[aclug-L] Re: FW: Gaming the System with Python

[Denis Medvedev <t_mdl@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> HIGHLIGHTS
> 
> * With the help of SDL, Python's advancements in a
> non-traditional
>   arena for scripting languages has generated a host
> of possibilities
>   for the future of scripting.
>
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> Gaming the System with Python
> By Eric Foster-Johnson
> 
> Traditionally, scripting languages help
> administrators manage systems
> with relatively small scripts. Python is used in
> this capacity as well
> as for larger applications such as installation
> programs. The latest
> effort, though, uses a library and tools from the
> PyGame effort to take
> Python into the realm of interactive gaming.
> 
> PyGame
>
(http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a16
> offers a
> Python-based game development
> library built on the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL).
> SDL
>
(http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a15
> the premier Linux
> library for graphics-heavy
> games, provides multimedia capabilities on a number
> of platforms,
> including Linux. SDL is similar to DirectX, but it
> supports multiple
> platforms. A number of commercial games, especially
> those ported by the
> now-defunct Loki
>
(http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a14
> use
> SDL. Possible Worlds, a
> game covered here previously, also uses SDL.
> 
> SDL is an impressive effort. By building on top of
> SDL, the PyGame
> effort lets Python developers take advantage of the
> richness in
> multimedia that game users take for granted to build
> quite a respectable
> game entirely in Python. Python developers should
> check out the nice
> tutorial at
> http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a7
> for an
> explanation of PyGame's offering. PyGame also
> provides a code repository
> at
>
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a10
> which is full of
> small
> routines to help speed game development.
> 
> SDL and Python, both already multi-platform tools,
> make supporting
> multiple platforms a lot easier. One of the most
> advanced games written
> with the PyGame tools, Civil, an American Civil War
> strategy game,
> demonstrates SDL and Python's cross-platform prowess
> by supporting
> Linux, MacOS X, Windows, and BSD UNIX versions of
> the game. Civil
>
(http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a12
> is a turn-based
> strategy game that
> focuses on small battles from the Civil War. An
> extensive manual
> explaining how to play the game can be found at
> http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a9
> 
> Civil's main drawback is that, so far, you need to
> download the code
> from CVS in order to play (see
> http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a8
> for details). That
> should
> change, however, as the game nears a 1.0 release
> from the current 0.7
> version. More importantly, the PyGame tools are
> slowly tearing down the
> barriers preventing Linux developers from making
> good games, and I
> expect the future will see more quality Linux
> efforts like Civil.
> 
> About the author(s)
> -------------------
> Eric Foster-Johnson has written 14 books on Linux,
> Unix, programming
> and open source tools. Eric can be reached at
> erc@xxxxxxxxxxxx or at
>
http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a13
>
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> ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
> 
> Py Games
> http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a3
> 
> Komodo and Pygame Go 1.0
> http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a1
> 
> The Simple DirectMedia Layer from a Win32
> Perspective
> http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a2
> 
> Game Programming w/ the Simple Directmedia Layer?
> http://itw.itworld.com/GoNow/a14724a59924a76028222a4
>
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