PyWeek 12 Survey

Chard on 2011/03/27 17:34
— edited on 2011/03/27 17:34

As I have done in previous PyWeeks I have arranged a short, entirely optional survey to get some information about people's hardware and such. Please take a look!

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blakeohare on 2011/03/27 20:37:

It's interesting that the "Which judging criteria have entries been lacking" and the "Which area do you want to improve in" are inverses of each other. 

gcewing on 2011/03/27 21:09:

If my vertical resolution is 768, does that count as "601 - 768" or "767 - 800" ?-)

(I'm guessing that's meant to be "769 - 800".)

Also it's hard to know how to respond if I intend to use PyGame + some library not on the list.
It would be more sensible to have an "Other" option on the list of extra libraries.

Chard on 2011/03/27 22:30:

Sorry, my bad. It is meant to be 769. The library point is well received, I'll do that in the future.

richard on 2011/03/27 23:11:

Thanks, Chard!

superjoe on 2011/03/28 00:06:

Or just a checkbox for libraries instead of option buttons.

my resolution is 768 and I think I selected the wrong option.

Cosmologicon on 2011/03/28 01:48:

People should remember that if you want to support a resolution, you should subtract some amount for the menu bar and title bars that appear at the top and/or bottom of the screen. I think 64 pixels is a pretty good amount. So if you want to support a vertical resolution of 768, don't make your window taller than 704 pixels. Of course this doesn't apply if the program runs full-screened.

superjoe on 2011/03/29 00:41:

Say, what's the difference between role-play games and adventure games?

Cosmologicon on 2011/03/29 02:36:

RPGs and adventure games both usually require brain more than reflexes. RPGs tend to be more quantitative and have challenges based on combat. Adventure games tend to be more literary in style and have challenges based on puzzle solving.

Examples of RPGs include Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft. Examples of adventure games include King's Quest and Myst.

adrwen on 2011/03/29 21:22:

Where's the strategy genre?

By the way, I'm likin' the Linux usage!

Hugoagogo on 2011/04/02 07:03:

Awesome game, were the references to Dune intentional?

Hugoagogo on 2011/04/02 07:04:

Can a moderator remove that last post it was meant for a different topic