Finding the time/energy

bishop on 2006/09/06 16:20 of The Bishop and The Warlord

I imagine that for a lot of contestants, some game ideas were already forming in various minds before the competition theme had been decided, with some flexibility being baked in just in case one's favourite theme didn't end up on top. In our case, I had an idea which would have worked quite well with my top two choices - a nautical theme which rides on the general favour bestowed on the previous PyWeek winner - and as luck would have it, my favourite theme ended up as the one chosen. So, how can the nautical theme be combined with "The Disappearing Act"? Well, as one other team have discovered (and the warlord and I are not "sharking" off you, whichever team you are!), anything nautical plus anything involving disappearance must suggest the Bermuda Triangle.

Having the "sawn in half" theme would have provided a more amusing and more contrived nautical entry - it's a shame it didn't finish first. Perhaps that variation can be cooked up as a post-PyWeek release!

Now, all I have to do is to find the time and energy to get this done. Perhaps the warlord will help me out...