Re: [pygame] Indie Game Host

["Charlie Nolan" <funnyman3595@xxxxxxxxx>]

In other words, this has absolutely nothing to do with Pygame and
you're just someone who saw "game" in the list name.  Go away.

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Matt Kremer <mattk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There were two responses, I'm going to respond to both in this message.
>
> For one, games are not played in-browser. They are temporarily loaded via
> JAVA and then run on the players computer.
>
> Also, I am not just someone who saw "game" in the list name, and my site
> supports any kind of game. JAVA is only used to temporarily store the game
> and run it. For instance, someone uploads a .exe in a .zip file (files must
> be zipped to upload). JAVA loads this zip, unzips it, and runs the exe.
> Nothing on the site is JAVA, they are all exe files.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Kremer
>
> Quoting James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> I think that was just spam from somebody who saw "game" in the list name
>> and assumed it would be a good place to advertise his website
>> that appears to only support java games.
>>
>> ---
>> James
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 04:38:00PM -0500, pymike wrote:
>>>
>>>   OOC can the pygame games be played in browsers?
>>>
>>>   On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Matt Kremer
>>> <mattk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello pygame users,
>>>
>>>     I run a website called GMArcade (http://gmarcade.com). In short, we
>>> are
>>>     an arcade for indie game developers, where users can post their
>>> games.
>>>     Here is a list of features:
>>>
>>>     -Upload your game with screenshots
>>>     -Your game can immediately be played online, without users
>>> downloading
>>>     (JAVA must be installed). Test this out by clicking this link (just
>>>     click "Open" if prompted to download a JNLP file):
>>>
>>>     http://gmarcade.com/generatejnlp.php?id=10
>>>
>>>     -Participate in discussions on our forums
>>>     -Comment and Rate other games
>>>     -Start your own Blog!
>>>     -Just hang out and have fun!
>>>
>>>     I hope to attract users from PyGame, as well as other game
>>> development
>>>     tools. It would be great to see some of you on the site :)
>>>
>>>     Here's the link again:
>>>
>>>     http://gmarcade.com/
>>>
>>>     And if you want to request any new features, just post here:
>>>
>>>     http://gmarcade.com/requestafeature/
>>>
>>>     I hope to see you around, thanks again!
>>>     -Matt Kremer
>>>     http://gmarcade.com/
>>>
>>>   --
>>>   - pymike
>>>   "Stop loling into a false sense of hilarity"
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