RE: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

["Noah Kantrowitz" <noah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not to point out the obvious or anything, but why would you not just use
pygame.org, which already has a big database of games. Just add an API for
getting the metadata you need and be done with it.

--Noah

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Richie Ward
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:25 AM
> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well
> 
> The PyGameDB project which has similarity's to the commercial platform
> "Steam" is coming to a usable state.
> 
> It is programmed in Python + WxPython.
> It works by adding the game to sys.path and importing the game (very
> simplified way to put it).
> It uses a XML file to get a list of PyGame's. It will also work with
> other types of python games, including opengl based ones, as long as
> they are open source.
> A huge feature is that it will make it easy to deploy pygame's since
> you do not need to package them as a .exe.
> It allows anyone to make a game repository, the XML file url can be
> set inside the application!
> 
> I am currently looking for help with:
> * The pygamedb-server which is a website programmed in cherrypy or
> pylons which will allow people to submit/upload games and generates
> the resulting xml file.
> * Beta testers for the client and someone that can test it on Mac OSX
> * Someone to make me a pygamedb logo, I am useless with graphics!
> * Someone with knowlege of WxPython thats willing to help with the
> client gui.
> 
> The project is currently missing a big feature, dependency/library
> support (It ignores that in the xml file right now). That will be
> finished very soon.
> 
> You can see a screenshot here:
> http://richies.googlepages.com/Screenshot-1.png
> The test repo is hosted here: http://pygamedb.4rensics.org/
> The test XML Data file  is here:
> http://pygamedb.4rensics.org/pygamedb.xml
> 
> I plan to get a domain name once pygamedb-server is done.. pygamedb.org
> maybe?
> 
> Getting it
> =======
> The project lives at: https://launchpad.net/pygamedb
> 
> Windows
> http://launchpad.net/bzr/1.6/1.6beta3/+download/bzr-setup-1.6b3.exe
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-
> 2.8.8.1-py25.exe
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018
> Install all of the above.
> 
> Debian/Ubuntu
> python-wxgtk2.8, bzr
> 
> Once you installed that, Run this command:
> bzr branch lp:pygamedb
> 
> Running it
> =======
> Windows
> rename pygamedb to pygamedb.py and then run it.
> 
> On all other os's just run pygamedb
> 
> --
> Thanks, Richie Ward