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Re: [pygame] Indie Game Host
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 05:56:29PM -0400, Matt Kremer 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.
But thank you for clarifying. I stand corrected.
> 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
I'm sorry I called you a spammer. I made that assumption too hastily.
I am curious about this game loading method. Isn't it a security flaw
for Java to be able to download an run any code?
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James Paige
> 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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