Hi Hayden,
Thanks for the bug reports. Yeah, I thought the dealer should stand on
17, but wasn't sure so I set it to 15. I'll correct that in v1.1. As
for not reducing the first ace that's something of a technical design
issue. I didn't want to make the code too hard for beginners so cut
corners.
Hi Charles,
Unfortunately, no. The Packmates use Windows mobile which I don't
think is supported by the Python interpreters yet. Someone would have
to try and cross compile it to Windows Mobile which I have no idea how
to do.
On 11/24/10, Charles Rivard wrote:
> Hmm. I wonder if this game could
Hi,
I don't think so. I didn't see a Python interpreter for Windows Mobile
devices on the main Python website. So I don't figure there is one
yet.
On 11/24/10, Hayden Presley wrote:
> HI Charles,
> Windows Mobile 6, tat is correct. I couldn't tell you if Python
> interpreters are made to run on
Hi,
I have no idea what the copyrights are on some of those games.
However, in my experience even though the copyrights on such games
haven't expired big companies aren't really enforcing them much any
more either. Take the Infocom games as an example here.
Technically Activision baught up the r
I'll bet that these are some refinements that we might just be able to make
on our own, once we learn how to work on it, then do so. (grin)
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Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 201
Hi Charles,
There should be four files in the directory which are as follows:
blackjack.py --- This is the source file.
blackjack.pyc --- This is the compiled game.
License.txt --- This is a copy of the General Public license agreement.
Readme.txt --- The basic instructions for the game.
As far
I think I know the answer, but here goes: Any chance of you being allowed,
without breaking any copyright laws, to sell packs of such games as these
for a small fee?
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Sent: Wedne
HI Charles,
Windows Mobile 6, tat is correct. I couldn't tell you if Python
interpreters are made to run on Windows Mobile devices.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Charles Rivard
Sent: Wednesday,
Hmm. I wonder if this game could be gotten to work on a Pac Mate Omni? It
runs on, I think, Windows 6 or something like that, and have no clue if it
has anything to do with Python or how that would work on such a PDA with a
braille display.
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I haven't looked, but how many decks are being used? Also, should there be
3? or 4 files in the unzipped game folder. I've played two games so far,
and haven't actually won them by going all the way, but started with 100
dollars and built it up to 1,000, then had to take a break for dinner so
Hi Thomas,
I just played, and three things strike me. Firstly, you do know that the
dealer hits 16 and stands on 17? Also, the aces seem to be fixed.the first
one is eleven, all the rest are one, and the first one never converts. Also,
it never notes it when you bust, you just keep on hitting.
I find it strange how screen readers pronounce words so similar at times
that people might not notice, so the misspelling goes unnoticed. So, I
changed it. Maybe it has been quite a quiet list? (grin)
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From: "dark"
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Hi Thomas,
Lol...the house almost always kicks your butt at Blackjack. Though I haven't
tried it much yet, I intend to be trying it in the next few minutes.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Thomas
Hi,
Yeah, and that would be a good combination. FMOD is a great API, and I
should probably add PySonic to a game like Blackjack just to give it a
little extra like the sound of shuffling cards and things like that.
On 11/24/10, Ryan Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> Descent Into Madness is programmed in Pyt
Hi Ryan,
Yes, I know about doc strings. Thing is though I personally don't like
them. I guess it has to do with the fact I come from a C/C++
background that using a doc string seams weird. Although, you have a
point if I am going to use these apps as training tutorials I should
use standard doc st
Hi,
Yeah, I am as well. I guess that is the price of technical
advancement. We are advancing so far so fast that games and other
software products we like quickly become outdated and disguarded as
progress marchs on. Usually company x never updates that game or
software, because they made their mo
Hi Charles,
Ah, that would be Kidnapped. That was a great text game for the Apple
II. If I could remember how to play it I could probably whip up a copy
in Python. This could turn into a classic case of going down memory
lane.
Interesting thing about this is with all the high tech games full of
s
Don't know anyone who's played it yet... but I think that would hinge
on wehther you play keyboard or not. If not, it'll probably just like
the guitar in terms of difficulty.
At 04:38 PM 24/11/2010, you wrote:
well, heh, i don't play keyboard, which is why i asked how it worked
for the blind a
There are probably some Apple games that blind people cannot play unless
they have Apple machines, too. One that comes to mind is, I think, either
Escape or Kidnapped, I don't remember which. You are on the ninth floor of
a building and have to make your way out. There was word play involved.
well, heh, i don't play keyboard, which is why i asked how it worked for the
blind amongst us.
. :)
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From: "Clement Chou"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] rock band keyboard
Dunno... haven't played it
That sounds great actually tom.
I've heard a good deal about Oregon Trail, but haven't turned up
anything, probably because aple basic stuff is harder to run.
It'll be really nice to finally get to play it, and to have a version which
can be run on modern machines.
I'm always rather sa
ooopse tom, should've thought to look there, yes, I am an idiot.
Thanks for the link.
Beware the Grue1
Dark.
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From: "Thomas Ward"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Quite list?
Hi Dark,
You ca
Hi,
Descent Into Madness is programmed in Python. The programmers used a
wrapper for the FMOD sound library called PySonic.
Thanks.
-Ryan
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Greg Steel wrote:
> Hi Tom is descent into madness programmed in that language?
> - Original Message - From: "Thomas
Dunno... haven't played it myself. I don't have enough to shell out
for it... but I do know that it's a fully functional keyboard... so I
would assume easy is a bit harder than guitar... but if you already
play keyboard, just go to pro mode and play it like you'd play the
song on real keyboards
Hi Thomas
Nice job with this! I just won a round on level 2. I'm glad you've
found Python as useful as I have. One suggestion though. I've noticed
you document your Python methods like this:
#Function: dealer_draw().
#Description: Draws a new card for the dealer.
Most Python programmers document t
Hi Dark,
Yeah. It isn't much as a game, but it should be pretty compatible with
anything that runs Python appplications. I'd imagine it would run on a
Braille Plus and similar devices since it has a Python interpreter
built in. There are also Python versions for Windows CE so that means
I might b
has anyone been able to play with the rockband 3 keyboard? is it easier to play
then the guitar? like, how on easy mode only 3 buttons are used, is that the
same with the keyboard I'd imagine?
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Hi Hayden,
Mainly it is just an issue of system performance. Running compiled pyc
files will run faster than running a Python program from raw source.
In a small game like Blackjack I doubt it really matters much, but I
added the compiled pyc file anyway for performance sake.
So how do you like t
Hi Thomas,
Just curious...why do we need the .pyc file? The .py file works fine.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of dark
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:42 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject:
Hi Dark,
You can find the original news announcement at
http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org/msg66631.html
in the Audyssey archives. List archives are such a nice thing aren't they?
On 11/24/10, dark wrote:
> Actually tom, I've been devoting all my gaming time to core exiles, so
> hav
Hi Tom.
Ah, I missed this, ow irritating!
I'll see about some news, sinse even though we do have working accessible
blackjack, hopefully people will find both the cross platform bit and
example code interesting.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Ward"
To:
Hi all,
Just letting everyone know i just updated the Blackjack download file.
I forgot to add the compiled *.pyc file into the package. It is there
now and the updated version is at the same place as before.
Smile!
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Actually tom, I've been devoting all my gaming time to core exiles, so
haven't been checking mail.
I'd actually appreciate a repost of said news if you wouldn't mind, so that
I can do something for audiogames.net, that's if Bryan hasn't done it
already ;D.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
-
Hi,
Ummm...May we see the error report you are getting? Perhaps someone
here can figure out what is wrong.
Cheers!
On 11/24/10, Lori Duncan wrote:
> Well I've updated both net framework and direct x and nothing is happening,
> I'm still getting a microsoft error report. :(
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Hi Charles,
Well, you don't need to know Python to play the game of course, but
some background would be helpful in understanding the game's source
code. For example, reading the Python 2.7 tutorial that ships with the
Python interpreter will give you the language basics such as
variables, comment
Hi Greg,
Ummm..That's a spear not a sphere. Smile.
As for the sound that starts and stops that is one of the new
vanishing platforms I'm adding to beta 17. You'll be seeing more of
them through the new game. As per demand people wanted to see those
traps carried over from Montezuma's Revenge to M
The Emails are coming in very slowly here.
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- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Ward"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Quite list?
Hi,
Not usually. Usually we get 50 to 100 messages per
Start learning as young as you currently are, however young that is. By the
time you get to be Thomas's age, if you ever get that far, you'll be that
much ahead. It's usually easier to begin learning something new at a young
age, which means that I! am! sunk! (grinning)
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Hi Greg,
That's a vanishing platform.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Steel
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 12:01 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: [Audyssey] re mota rock remix
Hi tom
Hi Greg,
That's a spear. I wonder if it replaces the whip?
Best Regards,
Hayden
-Original Message-
From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Steel
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 11:42 AM
To: Lori Duncan; Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re:
Well I've updated both net framework and direct x and nothing is happening,
I'm still getting a microsoft error report. :(
- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Ward"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] problem with Entombed not working
Hi,
Ok. Just
Hi,
I honestly have no idea. i never played that game before.
On 11/23/10, Greg Steel wrote:
> Hi Tom is descent into madness programmed in that language?
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Hi Muhammed,
Personally, I think you can begin learning to program at any age.
However, your knowledge might effect what you can right. For example,
it doesn't take a lot of skill or complexity to whip up a simple
Blackjack game as I just did for demonstration purposes. However, if
you want to tr
Hi,
Not usually. Usually we get 50 to 100 messages per day. However, with
this being a big holiday weekend in the U.S. I guess it isn't that
surprising the list traffic is down. Although, I released a new game,
for demonstration purposes about an hour ago, and so far not one
download yet. That's
Hi Derran,
Not always. Sometimes its full to the brim, usually its just fign, and
sometimes quiet. When tdv got released, the list was booming.
- Original Message -
From: "Darren Duff"
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'"
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:20 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Quite li
Its Tdv. In fact their is a new tip.
- Original Message -
From: "eric harms"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] finally! Discovered! How! To! Land!
What game is this your talking about? If you would let me know I would
app
Hi guys,
I am here to ask a question. Well, do you think that I should start programming
when I grow older such as Thomas's age instead of now because I don't have the
required knowledge? And What makes a challenging game and a good one?
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Hi Tom is descent into madness programmed in that language?
- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Ward"
To:
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:28 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Free Python Sample Games
Hi all,
Over the passed few months I have been working on a free book on
Python programming
That is cool just like in the old Alchemy demo of monti which is so buggy.
I was just curious where did you get the bubbling sound for the potion
because I am a musician and love sound effects and have lots of cds and
libraries.
- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Ward"
To:
Sent: Sund
Hi tom this is Greg I subscribed to the list and I heard the play through. I
thought it was awesome I'm going to try that when bayda 17 is released. I have
a few questions. First what are the new bosses and second what was that thing
that you jumped over which has a sound that starts and stop
Hi Tom this is Greg. I love that play through I just subscribed to the list
what is the second part where you jumped where it was a sound starting and
stopping and what are the new bosses and what is that new weapon something
about a sphere?
- Original Message -
From: "Lori Duncan"
T
Hi.
I was on this list years back and just joined up again yesterday. Is the
list always this quite? I haven't got very many messages so far. As I
remember I use to get over 400 messages on this list a day when I use to be
on. Not that I want that many yet. I guess everyone's just playing TDV
heh
What game is this your talking about? If you would let me know I would
appreciate it and where to get the game.
Thank you,
Eric
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From: "Liam Erven"
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:32 PM
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'"
Subject: Re: [Audysse
Hi Lori,
Well, the best way to find out is by checking in your control panel.
On XP it should be under Add and Remove Programs. If you are running
Windows 7 it will be found under Programs and Features. In either case
downloading .NET 4.0 and XNA Framework 3.0 should resolve any
dependency issues.
Hi,
Ok. Just to compare notes I'm running Windows 7 with .NET Framework
4.0 and XNA Framework 3.0. Entombed runs fine on my system. So I'd say
if you have .NET 4.0 and XNA Framework 3 the game should in theory
work fine on XP, Vista, Windows 7 etc.
On 11/24/10, Lori Duncan wrote:
> Hi Tom I'm d
Hello everyone,
We have just released the first of our freeware games, USA Blackjack,
written in pure Python. This text-based game will not only be hours of
enjoyment for card players, but is completely open source and is
licenced under the GNU General Public License Agreement. You can use
the sou
Hi Lori,
I have never experienced this problem. It is strange, though. Try checking
what version's of the system requirements you have.
- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Ward"
To: "Lori Duncan" ; "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Audys
Hi Lori,
Entumed was built using the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft XNA
3. Make sure your .NET Framework and XNA Framework are up to date.
What versions do you have of those components?
On 11/24/10, Lori Duncan wrote:
> Hi does anyone know if Entombed uses Microsoft components to work?
A good bowling evening! Consistent, and right around your average. I like
times like those at the lanes, but a nice 200 plus game once in a while
makes the day!
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From: "Jim Kitchen"
To: "Audyssey"
Sent: Wednesday, November 24,
Hello.
You can try searching for the 2008 c++ runtimes on google and that
should fix your problem.
On 11/24/10, Lori Duncan wrote:
> Hi does anyone know if Entombed uses Microsoft components to work? I've had
> this error which freezes the game at start up and when it sends an error
> report it'
Hi does anyone know if Entombed uses Microsoft components to work? I've had
this error which freezes the game at start up and when it sends an error report
it's only to Microsoft's website who are not of any help at all. How can I
sort this, I've tried re-enstalling the game, deleating the sav
Bowling Scores 11-23-2010 By Jim Kitchen
Today's average = 167.67
total points in the 3 games = 503
Your bowling average now = 169.76
total points in the 131 games = 22238
Today's low game = 156
Today's high game = 187
All time low game = 124
All time high game = 230
95 wins
34 losses
Ok Tom sounds cool no hurry whenever you get the time to create the
football game and baseball game that would be cool to have all those
sounds in it as well and that's ok if your just focused on text games
now. to
On 11/23/2010 7:55 PM, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi Jason,
Well, I certainly could w
Yeah they are great ideas now someone has to program them, I only no how
to test software meaning its performance, I am not a programmer
unfortunately, however Thomas is and other game developers out here are
programmers as well, Thomas is the one with the black jack gamein
python, so I am glad
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