logic, ie. it is agnostic about theme, backstory, character types, game objects, behaviours, and so on, and requires customisation with Python code in order to define these qualities and behaviours

[mild valley]

and?

still has nothing about physics engines?

when I say physics engines, I don't mean unity

or unreal

I mean stuff like Pandas3D

or Pymunk

stuff like this

[twin olive]

im very new and i wont participate in this gamejam but what for a module do you guys even use?
like pygame or ursina or ...?

or pymunk?

[mild valley]

pymunk is just a physics engine

[opaque veldt]

Like Panda3D, Pymunk has been used in a couple of pyweek winners.

[neon iron]

That all depends on what type of game you wanna make. Probably the most used I've seen is 2d games w/ pygame, although you could do 3d, which is typically more complex, or text based, which is typically simpler

[twin olive]

okay thanks

[mild skiff]

pyopengl: games that have won pyweek: https://pyweek.org/e/mit-mit-25/ https://pyweek.org/e/mit-mit-24/ https://pyweek.org/e/unifac17/ https://pyweek.org/e/bouncy/

[sly oyster]

oh I am sorry

[keen spade]

pyweek 31 and pyweek 32 winners in team category both used panda3d

[sly oyster]

Oh well that must then be easier than what I thought

[mild skiff]

tbh though I think pyopengl is maybe a bit old school now 🙂 probably pandas3d or ursina could be better options: I think maybe pygley can also do 3D?

pyglet

[dreamy tapir]

is it reasonable to make your own game engine during the jam for your game?

[dreamy tapir]

opengl is god

glsl is amazing

[neon iron]

In case anyone didn't get the email, voting is open and the themes are

• Agent X
• Polarity
• Rock bottom
• Finding peace
• The Red Planet

The Red Planet sounds pretty cool, Mars I'd assume

[inner tusk]

Mars is just one red planet. You can probably interpret the theme creatively.

What if the Soviet Union had taken over the globe? 😉

[neon iron]

Or it's a plane model t that's red

[ember sparrow]

Yes you can use those. You can use almost anything as long as the “game logic” is written by you.

(In Python)

[spring brook]

is it ok to setup github repo (add .gitignore, how to setup project)

[mild valley]

You mean as part of the contest?

I guess yea, otherwise it would be damn near impossible to work with other people

[spring brook]

i mean now?

i want all to use some code formatter etc..

so..

[mild valley]

If it's public then I guess so

You may not use code created before the competition except under the conditions of clause 2.2 and 2.3. This includes using the code as a point of reference.

[spring brook]

my doubt - that is not code

[mild valley]

for like your IDE/Text editor or something?

[spring brook]

yeah

[mild valley]

Yea those kind of things should be fine, as they are your personal settings for writing code

[spring brook]

may be like adding requirements.txt

or README.md

.gitignore

[mild valley]

you can just generate requirements.txt later on

README yea that works

[spring brook]

ok thanks

good luck 🙃

[mild valley]

If it's a standard .gitignore file then yea that works too

[spring brook]

it will have black, pygame

[mild valley]

thanks, and good luck to you too

[mild valley]

I guess you could? I'm not 100% sure about this

Also I had a doubt.

So I was going through the Arcade documentation and they mention this thing called a Tiled Map Editor, which is basically another program which allows you to create maps easily by providing a GUI instead

So is that allowed or not?

cuz it's more of a software than it is a library per se

[spring brook]

my teamates like pygame so dont know

[spring brook]

then what about panda3d?

still not sure

[mild valley]

That has an SDK which can be used

So you still have to write code

Tiled Map Editor is an application which basically makes it easier to make maps using GUI instead of you having to code each element of the map

[summer wyvern]

I dont think its allowed

(i am his teammate tho)

[mild valley]

I mean they did tell me this

but then that begs the question if map is considered part of "game logic"

[hot flume]

That should be fine. It's on the same level as using something like photoshop to create sprites for your game.

It's not like you have the game tiles ready ahead of time, you'll be making them during pyweek

[mild valley]

alright then cool

[neon iron]

any resources you prepare before the competition must be made both available and accessible to all other entrants, regardless of whether they were created by you or by others. “Available” means that they must be published in good time, in a place where other entrants might discover them. “Accessible” means making sure others are not prevented from using them once aware of them.

If you have some sort of template repo and you fork it/rename it that should be fine, but if you're making new files and that sort of thing, I'd say just wait. Adding that stuff doesn't take too long anyway

[spring brook]

hmm

[neon iron]

Tiled is open sourced/on github, been here for like a decade, and has documentation. The only other requirement I can see is 2.2 d, which is

the library does not contain game logic, ie. it is agnostic about theme, backstory, character types, game objects, behaviours, and so on, and requires customisation with Python code in order to define these qualities and behaviours.
The editor just lets you essentially place sprites in certain positions and groups sprites together, I think using it is completely fine

[mild valley]

Yea I did go through the rules to make sure it was following all rules, but just wanted to get a second opinion before I go neck deep learning it only to find it isn't allowed

That means I could also look into it's alternatives if there is a better one and use it(provided it is still following all the rules ofcourse)

[neon iron]

Yeah, although afaik tiled is the editor most tightly integrated w/ arcade

[mild valley]

yea, I mean they literally have a whole article related to tiled

[mild valley]

bruh Tiled Map Editor is literally mentioned on their list of resources

I'm dumb

[summer wyvern]

Ok

[mild valley]

To those who have used arcade,

Do I really need to use pymunk or can I get away with using the physics engines already there in arcade?

[waxen canyon]

Are you able to leave a team in PyWeek?

Or just how would you do so

[neon iron]

Up to you. You can use arcade.PhysicsEngineSimole for just detecting collisions and handling movement, or arcade.PhysicsEnginePlatformer for that + gravity and more methods, like jumping, moving platforms, etc. I haven't used arcade.PymukPhysicsEngine, but I'd assume it has more features and changes you can make. One thing I noticed, with pymunk you can set the hitbox algorithm attr of a sprite to 'detailed', which could be helpful

[mild valley]

does collisions work in arcade.PhysicsEnginePlatfomer if I use the Tiled Map editor to make hitboxes?

[neon iron]

Hmm, not sure, I haven't used tiled yet. Planning to tho

[mild valley]

yea seems like a nice program to really speed things up when it comes to level design, especially helpful for a challenge with a 1 week time limit

[neon iron]

Yeah, last jam I just made each level a function that used loops to draw the sprites, wasn't very efficient and took a while to make. Tiled seems pretty nice for speeding up the process

[mild valley]

does the detailed hitbox algorithm increase system resources?

I would assume it does come at a performance cost

[neon iron]

Probably, I'd guess it wouldn't be a huge factor tho

[mild valley]

Just curious, how many times have you done pyweek?

[neon iron]

Just one, pyweek 33

[mild valley]

This is my first time. My partner approached me to do 33, but I had turned it down that time, so really excited to be pairing up with him this time

[neon iron]

Was pretty fun last jam. Unfortunately tho this jam falls on the week my college classes start, so it's hard to know how much time I'll have to work on the game

[mild valley]

same, but the start of the semesters are pretty chill for us, so hopefully we'll still have time

[neon iron]

Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for

[mild valley]

Actually my college starts tomorrow lol. Pyweek is in second week of college

[neon iron]

I never got why pyweek doesn't happen sometime in the summer, would allow for people to put more time into it

[mild valley]

yea

[split cradle]

fr

[keen spade]

that would conflict with the code jam

[neon iron]

wdym?

[keen spade]

pydis's code jam takes up a large part of the summer

[neon iron]

Couldnt they maybe swap or smth occasionally

[onyx basin]

there's a bunch of spam on the pyweek website https://pyweek.org/latest/

also, hyppppppe

[prisma fox]

oh no lol

[twilit fox]

why are there so many spam threads?

[rain bane]

because some random person out there discovers the api endpoints or something and decides they want to spam the site with stuff

[twilit fox]

huh

[tame silo]

Does that mean we make a game with python and next?

[neon iron]

Pretty sure all the game logic stuff needs to be in python

[crystal mica]

Some people joined my group but Idk how to contact them

[merry ginkgo]

if you had a discord set up and linked to on pyweek, they should probably be on there

[rain bane]

Make a Discord server or some kind of chat room, and put a URL to it here. They might join.

[crystal mica]

I did lol

[hidden pawn]

Anyone got space in their team?

[merry ginkgo]

question: can i use and build off a game someone has already designed that anyone can access or do I have to do all the game related stuff by myself/in a team

[rain bane]

https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html#entries-are-to-be-written-from-scratch

[neon iron]

2. Entries are to be written “from scratch”
   You can base concepts of a game off of another, but all the code you write should be your own (excluding some snippets you may get from stack overflow)

[split cradle]

@hot flume sorry to bother but is there a prize for winning the game jam? I am just curious

[real eagle]

for pyweek?

there's no official prize afaik

but you do get a fancy role here

[split cradle]

OOOO

yea

that's a prize I would be happy for

[frail trail]

What is exactly meant by libraries containing game logic in clause 2.2 of the rules

Are we allowed to use physic libraries ?

[neon iron]

Game logic is the code that develops the unique attributes of your game. It's essentially what makes your game different than other games. E.g. flappy bird and chrone's dinosaur game are both side scrolling jumping games with physics, but their implementations of this are different. Physics engines are fine

[frail trail]

Thanks!

[onyx basin]

one question is it allowed to use pymunk?

!pip pymunk

[proud ruin]

pymunk v6.2.1

Pymunk is a easy-to-use pythonic 2d physics library

[chrome briar]

!voiceverify

[knotty stag]

i think you can, check #pyweek-faq

[neon iron]

Yeah, it's a physics engine

[neon iron]

One day to go and I still haven't looked into Tiled at all lol

[dreamy tapir]

@neon iron are you in a team, if so can i join?

[neon iron]

Sorry, I'm solo this yr

[river saddle]

wth does Agent X even mean.

[rain bane]

Could be a secret agent, could be a chemical agent, could be something else entirely. There’s no one meaning to the theme, they can be interpreted in different ways.

[river saddle]

cool

[harsh jackal]

Any colorful roles for those who participate in PyWeek 34?

[neon iron]

Not for participating, no. There's some for the winners tho

[upper plume]

When does the theme usually get announce? Is it right as the competition starts?

[hot flume]

yup!

[upper plume]

Ok

[neon iron]

1hr to go 👀

[upper plume]

lets gooo

[waxen canyon]

It's because of people coding their* projects before it starts

[upper plume]

yah

I was hoping I could start brainstorming before it started

[river saddle]

well there are only 5 possible themes

So I make a game idea for each.

make sure you have voted

[rain bane]

Can you believe it guys? Pyweek 34! Just 30 minutes away!!! Woohoo! I am so happy about this information. Pyweek! Just 30 minutes away, oh wow!

[upper plume]

I did but I have better ideas for some then others

[unique glade]

Isn't it tomorrow (unless it's already Sep 4th for you, dunno your tz)??

[rain bane]

It's 8:00 pm for me

[hot flume]

<t:1662249600:R>

[unique glade]

Ohhh gotcha

Thanks

[upper plume]

how did you make that?

[rain bane]

discord timestamps

https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference#message-formatting-formats

[upper plume]

huh

cool

10 minutes left!

[rain bane]

8 minutes left!

[upper plume]

7

6 Minutes!!!!

[neon iron]

6

[upper plume]

5 Minutes!!!!

4

3

2 minutes

1 minute 😱

[neon iron]

My stress levels about to go 📈 📈 📈

[upper plume]

same lmao

heart rate tripleing right now

its 7pm for me right now lol

[neon iron]

Watch the site crash right before the timer hits 0 XD

[upper plume]

Wait a minute

[open leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-griffin-family-guy-take-on-me-aha-gif-24421865

[neon iron]

apple time still at 59

[upper plume]

lest fing go

[rain bane]

WHAT

[upper plume]

red planet

[rain bane]

oh ok it's just me

[upper plume]

RED PLANET LETS GOO

[rain bane]

yeah, that one sounds cool

[neon iron]

lol

[upper plume]

refresh

[neon iron]

Eyy pog, the red planet is what I voted for

[rain bane]

I don't remember what I voted for

[neon iron]

I got some good ideas for this, hopefully they're feasible

[upper plume]

yah

I have a crazy idea

but I don't think i will get it done int ime

[neon iron]

Welp I'm off to get started ig, best of luck

[waxen canyon]

Good luck everyone!

[shadow juniper]

I'd love to participate but my schedule is cray-cray

[rain bane]

bruh they moved the channel and I couldn't find it I got so confused

[waxen canyon]

oh yeah they did

didn't realize that because I still had the channel open

[tame meadow]

Is it still possible to sign up? i dont see an option on the webpage 😭

[rain bane]

You first need to sign up, then click the dropdown on your profile and click Register Entry

[tame meadow]

thank you very much :)

[idle star]

Tons of sample code here if anyone is interested: https://api.arcade.academy/en/latest/examples/index.html

[winged latch]

The red planet doesn’t have to be made btw

Mars*

[rain bane]

90% of these games are gonna be mars

[winged latch]

Well yea

[cinder dagger]

Hey how do i register for pyweek?

[rain bane]

Read my mesage above

[winged latch]

But planet just means a celestial body in an elliptical captured orbit around another celestial body that use fusion and/or fission to generate enough energy to counteract gravity collapsing it in.

A thing going around a date

Star*

Dang my phones autocorrect is autoincorrect

[peak tinsel]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[winged latch]

Well yea but no

[rain bane]

a celestial body in an elliptical captured orbit around another celestial body that use fusion and/or fission to generate enough energy to counteract gravity collapsing it in with soil or mass that contains a red pigment, causing the reflection of light off of it to appear red to the human eye

[winged latch]

Yes

[cinder dagger]

This means i am already signed up?

[rain bane]

#pyweek-faq message

[winged latch]

Usually the perceived “redness” of the soil or surface material is from leftover ferrous materials from the fusion of stars, for example, in Mars’ case, hematite

[rain bane]

wait nvm, this is outdated

[cinder dagger]

So if it says current challenge means

I am already in

[rain bane]

Did you tap on your profile dropdown and register an entry?

[cinder dagger]

I dunno

Send right link

[rain bane]

[cinder dagger]

Oh right

Gotta enable desktop site

[rain bane]

nah, you can do that from the mobile one

[rain bane]

you can see it in this screenshot

[cinder dagger]

Latest acrivity or current challenge

[rain bane]

neither

this one

[peak tinsel]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[cinder dagger]

Now that im on desktop site

I see it

Why i need url

I cant register entry till i have alrdy game?

I guess thats github url

[rain bane]

no, you can

Just entery literally anything into the entry url thing

you can change it later

you also need a team name

[cinder dagger]

Do i need to select a license for my repository in github?

[rain bane]

If you want to

[cinder dagger]

Does it allow me to not get my code stolen by anyoneM

?

[rain bane]

technically licenses make it so that people can "steal" your code

but yeah

[cinder dagger]

What

Why u gotta confuse me like this

[rain bane]

licenses tell people what they can and cannot do with your code. if you don't have a license, then you have full copyright and if someone steals it or uses it then they're violating that

https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/

[cinder dagger]

So i should upload daily code for my project right?

[rain bane]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Whatever works for you

[cinder dagger]

Than i can just work on the code till day seven

And the last day upload the whole files

[rain bane]

yep

[cinder dagger]

And it ill be counted as a sent project?

[rain bane]

yep

[cinder dagger]

Ok

Perfect

[cinder dagger]

I tought i had to enter a git hub link

But is asking for a pyweek link

[rain bane]

yeah, that just makes a link to your pyweek entry page

for example, here's my entry
https://pyweek.org/e/am2i9/

[cinder dagger]

Oh i can create a repository on oyweek too?

Pyweek*

[rain bane]

You can link your github, but in the end you need to upload your submission as a zip folder

[cinder dagger]

Ok

So in my desc ill put link to github

And in github repository the zip file

[rain bane]

once you've created your entry, there's actually a field you can put your github link in

[cinder dagger]

What type of url i enter here?

[rain bane]

Something that allows you and your group members to communicate, like a discord server invite

[upper plume]

hows everyones games coming along at the first hour mark?

its already been an hour lmao, it went by so fast

[neon iron]

Note that with pyweek, any code you post to pyweek.org will be licensed in a way that allows others to use it

[neon iron]

I've been eating dinner lol

[upper plume]

lol

[neon iron]

I have a few ideas of things I might do, not sure which one to go w/

3d?

[rain bane]

im still brainstorming ideas 🗿

[cinder dagger]

Why saying this

[rain bane]

maybe remove the https://github.com/

[upper plume]

yah

[cinder dagger]

For now i just made a simple 2d mobing model

And i think too casual

I might make an astronaut model

[upper plume]

cool

I think everyones doing like mars lol

[cinder dagger]

Me who actually tough of a red earth where its like a satanic game

[upper plume]

oh cool!

I was sitting in school friday and I was bored bc the wifi went out at our school so I started writing up ideas for red planet. I'm glad it got picked

[cinder dagger]

I was actually ironic but my idea could actually work

Cause everyone is doing of mars

[upper plume]

yah lol

[cinder dagger]

So it will certainly looks different among the others

[upper plume]

yah

I'm hoping I can get it done in time

my idea looks really good

if I can get it done

[cinder dagger]

Usually the thing that take s the most time is designing

And im also alone

So it ll take more time

[upper plume]

I'm basicly alone, my teammate is on a trip and won't be back for like 2 days

and they arn't very experience with python but thats fine

[cinder dagger]

Whats ur idea

[upper plume]

You are sent to mars

and you do some different missions

what about you?

[cinder dagger]

Im not decided if doing a zombie like vampire or domm like game but 2d

Something blod related

And then ill talk about why the earth becam red

[upper plume]

oh cool!

[cinder dagger]

All this depending if i chose vamoires zombies or doom

[upper plume]

yours sounds like its going to be sick

[cinder dagger]

Hope so at least 😅

Why they started pyweek in september

I have way less time now with school

[upper plume]

yah

thankfully I don't have school monday bc of labor day

but other then that I probly won't beable to code much

[cinder dagger]

I have to like forget about my social life and be like school eat code sleep

[upper plume]

lol

I don't have a social life anyways

[cinder dagger]

(Me neither just trying to look cool)

[rain bane]

yall are making like 3d games meanwhile

[upper plume]

O_O

[rain bane]

yeah i have no idea

[upper plume]

I think your computer has a problem

just saying

[rain bane]

my desktop wildin

[deft grove]

Is that command line mess or sprites/tiling mess?

[rain bane]

nah this is literally a template arcade game

[finite plank]

what are you guys using to make 3D games?

[rain bane]

i think it's just my desktop being weird

[deft grove]

love that

[rain bane]

in case you couldn't tell, it's not supposed to do this

[deft grove]

lol

[rain bane]

it's just supposed to be a black screen 🗿

[deft grove]

I was being sarcastic

It looks to me like it managed to overrun the video buffer

[rain bane]

alright, looks like adding the on_draw() method and self.clear() fixed it somehow

[deft grove]

I wish I had my engine up and going already, I'd join this pyweek just to show it off

[cinder dagger]

But like i think u might get disqualifyed or something i think they only accept engines from a certain list

[neon iron]

Needs to be publicly available/accessible a month before the comp starts iirc

This time I actually know how to github lol

[rain bane]

If you are the maintainer of a library, we would ask that you make all efforts to not sabotage existing users of your library. Please be diligent about backwards compatibility, providing changelogs, and versioning your releases.
lmao

[neon iron]

Arcade completely remaking the tiled compatibility:

[stable kelp]

hey guys im new to pyweek. Do I have to use pygame or can I use a different modual?

[neon iron]

Use whatever module you want (that abides by rule 2), or use no module at all (eg text based games with print and input)

[upper plume]

if you look in #pyweek-faq you can find a list of all the allowed modules

[neon iron]

Not necessarily all of the allowed modules, just the most used ones

[upper plume]

oh ok

nvm then

[neon iron]

What screen size should I target?

[upper plume]

idk

[rain bane]

I usually just make my games 720p

[river saddle]

I try go for full screen, or make the screen resizeable.

[rain bane]

Hey, anyone know how to make scaling sprites in arcade not blurry?

[stable kelp]

so do you think I can use any modules I want?

[upper plume]

what module are you thinking of using?

[stable kelp]

Pysimple

its not popular but I like it

[upper plume]

you should be fine using it I would say

[neon iron]

PySimpleGui? Yeah that's totally fine, although not rlly made for games

[stable kelp]

ok thanks

[stable kelp]

yeah but I mean ive made a couple good ones

[deft grove]

It's on GitHub already, according to the rules that's good enough

Well it's not documented yet but...

[stable kelp]

What are you using? any suggestions

[upper plume]

I'm using ursina engine

its not that good but it works

[deft grove]

Hey uh... Next pyweek is in March?

[upper plume]

idk

its twice a year

[hot flume]

We try to aim for March and September each year, but it can shift a week or two in either direction

[deft grove]

Cool, thanks

I might have the engine ready by then 🙃

[river saddle]

Yes. in the draw call go spritelist.draw(pixelated=true)

There is an Arcade discord with loads of awesome people willing to help. I can't add the invite link, but if you look up the Arcade website it has an invite link.

[hot sand]

must be serendipity that this started so soon after I joined the server! this'll help me with learning python and with designing a game

[prisma fox]

https://discord.gg/VRaBFRp9

[rain bane]

thx

trying to use arcade instead of pygame for this one, since it seems a bit easier to do things

[hot sand]

If I'm using Spyder to code now, will I be able to export that directly into something like pygame or arcade? I'm making a text based game if that helps

[neon iron]

Arcade. Last year I used pygame, but the code was all over the place (which was only mostly my fault lol). Arcade and the way it's designed encourages the separation of code into what it does, eg no game logic where things are drawn to the screen and vice versa. It's also very strongly object oriented, which I like. Plus it has pretty good integration with Tiled, a level editor. If you have never used it before tho, maybe don't use it this year, since it can take a bit to get used to

[latent plinth]

can we use something like Godot but use Python bindings?

[rain bane]

honestly, I just like that it comes with physics engines and stuff so I don't have to implement collision logic myself

[stable kelp]

wow thanks. I will definitely look into learning that for next years since i have never used it

[neon iron]

Yeah, and SpriteLists/Scenes are a big plus for me, in pygame I just had SomeClass.all which was a list of all the sprites, Arcade has me covered now

[neon iron]

Looking at rule 2.2, it seems like you can, as long as all of the logic is in python (not gdscript). Although afaik the python bindings for godot are pretty outdated and not maintained

[stable kelp]

Are there any other game jams coming up in the near future besides this one?

[neon iron]

Not hosted by us, but there's probably lots of non-python-specific ones, maybe on itch.io

[modern fog]

can I still register?

[neon iron]

Yeah, up until the final submission deadline iirc

[unkempt marsh]

Can we see other's code after the event ?

[river saddle]

hey is using the development branch of arcade allowed?

[latent plinth]

it's Python, I guess so

[split cradle]

No

https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/libraries.html

The ones your allowed to use ^^^

[supple hedge]

hello i have a question, can you still sign up for the python game jam?

PyWeek Announcements

[astral trout]

yaye PyWeek ❤️

[river saddle]

who's nearly 10 hours in with no game in sight!!!!!... just me?

[winter nimbus]

yep

[supple hedge]

How?

When i go to the website its just saying the theme thats all

[winter nimbus]

go to https://pyweek.org/34/
click on Register from the menu.

[supple hedge]

Is that all

Cus i already did that

[winter nimbus]

yep. now you're registered to participate.

to submit your entry there's "Register Entry" in the menu.

[tame meadow]

Got a question, can i use game resources i have access to, for example from itch.io? or does the from scratch rule apply to art, sprites etc too?

[winter nimbus]

AFAIK the art you use must be made available to all participants.

if it's made before the jam, that is.

[tame meadow]

ah so no paid art, what about music?

i got a TON of game music and resources from the itch.io ukraine bundle

lol

[winter nimbus]

if it's made before the jam, no

[tame meadow]

aight thank you!

[winter nimbus]

<#pyweek-faq message>

[hollow raptor]

where do i make my resources available to everyone

[limpid wagon]

wait, aint it every week?

[latent plinth]

of course not

if it was it'd probably be pyweek 1052 right now

[real eagle]

It's called pyweek because it's a week long

[simple hamlet]

yoooo

HYPEEE

pyweek

what are we supposed to do tho?

[arctic prairie]

Today is the first day of the jam and the theme has been announced. You have a week to create a game :)

[arctic prairie]

see #pyweek-faq

[limber owl]

Is it too late too join pyweek?

[hot flume]

Nope, you can still join

[neon iron]

Short answer, yes
https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html#licensing

By submitting an entry to PyWeek you grant a transferrable, irrevocable license to redistribute, copy and run your entry without modification, and to distribute unmodified screenshots of the entry, provided no fee is charged.
You may include license terms in your entry; these will be considered an alternative set of terms to those defined by clause 8.2
So if you just post a zip file of your game, anyone can see, redistribute, and run your game. If you want people to also be allowed to modify the source, you can use an open source license, like the MIT license, in your entry

[astral trout]

MIT is fine

that's the one I use for my game jams

[onyx basin]

YAAAAAAY

[upper plume]

How is everyones gams coming along?

[astral trout]

so far so good

but will need to stay motivated for a WEEK 😄

[upper plume]

same lol

[neon iron]

Got the basic stuff set up, like the gh repo and template code. Now I need to start making proof of concept stuff, then make art, then the map

[upper plume]

nice

So can I use music from other composers? Like music from youtube?

[rain bane]

You may inclue graphics, sound and music created before the competition if

They were published to a public website that has existed for least 30 days before the competition; and,
the work is licensed under an OSI-approved or Creative Commons license, or is public domain; and,
you use only the files published. For example, you may not publish only PNG files but use source SVG files in your game.

This includes audio

[upper plume]

ok

[simple hamlet]

Oh I see

[astral trout]

wip hero

[upper plume]

nice

[astral trout]

cute!

looks like some level design

[upper plume]

its suppose to be a base on mars

[woven trellis]

Hi, everyone!

I just wanted to clarify something.

The rules state that you get an additional 24 hours to upload your game.

Does that mean I can upload the game on Sunday after the challenge ends?

[neon iron]

7 days for developing the game, then an additional day for uploading. This day next week will be that time

[woven trellis]

Okay. That means I just have to upload it before 23:59 UTC on Sunday.

Thanks.

[neon iron]

Yeah, although probably like 15 mins sooner, just because the site might be slow. Also make sure your game runs from downloading from the site as well. Dont worry abt that till next week tho

[limpid wagon]

so it's basically pyweek + 1 day

[neon iron]

Not really, you shouldn't do any work on the actual game on the last day. You can package, upload, and fix compatibility issues, but don't add/change game features

This week is for making a working/fun game, the extra day is just for sharing it

[limpid wagon]

i mean, how would you know

[woven trellis]

@neon iron Got it. Thanks again for all the advice.

[neon iron]

We don't (excluding tracking your github if you make one) but we hope everyone will respect the rules and have good sportsmanship

[woven trellis]

I am just curious, though.

How often do you check the commit history of participants who use GitHub/GitLab?

[split cradle]

OpenGL?

[limpid wagon]

that's blender my g

or at least, that's what it looks like

[daring tide]

I already uploaded my project :P

[limpid wagon]

cap

[daring tide]

no cap

*uploads 2 files

and done :)

[upper plume]

whats your game about?

[daring tide]

planets orbiting a red sun

its very cool

well, the theme is, "The Red Planet"

[daring tide]

Theres already 100+ submissions

no cap here

[lusty wasp]

Day 1 WIP artwork

[upper plume]

nice

[astral trout]

OpenGL on Linux if I manage to distribute a Linux build of the game but most probably it will be on Windows so DirectX

[daring tide]

my game isnt really a game, its a satisfying simulation. Does it still count?

[upper plume]

lol

[daring tide]

i could make a game

[split cradle]

I am asking if he is going to use OpenGL

[daring tide]

i should make a planet shooter game, shouldnt i?

[upper plume]

idk

I thought about making a puzzle type of game where you would place down planets that would pull a ball using its gravity. the bigger the planet the stronger the graity

[daring tide]

https://pyweek.org/e/RedPlanetSim/

[upper plume]

But I ended up doing a different one

it doesn't work

No file 'background.jpg' found in working directory

[daring tide]

oh, then u need to download background then

oh wait

[upper plume]

lol

there isn't a background

[daring tide]

i'll just make it a zip

or just use game.py

no one needs icons, really

now try

*have to reinstall game file doe

i want to make a actual game, like pyweek managers want

[upper plume]

still doesn't work

no background.jpg found

[daring tide]

bruh

did u reinstall it?

[upper plume]

yah

[daring tide]

...

dates 1 hour behind mine bruh

https://gyazo.com/c3fce8bd676a89dbd2600fe7334c1c54 this is it anyway

[upper plume]

oh cool!

[astral trout]

I tried it, but ...

C:\Users\fra\Downloads>pip install pygame
Requirement already satisfied: pygame in c:\users\fra\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages (2.1.2)

C:\Users\fra\Downloads>game.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\fra\Downloads\game.py", line 1, in <module>
    import pygame
ImportError: No module named pygame

C:\Users\fra\Downloads>

😦

[upper plume]

you have to do pip install pygame

oh wait

._.

[astral trout]

yeah...

[daring tide]

math is built in

[astral trout]

unless my pip and my python interpreter are in the same location

[daring tide]

i think yeah

pip in same directory as python

should be in program files

[astral trout]

gotach, that's it, I have 2 pythons on my PC, sorry :))))

cute, indeed

[daring tide]

but not what managers want

[astral trout]

what managers ?

[daring tide]

they want it to be a "difficult and on theme"

[hot flume]

So PyWeek is judged by other people who have also submitted games

[astral trout]

make this game for you, not for the "managers"

[daring tide]

1st rule

this game is not fun and its not challenging at all

bruh

[upper plume]

lol

[daring tide]

rule 5 and 4 are done

easily

imma develop a planet shooter game

cool name doe

[lusty wasp]

PyWeek has to be challenging and fun, the game doesn't have to be challenging, just fun (Fun is one of the scoring categories) 😉

[daring tide]

my games fun

well

mesmerising

[deft grove]

You can do OpenGL on Windows too

[daring tide]

should I make a game about planets shooting ships, or ships shooting planets?

both would be cool

[astral trout]

sure, but in my experience it is safer to go for DirectX on Windows, esp. on older Intel HD Graphics chipsets :/

[deft grove]

That's fair

Last I did GL on Windows I used Nvidia and had 3.6 iirc

[daring tide]

i have a amd video card that supports open gl 4.5

[deft grove]

With Linux, even my Intel iGPU has 4.6

[astral trout]

Nvidia OpenGL drivers are usually excellent

[daring tide]

My GPU's drivers are from 2015 😬

im gonna make 16 pixel spaceships with graphics gale

[astral trout]

never been able to use graphics gale 😦

i'm too old 😄

Deluxe Paint II was my weapon of choice back in the days

now I'm more on ProMotion

here's my progress so far... https://pyweek.org/e/planete-encore/

let's try to see if Mixamo works on this model

[daring tide]

hmm

br

thats better

[astral trout]

ah yeah

super minimalistic 😄

[daring tide]

8 - bit

lol

0.5 kb png

[astral trout]

the Nec PCEngine was a 8Bit console

[daring tide]

save it so i can easily do green, blue and red

[astral trout]

(ok, actually it was a 8bit super boosted into 16bit....)

this is true 8bit hardware architecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rYffqQaBmM

[daring tide]

smallest png of my career

[astral trout]

lol

indeed 🙂

[daring tide]

graphics gale has old school ui

*like pyweek

eyyyyyyy

cool

[astral trout]

yeah, it works !!!!! Mixamo is amazing....

[daring tide]

its 9:15

pm

:P

[astral trout]

10:15 PM here

[rain bane]

4:15 pm here

[astral trout]

where are you located ? US, east coast?

[rain bane]

maybe

[astral trout]

haha

ITSA SECRET

[rain bane]

maybe

[astral trout]

lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpnKrlNmqOU ❤️

[astral trout]

ok, enough for today 🙂
BED TIME

[upper plume]

dang its good

[astral trout]

the lack of transition between idle and walk is horrible but don't have a proper solution now

and I still have to turn this into a game 😄

[split cradle]

You can do in between frames

[upper plume]

this was built using python?!?!?

[astral trout]

Yes

You have the source code on the GitHub

Here : https://pyweek.org/e/planete-encore/

[distant pebble]

hi guys

[onyx basin]

Hi

What games are you guys making

[rain bane]

games

[upper plume]

a game about a red planet

[onyx basin]

Same

[upper plume]

lol

[onyx basin]

Wrong button

Can't delete it

[rain bane]

?

[onyx basin]

Please dont ban me mods

@rain bane I'm currently on my phone

[distant pebble]

i'm making a tower defense game

it's for the red planet theme

[onyx basin]

I'm making a platformer with a friend

We are currently working on the framework@distant pebble

How much progress have you made

Just asking

[distant pebble]

not too much i hsven't worked much on the code yet

i have been mostly trying to put music in the game

it's working now

now i need to create a original theme i'm working with my brother and my father on the game

[neon iron]

I like to do music last personally, so I know what mood to put the player in

[cerulean peak]

Just make a game? Could be any type as long as it's in python?

[neon iron]

It needs to follow the theme, but essentially ye

[cerulean peak]

So it can look like this too?

[neon iron]

Text based? Sure

[crystal mica]

[distant pebble]

I usually like to do music last too but this one is a little different I felt like doing it right now

[neon iron]

Don't forget to write diary entries

[daring tide]

im making a space shooter, where the planet is shooting the spaceships :P

[daring tide]

bruh

i found the issue

[astral trout]

I tend to avoid mixing upper & lower case in my filenames 😄

it always ends up badly when I port my projects to Linux/Unix 😄

all lower case, period :>

[daring tide]

i found out what the error was

i was using: os.path.join

and that takes the highest parent file

so i had to write: "Shooter_Game\ \assets"

should I add sound?

a SFX folder

[dense knot]

LOL SO good

[astral trout]

yeah, bedtime is needed 😄

[dense knot]

AA Does you do all this by python???

No life

[astral trout]

i'm using a python game engine

some use pygame

some will use panda3d

i'm using harfang

[vapid wigeon]

I just came here to say the logo looks amazing!

[daring tide]

DirectX logo

lol

[charred plume]

🔥

[upper plume]

How is everyones games coming along?

[merry ginkgo]

Fine. We just implemented the screen functionality and did a bit of artwork

[upper plume]

nice

[astral trout]

ok, time to get back to the PyWeek project after a 10h day of work 😐

[upper plume]

f

I'm trying to get most of the project done today bc I have school the rest of the week ._.

[split cradle]

me 2

[merry ginkgo]

Me 3. My sister gets another day off but not me

[upper plume]

f

[rain bane]

man, pathfinding is a lot harder to flush out than I thought it would be

[arctic prairie]

lookin amazing

[lusty wasp]

More level design got done today

[cinder dagger]

I tought i had a chance ...

Is this even legal

U like some professional game designer

[random dune]

nice design wow

[neon iron]

Really nice stuff!

Then there's me...

[upper plume]

Is everyone making 2d games?

[neon iron]

Nope

I am tho

[midnight jacinth]

Anyone good at AWS

[upper plume]

whats aws

[neon iron]

Hosting service, not rlly relevant here

[upper plume]

oh

[prisma fiber]

what libs should i learn?

[prisma fiber]

i wanna rewrite a game i made a few years ago in scratch

if i stick with that, i'm prolly gonna go it alone

[upper plume]

?

[prisma fiber]

when does registration close?

nvm

[rain bane]

Pick your poison 🙂
https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/libraries.html

[neon iron]

Hmm, idt that's allowed

[rain bane]

Yeah, probably not actually

[prisma fiber]

really?

[neon iron]

You may not use code created before the competition except under the conditions of clause 2.2 and 2.3. This includes using the code as a point of reference

[prisma fiber]

seems like it

https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html#entries-are-to-be-written-from-scratch

[neon iron]

tbf the rule is "2. Entries are to be written “from scratch"", so you are technically making it from scratch /j

[prisma fiber]

☠️

[rain bane]

Yeah, but sadly

This includes using the code as a point of reference

[neon iron]

Play on words lol

[rain bane]

yeah ik

[neon iron]

As for this, personally I like Arcade. Pygame is the most popular/used

[rain bane]

yeah, arcade has a lot more structure to it than pygame. pygame more or less just wraps the library under it.

[neon iron]

What I have so far. That's most of it, main part I need to add is the fuel. Then just levels, a menu, music, etc. https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media.pyweek.org/34/Unanimous/trim.B57F1BEE-41F6-4703-A70B-9CC176D5EE07.MOV

[rain bane]

cool

[neon iron]

O and flames, atm the rover looks a lil strange floating like that lol

[arctic prairie]

I love that

[cinder dagger]

hey when i send my last file for pyweek do i need to include the modules? in the zip file

[upper plume]

If I created music before the game jam that isn't public, can I still use it in my project?

[neon iron]

Like pygame or something you install with pip? No, but you should include a requirements.txt file that includes all the modules you use. You can make it with pip freeze >> requirements.txt iirc

[cinder dagger]

ok thx

[neon iron]

No

As with the use of existing codebases, the intention is that all entrants start with a level playing field in artwork too. This means you shouldn’t develop artwork beforehand that you intend to use during the challenge unless you also make that artwork freely available to all other entrants.

[neon iron]

Props to copilot on this one, no way I could've made this myself lol

# Apply force upwards on the player
if k.UP in pressed:
    self.physics_engine.apply_force(
        self.player,
        (0, PLAYER_SPEED * math.cos(math.radians(self.player.angle))),
   )

Other than that, the rest of my codebase has been pretty simple so far

[astral trout]

AWESOME

[astral trout]

cute!

[astral trout]

here, 2D gameplay and 3D display

[astral trout]

gravity game!!!!! LOVE THAT ❤️

here's my work this morning, between the coffee and getting ready for work 😅
nothing crazy, just a laggy camera to follow the hero

# camera pursuit
cam_target = smila["pos"] + cam_offset
dt_cam = (cam_target - cam_trs.GetPos()) * dts * 10.0
smila["cam_target"] += dt_cam
cam_trs.SetPos(smila["cam_target"])

(the score is fake, btw, it simply increments regardless of what happens)

[supple hedge]

can i have the code to that, looks kind of cool for a background LMAO

[rain bane]

It’s not even supposed to happen

That is my computer being screwed up

[supple hedge]

oh well, look cool for my game

[unique kestrel]

is this done with python ? really ?

[astral trout]

Yup
You have the repo on my pyweek entry

[unique kestrel]

nice

[astral trout]

https://github.com/astrofra/pyweek34-planete-encore

[neon iron]

Pyweek rlly fell on a bad week this yr for me lol. College starts today, and I don't have most of Saturday either

[steep pelican]

nice 👍 👍 👍

[astral trout]

thanks 🙂

[cinder dagger]

Whats last day for code?

[lusty wasp]

Saturday

[astral trout]

hacking a physics-based character controler

[next arch]

anyone know where i can get some 2d assets

[neon iron]

I like the music!

Is that part of the game, or just the vid?

[astral trout]

oh, no, it's just a youtube video that was playing in the background 🙂

it's from this project : https://github.com/astrofra/demo-marine-melodies

[distant pebble]

My brother is working on the cutscenes for our game he is a good drawer and animator the cutscenes are like a slideshow separate drawings that you progress by clicking the mouse or space bar.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1015022985557586041/1016823296953679892/A23B299F-E9DB-4925-AC4A-5DF888172393.jpg here is one of the cutscenes

[viscid lantern]

haha thats dope

[distant pebble]

this is actually the second cutscene

[distant pebble]

If it makes anymore sense to everyone here essentially the games cutscenes are like a story book kinda like cuphead’s opening cutscenes and closing cutscenes

[rain bane]

https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/resources.html#d-graphics

[next arch]

ty bro

[rain bane]

the jiggle

[ornate lava]

among us

[rain bane]

true

[open leaf]

Nothing like an 8gb memory leak from spawning 5 sprites

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/794306686247632939/839225849592021021/unknown.gif

[open leaf]

This is cool

[rain bane]

I did the same thing, except it wasn't a memory leak and I had 5000 sprites

[open leaf]

😭

[rain bane]

yeah that's why there's only 100 of these little red guys now

[open leaf]

My memory leak is coming from a spritelist. Everytime it's cleared(), it causes a serious memory leak even though the sprites are no longer being rendered

So I'd spawn 5 enemies, when they go off screen, remove them from the spritelist hoping that it'll cut down on memory usage. But no, even though the list gets cleared the memory usage grows exponentially.

[stable kelp]

Bro I acc run into this problem all the time. How do I fix it?

[river saddle]

If you are using arcade, make sure deep is set to true, otherwise, the internal references in the sprite will keep it alive.

[stable kelp]

hey guys im using vs code and im pressing the run button but its not doing anything. I dont know how to run my game can anyone help?

[open leaf]

Thing is I am using arcade, and deep was set to true and the memory leak was still occurring. I figured I messed up somewhere else so I'm tryna debug that rn

[stable kelp]

It is also not giving any error its just not doing anything

[open leaf]

I used deepcopy to copy and duplicate sprites as needed. I think that's where the issue is spawning from. If I remember, it's recursive or something. At least, based on my memory

[peak wind]

You might not have a good enough PC to run it? And/or you have too many programs running in the background or anything else which is slowing it down to the point where it seems like it will never run

Or it is running you just don’t realize it

But idk because I’m only a beginner

And coding python. Which doesn’t make sense in this situation so nvm

[river saddle]

Odd, if you do find the issue, and it is caused by the spritelist, ping me so I can tell the dev's (or tell them yourself)

[rain bane]

The complexity of this method is O(N) with a deep clear (default).
If ALL the sprites in the list gets garbage collected
with the list itself you can do an O(1)``` clear using deep=False. **Make sure you know exactly what you are doing before using this option.** Any lingering sprite reference will cause a massive memory leak. The deep`` option will
iterate all the sprites and remove their references to
this spritelist. Sprite and SpriteList have a circular
reference for performance reasons.

• clear function docstring

[open leaf]

yea no problem

[open leaf]

yh yh Ik 😭

Imma figure it out eventually

[river saddle]

Oh dear, you make be making many many many copies of the spritelist when you do that

[open leaf]

That's what I was thinking

I'll get back to you if I find a solution

[river saddle]

Rather than deep copying the sprite it may be better to create a custom "factory" method which allows you to call it and get a nearly identical sprite.

[open leaf]

Interesting

That's actually brilliant 🤔

!e

class Sprite:

    def __init__(self, name : str) -> ...:
        self.name = name

    @classmethod
    def factory(cls):
        return cls("Bob")
    

sprite = Sprite("Jeff")
print(sprite, sprite.name)
clone = sprite.factory()
print(clone, clone.name)

[proud ruin]

@open leaf :white_check_mark: Your 3.11 eval job has completed with return code 0.

001 | <__main__.Sprite object at 0x7ff1d1edb910> Jeff
002 | <__main__.Sprite object at 0x7ff1d1c842d0> Bob

[open leaf]

Were you referring to something like that? That definitely would be more efficient and I'd have no need to potentially risk a memory leak like that

https://tenor.com/view/applause-leonardo-dicaprio-clap-gif-9602869

[river saddle]

yup

[open leaf]

tyty

[astral trout]

\:D/ awesome

[astral trout]

• hero is now moving in physics (can collide with other stuff)
• it broke the camera pursuit code so I fixed it (my mistake)
• changed the materials on the hero, a bit
• dt frame is smoother (even on the poor capture of my 2013 laptop)

[supple hedge]

i think you should work on the lightings, its too dark which after a few minuets will make the game annoying, but beside that its the coolest game i ever saw someone made with python, love it.

[astral trout]

thanks !!!

yeah, the light is a bit too everything, too dark, to blurry and too ... orange 😄

next step is to implement the enemies and the ability to kill them 🙂

[supple hedge]

np

[supple hedge]

nice

[onyx basin]

What module did u use? Ursina engine?

Or maybe panda3d?

[astral trout]

https://pypi.org/project/harfang/ 😇

[onyx basin]

Oh great! Thanks.

[wet kelp]

mhm iirc dunder new and metaclasses can also be used for similar operations which they perform well

[karmic vapor]

can someone plzz explain

i am stuck at this for already a day now, and i dont know why its saying that its cant find it

[rain bane]

Your terminal is running in pygames/redPlanet, but your assets folder is in pygames/redPlanet/redPlanet

[karmic vapor]

and now its saying this...

idk what i am doing wrong now, but it worked just fine when i first made it in seperate files, and then i moved them about and it all colapsed

[olive gust]

it's easier if you just put all the scripts in the same folder

[rain bane]

Probably because all of that is under that second redPlanet folder you have

Either put them in the same folder, or import from redPlanet.images

[karmic vapor]

okay, thnx

then i have 1 last problem, its more of a visual studio problem, and also not really a problem
my game should be ran from the program.py script. but thats ofcoarse not where all the code will be
so can i make it that it doesnt matter what script i have open, it will always run the program.py when i press the run button

[olive gust]

Started on something

[karmic vapor]

my god, that art looks amazing

[onyx basin]

please, it's worse than the light mode

[cinder dagger]

Ur the owner of ursina

Are u using ursina?

[olive gust]

Yes

I'll also try to make it run in browsers using a library I made

[rain bane]

That paralax is kinda cool

[rain bane]

honestly I might not get this done

[arctic prairie]

looks wonderful. Reminds me of lemmings

[rain bane]

yeah that does happen to be what I'm going ofr

for

[river saddle]

Trying to get a funky perspective. thoughts?

[rain bane]

funky