pyweek-game-jam

[peak wind]

I have question, are we able to for example, me able to join a team and make a game and submit it, but also make submit another game on my own?

[open leaf]

Thanks much, tested it out and the memory leak is gone

[river saddle]

Not a problem!

[distant pebble]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1015022985557586041/1017316006672224296/B3FD2030-7EE5-4A54-9FE1-203FA5951B21.png this is an image my brother made for our game it’s quite impressive honestly this is version 1 of it

This is version 2 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1015022985557586041/1017319834549227540/DCC1FBD5-7CF3-4339-B2D1-EBDC12A6AFA3.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1015022985557586041/1017326705779691552/78714514-B4D1-47BF-8E30-5EBF25A2365B.png and this is version 3

I think this is the first proper 3d game I have seen in python well done 👏

[astral trout]

Not a game yet! It needs death/victory triggers :)))
But I see what you mean and I thank you 🙏

[distant pebble]

Yes true

[astral trout]

Possibly with Harfang you can approach what is doable in Godot
But it 100% remains a Python module 🙂

[foggy nimbus]

now the true grind begins

[peak wind]

I like how I’m trying to participate in this game jam, yet I have minimal python knowledge, and I got a late start. Last night i inly made a window and that’s it

[keen spade]

it began 4 days ago, you still have around 3 days left

[next arch]

LOL

dawg i still barely did anything

[upper plume]

I did a lot of work on the first two days and haven't done anything since

[brisk ivy]

Communism L

[sharp spire]

I'm kinda new here

Is it too late to register now?

[cinder dagger]

how s my game so far

anything to improve?

[twin olive]

is the sound wanted like that?

[cinder dagger]

no no

im in class

still no sound track

ill add one

[rain bane]

My ears

[cinder dagger]

this my design of the red planet

basicly a bloody moon

[idle spire]

wip

[split cradle]

lol the event is ending in a day

[split cradle]

September 2022: "The Red Planet" challenge underway; 1 day and 19 hours to go

[hexed pike]

Very cool!!

[onyx basin]

AAAAAAAAA

[simple hamlet]

aah hello

what happened

holy you won?

[simple hamlet]

CONGO DUDE

🎉

I was busy the whole week

couldn't even start my hangman game

[simple hamlet]

what did you make tho?

[onyx basin]

what lol no

I won an earlier pyweek

I'm just getting kind of end-game jitters

[icy brook]

oof the development I'm seeing on this channel about all these games, so exciting! I'm not very experienced with python but seeing all this cool stuff happen makes me wanna jump into learning more!

so many questions about this one, what is your suite like? are you using something like unity for scene development or is it all done with python?

[split cradle]

https://gyazo.com/85402e2fc8506e796a209c9206230df2.mp4

animations

finally done

[upper plume]

nice

[peak wind]

Beautiful. Would make for a great game

[rain bane]

😔

[split cradle]

Ya I am not showing my game

yet

it so hot

jk

we got all mechanics down

just have to make art for it

[cinder dagger]

this award is not for me right

[split cradle]

aka the award for being the best at being what should of been the best but couldn't be best

[cinder dagger]

So thats not a real award

I tought my code was actually reviewed and that i got some real award

[astral trout]

https://youtu.be/1eUPmbGpmi4 ❤️

[icy brook]

thanks for sharing this!

[dark cargo]

Hey guys hope your well

I know the formula to find out which crypto will pump on the day

Using Twitter search results. Can any one help code this?

[onyx basin]

I hope you're memeing, that sounds way stupid

[dark cargo]

What do you mean?

[dark cargo]

Can you code python or do you trade crypto?

[covert patrol]

that's irrelevant to this channel

[onyx basin]

I don't believe it it's actually a game!

it feels like it was just a bunch of stuff in a big pile only yesterday

[slender night]

whats the different between pyweek and code jam?

[split cradle]

ones in a week

[slender night]

?

[reef meadow]

Until what time can I publish my game in PyWeek?

[bitter girder]

Could be worse though--my teammate was beat-up (attempted murder, apparently) but with "only" a broken nose! I'm just making a rogue clone (python-tcod library) and practicing a bit with Pyglet because I want to make it more of an ASCII graphics interface maybe...

[bitter girder]

I think we've got 5 hours 15 minutes 😮

I'm freaking out!

[green trench]

One question that stuck me the most. I know its cheating to start ahead of time. But, they say you have 24 hours to upload and its not considered extra development time. Would that be considered cheating if you still using that last 24 hours for last minute development time prior to uploading even IF you submitted it at least a few hours before the "deadline"? If yes then I'm ruined...

[onyx basin]

it's not cheating, I've seen a lot of major bug fixes on sunday in previous pyweeks

but it would be pretty unfair if you kept at it all sunday

[green trench]

What would that be considered grounds for bug fixing?

[idle spire]

Just pushed the final submission (except for any packaging fixes someone from the team might do tomorrow): https://pyweek.org/e/RedPlanted/ if you want to give it a spin early 🙂

[upper plume]

should I submit my half finish game?

[vagrant prairie]

Hi, I'm having trouble uploading my game

413 Request Entity Too Large

its about 250mb

[lusty wasp]

Fixing game breaking bugs is ok, packaging related stuff is ok, adding instructions and setting the window title is ok, making gameplay improvements or pushing art is definitely not ok on upload day

....aaand that's a wrap, the deadline just hit, pens down 😛

[split cradle]

me 2

[proud pier]

Pyweek.org is down, I think

[vagrant prairie]

I barely managed to get it in

I had to get it under 200mb

[lusty wasp]

No worries, you have all day to upload

[upper plume]

Yah, I was trying to upload my file and the website went down

[split cradle]

same for me

[lusty wasp]

Everyone trying to upload at once I guess

[upper plume]

lol

[split cradle]

My project literally took me all of today

I pretty much woprked on it for 1 day

[upper plume]

nice

[upper plume]

I worked on it all last weekend but then nothing this week bc of school and its only half finished

[onyx basin]

good job everybody holy moly

[proud pier]

Worked over 30+ hours on my game and it's finally done! Super excited to see all the other games people made.

[onyx basin]

I feel like I have no skull it's just an open brain

[burnt forum]

It's up again

[upper plume]

How long does it take everyone for their project to upload?

[raw sandal]

Any linux or mac users that want to give our entry a try?
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media.pyweek.org/34/3420220904/PlanetOfTheKingV01-pw-34.zip
We would appreciate it. Just to make sure it work on those platforms too.

[sly oyster]

You guys had fun week?

[cinder dagger]

Yes and no

Schedule with school was messed up

And rly fitting code time whenevet i coud

But was fine

Learned nee

[vagrant prairie]

I'll take a look droid

[cinder dagger]

New things*

[proud pier]

Finally. What a great feeling.

[cinder dagger]

How judging works?

[neon iron]

Everyone who submitted a final submission can download, play, and rate all the other submissions, ranked in a few categories

[cinder dagger]

Ok so there s no real judges the ppl that judge are the ones that play

[neon iron]

The participants are the judges

[vagrant prairie]

@raw sandal Heya, on macos 11 (Big Sur) and python 3.10 it seems to be running fine

[green trench]

Well at least it was close to finish this time. Might have to call a DNF...AGAIN. Started programming too late and instead did the art and planning on how my game should flow...Should've been the other way around. -_-

[neon iron]

Runs on Arch, although maybe include a requirements.txt to show you need pygame installed if you havent made it already

[simple hamlet]

Dam

[idle spire]

did a lightning talk yesterday at pyconsk about pyweek and our group entry (youtube link contains time offset): https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=34035&v=yvEUoTkUoiA

[astral trout]

am I the only one to found this on pyweek.org ? 😦

wait, now it's working 😦

[sly oyster]

www. subdomain doesn't work

[astral trout]

oh jeee

I spent the last 3 days waiting for it to be online again 😄

(without too much motivation, I confess)

[raw sandal]

thanks for testing!

[reef meadow]

Hi all! While we were testing the game, we found a bug and we want to fix it. Is it possible to do this before we released the game? Wouldn't this be cheating?

[idle spire]

well we fixed a bug that we discovered during packaging for windows (we developed/tested on macos and linux) — does not change the game in any way, but avoids a traceback when quitting

but fixing game logic might be out of scope for the „upload“ phase

[novel thorn]

Is that Europe

[winter nimbus]

@reef meadow

[cinder dagger]

hey guys

im pretty sure the first place

is going to

the martian thirst

that game is like perfect

there s a bug i found the more game it loads the more buggy it gets

but quality is very good

[sweet mica]

did you play this one https://pyweek.org/e/DaringDevs/ ?

[onyx basin]

woow... I hope youve been able to sort it out by now

[neon iron]

I'm not sure if there's official exceptions, but lots of people fix compatibility issues, like if it works fine on windows but errors on mac. you could fix the issue. Problems with game logic tho should've been fixed earlier. That's what I go by anyway

[keen walrus]

Our game will take 1st place, that's for sure! Look here, we already showed it to our moms and they said it was cool. https://pyweek.org/e/madmen/

[proud pier]

Hey guys! I've been wanting to join a game jam for a few years now, and when I got the ping last Saturday for the game jam, I figured I may as well join it.
I've been programming games and other applications for years now, but I never really programmed any games in Python. So, after quite a bit of work, I've created my first Python game ever.

My friends @burnt forum and [Not in this discord] helped with a lot of the game concepts and some of the art.

Although I didn't get to implement everything I wanted to, I'm pretty proud of it for my first game. The codebase is absolutely terrible though.

https://pyweek.org/e/stranded/

I would love to get some feedback on it.

[cinder dagger]

oh so i wasnt the only one at thinking of a red planet cause of blood

cool

[foggy nimbus]

our game is good

or what others would describe borderline acceptable

[gilded pagoda]

Why my code is not converting farenheit to celcius

[keen walrus]

Someone wrote that our game starts with errors. However, I accidentally clicked Ignore and it disappeared. Please write again.

[marble steppe]

Maybe you've found the bug, if not here's the solution:

Value = float(input('Enter the temperature: '))
denom = str(input('Enter C or F: '))

if denom == 'c' or denom == 'C':
    farenheit = ((Value*9)/5)+32
    print("{} Celsius equals to {} Farenheit".format(Value, farenheit))

elif denom == 'f' or denom == 'F':
    celcius = (Value-32)*5/9
    print("{} Farenheit equals to {} Celsius".format(Value, celcius))
else:
    print("invalid input")

I'm not gonna say where the bug/mistake was, cause you might like it if you find/notice it yourself. Try comparing this one with the in the picture.

[storm delta]

I don’t think you got the solution, look at the if/elif statements. Specifically the or

[waxen canyon]

Yeah you have to put

if denom == 'f' or denom == 'F':```

Or

if denom in ['f', 'F']:```

Or make the input have

.lower()```
at the end so you only need to test the one* case

[reef olive]

Bro in the if condition where u check the denom either make it a list or have
denom == 'c'or denom =='C'

[marble steppe]

Thanks for pointing that out, I pasted the wrong code while leaving the modified one in another, let me fix it rq

[latent plinth]

this is the pyweek gamejam channel

or is that app your submission?

[sweet mica]

how do I know if someone has judged my team's entry?

[keen spade]

it is

[sweet mica]

@raw sandal your game lacks documentation and link that you provided for the help with the game doesn't redirects as an invite link to your discord server. Can you explain somethings(will change the rating after properly playing it)? I tried pressing all keys in the first puzzle but nothing happened

would be in march 2023

[neon iron]

It's allowed, and listed on the resources page. The next one will be March 2023, give or take a few weeks

[sweet mica]

@keen spade(https://pyweek.org/e/MartianMadness/) did you guys made all your assets on your own?

[keen spade]

no - the credits tab has some attributions

[sweet mica]

was so immersed in the game forgot to read that

I am unable to run this entry https://pyweek.org/e/PythonSharks/

(venv) ibrahim@ibrahim-desktop:~/PycharmProjects/pyweek/34/KrunkedAliens$ python run_game.py 
(venv) ibrahim@ibrahim-desktop:~/PycharmProjects/pyweek/34/KrunkedAliens$ python main.py 
pygame 2.1.2 (SDL 2.0.16, Python 3.10.7)
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ibrahim/PycharmProjects/pyweek/34/KrunkedAliens/main.py", line 27, in <module>
    BACKGROUNDIMAGE = pygame.image.load('background.png')
FileNotFoundError: No file 'background.png' found in working directory '/home/ibrahim/PycharmProjects/pyweek/34/KrunkedAliens'.

[keen spade]

[sweet mica]

I am unable to run this https://pyweek.org/e/CaffeinTypists/ traceback is at https://paste.pythondiscord.com/suzulujilu

[idle spire]

i really love the design of „Red Dust“, and the gameplay is also compact

„The Planet of the King“ was also really well executed, and tricky to solve the two puzzles

„Ares Firma“ is very well designed, and doesn’t get in the user‘s way, recommended way to spend some time

[waxen canyon]

I think it's every 6 months

[onyx basin]

so, this is my first time viewing a pyweek gamejam, one question though

I'd wish to download a zip containing all the games of the pyweek, is there a functionality that does that or should I just write a scraper?

[fair condor]

what is this thread about what is pyweak

[neon iron]

#pyweek-faq

[idle spire]

pip install pyweek
pyweek download 34

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

[mild valley]

Can you try to run using python Project-Aries?

Instead of calling run_game.py?

Even if you run using that, I think some of the issues is because we developed the game on windows and used file path with backward slash instead

Can we make changes to the game which involve bug fixes like these?

[sweet mica]

now you can't do anything like that

just add it in the description

[pulsar spire]

Ngl file paths are a pain

But u should verify if that background image is even present there or not

[idle spire]

os.path.join() helps. or the fancy new pathlib

[sweet mica]

isn't the final submission button gone, where are they gonna make the edit and submit?

[pulsar spire]

Wym?
I ain't telling them to edit anything, just a general statement

[sweet mica]

i thought something else from your previous statement, but now I understand what you meant after you edited your sentence, sorry

[pulsar spire]

All cool

[sweet bane]

looks like some image but obfuscated

[onyx basin]

tyvm

[vagrant prairie]

@mild valley Heya, can you confirm if Project Aries works under virtualenv? I've been trying to run it, but even though poetry appears to install "arcade" correctly, it can never find the module. The only difference I can think from the instructions is I create a virtualenv first because I like to keep a clean base python

This is win11 + Python 3.10

[mild valley]

I did also encounter this issue, that even though poetry is supposed to install all the modules required for the project and use those, it throws a ModuleNotFoundError

[vagrant prairie]

oh maybe virtualenv is redundant with poetry? I didn't realize poetry also creates an isolated environment

[mild valley]

yea poetry install is supposed to create a virtualenv for you

so you don't have to do it yourself

[vagrant prairie]

cool, I'll try that out

[mild valley]

Can you try to run via this?
poetry run python -V Project-Aries

[vagrant prairie]

 poetry run python -V .\Project-Aries
Creating virtualenv pyweek-34-LGlyb4rQ-py3.10 in C:\Users\ianov\AppData\Local\pypoetry\Cache\virtualenvs
Python 3.10.6

[mild valley]

Didn't work?

[vagrant prairie]

well, it doesn't return an error, but nothing appears

[mild valley]

you did do a poetry install right?

[vagrant prairie]

whoops might have forgot, trying again

ok, here's what I'm seeing

https://pastebin.com/6zssGs3v

[mild valley]

ok lemme have a look and I'll get back at you

[vagrant prairie]

cool cool 👍

I'll try to familiarize myself with poetry to make sure I'm not doing something dumb

[mild valley]

I am not too familiar with it myself tbh

I'll ask my partner cuz he has used it before

[vagrant prairie]

here's another interesting data point... it might not be poetry that's the problem

https://pastebin.com/3u0Wyv24

I tried exporting a requirements.txt and using pip install with a virtualenv (I know this works -- it's worked on all the other games I downloaded), and it still has trouble seeing arcade for some reason

I'll try on my imac in a bit, maybe it's a windows thing?

[mild valley]

no that's not the reason, we developed the full game on windows

Can you do one thing - can you try to make a temporary python file in the same virtual env and try to import arcade, and check if that works or not?

[vagrant prairie]

sure

ok, it works from the repl, I'll try a file next

 python
Python 3.10.6 (tags/v3.10.6:9c7b4bd, Aug 1 2022, 21:53:49) [MSC v.1932 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import arcade

dir(arcade)
['AStarBarrierList', 'AnimatedTimeBasedSprite', ,...

test file also works

 python .\test_file.py
<module 'arcade' from 'C:\Pyweek34\Project-Aries\Project-Aries\env\lib\site-packages\arcade\init.py'>

import arcade

print(arcade)

it is interesting though, vscode has trouble resolving it for some reason

that also happens in my test_file.py

ok, here's another weird thing

in run_game.py I added "import arcade" at the top, and that /did/ work, but it still fails to import in the subprocess running main.py

I think the problem is the subprocess might be picking up the system python interpreter instead of the virtualenv one

ok, I got it running... I renamed "main.py" to "main.py", cd'd into the source directory, and just ran main.py directly

er, double underscore main .py, I guess that is a format string in discord

fun game 🙂

[mild valley]

you can put it in a code block like __main__

[mild valley]

hmm. I guess that works too. I'll add it as a potential fix for the game

[mild valley]

Thanks!

[gaunt rose]

This is cs50p course assignment, I can't check after doing or I can't submit

Anyone faced this issue before? Pls help

[vagrant prairie]

Just a theory, but you might double check if arcade is in your base python install. Could easily happen, and then the subprocess would work on your computer but not others

[mild valley]

I do have arcade in my base install. That could be a reason it works fine on my system, because I was not using the virtualenv all this time

I've added this fix, let's see if there are any others issues as well

Man we should've tested the game on other platforms, but oh well...

You learn and move on

[vagrant prairie]

yeah, pretty easy to skip that part when you're in a rush to even finish 🙂

I think I tested mine on my imac like 5 minutes before it was due, so if something was horribly wrong I don't know if I would have even been able to fix it

[mild valley]

2 of the 4 enemies in our game were added on the last day lmao

One only hours before deadline

Which is why we couldn't playtest it

I got some good feedback on the game afterwards as I let my friends play it, but yea

[vagrant prairie]

we did ours (Space Chopper) as a 2d/3d hybrid, which I don't regret design wise, but we spent so much time fighting with gltf asset importers and weird lighting bugs that we didn't get gameplay in until the last day. I feel sad reading my design document though, I had soooo many ideas in there we had to cut lol

[mild valley]

Yea same

We wasted a lot of time on animation which could've been fixed with a simple solution, but we realized that pretty late

[raw sandal]

Hi Thanks for playing! I agree, after watching someone else play testing it. On the first puzzle you have to drag'n'drop to rotate the mirrors and/or the lasers. Select one (click on it) and then drag the mouse outside of the selection to rotate it. The arrows should indicate that.
In the second puzzle you'll figure out fast that you have to move the pieces around and you can rotate them with a right click. Otherwise the only keys you need are the arrow keys (or alternatively asdw).

[limpid heart]

Are there any planned testing times for streams?

[hot flume]

Nothing concrete, my schedule is very in flux and I can guarantee absolutely nothing

[limpid heart]

I quite enjoyed those the last go round

[dry cosmos]

Hi. Is the registration for user accounts currently locked, or is it just me not being able to find it?

[neon iron]

You should be able to create an account I believe, just not make an entry/submit a file

[limpid heart]

I don't see any place to register anymore

here's the wayback machine from Sept 3.

and today

Gonna say registration is currently closed

@dry cosmos ^^

[dry cosmos]

Thanks. Aww...

[limpid heart]

Why did you want to register? The website is boring and last I checked, full of spam. Probably why registration closes

Lemme actually look around and see if the spam was cleaned up

[neon iron]

Most of the chatting happens here, the site is for uploading files/diaries and reading the rules

[dry cosmos]

Because I've begun checking out the entries, found the first one to work on my potato of a computer, and wouuld like to give them a Potato Compliant award.

[limpid heart]

Looks like a lot of spam was cleaned up

Can non entrants give awards?

[neon iron]

Only people who have a final submission can rank/give awards afaik

[limpid heart]

That's what I thought

everyone can enjoy the fruits of our labor

[dry cosmos]

Actually I'm an entrant, I just didn't do the paperwork. I'm credited by https://pyweek.org/e/GMars/

[neon iron]

registering doesnt do anything special, just enables you to submit an entry

[limpid heart]

Well, in that case registering during hte jam is recommended

then you get to vote and award 🙂

but you can always ask a teammate to throw an award out

they're free as far as I can tell

[dry cosmos]

Yeah, that would have been the proper thing to do...

[limpid heart]

you live and you learn

[neon iron]

Live and learn. Maybe you could just ping em and thank the creator that way iuw

[dry cosmos]

There's always PyWeek 35. ^^

[limpid heart]

codeberg

that's interesting

new thing?

[dry cosmos]

A GitHub-not-run-by-Microsoft whih promptly had an outage on day 1 of PyWeek. 🙂

[limpid heart]

lol

day 1 isn't bad

day 7 would be terrible

day 1 we didn't do anything

I'm gmt - 4, the rest of my team was +3/4/5

so it opened at 8 my time, late theirs

Sunday was planning

Coding wasn't till monday or so

and even then, there was a lot more pseudocode than code

the Friday / Saturday though...lol

[dry cosmos]

Wel, I didn't actually want to participate, but then the week rolled around, and over on our server I felt like "Screw it, I don't feel like coding, but at the least I can try doing story." So I "pushed" by dumping text in our pyweek channel.

[limpid heart]

Ah

I was happy that I didn't Blender this whole time

[dry cosmos]

So the codeberg outage was none of my problem. 😄

[limpid heart]

Last time was just hours a day in Blender making things for no real reason, though I did learn a lot.

This time we used simpler assets and I learned some Inkscape instead, but did actually code a nice bit

[dry cosmos]

I kind of really do't feel like coding these days, only dreaming of what I'd have if I would write the code...

[limpid heart]

What good is that? Spend the time you spend dreaming writing, and realize those dreams

[dry cosmos]

It's no good, I just can't summon the energy. But every few weeks, it happens, and I an get a few commits in.

Fear the day when that changes, 'cause I'll be dropping quite the tech stack onto the pyweek after that. 🙂

[kindred hare]

Coding games in python

Never have doing this

[limpid heart]

It's quite fun

Especially with a team

[onyx basin]

we still don't have an award aaaawwww

https://pyweek.org/e/GMars/ if y'all haven't please play our game we put in a lot of effort

[idle spire]

well well

[idle spire]

i played it, i really liked the art style and the mechanics

and after revisiting it now, i figured out how the "side dash" mechanics work

i love the.. "low poly" / "toon shaded" / "flat shaded" look

[sweet mica]

has anyone judged my team's entry, its a little bit complex(yes its rocket science, you basically make a rocket to go form mars to mars's moon phobos) we put a lot of effort into it making natural disasters and also all assets on our own https://pyweek.org/e/DaringDevs/

theres a simple picture guide in the description

[sweet mica]

you have buildings like asteroid defense to protect from potential asteroid attacks and dust shields to protect from dust storms

[idle spire]

i played it when playing through all entries (that worked) a few days ago, but since my attention span is so short, i skipped over it as it wasn’t obvious how to place things

might need to give it another try, maybe you post a video tutorial on youtube / a simple playthrough or just a sample of gameplay?

[sweet mica]

will do!

[raw sandal]

Looks like I can't post an invite in here. Just ping me for support then

[sleek turtle]

How difficult is it to do PyGame Jam as a beginner?

[foggy stratus]

Depends on your experience, choice of framework, game, that kind of thing. All in all, just participating isn't too endearing, and there isn't anything like a qualifier like in our codejam.

[neon iron]

The game you make can be as simple or as complex as you want. The rest is just talking here, following the rules, making diary entries, and uploading files

[onyx basin]

oh missed this message. Thanks for the awards! We've learned more about cheese danishes <3

[onyx basin]

I have, it's great. You guys did a really nice job on the models. Did you make the music on your own too?

[rancid lagoon]

Hello. Newbie here 🙂

[sweet mica]

yea, also will upload the video soon, I am busy with my exams

[mild valley]

IMO, you can just do it for fun, seeing how things go and not really have a solid plan

On the other hand, you can be very methodical and focussed about your approach

[crystal mica]

@onyx basin pyweek results declared?

[mild valley]

Me and my partner did the second approach, trying to follow as many good practices as possible

[mild valley]

Past contest winner

[crystal mica]

Oh

[unique glade]

I believe the results will be declared by @hot flume either in #pyweek-announcements or #announcements or both. Not sure when though. Kat do you have any updates?

[hot flume]

Results will be automatically calculated and available on the pyweek website when judging ends

I'll make a post here as well, but I have no impact on when the results will be released.

[keen spade]

finally got around to making a playthrough video 👀
Martian Madness, made by @indigo comet and me
https://pyweek.org/e/MartianMadness/

[idle spire]

@rough delta wrong channel?

[idle spire]

cool, thanks for sharing 🙂 some screenshots on the pyweek entry would have probably also helped to let some people try the game (compared to just a logo)

also, quite fancy 3d models for 1 week of work

[keen spade]

thanks for the feedback! noted

[keen spade]

heh we got them off a website (check Credits)

[sudden geyser]

guys

when is the next competition

[sly oyster]

Hey, two more days time to rate games, would you like to try our game and rate it if you already have not. Here is a sneak peak what kind of game we made. It is a tower defence game where you are meant to defend your mars base against different Martian enemies created by dall-e ai.

https://youtu.be/-oiCZAMtBY0

[sly oyster]

who ever made this game, I loved it

[sweet mica]

thanks we made it

https://youtu.be/VoDBsZGdUPY

heres a very laggy(old pc, not on my setup) gameplay and commentary of it

becuase my other teammates got busy and didn't had time to record a non-laggy video

[sly oyster]

definetly less laggy than this game

[sweet mica]

is that an entry?

[sly oyster]

and this game crashed after 7 minutes of gameplay when i answered no for dialog

https://pyweek.org/e/outward/

[sweet mica]

oh

I mean it isn't laggy(misson cobra 2)

it was lagging because i was using obs and playing this game at the same time on a very old pc

[sly oyster]

your game did not lag, maybe a bit at the end

but againg i am using VM for testing, 256mb vram etc

[sweet mica]

did you use the console to cheat?

[sly oyster]

i did not

[sweet mica]

we also had a console

to cheat

[sly oyster]

actually I was not aware of it

[sweet mica]

it was an easter egg

we also had another easter egg

theres a random crater whose tile_type is easter_crater

if you place an iron miner on it good things can happen

also did you notice the night and day simulation?

[sly oyster]

pros u will see later but here are cons I found

I would have hoped to see what is wrong when i cannot place structure, also bit hard to see text and buildings when storm or night. Maybe some balanching needed as it took long time to learn. Especially hard was to place factory as I did not know that I need storage there.

[sweet mica]

F4 to trigger it

[sly oyster]

also did not get why there are some craters that does not do anything

[sweet mica]

thats just the landscape

[sweet mica]

yeah was trying to improve the messages

but didn't had time

[sly oyster]

also was bit annoying that I had to select like solar panel againg every time

when I tried to spam them because of crisis

[sweet mica]

hmm that would have been a neat feature to only select once instead of selecting again and again

[sly oyster]

me opening console and get this

how should I use the console?

[sweet mica]

well you need to know the game variables and stuff

you can access the attributes of the game class

[sly oyster]

okey so very easy to crash the game with console :D

btw did you check our game yet?

[sly oyster]

this one

would like to hear why u thought

[sweet mica]

wait checking in a minute

[sly oyster]

lots of games, takes a long time to test them all, but I am trying :D

[sweet mica]

a general use can be self.ressource_manager.current_ressource["Fe"] += 1000

[sweet mica]

whats your pyweek entry link?

[sly oyster]

https://pyweek.org/e/rave_sloths/

[sweet mica]

a non-laggy video looks like this(no commentary)

[sweet mica]

does the score reset?

[sly oyster]

yes, it resets every time you restart level. It probably should be saved and shown in menu, but it is not

how much you can get legit?

the latest wave might be impossible :D I am not sure

[sweet mica]

well I played the penguin one and then played level 4 it continued level 4 from my last score

[sly oyster]

oh it does

hmm

I guess no one noticed that :D nice one. so seems like if you go back to menu it stays but if press restart resets. tiny problems :)

[sweet mica]

yeah

[sly oyster]

seems like you doing pretty well, did you cheat?

[sweet mica]

no

[sly oyster]

even better

[sweet mica]

well I lost by the stick man wave 🥹

[sly oyster]

they are pretty though

[sweet mica]

yea lol

[sly oyster]

this best against them 😉

also freeze is very useful for high hp low amount troops

[sweet mica]

ah

[sly oyster]

this

we were meant to make splash damage for some but time 😄

[sweet mica]

ah yea

[sweet mica]

@idle spire did you wanted a full gameplay(15mins) or just a video of the game and me explaining it(will be shorter 3mins)?

[sly oyster]

Surely this is laggy gameplay:D

[sweet mica]

yeah my pc is kinda oldddd

[sly oyster]

I didn't even notice "need more energy" notifications when i played

Only "need more crew"

[sweet mica]

whatt it should say that

[sly oyster]

I may have just missed it

Did you make them yourself?

Like voice acting?

[sweet mica]

yes

the one that sounds childish is me

[sly oyster]

Neat

[sweet mica]

the one thats more like an adult is mit-mit

[sly oyster]

I dont rly understand that what you say, like it is quiet and bit unclear, but i think it is perfect for that

Like perfect repetitive notification alert

Very cool

[sweet mica]

its like a radio effect

[sly oyster]

Yeah, what u say thete

Sound like
"Whats the ... Running low we need more rocket powers" or something

[sweet mica]

where?

[sly oyster]

Beginning here

[sweet mica]

Food supplies are running low we need more garden pods

[sly oyster]

:D

Now i can not un hear it any more :(

[idle spire]

that video provides a good overview, thanks!

[sweet mica]

you can also read some of the previous chats with Jeb to know the easter eggs and other stuff

[vapid sphinx]

guys what happens if i don't vote other competitors' pyweek games?

[sweet mica]

nothing, just that you won't be able to you know decide who the winner is

also thp how was the game (if you played it)?

[vapid sphinx]

i really liked your game

one of my favorites

my game's "Catch the Ketchup!", if you wanna play it

[sweet mica]

I did play yours, at the starting of the game jam

[sweet mica]

thanks😄

[vapid sphinx]

np

[vapid sphinx]

how was it?

[sweet mica]

it was your first pyweek right? I don't remember which game was it, because like played a lot of games might have got it mixed up with some other game

[vapid sphinx]

its my first time in a game jam and I started learning python about three months ago so hope you liked it

[sweet mica]

can you post a screenshot to remind me which game was it

[vapid sphinx]

yes ofc

just 2 mins

[sweet mica]

yours the one in which you jump over obstacles on a planet right? if i remember correctly

[vapid sphinx]

yep

[sweet mica]

ok I remember it was nice, but I was dying too quickly as far as I remember

[vapid sphinx]

I knew the game was a bit difficult lol

[sweet mica]

but a really nice game for someone who learnt python 3 months ago

[vapid sphinx]

thx 🙂

[sweet mica]

was python your first language?

[vapid sphinx]

yes

[sweet mica]

then its even better

[vapid sphinx]

I also started C# a few weeks ago

[sweet mica]

good luck with it

[vapid sphinx]

thx : )

[sly oyster]

Woah, just finished rating all the games, took a long while. Congratulations for everyone that was able to make a game, and also huge thanks for evertyone that tested ALL the games. lets GOOOO

If you see your game here and would like me to test it dm me, for some reason the game did not work. We can try to resolve error together if you'd like to

[open leaf]

my dawg wth this is amazing

Amazing!!

[sly oyster]

less than 24h time for test and rate games, means still time to check few.
https://pyweek.org/e/rave_sloths/ <- our contribution, would love if you could check it out

[sweet mica]

thanks, which entry was yours?

[idle spire]

i didn't have time to play it, was busy with other stuff the last two days unfortunately

[upper plume]

I played your game a little bit and its super cool! Keep up the good work

[sly oyster]

:) nice to hear that, if you would have some suggestions, how to make the game better I would love to hear about them

[dry cosmos]

15 minutes...

[onyx basin]

🫀

[onyx basin]

second place woot

@idle spire kick-scooter high-five!

[vagrant prairie]

🤦‍♂️ mildly annoyed on the disqualify for no red planet when it was level 2 and takes like 2 minutes to get there...

[sweet mica]

we got 3rd

[upper plume]

cool!

[foggy nimbus]

yeah you should totally check out alien dash

its a great game

not cap

it won so many awards

and 1st place

[neon iron]

Congrats to everyone who made a finished game, and especially to the winners!

[idle spire]

thanks for the nice feedback everyone 🙂

[raw sandal]

@prisma flax Hi, sorry for the ping, but you marked my entry as DNW ( https://pyweek.org/e/3420220904/ ) . I would like to know what didn't work so I can avoid that pitfall the next time. I'm asking you give me the log file so I can analyse it:

1. delete any *.log files in the director
2. start the game as python run_debug.py
3. send me the log file

Thanks in advance.
If you do PM you can PM me.

[olive gust]

Did any other games run in the browser too or was it just mine?

[prisma flax]

Sorry but there's no log file and run_debug.py doesn't exist

[raw sandal]

hmm, looking in the right directory?

[prisma flax]

lemme check

[raw sandal]

lemme check too

[prisma flax]

my mistake

wrong dir

[raw sandal]

should look something like this:

ok, thanks for the support

[prisma flax]

My pleasure

[sly oyster]

@olive gust what, did your game run on browser?

[olive gust]

yes: https://pokepetter.github.io/red_planet/dustred.html

[sweet mica]

@warm marsh do you remember why did you disqualified this entry https://pyweek.org/e/DaringDevs/

[sweet mica]

oh ok then, sorry for the ping

[warm marsh]

I am really sorry about that. Initially I thought marked your entry as DNW and thought I unchecked it when I got it running. I’m not sure what happened but I did not mean to mark it as Disqualify. I hope I didn’t do that to anyone else since I did not want to disqualify any games!

[crystal mica]

😎

[sly oyster]

damm this is crazy

[valid solstice]

This is super cool

[olive gust]

I made a compiler which transpiles a subset of Python into JavaScript. So it's a bit like pyscript, except it has faster startup and runs faster. I also made a js library which replicates most of ursina's 2d functionality. So all I had to do was to copy paste the Python code, replace some lines, and it worked. I did this before the jam of course, but it was nice to test it properly for this jam

[sly oyster]

that is so cool

[primal orchid]

yippie

how do I join

[pulsar spire]

Do you plan to release the same as a whole different module/add it to ursina?

[olive gust]

Since it's not 100% compatible, I'll probably release it as its own thing

[hot flume]

This PyWeek game jam just finished up, but the next one will be in March and you can join then

[pulsar spire]

Oh, that's good to hear. Looking forward to it!

[primal orchid]

in

march

like

next year??????????????????

saddddddddddddddddddddddd

[crystal mica]

Finally, game jam

[idle spire]

@primal orchid there's game jams happening all the time, see http://www.indiegamejams.com/ for others. but yeah, pyweek only happens twice a year and you just missed it (early september).

[sly oyster]

Python is not good for game jam

When u against game engines

[olive gust]

what

[idle spire]

YMMV, i think it’s a very suitable tool for game jam games

[pulsar spire]

???

[dusty mist]

PyWeek is a python game jam though

[sly oyster]

Python is very week for game jams other that pyweek when you are using it against engines such unreal or unity

[idle spire]

"it depends"

unreal or unity don't magically make your game good-looking or efficient or fun.

granted, in the right hands, unity or unreal (or godot, for that matter) might be faster to create certain kinds of games than python with its engines. but e.g. for first-time developers, getting started with python and pygame is probably easier than trying to create "my first unity3d game".

in the end, it's just a tool. it's not good or bad. it lends itself more to certain use cases and doesn't lend itself to other use cases.

[sly oyster]

good point

when next pyweek

I wanna add timer

are dates selected

march april probably but anything more precise?

[unique glade]

No not yet. Not that I'm aware of, at least

[tame raft]

Gratz!

[onyx basin]

hey! where can i see the pyweek game jam details?

[onyx basin]

not sure

[onyx basin]

ah it's ok

[cobalt ibex]

On their site https://pyweek.org/

[onyx basin]

tysmmm💐

[simple moth]

when is the next game jam?

[unique glade]

I believe in March of 2023.

[onyx basin]

If you like ai you will like this video

https://youtu.be/CkBGzYkPpjg

[proud ruin]

:incoming_envelope: :ok_hand: applied mute to @onyx basin until <t:1665479569:f> (10 minutes) (reason: duplicates rule: sent 4 duplicated messages in 10s).

The <@&831776746206265384> have been alerted for review.

[onyx basin]

hi

guys

how are

you

[obsidian cliff]

hi

fine

wbu&

?

[loud heath]

hello are someone know how to make a game only with Python or C++

[teal sundial]

with a graphical interface ?

if u want with a grphical interface : https://github.com/kitao/pyxel/blob/main/README.md

[dense marsh]

lol

[latent plinth]

What if I made my game in something other than Python then told judges it was made in Python

[unique glade]

Your submission would get rejected I believe 🤔

[runic hawk]

whats this weeks game jam?

[winter nimbus]

twice-a-year game jam

[onyx basin]

why am i blocked from chatting in other tags ?????

[foggy stratus]

other tags?

[onyx basin]

yeah

python tag

it says i am not allowed to comment

why ?

[runic hawk]

oh ok

whaen does this start?

[winter nimbus]

the last one was in September, so the next one will probably be in March. no fixed dates yet though

[runic hawk]

ok

[pale furnace]

How come they’re only twice a year? Is it cause of the staff it needs for judging or..?

[glossy wagon]

dunno

[vague inlet]

!eval

[proud ruin]

Missing required argument

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[unique glade]

#bot-commands

[thorn parcel]

judging is done by players so its not a staff issue

[pale furnace]

Oh right. You’d think they should do smaller game jams in between. But I suppose there’s other servers for that

[worthy bronze]

Could you please send the links of any if you can?

[pale furnace]

I’ve seen them advertised never joined any though. I’ll dm you if I find any good ones

[worthy bronze]

Oh ok thank you

[hearty gulch]

!if

!game

!tutorial

[limpid heart]

I like it twice a year, you can always make a game for funsies without a jam deadline

[dry shell]

I prefer jelly

[reef knot]

I prefer muting this chat, cuz I know nothing about game dec=v

[onyx basin]

Bruv

[sullen pond]

then why did you join dummy this whole server is abt game development and normal coding

[reef knot]

to get help where I am stuck

would recommend 6/10

[reef knot]

ok then help me #1047935212841078794

[real eagle]

Reminder: This is a channel for discussing the PyWeek gam jam. It should not be used for random discussion or for testing bots. #bot-commands can be used for that.

[main jungle]

hello

i can speak

why

😦

@fallen thorn

[fallen thorn]

!voice

[proud ruin]

Voice verification

Can’t talk in voice chat? Check out #voice-verification to get access. The criteria for verifying are specified there.

[fallen thorn]

#voice-verification

[tawny ore]

hey

[empty escarp]

hello

Im still sad I wasnt home during pyweek

[dusk wolf]

.

[orchid sapphire]

Gamiez

Vc fala inglês?

someone teach me english

[forest reef]

can anyone explain what's pyweek-game-jam in breif

[winter nimbus]

the channel description explains it well

[west cedar]

I made a ping pong game in Python who want to try it😉 ?

[broken kestrel]

I want

[dapper arch]

Maybe me

[marsh musk]

i will

[forest reef]

thankyou i guess

[forest reef]

me

[amber veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/python-powered-logo-programming-language-gif-16957606

[robust sleet]

ASCII?

[onyx basin]

Hello

[onyx basin]

io (me)

[onyx basin]

Sure mate

[onyx basin]

[onyx basin]

v

[timid parcel]

very cool v

V

[quiet moat]

got the idea of making this from "polymars" but in python using discord.py

its a bit laggy no clue why must check some things later

[still widget]

i can't download anything from the pyweek server, can someone help me? or at least explain whats happening

[unique glade]

What exactly are you trying to download?

[shy coyote]

i get a error that says a variable isnt defined but it clearly is

nvm i have the problem alr solved

[onyx basin]

!user

[proud ruin]

You are not allowed to use that command here. Please use the #bot-commands channel instead.

[sly oyster]

I cannot access media such as uploaded images like awards or uploaded files like games. Is this done on purpose?
getting this error code from s3 <Message>All access to this object has been disabled</Message>

[rigid tulip]

When is the next Pyweek Game Jam? I'm a faculty advisor for a programming club at a community college (Wake Tech), and I think our students would be interested in participating. While they can do that on their own, I think it would be a fun event that we could help locally organize within our club and support the teams participating in the event. So, when is the next one?

[hot flume]

The next PyWeek will be in March, although the exact date is TBD

[valid jolt]

.

[molten cargo]

awesome. just found out about you guys... hope to participate on the next event

[onyx basin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/996485359942766672/1045097176575000606/v12044gd0000cdi1qkbc77u5qqhj7tag.mp4

[rigid hare]

tf is this

[unborn pike]

Idk

[onyx basin]

hello

[lone sierra]

What is the pyweek jam

[onyx basin]

In short: It's an event where people make teams (or individually), design & implement a game, then they showcase it

You can read the channel's description for more details

[scarlet lake]

when will start/end

[onyx basin]

whattttt

[onyx basin]

memory leak sorry

[fringe wagon]

.help

[charred cloak]

gaming gam jam

[onyx basin]

!ping

[proud ruin]

You are not allowed to use that command here. Please use the #bot-commands channel instead.

[prime tendon]

gay jam

[knotty spindle]

.help

[sweet mica]

its almost March now, any info when is the next pyweek?

[plucky dust]

hi

how i can talk

i have to know

pls

any

oen

hi

[quick sluice]

hi

[rugged ether]

same

[onyx basin]

I will join one day

[coarse sparrow]

hi

[hot flume]

We have the next PyWeek scheduled for March 19-26! We're working on getting some things behind the scenes set-up, but I'm hoping for registration and things to be available within the next few days.

[sweet mica]

yay! thanks

[coarse sparrow]

nice

[hot flume]

Just a quick update, we've pushed it a week to allow for a bit more prep time

[sweet mica]

so the coding portion starts from 26th March now?

[hot flume]

yup

[sweet mica]

oh thats sad, I might not be available then

[twilit shore]

does anyone know how can i install pygame for mac?

[onyx basin]

pip install pygame works for me

[onyx basin]

using python3.11

[foggy bone]

Love your console what theme is that

[teal birch]

How long until registration ends?

[sweet mica]

If I am not mistaken you can register even in the middle of the event i.e even after the coding portion starts

[dry cosmos]

Hi. I've seen in the rules that libraries have to be publicly available at least 30 days before the jam. Is that for the library as a whole, or any changes to it as well?

[hot flume]

the library as a whole, iirc. Although if it's the case where they are significant and major overhauls within the 30 days (to the point where it substantially alters the library), that may be different

[dry cosmos]

Okaaaaay, that boils down to "It depends"... I've written an abstraction for keybindings for Panda3D, and recently a function has been added to Panda3D that'd let me add support for raw keys to my lib, meaning that every keyboard layout can be considered QWERTY by a developer. I have no idea how significant I'd call that.

(It seems small, but if you use QWERTZ, AZERTY, etc., you know how much it matters when it does matter.)

[hot flume]

that's fine~

[dry cosmos]

I'll take your Events Lead role as authority on that. 🙂

[soft shuttle]

Really wanted to participate, but I still have exams the first 2 days of the challenge and I'm still a beginner, so I think I'll need to learn a bit more first

[neon iron]

This time of the year is usually busy for me, but I'll make some time

[neon iron]

Also is it just me or were all the messages in #1084299721151090698 deleted?

[hot flume]

It's a fresh channel and I haven't posted any yet

First one should be going out tonight

[onyx basin]

A question: is GitHub copilot or ChatGPT help allowed?

[neon iron]

I don't think either are disallowed at the moment

Unless the clause about needing an open source license applies

[upper plume]

I didn't think about that

[woeful tree]

This looks cool: https://dreamlab.gg/

[blissful nova]

Pretty sure this is covered under clause 2.3 (actually maybe not, because it may produce code with "game logic")

[onyx basin]

would yuo mind sharing it?

[proven wharf]

CAN I CODE IN C????????

[hot flume]

This is specifically a Python game jam, so not directly, no.

[dreamy tapir]

😢

What about cython

[blissful nova]

It's a good thing I read the rules or I wouldn't have used the newest version of python lol

[dry cosmos]

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

[neat stratus]

I think it is generally hard to verify if someone uses one of those. Imagine it like having another developer code for you.

[onyx basin]

yeah then prolly imma end up using it

[blissful nova]

I think this is really cool https://youtu.be/zxXKugd5VZQ

[mild skiff]

Thanks! That was my entry from 5 years ago 🙂 done in pyopengl

[woeful tree]

Whoops, the theme poll was not linked to the challenge correctly so it didn't publish at midnight

The theme voting has commenced and the themes are

• Left, right, down
• Re-entry
• In the shadows
• Mass-produced
• Las Vegas Nights

https://pyweek.org/p/39/

[blissful nova]

Maybe I missed it somewhere on the site but I'm curious where the themes that are voted on come from?

[woeful tree]

Someone thinks them up.

[distant pebble]

Las Vegas Nights makes me think of a certain casino from sonic the hedgehog 2

[woeful tree]

Developer tools have never really been restricted. Like, you can use Adobe Photoshop or a paid PyCharm license to create your entries as long as you don't start before the competition.

I think it's reasonable to argue that dev tools using AI are just dev tools.

But, I don't know how big a factor it is. Maybe it's huge and distorting and in future competitions we need new rules to restore balance.

Or maybe AI will become ubiquitous in the software development industry. In which case I don't think it would make sense to ban it from PyWeek. It would be regrettable if we had ever banned it, as if we had been sticking out heads in the sand hoping it wouldn't happen.

[warped lynx]

guys are we allowed to use all libraries

[woeful tree]

See rule 2.2 https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html#entries-are-to-be-written-from-scratch

[sweet mica]

For rule 6.2.a, the assets that are to be used are not required to be present 30 days before the coding portion and just that the website that has the asset needs to be present 30days before the coding portion right? So if someone releases an asset on itch that is like says 14 days old I can use it right?

[woeful tree]

Yes, that's the intention. Anyone can search an established website like freegameart.org and use whatever they find, but if your friend has just launched a (public) site that only you know about it's not Ok to use it.

[pulsar copper]

Hey guys quick question about pyweek 35:
When I vote for theme it says: "vote theme for pyweek 45"
Is that mistake or am I voting for pyweek 45?

[hot flume]

Just a typo, it's for PyWeek 35. I've corrected it in the backend

[pulsar copper]

Ok, good!

[onyx basin]

Well what if my friend has launched a public site that only i know about but it's been there for quite some time now?!

[blissful nova]

What does everyone think of the themes?

Las Vegas nights is really weird imo, not sure if I'm missing something 😂

Mass produced seems like some kind of factory/production theme, a bit too niche for me

Everything else I can think of some cool creative ways to take it

Oh, apparently it's a movie? But is it actually supposed to reference the movie?

[sweet mica]

In-the shadows sounds really cool

[neon iron]

The themes can be interpreted in many different ways, there's not really a set of things your game needs to include

[blissful nova]

Yea but it's pretty weird imo even with the different interpretations

[neon iron]

Agreed, I'm hoping that one's not picked

[blissful nova]

That is also my favorite. Re-entry is also broad enough to be good.

[supple hedge]

I'm not sure how to join the pyweek March 2023. I have logged in but there is no register button. Can someone please help me

[supple hedge]

Nvm i got it

I am simply too good

[blissful nova]

Is there a point to pre registering?

[smoky dune]

@hot flume got a question... i believe there's no limit to team size, right?

my team actually got too many members (7), I hope it's allowed

[hot flume]

There's no limit to team size

[blissful nova]

It would be pretty cool to have all participants on one team for the meme 😂

[neon iron]

My team has 9 lol

[blissful nova]

At that point I hope you have a project director lol

[neon iron]

The letsbuilda group has been around for a bit, it's just that a lot of people joined up for pyweek

[kindred mirage]

We do

[final tinsel]

[kindred mirage]

hello project director

[final tinsel]

Hello project minion

[kindred mirage]

he sets up the repos and does the devoops and enables us to do all the good stuff

w mans

I just draw stuff

[blissful nova]

Part of the fun for me is going solo

I think it's a different experience working in a team, different kind of fun

[rain bane]

Can’t wait to see if I have enough will and free time to complete this one

[fresh fjord]

same

[neon iron]

I tend to run out of both as the competition goes on

[upper plume]

Does the theme get announced the day before? I can't remember from the last competition.

[trim sparrow]

"any resources used during the game jam must be available prior to the jam starting and be available and accessible to all the other participants."

does it mean that we can't make our own assets during the game jam ?

[alpine cypress]

If by assets, you mean graphics, sounds, etc, then you should actually be making them during the week and not beforehand unless you make said assets publicly available beforehand.

@trim sparrow

[trim sparrow]

okay, thanks

[neon iron]

No, the main purpose of the theme is to make sure you don't start early. It's announced right as the jam starts

[upper plume]

Ok

[blissful nova]

Jokes on them I just make 5 different games when voting starts 😎

[upper plume]

lol

[fresh fjord]

At what time does it get announced?

I don't wanna miss it while I am asleep or something

[sweet mica]

It gets announced on 00:00 +0000 26th March. #1084299721151090698 message

[neon iron]

Starts in just under 6 hours

[tawdry sierra]

Can some one explain what the group url in the entry means? if that just any chat based group url to join if you join in a group?

[woeful tree]

It is the URL given to members if they request to join an open team

I mean, if they are approved by the team owner

[dreamy tapir]

can I set up the github repo now?

[idle star]

Hi, if you are doing game jam, keep in mind there are a ton of Arcade examples here:
https://api.arcade.academy/en/latest/examples/index.html

Also, if you use the Arcade library, keep in mind there is a release version, and a pre-release beta version.
Docs for release: https://api.arcade.academy/en/latest/examples/index.html
Docs for pre-release: https://api.arcade.academy/en/development/

You can install the pre-release by specifying the version: https://pypi.org/project/arcade/#history

The pre-release versions have a lot of unit tests and are pretty solid. The API might change a bit from now to the final release though. If you pin the version, you'll be good-to-go.

[sweet mica]

Also just as a cauitonary for arcade; 3.0.0.dev18's PymunkPhysicsEngine is more stable than 3.0.0.dev19's PymunkPhysicsEngine.

[sly oyster]

Yo guys, exited yet?
What theme you think will win?

[dry cosmos]

We'll know in 150 minutes.

[limpid heart]

No idea but I really should vote

[upper plume]

I'm driving home from a camping trip and when I get home the competition is like starting right away

[limpid heart]

That's good timing.

[neon iron]

5 mins 👀

[upper plume]

I made it home in time

[limpid heart]

very good timing

[upper plume]

Yah lol

[rain bane]

😱

[neon iron]

In the shadows 👀

[dry cosmos]

PyWeek 35 has started and the theme is "None"!

Oh, you noticed already...

[neon iron]

Mfw

[rain bane]

when loading the page is faster than the backend

[neon iron]

I refreshed tho, it's in the shadows

[next arch]

yep its in the shadows

[kindred mirage]

Aaaaand we're on!

[rain bane]

what's in the shadows 👀

[kindred mirage]

Well this is going to be difficult...

[rain bane]

agreed

[neon iron]

Aight time to start our world domination plans in the server

[next arch]

i was hoping for the factorio one fr

[coral lynx]

in the shadows was the best theme available

[frail sigil]

Hello I was hoping someone could help me register for the pyweek jam? I am on the site but don't see a way to

[neon iron]

Make a pyweek account, tap your name, and select register entry

[rain bane]

throwback

[idle star]

If it helps anyone, raycasting shadow tutorial: https://api.arcade.academy/en/latest/tutorials/raycasting/index.html

Light tutorial: https://api.arcade.academy/en/latest/tutorials/lights/index.html

[neon iron]

Oo thanks

[upper plume]

Lol

[halcyon saffron]

Can anyone guide me how to sign up?

[rain bane]

Go to https://pyweek.org/, and click Register in the upper left corner. Once you're registered, you can click the dropdown on your profile and click register entry to create an entry

[halcyon saffron]

Thank you am2i9

[languid mirage]

this is what i got so far, me and @upper plume

[tiny mesa]

Good luck all PyWeek'ers, have a blast 🙂

oh I have a thingy. nice 🙂

[languid mirage]

you too, my friend 🙂

[upper plume]

you three, my friend 🙂

[neon iron]

Don't forget to make diary entries on the stuff you make

[earnest sentinel]

Aw man. I didn't like this theme. Everyone's just gonna make stealth games or horror games about hiding monsters (which, funnily enough, is just a stealth game where the positions of the player & the threat/enemy are reversed)

Although, I do remember a puzzle game around shadows from some jam a few years ago, and that'll probably be the third option

[green trench]

Stealth game is my first thought when I was thinking of what kind of game its going to be.

[rain bane]

honestly same

first time that comes to mind

[green trench]

Or something with RPG elements involving the shadow realm or something relatively similar. However I think the scope for those types of games may be too big.

[neon iron]

I was hoping for the mass-produce one, but I think that would've also generated games that shared the same ideas too

[green trench]

Mine was right down left

[rain bane]

I think the right down left or whatever it was would've been pretty cool

[green trench]

An upside down vertical platformer idea "was" brewing prior to the start.

[onyx basin]

hello guys

good morning

goodluck for the pyweek

[upper plume]

Its only 9:49 for me

[onyx basin]

well then start the challenge.

we got no time left!!

[blissful nova]

I knew it was going to be in the shadows, spent a week trying to come up with an idea for in the shadows, and now I have no idea what to make

I just don't have the motivation to make an unoriginal game.. can't think of anything good enough that's not literal spooky shadow-y horror game or stealth or something being in shadows..

https://tenor.com/view/thinking-tap-spongebob-spongebob-squarepants-contemplate-gif-5837190

[hot flume]

a detective/mystery-solving game could be fun

[blissful nova]

I even considered a light gun game

Seems too small market unless people wanna play with mouse

[coral lynx]

very relevant

i was making a shadow puzzle game

[kindred mirage]

maybe we ought to just recreate among us and call it a day...

[coral lynx]

pymongus

[kindred mirage]

Sounds like a MongoDB driver

[coral lynx]

among us but all clients communicate using mongodb

[somber isle]

This pyweek is going to be crazy with the new AIs

maybe?

[coral lynx]

oh my god

among us but all your chat messages are translated back and forth 10 times

[somber isle]

Is it poor form to use Chat GPT or GitHub Copilot in a code jam?

[split cradle]

is that aa sprite sheet or Modern art

[split cradle]

I would recommend not to because it will ruin your experience but that's me

[somber isle]

Yeah. I don't think anyone trying to learn should use an AI

[obsidian pivot]

I can't find where to enter on the pyweek sight, anyone have a current link?

[somber isle]

https://pyweek.org/p/39/

[charred kite]

Which graphics module? sorry for the ping

[velvet spindle]

damm this is nice ngl

im new to pygame an d only made a simple snake game so i hope after this my experience hopefully goes up

[native sonnet]

guys i have a question

can im use a game engine that isnt written fully in python

like a game engine that uses ctypes or jython

[daring dock]

i don't know

[neon iron]

You can use a game engine as long as all the game-specific bits (like the story, mechanics, logic, etc.) are all made by you in python

For example, godot has some (albeit outdated) python support that would be within the rules to use

[wet carbon]

well if nothing else i have a game where you move a blue square back and forth lol

[marble anchor]

Lets GOOO

[neon iron]

AAA game right there

[dry cosmos]

You don't need much more than that to remake Thomas Was Alone.

The Panda3D team, however, seems to have disintegrated... Lucky break for all of you. 😛

[dry cosmos]

I've got a rules question though, since I'm tinkering on libraries with generic game mechanics a lot. Would a lib that defines the concept of a character (as a moving entity), and properties like "can walk", "can jump", "has an inventory", be illegal game rules already, or is that rule just meant to prevent people from working on games that they have already begun? If Unreal had Python bindings,would using its editors be over the line?

[sweet mica]

Arcade has the can_jump thingy with one of its physics engine and it is allowed so I don't think theres any problem.

Also can I use small video clips like 3-4 seconds that I have found on reddit just as like a clip?

[languid mirage]

Sorry for the extra late response but i dont understand what you mean by graphics module, its using panda3d if thats what you mean

[dry cosmos]

Hey, why haven't I seen you on the p3d server? 😛

[neon iron]

Don't forget to make diary entries! It's fun to look back on at the end of the week, and it's good to share your thoughts and ideas

[coral lynx]

isn't it a requirement?

[indigo cedar]

hi

🙂

[neon iron]

No, it's just good to do

It is recommended to write at least one diary a day, including a screenshot of your progress.

[charred kite]

Yeah i meant whicb graphics framework thanks

[vapid oak]

I am unable to change the name of our game

@hot flume sorry for the ping but I’m unable to change the name of our game

I can’t edit my game

[cobalt ibex]

This might count as a resource, and in general the rules for that is that it must be available for everyone before the event starts (or similar, consult the rules). There should be a portion of the rules dedicated to that which has the specifics I don't know off of the top of my head

[dry cosmos]

Availability / discoverability isn't the issue, I'm pushing it all to publich GitHub repos anyway. I'm only concerned where the line wrt the code being about game mechanics is.

[smoky dune]

Is writing custom opengl shader files allowed?

since it uses C, wondering if it breaks the "game logic only in python" rule somehow

@cobalt ibex

also, hi blue
are you participating this time?

[next arch]

no shaders are fine

[smoky dune]

that's great thanks

[cobalt ibex]

Hey unfortunately I don't have enough time to dedicate for this unfortunately 😩

[smoky dune]

that's fine, you did plenty last time we teamed up
that sure needs some dedication

[next arch]

but its a gray area i think

shaders op

[smoky dune]

just when I was about to commit...

[next arch]

im pretty sure its fine

[smoky dune]

xd

[next arch]

cause if someone was to make 3d engine this week

they would have to write glsl

but i dont think its that big of a deal

[smoky dune]

yeah, i also feel like it should be fine

[next arch]

personally i hate writing shaders so props to you for that

[wet carbon]

MFW I’m at work but all I can think about is tinkering with my scripts

[autumn mauve]

Has pyweek started already

?

[limber orbit]

yes, yesterday (or perhaps the day before depending on your timezone)

see the pins + #announcements

[autumn mauve]

Can I still register for it ?

[limber orbit]

.

[limpid wagon]

why does it have to be pyweek and not a general game jam week

yeye python server

but c'mon

[limber orbit]

uh, you realise that it is not organised by our server right?
not sure if we help with anything other than providing a space for discussion / team formation, but as far as I am aware it is at most a partnership

[limpid wagon]

i thought it's a server event or smth

[sweet mica]

I(https://pyweek.org/e/arcadeeeee/) got my game completed sooner(24 hours kindish coding) than I expected thanks to arcade tutorials, heres a preview
https://youtu.be/jmCJdliOJMU

Tried to make something like woordle of tetris

[wet carbon]

I mean, there’s tons of game jams. So the question is, why NOT a python focused one

[blissful nova]

I wanted to participate but I haven't even started at all because I've been so busy until tonight.. maybe I'll get the motivation to get something done lol

[wet carbon]

I don't have much time during the week and I'm new to python so I'm just over here cranking out jank like this

[prisma fox]

these are the most fun to try and play

[thick berry]

Can I build a 2D Dungeon cralwer with Kivy?

[vapid oak]

HELP I CANT EDIT MY TEAM!

[sweet mica]

Click amange entry button and manually then remove/add names in the members input field.

[vapid oak]

I don’t have it

[vapid oak]

I don’t get the button

[sweet mica]

https://pyweek.org/e/your_entry_link/manage/

[vapid oak]

Page not found

Wait

https://pyweek.org/e/pyrates_29

[sweet mica]

Yea "your_entry_link" was a placeholder

replace it with "pyrates_29"

[vapid oak]

Got it

Changed everything

Thanks, and gl on the game jam

[sweet mica]

Thanks but I completed my game early lol

anyways good luck to you too

[vapid oak]

That’s better we didn’t even make any major progress

[modern dust]

Am I allowed to use art from other games?

even if they aren't made by me

[green flume]

yes ig

[final umbra]

damn i really wanna join but i only now found out about this and don't have a team ;-; sad

[neon iron]

Only under these conditions https://pyweek.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html#existing-artwork-music-and-sound-effects-may-be-used

[limpid heart]

#1084300640697729114 not too late to join

[onyx basin]

hello

anyone up for a discussion on collision detection?

[blissful nova]

Sure, what's up

[onyx basin]

I came up with an algorithm for collision detection it has some problems though like tunneling and clipping through corners.

I have a post where i described my thought process. Mind taking a look?

https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/205088/lets-discuss-common-collision-algorithms-aabb-minecraft-like-game

Well basically my question is what kind of collision algorithm would you use in a minecraft like game

Where the collision is between the player and the terrain.

[onyx basin]

I seem to have scared you off.

What do you do for collision detection i guess is a more reasonable question

[blissful nova]

Sorry wasn't pinged until now, taking a look

[blissful nova]

Well one thing I can say is instead of trying to resolve collision by snapping to an edge I recommend instead reverting player position back to the last valid position where there was no collision

Which is just a variable set in a frame where there is no collision

[onyx basin]

hmm alright.

what do you do if the collision puts you inside two boxes in one frame?

[blissful nova]

I don't understand what you mean

If one frame there is no collision, if there is the next it doesn't matter with how many, just if collision: revert player pos

Or do you mean if there are entities in the last valid position that moved there since you were there?

[onyx basin]

if i fall into two boxes in one frame which box do i sit ontop of. I guess this kind of thing only happens if you are going really fast

[blissful nova]

Wouldn't it be the position right above the 2 boxes?