"PyWeekTron" again...

nitrofurano on 2012/01/16 21:19

Months (or years) ago, i think i posted a message about an arcade indie project only using PyWeek games, a bit like Torontron.

After this time, Torontron ( http://handeyesociety.com/torontron/ ) released two more different versions, and similar projects like Winnitron (from Winnipeg, Canada - http://winnitron.ca ), and Texatron (from Austin, USA - http://juegosrancheros.com ), it seems interesting seeing if PyWeek could somehow set some presence in this kind of indie arcade initiative.

I think all PyWeek contestants would enjoy a lot being part of this. What do you all think about?

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nitrofurano on 2012/01/17 14:28:

btw, i started this: http://nitrofurano.altervista.org/libretron/index.html - oppinions, please! :)

richard on 2012/01/19 01:43:

A lot of pyweek games (most of mine included) don't have a life outside of the pyweek challenge.

This idea is probably worth bringing up again closer to the next challenge though (er, which I should set a date for ;-)

nitrofurano on 2012/01/21 21:08:

And maybe a good idea would be connect hackerspaces ( http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_ALL_Hacker_Spaces ) with pyweek.org contests - people used to attend hackerspaces (awesome meeting places for hobbyists, engineers, artists, etc.) are usually very open minded, and entusiastic about projects like this. Since there are PyWeek contestants all over the world, and hackerspaces are also, this would be really amazing!

nitrofurano on 2012/01/21 21:11:

Based on Winnitron requirements, i started to write this one: http://nitrofurano.altervista.org/libretron/index.html - maybe this can be a good start to a more specific requirements reference about PyWeek could be writted based on these, if and when needed. I'm really very curious about the evolution of this.