Alan Pope wrote: > Hi all, > > Hope everyone's having a good weekend. > > I've noticed that there is a pyweek game development competition coming > up and the thought entered my head that (some of) Ubuntu-UK might want > to put heads together and work on an entry. > > For those that don't know pyweek is a regular competition that runs for > a week (this year it's 30th March till 6th April) and involves the > development of a game in Python. > > It's not specifically Linux/Ubuntu based, but clearly we have a viable > development platform given we have Python / Pygame and all the other > necessary bits and bobs. > > I just wondered if anyone else might be interested in contributing. At > first glance we would be in need of one or more programmers, musicians, > artists and testers, along with maybe project management (!) and > documentation roles to fill. > > Personally I know a little python but not enough to make a nice polished > game in a week, so I know I can't do this kind of thing on my own. I'd > see this as a great way to promote our community and show what we can > get done when we pull together. :) > > For more details check out their site and look back through some > previous entries to get an idea of the level we're aiming at. > > http://pyweek.org/ - Site > http://pyweek.org/6/ - March 2008 competition > http://www.pyweek.org/d/1282/ - Announcement > http://media.pyweek.org/static/rules.html - Rules > > The two previous entries which I quite like are 'Nelly's Rooftop Garden' > - http://www.pyweek.org/e/rushed/ , and Trip on the Funny Boat - > http://www.pyweek.org/e/Pekuja/ > > Anyone else interested? > > Cheers, > Al. > I'd certainly be willing to provide graphics using GIMP if you need any. Not done bitmap graphics in a while but I was a whizz with DPaint on my Amiga A500 :D
That Rooftop Garden idea is awesome, just goes to show that a good game CAN come from a kinda 'technology demo'. :) -- Ronnie Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.RonnieTucker.co.uk Skype : ronnietucker Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 456627 Registered Ubuntu User # 18227 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
