I wasn't interested in working with WordPress. On Feb 28, 2016 15:41, "Paul Vincent Craven" <p...@cravenfamily.com> wrote:
> I haven't done much with pygame.info. There didn't seem like a lot of > people that wanted to contribute to it, and I didn't want it to be a > one-person deal. I already have programarcadegames.com for that stuff. > > I've been working hard at a pygame-like library that would be good for > people wanting to teach. There are a few things with pygame I don't like. > Some of the function names. Some of the "here you use an object, but here > you use a function" stuff going on. So pygame.info probably won't go far, > and I'll work on the other library instead: > > http://pythonhosted.org/arcade/ > > > > Paul Vincent Craven > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Sean Felipe Wolfe <ether....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hey I've been poking around with Pygame lately in a classroom setting. >> Unfortunately the site is really starting to show its age. I actually >> prefer the original site + colors as I found it charming and lo-fi. >> >> Has there been much activity on the pygame.info site? I was looking for >> some updated download info perhaps, especially for Mac. >> >> Pygame really is a great framework for teaching basic programming in >> Python. >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Paul Vincent Craven < >> p...@cravenfamily.com> wrote: >> >>> Al, I agree with your three points. Probably in that order as well. I >>> think that Wordpress has plug-ins that will handle #2 ok, but like you said >>> we'd need editors willing to sift through the spam. >>> >>> For #3 I kind of think that reddit might work ok instead. >>> >>> I hate to see pygame.org forked as well, but not much has happened with >>> it lately. >>> >>> Paul Vincent Craven >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Al Sweigart <a...@inventwithpython.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I've been thinking about doing a project like this for a while too. >>>> What I'd like to see on it is something similar to scratch.mit.edu: >>>> >>>> 1) Up to date documentation, downloads, and news posts. (Basic web >>>> content easily handled by Wordpress.) >>>> 2) A gallery of Pygame games that people have made and can upload on >>>> (and comment on), with links to git/hg repos. Something to help facilitate >>>> code reviews. >>>> 3) Forums for discussion on Pygame. >>>> >>>> The second part would require some customization (and spam control). >>>> >>>> Can someone say what's up with the current pygame.org website? >>>> Ideally, just fixing up the old site would be great, rather than a fork. >>>> >>>> -Al >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Tom Rothamel <t...@rothamel.us> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:01 PM gilga gilga <gi...@hotmail.fr> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How about a wiki-style website ? (with a forum of course!). I don't >>>>>> have enough time to contribute to a full website project, but I'm sure >>>>>> lot >>>>>> of people could easily cooperate on little sections of a wiki-style >>>>>> website >>>>>> (putting correct tutorials, tips etc...) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Having used a wiki with Ren'Py and abandoned it, it's usually a bad >>>>> idea. If you can't find people to contribute now, you're unlikely to find >>>>> people to contribute to the wiki. At the same time, wikis wind up having a >>>>> large ongoing cost when it comes to account approval, spam protection, >>>>> etc. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if >> he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. >> - Abraham Maslow >> > >
