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Addictive.

This is too fast for me :D

Huh! This game got fast. Also my CPU got really hot (89°C). It is repetitive. Maybe try to add more things next time.

It wouldn't run for me at first. I think it's a pygame version issue. It said "fill() takes no keyword arguments". But I deleted the "rect=" on line 310 and now it works fine. Here's one tip: I notice that you have the clouds descend faster than the feathers. I think you should have them descend slower, several times slower. You just need to give the *idea* of moving upward. As it is now, after four levels my brain hurt. Obviously, it needs more challenge and more variety to have much replay value, but it seems like a good start!

Missing some sounds and music! The menu was a nice touch, and so was the gauge at the side. On my PC this game was lightning fast! I'm unsure if there was any real skill involved in playing, as i'd need the reflexes of a raven!

With some tuning and a few more features, this could probably become a fun game.

As it is, the speed is painful. By the time baddies started showing up, everything was a blur. I had to pause between levels to rest my eyes before I could continue.

Runs too fast! It seems that the more sprites there are onscreen, the faster it goes (rather than slower) so when there are "baddies", they are impossible to see. Also, maybe its related but the controls are too sensitive.

Vertical movement is not very smooth, making it tiring to play.

Crashes as soon as I chose "Start Game" - "NoneType is not callable".

smooth scroll<br>
by clustering the feathers in patterns you could variate the challenge and the visual.<br>
rendering the feathers in different colors would add another visual element to play.

pguest@p4:/mnt/sda1/trabalhos/pygame/recolhas/pyweek/09/pyweek_9_all_torrent/27_hStCollab_turbofeatherinterceptor0v5$ python tfi.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "tfi.py", line 331, in <module>
main()
File "tfi.py", line 328, in main
menu.loop()
File "tfi.py", line 151, in loop
feathers,time = level.loop()
File "tfi.py", line 310, in loop
self.meter.fill((200,100,100,100),rect=pygame.Rect(2,400-partial,12,5))
TypeError: fill() takes no keyword arguments
guest@p4:/mnt/sda1/trabalhos/pygame/recolhas/pyweek/09/pyweek_9_all_torrent/27_HhStCollab_turbofeatherinterceptor0v5$

Crashed:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Gary\My Documents\Downloads\pyweek-9-all\hh-st-collab\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 331, in <module>
main()
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Gary\My Documents\Downloads\pyweek-9-all\hh-st-collab\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 328, in main
menu.loop()
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Gary\My Documents\Downloads\pyweek-9-all\hh-st-collab\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 151, in loop
feathers,time = level.loop()
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Gary\My Documents\Downloads\pyweek-9-all\hh-st-collab\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 235, in loop
start_time = self.timer()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

Not much of a game.

did not work

File "tfi.py", line 331, in <module>
main()
File "tfi.py", line 328, in main
menu.loop()
File "tfi.py", line 151, in loop
feathers,time = level.loop()
File "tfi.py", line 235, in loop
start_time = self.timer()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

The insane speed is surprisingly fun.

Got this error: SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\x89' in file sky.png on line 1, but no encodi
ng declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details

This is the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\MICHELE\Music\Nuova cartella\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 331, in <module>
main()
File "C:\Users\MICHELE\Music\Nuova cartella\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 328, in main
menu.loop()
File "C:\Users\MICHELE\Music\Nuova cartella\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 151, in loop
feathers,time = level.loop()
File "C:\Users\MICHELE\Music\Nuova cartella\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\turbofeatherinterceptor-0.5\tfi.py", line 235, in loop
start_time = self.timer()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

<pre>Traceback (most recent call last):
File "tfi.py", line 331, in <module>
main()
File "tfi.py", line 328, in main
menu.loop()
File "tfi.py", line 151, in loop
feathers,time = level.loop()
File "tfi.py", line 235, in loop
start_time = self.timer()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable</pre>
On windows, python 2.5 and 2.6 and pygame 1.9.1

Ah that hurt! I got a headache after playing your game.. that background jitters too much and i
go too fast.. it has potential though! Maybe a pyggy entry? :)

I had to edit line 310 of tfi.py to read:

self.meter.fill((200,100,100,100), pygame.Rect(2,400-partial,12,5))

in order to get the game to work.

I had a fun few minutes flying through the clouds collecting feathers with the raptor. It would have been even cooler if there was a little more to the game.