PyWeek - sjbrown

Name: sjbrown
Solo
Waterloo, ON, Canada

It's a game where you maintain a rainbow by heating up some water and blowing steam at it. I want to keep it very simple as it's a solo project and I want to sink a lot of time into art/sound.

Also this will give me (hopefully) time to play test it with people and make last-day tweaks.

Win 32 Users:
Don't run it from source. Best to just download the big prebuilt zip file. Unless you apply the patch 'fix_snippet.py'. Also if you choose to apply the patch, and change that method in 'fix_snippet.py', you'll need to add "allImages={}" to the __init__ method of ManualHeater.
This is a solo entry by sjbrown.
worked on graphics today

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Fun: 2.3
Production: 3.2
Innovation: 3.3
Respondents: 21
Files: Uploader Date
fix_snippet.py — final 1.13 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/04/01 23:29
the win32 fix to make it run decently
SteamJetBlower.zip — final 5.21 Mbytes sjbrown 2006/04/01 23:26
Win 32 build (actuall not so slow)
steamjetblower03.tar.gz — final 1002.63 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/04/01 22:27
final source (still runs slow on win32...)
steamjetblower02.tar.gz — final 763.30 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/04/01 20:31
source. blit bug fixed -- i hope
steamjetblower.tar.gz — final 763.29 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/04/01 18:57
Saturday afternoon package
Screenshot6.png 30.54 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/04/01 07:30
worked on graphics today
Screenshot5.png 19.26 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/03/31 17:57
all the upgrades are in the game now
sjbrown_steam_day4.tar.gz 1.38 Mbytes sjbrown 2006/03/30 05:17
Working code for day 4
Screenshot4.png 15.04 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/03/30 04:34
added money system and status bars
Screenshot3.png 9.78 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/03/29 02:40
cloud now drips
Screenshot2.png 8.93 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/03/28 03:23
second screenshot: some inkscape graphics
Screenshot.png 6.89 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/03/28 00:49
first running implementation
idea.png 9.49 Kbytes sjbrown 2006/03/27 03:35
game design for my rainbow game

Saturday 01 April, 2006

[ sjbrown @ 23:32 ] D-D-Done

Ok, so apparently win32 REALLY doesn't like changing the alpha level of things via Numeric. I had to change a function to basically make all the incremental changes and save it out to disk, making the win32 build zip 5megs (versus 1 meg for the source) 20 minutes left. Maybe I can add a background song...

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[ sjbrown @ 18:49 ] making win32

making a win32 build. i hope to get some feedback from testers to see what i can do to make it more fun. after the build is made, it's sound time.

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[ sjbrown @ 16:50 ] stressing out

crap.

I thought I'd have more time. Isn't it always the way? It's the last morning. I've got my coffee and bagel, and roughly 8 hours to go.

Plan:
2 hours: make water wheel spin, and make a "you win" screen
1 hour: make a win32 build and distribute to friends for their feedback.
2 hours: make at least 2 more game modes - it needs more of a "challenge" feel. Right now it's too relaxing.
2 hours: sounds. right now it has none.
1 hour: emergencies

-sjbrown

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[ sjbrown @ 15:47 ] stressing out

crap.

I thought I'd have more time. Isn't it always the way? It's the last morning. I've got my coffee and bagel, and roughly 8 hours to go.

Plan:
2 hours: make water wheel spin, and make a "you win" screen
1 hour: make a win32 build and distribute to friends for their feedback.
2 hours: make at least 2 more game modes - it needs more of a "challenge" feel. Right now it's too relaxing.
2 hours: sounds. right now it has none.
1 hour: emergencies

-sjbrown

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[ sjbrown @ 07:31 ] Day ...?

So ... tired...
Had a crazy day making new graphics and tweaking some of the gameplay. Only 16 hours to finish it up.

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Thursday 30 March, 2006

[ sjbrown @ 05:22 ] Day 4

I was waylaid this morning unfortunately, so I again didn't get as much finished as I had wanted. But luckily there was a post on the Mailing List about changing the alpha values using surfarray which was exactly what i was looking for. As an extra treat, I've uploaded a tar.gz with my current revision of the code.

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Wednesday 29 March, 2006

[ sjbrown @ 02:53 ] Day 3 progress

Didn't get as much done today as i had hoped. Sounds still haven't started. I blame my cold. Stupid sinuses. I will set you on fire with curry.

Some more logic got done. The only thing left on the logic side is the "store" -- ability to buy new power sources - fire, solar, etc.

That should leave Thurs and Friday for improving the graphics, adding sounds, and finding bugs. Also multiplayer mode if there's time.

-sjbrown

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Tuesday 28 March, 2006

[ sjbrown @ 03:33 ] Night 2

Allright, I spent some time at the cafe on the cursor-chasing interface that makes the heating element warm up.

Then tonight, I worked up some graphics in Inkscape (www.inkscape.org) and dropped those in. I also fleshed out the Bladder object. No steam spraying yet, though.

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Monday 27 March, 2006

[ sjbrown @ 03:47 ] jet plane

Got back home after a trip to Vancouver this weekend. Thought about game design today. Scratched ideas:
* stranded on an island with rudimentary steam power components. win by signaling for rescue, escaping on a raft, or building a sustainable civilization
* tea shop sim

Final idea: rainbow maintenance.

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Monday 13 March, 2006

[ sjbrown @ 21:30 ] Shout outs

Hi all. Looking forward to competing. I probably won't be online until the first Monday, so if anyone wants a latecomer in their team, I might be interested.

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