Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread russ
> > what if you wanted to move a piece to the left or right after its past some > vertical obstruction? > Not _presently_ supporting moving the piece left or right. I've thought about it, and would make things a bit more complicated - just wanted to get something simple "out there", and see how m

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread Casey McGinty
Well, I think its a cool idea. I might try it out if I can find some free cycles. And does the game logic assume the pieces come straight down? For example, what if you wanted to move a piece to the left or right after its past some vertical obstruction? For example If you place and upside down 'j

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread russ
that's the first feature i'll add.. once the popularity gets over zero! :) On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Casey McGinty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM, russ.au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've got more features to add, depending on how >> popular it is..

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread Casey McGinty
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM, russ.au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got more features to add, depending on how > popular it is.. > Are you going to create a leader board to track the high scores? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-11-30 Thread russ.au
Hi all, Here's my attempt to learn App Engine / python. It's a tetris code challenge, you write a tetris playing algorithm, and the app challenges your algorithm. You can write the algorithm in anything that can do cgi: php, asp.net, jsp, etc. I've provided a sample client that

Re: Tetris

2006-06-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pygame.org is what you need it has tutorials it's cool -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Tetris

2006-06-18 Thread Rune Strand
Devon G. Parks wrote: > I've been searching google and this group for a while now for a good > tutorial on making a Tetris-style game in Python. I hear Tetris is a > good starting point, and although I am fairly new to programming I > think I would learn best if I had some code t

Tetris

2006-06-18 Thread Devon G. Parks
I've been searching google and this group for a while now for a good tutorial on making a Tetris-style game in Python. I hear Tetris is a good starting point, and although I am fairly new to programming I think I would learn best if I had some code to experiment with because without a tutor