I am writing such a thing called hypernucleus :) It is similar in concept to steam!
2009/5/9 Evan Kroske <e.kro...@gmail.com>: > timmcilv...@talktalk.net wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I know its a basic question, but when I have downloaded some games from >> the pygame site that contain various files and folders. Where do I need to >> copy these files and folders to, in order to get the games to run? >> >> Just one more question. Is it possible to package a game written in >> python with the python language, pygame and an installer that will install >> the necessary packages on a users computer - the way you would install a >> commercial game written in C++? >> Thanks. >> >> tim >> >> > PyGame games are incredibly easy to run. For windows, you just need to unzip > the folder, enter the folder, and double click on the start script. It might > be titled the same as the name of the game or called something different, > like run_main.py, Run [The name of the game].bat, main.py, start_game.py, or > something else. Just double click on the file that looks important. > > For Linux, you need to untar the directory, cd into the directory, and start > the main script with "python [The name of the main script].py". If you can't > figure out which script starts the game, just list the filed in the > directory for me and I should be able to tell you which is the right one. > > Evan Kroske > -- Thanks, Richie Ward