Re: [pygame] Distributing games for Windows - Pynsist

[Jorge Maldonado Ventura]

 

On 2016-10-25 11:40, Thomas Kluyver wrote: 

> Hi Jorge, 
> 
> On 25 October 2016 at 00:00, Jorge Maldonado Ventura 
>  wrote:
> 
>> Here is what I got, but I want to distribute just one executable file; can I 
>> do that with your program? 
>> 
>> ~/Code/Repos/bullet_dodger_stable/build/nsis $ ls -l
>> total 49272
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jorge jorge 4096 Oct 24 18:57 assets
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 2344 Oct 24 19:05 Bullet_dodger_1.6.10.exe
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 1293 Oct 24 19:05 Bullet_dodger.launch.pyw
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 790 Oct 24 18:56 bullet.ico
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 6344 Oct 24 19:05 installer.nsi
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 34570 Oct 24 18:52 LICENSE
>> drwxr-xr-x 4 jorge jorge 4096 Oct 24 19:05 pkgs
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jorge jorge 4096 Oct 24 19:05 Python
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 29269656 Oct 24 19:00 python-3.5.2.exe
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 2360 Oct 24 18:48 windowsversion.nsh
> "Bullet_dodger_1.6.10.exe" is the only file you need to distribute; the 
> others were involved in building that. However, it is an installer - so when 
> the user double clicks it, they will get a standard installation wizard to 
> set up your game. Pynsist does not make an exe that runs your game directly.
> 
> Thomas

I tried the installer I created, but it didn't work. Apparently it
installs correctly, but it doesn't launch the game. I'm using a Windows
8 virtual machine. I tried to debug, but I have no idea in Windows. I
observed that the program in the Windows menu links to a file called
pythonw when installed, how can I get the error message that helps me
understand and solve the problem. Is there a way to test or debug the
installer in GNU/Linux? 

Here is the installer.cfg file I used to build the executable: 

[Application]
name=Bullet dodger
version=1.6.10
# How to launch the app - this calls the 'main' function from the
'myapp' package:
entry_point=bullet_dodger.main:start_screen
icon=bullet_dodger/assets/bullet.ico

[Python]
version=3.5.2
bitness=32
format=bundled

[Include]
# Importable packages that your application requires, one per line
pypi_wheels= pygame==1.9.2b1

# Other files and folders that should be installed
files = LICENSE 

And here is my game: https://notabug.org/jorgesumle/bullet_dodger 
  

Re: [pygame] Distributing games for Windows - Pynsist

[Thomas Kluyver]

Hi Jorge,

On 25 October 2016 at 00:00, Jorge Maldonado Ventura <
jorgesu...@freakspot.net> wrote:

> Here is what I got, but I want to distribute just one executable file; can
> I do that with your program?
>
> ~/Code/Repos/bullet_dodger_stable/build/nsis $ ls -l
> total 49272
> drwxr-xr-x 2 jorge jorge 4096 Oct 24 18:57 assets
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 2344 Oct 24 19:05 Bullet_dodger_1.6.10.exe
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 1293 Oct 24 19:05 Bullet_dodger.launch.pyw
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge  790 Oct 24 18:56 bullet.ico
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 6344 Oct 24 19:05 installer.nsi
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge34570 Oct 24 18:52 LICENSE
> drwxr-xr-x 4 jorge jorge 4096 Oct 24 19:05 pkgs
> drwxr-xr-x 2 jorge jorge 4096 Oct 24 19:05 Python
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 29269656 Oct 24 19:00 python-3.5.2.exe
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jorge jorge 2360 Oct 24 18:48 windowsversion.nsh
>
"Bullet_dodger_1.6.10.exe" is the only file you need to distribute; the
others were involved in building that. However, it is an installer - so
when the user double clicks it, they will get a standard installation
wizard to set up your game. Pynsist does not make an exe that runs your
game directly.

Thomas