Has anyone done anything other than graphics?

m0dem on 2014/04/18 19:09

Hi,
  Has anyone ever made a game for PyWeek that uses no graphics, like for example an RPG or text ball game or something like that?  Thanks for any help in advance : )
-M0dem

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Cosmologicon on 2014/04/18 20:50:

I can remember at least one example: a puzzle game that was (to me) a bit incomprehensible.

Also Rectifier has made two console-based games, though it's not really the case that they don't use graphics.

reidrac on 2014/04/19 07:14:

Two editions ago console was 

reidrac on 2014/04/19 07:16:

Oh, I hate PyWeek website :(

What I was writing before the comment was posted was that console was a cool ASCII art game, but I guess ASCII graphics count as graphics too.

richard on 2014/04/19 14:56:

I recall an audio-only game some years ago, but the name escapes me.

@reidrac sorry about the website; one day I'll find time to improve it...

reidrac on 2014/04/19 16:43:

Richard: the code is still available, I might do it myself! ;)

m0dem on 2014/04/21 23:08:

Ok, the console game, how do they make the figures, is it text or like pixels?  Thanks :)
-M0dem

reidrac on 2014/04/22 05:27:

They used text (ASCII art). The result was pretty good!

m0dem on 2014/05/05 16:02:

I wonder how it would go if someone submitted a text rpg type game.
-M0dem

Cosmologicon on 2014/05/05 16:53:

I think you should do it. However, you need to keep in mind that your Production score will suffer. I get the impression that many people will not rate it higher than 3/5 on Production out of principle, and it doesn't help that the PyWeek site's help text for judging Production explicitly says "Did this game have graphics and sound?"

I personally would gladly rate a text-only game 5/5 on Production if it was actually really well produced. Things I would look for include: practically no bugs; in-game help text; tutorial; simple, easy-to-use command system; save system; a good amount of content. Most PyWeek games slack on these, so if you use the time you would have devoted to graphics and sound instead focusing on these things, you have a good chance of standing out.

m0dem on 2014/05/05 19:35:

Ok, thanks for the help and encouragement. : )
-M0dem

m0dem on 2014/05/05 20:36:

BTW - I am wondering if I can use Python 3.3.3 to build my game?  Or do I have to use Python 2?  Thanks!
-M0dem

richard on 2014/05/05 21:26:

You can use Python 3 - pygame and pyglet both support it. So does a text-based interface :)