Encroaching Darkness

by redwire
This game was built on Mac OS X using Python 2.7.2 and Pygame 1.9.1. It ran fine in 32-bit mode (arch -i386 python main.py).
It was also tested in Ubuntu Linux 11.04 under Python 2.7.1 and the same version of Pygame. It was run with "python main.py".

I have been told it also works with Python 2.6. Even still, Python 2.7 is recommended.

P.S. Yes, my username on github is different than the one I used here.

Comments7

Rusty Moyher24 Apr 2012, 06:35
How do you start playing the game?
Rusty Moyher24 Apr 2012, 06:40
Oops, I was looking in the readme and didn't see ""python main.py" in the description above.

I received this error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 3, in <module>
import pygame
ImportError: No module named pygame
Raptor8524 Apr 2012, 12:02
ran ok....it REALLY dumps you into the game though, i was hit twice before i figured out i could move, and was gameover not a second after i realized i could shoot. Sound would have helped a lot too.
redwireauthor24 Apr 2012, 13:02
Rusty Moyher: I'm sorry that's an issue for you. You need to install pygame before you can start playing.
I apologize for the fact that I couldn't do much to handle distribution- plain source release is about all I can do.
If you install pygame, it should work fine, though.

Thank you both for playing so far!
Cosmologicon
Cosmologicon25 Apr 2012, 03:34
It's good that you had different enemies. Would have been nice to be able to shoot in different directions, not just up. Here's a tip. Use pygame.key.get_pressed rather than key events for motion, so's I don't have to keep hitting the direction I want to go.
dr_soda
dr_soda6 May 2012, 03:01
I've not been able to get pygame running so I can't rate it.
jfroco6 May 2012, 18:39
Worked OK in Win7 + Python 2.7.2 + pygame 1.9.2pre. Good idea and you finish your game. Unfortuntately, it lacks a lot of things.
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