PyWeek - allefant7 - feedback

Did not work because of unpack, apparently it requires a string argument of length 4?

I'm sorry, but I think I failed to understand this game. I tried to play with the mouse and I
couldn't stop it from going crazy. I had more luck with the keyboard, but still, it was hard to
hit the tachyons with having to point up and down. The sound was annoying to the point I had to
remove my headphones. It didn't catch my interest long enough to understand what you did with
the string theme. I liked the LHC theme though, I just wasn't able to understand the game,
sorry. (After reading your post I understood what you did with the string theme, and the idea is
good. Still, I didn't understand it in the game and didn't seem to affect the game much, maybe
you should have made it clearer?)

It was quite hard to control. That's my only real compliant.

Sorry, couldn't get it to work - got an error in mesh.py - struct.error - unpack requires a string argument of length 4

Mac OSX 10.4.11, Python 2.5, Pygame 1.8.1. Fails on startup after window creation with this
error:

Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault Abort trap

Sorry I didn't get to play it, the game sounds really cool!

crashes at startup in winXp, python 2.4.3 . Traceback: ... File
"D:\pygames\pyweek7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\mesh.py", line 61, in getf def getf(f):
return struct.unpack(" struct.error: unpack str size does not match format. Also I see that
load_meshes() opens the file without explicit 'rb'. That will break in windows?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_game.py", line 4, in <module>
main.main()
File "/home/ors/uthcode/trunk/python/pyweek/allefant7-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 73, in main
m.init()
File "/home/ors/uthcode/trunk/python/pyweek/allefant7-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 16, in init
pygame.display.set_mode((w, h), pygame.OPENGL | pygame.DOUBLEBUF)
pygame.error: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

<b> Is there anything I can do, to try this game? </b>

<pre>
Z:\Torrents\PyWeek-7-finals\allefant7\allefant7-1.0>python run_game.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_game.py", line 4, in <module>
main.main()
File "Z:\Torrents\PyWeek-7-finals\allefant7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\main.py", line 74, in main
game.game.init()
File "Z:\Torrents\PyWeek-7-finals\allefant7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\game.py", line 37, in init
lambda x, y, z: (x * 16, y * 16, z * 16))
File "Z:\Torrents\PyWeek-7-finals\allefant7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\mesh.py", line 83, in load_meshes
nx = getf(f)
File "Z:\Torrents\PyWeek-7-finals\allefant7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\mesh.py", line 61, in getf
def getf(f): return struct.unpack("<f", f.read(4))[0]
File "D:\python\Python2.5\lib\struct.py", line 87, in unpack
return o.unpack(s)
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 4
</pre>

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\misc\pyweek7\allefant7-1.0\run_game.py", line 4, in <module>
main.main()
File "C:\misc\pyweek7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\main.py", line 74, in main
game.game.init()
File "C:\misc\pyweek7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\game.py", line 37, in init
lambda x, y, z: (x * 16, y * 16, z * 16))
File "C:\misc\pyweek7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\mesh.py", line 83, in load_meshes
nx = getf(f)
File "C:\misc\pyweek7\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\mesh.py", line 61, in getf
def getf(f): return struct.unpack("<f", f.read(4))[0]
File "C:\Python25\lib\struct.py", line 87, in unpack
return o.unpack(s)
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 4

The controls were *very* frustrating. I gave up trying with the mouse very early on. It definitely needs an "invert axis" option. I liked being able to jump around in space.

3d graphics were nice. hard to control, option to swap Y axis and different style of mouse control would have helped. i never even cleared the first level.

Physics seem a bit flaky and make the game harder than it should be. But the idea is quite neat.

couldn't really get into this game. I liked the tachyon-physics story to go with it though

Crashed due to load meshes...

Did not work for me.. load_mesh crashed it.

Technically, this is great. I really love the physics of it. The graphics are great too. It's a mixture of real 3D and isometric feel. Good job!

<p>The controls lack a bit of tuning; some autostabilization would be nice, it is very easy to fall (specially using the mouse). It is also a bit hard to know if you are aimig too high or too low.

<p>The concept is nice, and I liked the humour and LHC silly references.

It's a shame you didn't have time to tweak it because it's a little hard to start off with. I got
the hang of it in the end though and it's pretty cool :)

Error message is "ygame.error: Couldn't find matching GLX visual"

facundo@pomcat:~/pyw7/allefant7/allefant7-1.0$ python run_game.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_game.py", line 4, in <module>
main.main()
File "/home/facundo/pyw7/allefant7/allefant7-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 73, in main
m.init()
File "/home/facundo/pyw7/allefant7/allefant7-1.0/gamelib/main.py", line 16, in init
pygame.display.set_mode((w, h), pygame.OPENGL | pygame.DOUBLEBUF)
pygame.error: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

i like the idea of the string being the power source. but the game was too hard and i didnt have much fun (or i am too bad). i tried a lot to get to level 2 and then just quit. the 3d aiming didnt really work for me.

Kinda hard to control - but then maybe that's because my video card is sub-par and the low frame rate was messing everything up.

Nice game. One thing though; when I fail a level it gets rather annoying having to start all the way back at the start.

Pretty hard game but I've found boring shooting at sparks.

I enjoyed the general look and feel of the game. Unfortunately the controls were very awkward and I ended up spinning up into the air and losing over and over again. I will come back to this game possibly and try again.

A menu would be nice and a better explanation.
You didn't remember that some people use inverted mouse for games!

It's not theme related

Controls were a beast. Probably wouldn't have been as bad if you didn't need to control pitch in addition to yaw. Must be the broken physics that you refer to.

Sorry, but it would not run.<br>
<pre>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_game.pyw", line 4, in <module>
main.main()
File "C:\Users\saluk\Downloads\pyweek7games\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\main.py", line 74, in main
game.game.init()
File "C:\Users\saluk\Downloads\pyweek7games\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\game.py", line 37, in init
lambda x, y, z: (x * 16, y * 16, z * 16))
File "C:\Users\saluk\Downloads\pyweek7games\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\mesh.py", line 83, in load_meshes
nx = getf(f)
File "C:\Users\saluk\Downloads\pyweek7games\allefant7-1.0\gamelib\mesh.py", line 61, in getf
def getf(f): return struct.unpack("<f", f.read(4))[0]
File "C:\Python25\lib\struct.py", line 87, in unpack
return o.unpack(s)
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 4
</pre>

pythonw run_game.py
Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault

Failed on start with:

Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault
Abort trap

Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault
Abort trap

* OS X 10.5.2
* Pygame 1.8.1
* Python 2.5.2
* OpenGL 3.0.0b5

too hard :(

I suck at this game! I won't hold that against it for innovation and production, and maybe stage 2 is more fun but I have little chance of getting there.

It's nice to see the allephant here again, though.

Graphics were cool, and the feel of the game was nice. The controls however were a bit too funky for my taste. I was stuck on level 1 for about 10 minutes, and then I gave up on level 3.