Anyone planning on using PyOGRE? I'd like to try it, has anyone got a prebuilt linux binary? It would save one lazy programmer (me) a lot of hassle!.

I'd really like to use OpenGL2.0, what are my best options for this?

From what I can see, OpenGL-ctypes doesn't yet provide OpenGL2.0.

I'm having trouble with OpenGL lighting, and want to determing if its a driver problem, or a code problem. I had this same problem in the last pyweek too... Could any willing volunteers please run the below code, and tell me if they get a flat shaded or a lit sphere? In the attached screenshot, you can see that there is clearly no lighting effects happening... If anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong, I'd appreciate the help...

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
from OpenGL.GL import *
from OpenGL.GLU import *

        
def main():
    pygame.display.set_mode((1024,768), DOUBLEBUF|OPENGL)

    #GL Setup
    glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH)
    glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST)
    glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL)
    glClearDepth(1.0)

    #Viewport Setup
    glViewport(0, 0, 1024, 768)
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION)
    glLoadIdentity()
    gluPerspective(45.0, 1024.0/768, 0.1, 100)
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW)
    glLoadIdentity()

    #sphere setup
    q = gluNewQuadric()
    glFrontFace(GL_CCW)
    gluQuadricTexture(q, GL_TRUE)
    gluQuadricNormals(q, GLU_FLAT)
    gluQuadricOrientation(q, GLU_OUTSIDE)

    #lighting setup
    glEnable(GL_LIGHTING)
    glEnable(GL_LIGHT1)
    glLightfv(GL_LIGHT1, GL_AMBIENT, (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0))
    glLightfv(GL_LIGHT1, GL_DIFFUSE, (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
    glLightfv(GL_LIGHT1, GL_SPECULAR, (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
    glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_SPECULAR, (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
    glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_EMISSION, (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0))
    glEnable(GL_COLOR_MATERIAL)
    glColorMaterial(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE)
    glLightfv(GL_LIGHT1, GL_POSITION, (0.0, 0.0, 0.0))

    while True:
        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT|GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
        glLoadIdentity()
        glTranslatef(0.0, -1.0, -5.0)
        gluSphere(q, 1.0, 32, 32)

        pygame.display.flip()
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type in (QUIT, KEYDOWN):
                return

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Great selection of themes! I'd be happy with any of them.

Pyweek #1. Quido: The Failed Experiment

The game wasn't fun. I focused on eye-candy, and gameplay suffered. Placed second overall, first in production.

Pyweek #2. Corsair

I tried to build a MMO. Geez. Nuff said. The game might have done better if I had created a bigger universe (The server ran out of planets to allocate to new players, so most people got a black screen on startup). Didn't place at all.

Pyweek #3. No starter.

Problems at work nuked my brain, and I only got as far as the basecode. I didn't finish an entry.

Pyweek #4.

I work for myself now, so I can probably make time to compete. I'm also working alone, so perhaps I'll aim for something more achievable this time... or maybe not! :-)

Just for laughs, I thought I'd build some spaceships. Here's the first one. It's not textured, unless someone wants to volunteer?

I like spaceships...

freighter.obj