Wait.... I actually made something?

kuro on 2013/04/20 16:55 of If at first I don't succeed
— edited on 2013/04/20 16:58

So, there are flaws: sometimes the balls start wandering around through the walls; but I made something that counts as a game!

This is labyrinth style game where you try to remove the Nemesis balls from the map without getting kicked out yourself. Not what I set out to make, but I'm very pleased to have figured out Panda3D model creation as well as getting together something that's fun to play.

Thanks for the opportunity everyone! Here's a zip file.

The game requires Panda3D (1.7.2) and of course Python (2.7). Everything else is included. I'll try to upload some compiled versions soon.

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dmreichard on 2013/04/20 17:06:

Looks cool! Don't forget to upload your zip file and mark it final on pyweek.org as well. :)

Cosmologicon on 2013/04/24 18:00:

Is there some other dependency? I get:

ImportError: No module named direct.directbase.DirectStart

gcewing on 2013/04/25 00:38:

You need to install the Panda3D runtime, and then start the game with:

ppython Paths.py

Note the extra 'p' on the front.

rdb on 2013/04/26 19:23:

For the record, the game runs fine with Panda3D 1.8.1.  It would have been slightly easier to play had you made more use of Panda3D's deployment tools, however, by shipping a .p3d file or even a generated .exe installer :-)

@gcewing: it actually requires the SDK, not the runtime.  The Panda3D runtime is only used for running packaged .p3d bundles (analogous to .jar archives in the case of Java, I suppose).

gcewing on 2013/04/27 07:31:

Ah, okay, I was using a Panda3D installation from an earlier pyweek, and I must have installed the SDK as well. It was a long time ago. :-)