PyWeek - Scav and Threads - feedback

Nice to see a 3D game. I liked where the story was heading, I wish it was finished. I liked the idea and I enjoyed what there was of it.

There are too few choices for the character to make, so it feels too much
like a oddly told story rather than a game. The large angle step on turns
also made the game feel a bit jerky when playing, and less 3D then the
rendering should have made it feel.

Missing the data, but I don't think that's worth disqualification. Game was quite memorable, but also not very complete

This looks like the start of a really interesting adventure game. I'd like to see the rest of it sometime.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "run_game.py", line 14, in
NineDisasters.__main__.main() File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/__main__.py",
line 15, in main win = GameWin(width=1024,height=768) File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/game.py",
line 19, in __init__ self.state = GameState(room="Chapter1",start="begin") File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/states.py",
line 137, in __init__ super(GameState,self).__init__(name,**kw) File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/states.py",
line 99, in __init__ self.build_parts(**kw) File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/states.py",
line 162, in build_parts hroom = Room("Room",self.room+".txt") File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/rooms.py",
line 57, in __init__ self.loadfile(fname) File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/rooms.py",
line 63, in loadfile roomdata = data.load(fname) File
"/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/NineDisasters/data.py",
line 26, in load return open(os.path.join(data_dir, filename), mode) IOError: [Errno 2] No
such file or directory:
'/home/senthil/Downloads/PyWeek-12-finals/pianist-envy/NineDisasters-0.0.1/data/Chapter1.txt'

This game gave me motion sickness, but otherwise it seemed to have a lot of depth for a 1 week game. I wish I could have made it to the end.

not so fun

Very impressive.
But walking through the rooms made me feel queasy.

could not figure out where to get the data on github, sorry

Make a 3D game in a week it's a lot. But the refresh rate didn't let me play a lot. Great job!

$ python run_game.py
No such file or directory: 'Downloads/NineDisasters-0.0.1/data/Chapter1.txt'

File "panel.py", line 18, in <module>
from tdgl.gl import *
ImportError: No module named tdgl.gl

I like the idea of each chapter featuring a member of successive generations. Also, nice game engine you've got there -- would you consider releasing it as a library?

Kudos for getting a 3-D engine in place for PyWeek.

+ great atmosphere
- no sound!
- BAAAD interactivity

Doesn't fit on my screen: http://www.superjoesoftware.com/temp/pyweek12-nine-disasters.png
Argg! Can't read the text! http://superjoesoftware.com/temp/pyweek12-nine-disasters-sad.png

This game is fantastic. You managed to convey a sense of spookiness and wonder. Great story, and very impressive that you managed to squeeze in that much content in one week.

The controls are a bit whack. It's really confusing to move around.

Here's a snippet of IRC that you might find interesting:
<superjoe> have you guys tried Nine Disasters yet?
<superjoe> this is pretty legit
<superjoe> even though I can't read the text because the vertical res is too high
<superjoe> yeah I shouldn't complain about that, it's really not an issue
<superjoe> capitalization is though
<Unnheulu> True
<mauve> I'm considering what should be in the next release of Art Attack
<mauve> http://code.google.com/p/pyweek-wasabi/issues/list
<Unnheulu> The noughts and crosses one really pissed me off in that department
<superjoe> seriously you guys should be playing Nine Disasters right now
<mauve> How do I get the data directory?
<mauve> Ah, I've got it
* Guest72678 is now known as acidx
<superjoe> controls are a bit whack, but I think it makes up for it
<superjoe> if only I could know what was going on: http://www.superjoesoftware.com/temp/pyweek12-nine-disasters-sad.png
<superjoe> also, edit line 59 of states.py. put a mod 360 in the dict lookup or else you'll get crashes
<Unnheulu> Where is the data directory?
<superjoe> https://github.com/scavpy/Strings-Team-PyWeek-Apr-2011/
<mauve> git clone git://github.com/scavpy/Strings-Team-PyWeek-Apr-2011.git
<Unnheulu> Meh, unplayably slow
<Unnheulu> I'll play it on my pc later
* superjoe rolls eyes
<Unnheulu> :P
<Unnheulu> At least my game runs fast ;)
<Unnheulu> Remember you commented on getting up my fps from 40? That was on my netbook
<superjoe> ugh these controls are horrendous
<superjoe> still worth it
* Unnheulu is gonna try making a 5minute game
<Unnheulu> I've psyched myself up for it, can't back down now
<mauve> Hmm, how do you get past the grandfather clock?
<superjoe> mauve, are we playing the same game?
<superjoe> if we are, you seem to have passed me up.
<mauve> Nine Disasters?
<superjoe> yeah
<superjoe> I just got to Ch3
<mauve> I think that's the one I'm on
<superjoe> ah, the clock.
<superjoe> damn it
<superjoe> don't push the clock twice
<mauve> Eh? I tried winding it, lifting it and pushing it, and now it just says "The click is stopped at three minutes to eleven."
<mauve> clock
<superjoe> you never pushed it? I was able to push it
<superjoe> oh god
<superjoe> I'm so scared
<superjoe> somebody hold me <:-(
<superjoe> wtf kind of front door is locked from the inside?
<superjoe> that's a fire hazard I tell you, A FIRE HAZARD
<mauve> Haha
<mauve> It ends a bit abruptly
<superjoe> TOLD YOU it was a fire hazard
<superjoe> I effin DIED in there!
<superjoe> haha, by abruptly, you mean, with a traceback.
<mauve> Er... no. Didn't crash for me.
<superjoe> when I pressed "epilogue" "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ChapterActions'"
<superjoe> was there an epilogue?
<mauve> Um...
<mauve> There was a brief paragraph of follow-up story, and then it said that there wasn't time to write the rest of the game.
<superjoe> ah

Really promising story, and ambitious presentation too. Gameplay was a bit too linear and unchallenging though - needed more puzzles.

I don't have time to go find your data on github right now, sorry! If I get a chance I will before judging ends.

Couldn't find Chapter1.txt anywhere :(

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\run_game.py", line 14, in <module>
NineDisasters.__main__.main()
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\__main__.py", line 15, in main
win = GameWin(width=1024,height=768)
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\game.py", line 19, in __init__
self.state = GameState(room="Chapter1",start="begin")
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\states.py", line 137, in __init__
super(GameState,self).__init__(name,**kw)
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\states.py", line 99, in __init__
self.build_parts(**kw)
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\states.py", line 162, in build_parts
hroom = Room("Room",self.room+".txt")
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\rooms.py", line 57, in __init__
self.loadfile(fname)
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\rooms.py", line 63, in loadfile
roomdata = data.load(fname)
File "C:\Users\lusr\Downloads\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters-0.0.1\NineDisasters\data.py", line 26, in load
return open(os.path.join(data_dir, filename), mode)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\lusr\\Downloads\\NineDisasters-0.0.1\\NineDisasters-0.0.1\\data\\Chapter1.txt'

Missing data directory: no NineDisasters-0.0.1\\data\\Chapter1.txt