What is the policy on uploading entries as source?

Akake on 2008/08/24 20:29
— edited on 2008/08/24 20:29

A quick question from a first-time contestant...

Would my scores take a nosedive if I submitted my project's source, a .sh to run it under *NIX, and a .bat to run it under Windows, rather than submitting executables?

I'm only asking because I don't have a Windows box available to me ^^;
I have three Linux boxen, but none with Windows :P

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richard on 2008/08/24 21:51:

Have a look in the Help page "what to submit as your entry".

Martin on 2008/08/24 21:57:

As far as I'm aware, the only requirement is to supply the Python source of your entry. Certainly, nobody will mark you down for only supplying source. However, if you use any weird libraries or other dependencies, you may find that you get more feedback if you include a binary.

simono on 2008/08/25 10:46:

my experience is that considerably more people will try your entry if you supply an .exe

most users are on windows and double clicking an exe is just very convinient

Akake on 2008/08/25 11:20:

Okay, then ^_^

Thanks for the info.

The wierd library thing shouldn't be a problem for me; I tend to try to use only Python and Pygame in my games (I don't like using obscure libraries :P)

Akake on 2008/08/25 11:22:

@simono:
What about a .bat?

You can double-click them, too, to my knowledge...

That and I can't seem to find a utility to make .exe files that works under Linux ^^;

Akake on 2008/08/25 11:43:

Never mind my last comment ^^;
I have py2exe running under a Windows emulator :P

Should've tried that earlier XD

Akake on 2008/08/25 13:02:

...And it doesn't want to make an executable, and it's complaining about gobs of missing libraries... ^^;

So, back to my earlier idea:Would I be shooting myself in the foot if I submitted my entry as source with a .bat to run in under Windows?

Sorry about all this fuss ^^;

RB[0] on 2008/08/25 19:16:

.bat will help you none - you can double click .py source files and run them too ;) The only thing py2exe helps is it bundles all the libraries you use together - but if you are only using python+pygame then you should have no concerns, as everyone here has those already (I assume anyways...)

The only thing I ever submit is the source version - never had anyone complain yet :)

simono on 2008/08/26 10:46:

@akake: what rb said.

it's not only about having one thing to click on (exe/bat) but also the bundling of libraries that py2exe does

this poll should be informative once more ppl take it tools of the trade

Akake on 2008/08/27 13:43:

Ah, okay ^^

I wasn't aware you could run Python scripts by double-clicking them in Windows :P

Linux makes you either enter a command or make a launcher XD

But yeah, if the only advantage to bundling it into an .exe is to bundle in libraries, then I'm fine, I guess. :P

Thanks! ^_^