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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?

---
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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