Re: [pygame] GSOC 2011 ideas for pygame

[Keith Nemitz <musenik@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a working setup.py script for Mac OSX. It's for a large game using PyOpenGL, so it should be useful. I'll contribute that. But Windows and Linux have stymied me. py2exe is very finicky with PyOpenGL.

I recommend trying to make an innosetup build that can turn a pygame game into an app installer, for Windows. I don't have a Linux machine to work with.


good luck!


--- On Wed, 1/26/11, kunal <kunal.t2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: kunal <kunal.t2@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [pygame] GSOC 2011 ideas for pygame
> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 7:47 PM
> On 01/26/2011 11:43 PM, Lenard
> Lindstrom wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > py2exe and py2app create standalone Python executables
> for Windows and OS X respectively. They package Python and a
> program together so the program can be run without
> installing Python first. Getting py2exe and py2app include
> all the required Pygame extension modules and their
> dependencies is tricky. Having a profiler or something that
> can analyze a game and then write a setup.py for py2exe or
> py2app may be useful. It would be an exercise in
> meta-programming I suppose.
> > 
> > http://www.py2exe.org/
> > http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/doc/index.html
> > 
> > I have just started an new GSoC 2011 page at the
> Pygame wiki: http://www.pygame.org/wiki/gsoc2011ideas
> > 
> > This will keep track of the proposals. Everyone,
> please add to as needed.
> > 
> > Lenard Lindstrom
> 
> Hi Lenard,
> 
> This sounds interesting.
> When generating setup.py files for py2app i suppose there
> would be a
> need for an OS X machine at one's disposal, i don't have
> one.
> 
> But py2exe could be worked upon. Also , is there a need
> for
> a single installer wizard for pygame for the various linux
> distros ?
> If so, that interests me a lot , and would be great if i
> could work on the same.
> 
> I am also looking at the pygame bugtracker http://pygame.motherhamster.org/bugzilla/query.cgi
> to see, if there are any issues, that i can patch, as a
> preliminary.
> 
> regards,
> Kunal
> > 
> > 
> > On 26/01/11 08:39 AM, kunal wrote:
> >> On 01/26/2011 04:20 PM, Keith Nemitz wrote:
> >>> A critical piece of the pygame making pie is
> creating applications for various platforms. In particular,
> integrating PyOpenGl into py2exe and py2app is very
> difficult, especially using innoSetup or other installer
> packages. I've actually got py2app working pretty well with
> it, but there are also many flavors of Linux that could
> benefit from a simple install wrapper for those who don't
> live on the command line.
> >> 
> >> Hi Keith,
> >> So, the idea is of an installer to install games
> based on pygame.
> >> The installer bundles all the packages necessary
> for the game to run on the client machine.
> >> When double clicked it should pop up an Installer
> , asking the client basic bootstrap
> >> questions. Then just install the game to the
> system, for the varied linux distros.
> >> 
> >> Did i understand you correctly ?
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> --- On Tue, 1/25/11, kunal<kunal.t2@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> From: kunal<kunal.t2@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Subject: [pygame] GSOC 2011 ideas for
> pygame
> >>>> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
> >>>> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 10:58 PM
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>> I am planning to work on pygame for this
> GSOC 2011.
> >>>> Can someone point me to some prospective
> ideas, or
> >>>> junior jobs that i can undertake.
> >>>> I am comfortable with python.
> >>>> 
> >>>> regards,
> >>>> Kunal
> >>>> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- regards
> -------
> Kunal Ghosh
> Dept of Computer Sc.&  Engineering.
> Sir MVIT
> Bangalore,India
> 
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> 
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