Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-09-16 Thread Richie Ward
/27/08, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:42 AM That would be great, I think I will play around with the layout and try different colours

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-30 Thread Richie Ward
/HNmockupWIP.psd Devon --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:42 AM That would be great, I think I will play around

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-29 Thread Ian Mallett
I like it.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-28 Thread Devon Scott-Tunkin
file with all the pieces in layers, if you don't have photoshop let me know. http://www.devonscott-tunkin.com/nonweb/HNmockupWIP.psd Devon --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-28 Thread Devon Scott-Tunkin
Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:42 AM That would be great, I think I will play around with the layout and try different colours! I just need some web 2.0 buttons, gradients, whatever fancy

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-27 Thread Devon Scott-Tunkin
] wrote: From: Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 9:30 PM I have made a mockup of hypernucleus-server's website: http://4rensics.com/hnwebsite/webmockup2.html Opinions? It needs some more

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-27 Thread Richie Ward
: From: Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 9:30 PM I have made a mockup of hypernucleus-server's website: http://4rensics.com/hnwebsite/webmockup2.html Opinions? It needs some more graphics i

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-27 Thread Devon Scott-Tunkin
I'll cook something up in the next few days. Devon --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:42 AM That would be great, I

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-26 Thread Richie Ward
I have made a mockup of hypernucleus-server's website: http://4rensics.com/hnwebsite/webmockup2.html Opinions? It needs some more graphics i think. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Already started to rename it to hypernucleus. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:04

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-26 Thread Dan Krol
This is a database for games, right? I think this site should have more of a fun feel for something like that. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have made a mockup of hypernucleus-server's website: http://4rensics.com/hnwebsite/webmockup2.html Opinions?

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-26 Thread Dan Krol
To clarify, to me, this site looks like it's for a more generic sort of open source project. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Dan Krol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a database for games, right? I think this site should have more of a fun feel for something like that. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-26 Thread Richie Ward
Its a mockup, the content is not finished *getting tired of saying that* Layout, pictures and such are what matters at this stage. On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Dan Krol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To clarify, to me, this site looks like it's for a more generic sort of open source project. On

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-26 Thread Dan Krol
Ok. Well, sorry, if you're not done yet, I guess I'm confused as to what sort of feedback you were looking for. Though, if you only have content to add, and you're asking about the pictures and layout, from my understanding my comments would still apply. I was referring to the color scheme and

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-21 Thread Dan Krol
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:55 PM, PyMike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flying PyGames! Pygame Circus?

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-21 Thread Richie Ward
Already started to rename it to hypernucleus. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Dan Krol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:55 PM, PyMike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flying PyGames! Pygame Circus? -- Thanks, Richie Ward

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-21 Thread Richie Ward
I plan to add the option in the server to upload a py2exe version that you can download while browsing the website (so you can run the game standalone) I think hypernuke can be used as a file hosting service for pygame.org also, both projects are working together as this project will re-package

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Devon Scott-Tunkin
PyFloat --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 8:38 PM Not bad, short names are nice :) On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:21 AM

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Krol
Wow that's not bad. I think I'd vote for that over Snake Oil, Solid Snake, or Smoke.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richie Ward
In other news, another developer for pygamedb canned manuel has started to commit dependency changes to pygamedb. See: https://code.launchpad.net/~manuq/pygamedb/manuq Dependency's are a huge feature for pygamedb and are essential for its success! If there is a feature you would like, join our

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
PyMike wrote: I vote Solid Snake Games! After Metal Gear Solid! (which is a game) and Python! (which is a snake!) And by is a snake you clearly meant is a British comedy troupe. --Noah On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not bad, short names are nice :)

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread James Paige
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 05:09:53PM +0100, Richie Ward wrote: Flying Circus is a cool name, sounds like monty python :) I think it is a strong possibility, say a few more people like it and without any more problems, we could take it :) I love the name Flying Circus --- James

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Frozenball
I vote for Flying Circus as well.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Luke Paireepinart
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Frozenball [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vote for Flying Circus as well. As long as there aren't any legal issues with this name, it's got my vote. Best name so far.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Lenard Lindstrom
Yes, Flying Circus is a good name. So of course someone is already using it: http://flying-circus.net/blog/ It's a World wide internet Gaming community. with the motto It's All Fun And Games... Lenard Richie Ward wrote: In other news, another developer for pygamedb canned manuel has

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Hugo Arts
well, damnit. I loved that name. How about Flying py? or maybe Py in the sky? Just throwing out some ideas here. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Lenard Lindstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Flying Circus is a good name. So of course someone is already using it:

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Krol
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Lenard Lindstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, Flying Circus is a good name. So of course someone is already using it: Well ours is for Python, so it should be Python's Flying Circus! Dangerously close, I know. Funny, isn't the only reason we chose anything

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread flx
2008/8/20 Hugo Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: well, damnit. I loved that name. the problem i see with Flying Circus is that will be pointless searching python flying circus on google -- .__.·º(foolhu!) (oO) / | | \

RE: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flx Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:20 AM To: pygame-users@seul.org Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well 2008/8/20 Hugo Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: well, damnit. I loved that name. the problem i see with Flying Circus is that will be pointless

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Krol
be: Hypernucleus Wikipedia has spoken. --Noah -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flx Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:20 AM To: pygame-users@seul.org Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well 2008/8/20 Hugo Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread James Paige
That's actually pretty decent On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:28:15AM -0700, Noah Kantrowitz wrote: In the interest of seeing this discussion come to an end, I have used the age old technique of the random article button on Wikipedia to divine what the name must be. The name shall be:

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Casey Duncan
: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well 2008/8/20 Hugo Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: well, damnit. I loved that name. the problem i see with Flying Circus is that will be pointless searching python flying circus on google -- .__.·º(foolhu!) (oO) / | | \

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread PyMike
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of flx Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:20 AM To: pygame-users@seul.org Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well 2008/8/20 Hugo Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: well, damnit. I loved that name. the problem i see with Flying

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Ian Mallett
Le Petit Parisien

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richie Ward
I like Hypernucleus, all agreed? In other news, python-server project will be started. But I also have some choices... cherrypy or pylons? cheetah or some other templating engine? 2008/8/20 Ian Mallett [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Le Petit Parisien -- Thanks, Richie Ward

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Ian Mallett
I vote Hypernucleus. Ian

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread PyMike
Hypernucleas? That doesn't sound at all like a pygame database :S On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Hypernucleus, all agreed? In other news, python-server project will be started. But I also have some choices... cherrypy or pylons? cheetah or some

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread PyMike
Eh, I vote Flying Circus - but I think the long name should be Flying Circus of Games or Python's Flying Circus ;-) On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Ian Mallett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vote Hypernucleus. Ian -- - pymike (http://pymike.4rensics.org/)

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richie Ward
Is that a vote? lol lets say 3 votes and it done :P also, give me some technical answers on my modules question!!! On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:09 AM, PyMike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hypernucleas? That doesn't sound at all like a pygame database :S On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Richie Ward

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread René Dudfield
hi, Do you have project mailing list now?

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richard Jones
Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mailing list is pending approval apparently. Although if you know any nice sites that offer mailing lists, id like to know. I've been extremely happy with the facilities provided by Google Groups lists - the addition of pages and file uploads to the lists

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Brad Montgomery
I've been extremely happy with the facilities provided by Google Groups lists - the addition of pages and file uploads to the lists being quite handy. Richard I second that! And, I'll post a link :) http://groups.google.com/ -- brad [bradmontgomery.net]

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richard Jones
Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Hypernucleus, all agreed? Sounds good, but there could be spelling issues (at a minimum hypernuculus etc) In other news, python-server project will be started. We've gotten a little distracted by the naming effort, so I've lost track of a couple

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread René Dudfield
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Richard Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder whether this proposed site could actually be the generic Python Gaming website I've been looking for for so long? Or people could continue using the existing python gaming website and database - pygame.org

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Brad Montgomery
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that a vote? lol lets say 3 votes and it done :P I'll change my vote to Hypernucleas. :) cherrypy or pylons? I think this really depends on what your target for the server is. Is the server just sending data to the

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richie Ward
Its all getting changed over to Hypernucleus now. I prefer my XML format, it gives me alot of power and flexibility to add game-focused features. I also want the files hosted on Hypernucleus's server and packaged in a uniform way. Anyone can run their own Hypernucleus repository, it is in fact

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Brad Montgomery
I wonder whether this proposed site could actually be the generic Python Gaming website I've been looking for for so long? By generic, do you mean any game written in python? Or any game written using Pygame? It sounds like the PygameDB project is aming to produce a client-side gui app that

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richie Ward
Although pylons does not force a way of doing things on you, its all cleanly separated. And it has some nice ajax features. It will be part of turbogears one day. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Brad Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Richie Ward
The project is not tied to pygame, it can do opengl, pyglet etc. I have not tested it with any other library but it should work in theory. I just want a big database of python games with the files in one place. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Brad Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Greg Ewing
Richie Ward wrote: Flying Circus is a cool name, sounds like monty python :) Sounds good to me, too. -- Greg

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread René Dudfield
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Brad Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pygame.org site is just for games written in pygame, right? It's a great resource, but I can think of a few features that might make nice additions. Some sort of ranking (most downloaded, community favorites, most

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Greg Ewing
Dan Krol wrote: Funny, isn't the only reason we chose anything related to things flying that we wanted something related to Steam? No, it's because of Monty Python's Flying Circus. My suggestion of Helium was just a way of trying to cover them both at once. -- Greg

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread René Dudfield
h. I like that one :) ... a pronouciation bling variation... What is it? It's 'Flying pie, G.' On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Greg Ewing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Staying with the flight theme: Flying Pyg -- Greg

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread PyMike
Flying PyGames! On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:35 PM, René Dudfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: h. I like that one :) ... a pronouciation bling variation... What is it? It's 'Flying pie, G.' On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Greg Ewing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Staying with the flight

Re: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-20 Thread Patrick Mullen
Hypernucleus has too many syllables in my opinion. But if it's too late, that's OK I guess. I would go with a shorter hyperNuke. Less of a spelling problem as well. But if it's already hypernucleus, that's fine :) I also think it would be cool if it could use pypi or even pygame.org as a

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Knapp
Did you know that there is a game called GO and that sounds a lot like your names? BTW, it is the best game ever made! I was the president of my collage chess club too and I NEVER play that game anymore because go is so much better. I also have played LOTS of other games. If you would like to try

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Ian Mallett
I like Go too. As I remember, Go comes from Japanese: 1, ichi, 2, ni, 3, san, 4, she, 5, go because to get five in a row is the goal of the game. Ian

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Knapp
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Ian Mallett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Go too. As I remember, Go comes from Japanese: 1, ichi, 2, ni, 3, san, 4, she, 5, go because to get five in a row is the goal of the game. Ian That is gomoku and is fun too but not anything like go other than

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Frozenball
I played that game some months ago. If I remember correctly, I was 17-19 kyu or something. Too bad I can't play this game in real life, even thought it would be much more fun than playing Go online. *sigh* On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Knapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you know that there

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread James Paige
Ho about pygamedb? :) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 08:37:00AM -0500, Brad Montgomery wrote: These are all cool names, as is Smoke and Snake oil mentioned earlier, but I'm going to try to give a little constructive criticism. GhoUL would be a good name for a game that combines Go with zombies,

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread James Paige
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 08:08:45AM +0200, Knapp wrote: Did you know that there is a game called GO and that sounds a lot like your names? BTW, it is the best game ever made! I was the president of my collage chess club too and I NEVER play that game anymore because go is so much

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread kschnee
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:49:16 -0700, James Paige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That reminds me of something I read recently. Apparently the first ever computer program that can play Go with near-human skill was developed this year: http://www.usgo.org/index.php?%23_id=4602 Of course, it only beat

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Hugo Arts
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:39 AM, kschnee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:49:16 -0700, James Paige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That reminds me of something I read recently. Apparently the first ever computer program that can play Go with near-human skill was developed this year:

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Richie Ward
I like sound of SnakeOil, anyone else wanna vote on that too? :) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Hugo Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:39 AM, kschnee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:49:16 -0700, James Paige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That reminds me of

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread DR0ID
Hi I would like 'IcedGames' or 'SolidGames' as another state of steam ;-) (or maye 'IcedMonty' or 'SolidMonty') ~DR0ID Richie Ward schrieb: I like sound of SnakeOil, anyone else wanna vote on that too? :) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Hugo Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Brad Montgomery
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like sound of SnakeOil, anyone else wanna vote on that too? :) SnakeOil has my vote.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Devon Scott-Tunkin
I'm liking snake oil as well. --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Brad Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Brad Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 2:01 PM On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Richie

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Luke Paireepinart
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Devon Scott-Tunkin [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I'm liking snake oil as well. You guys know that snake oil is a term referring to items that are said to be good but are basically placebos, or at the worst, even dangerous?

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Devon Scott-Tunkin
That's why I like it. --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Luke Paireepinart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Luke Paireepinart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well To: pygame-users@seul.org Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 4:02 PM On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Devon Scott

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Greg Ewing
James Paige wrote: Of course, it only beat the human in 1 out of 3 matches :) That's okay -- us wetware units need to win at least some of the time in order to preserve our egos. -- Greg

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Greg Ewing
Hugo Arts wrote: Back on topic: smoke, mist, or other steam derivatives are a bit lame, though I am all for a pun on steam, these are a bit obvious. I think it would also be a good idea(tm) to get either a snake or flying circus reference into the name. Anyone know any skits that are

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Richie Ward
Not bad, short names are nice :) On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:21 AM, Greg Ewing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hugo Arts wrote: Back on topic: smoke, mist, or other steam derivatives are a bit lame, though I am all for a pun on steam, these are a bit obvious. I think it would also be a good idea(tm)

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread PyMike
I vote Solid Snake Games! After Metal Gear Solid! (which is a game) and Python! (which is a snake!) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not bad, short names are nice :) On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:21 AM, Greg Ewing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hugo Arts wrote:

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-19 Thread Richie Ward
It would have to be shortened to SolidSnake On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:33 AM, PyMike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vote Solid Snake Games! After Metal Gear Solid! (which is a game) and Python! (which is a snake!) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not bad,

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-18 Thread Brad Montgomery
a gho is a traditional dress for men in Bhutan. I know this is way OT, but I can't help myself: Do they have gho gho boots? -- brad [bradmontgomery.net]

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-18 Thread Greg Ewing
Brad Montgomery wrote: I know this is way OT, but I can't help myself: Do they have gho gho boots? Apparently it's just a robe, sometimes with a scarf, so I don't think boots are part of the specification. There's a wikipedia article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gho -- Greg

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-18 Thread Richie Ward
GhoGame? OxyGho? GhoGho? I think we need to vote on something :) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Greg Ewing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Montgomery wrote: I know this is way OT, but I can't help myself: Do they have gho gho boots? Apparently it's just a robe, sometimes with a scarf, so I

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-18 Thread PyMike
GhoUL! (Gho UnLimited?) On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GhoGame? OxyGho? GhoGho? I think we need to vote on something :) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Greg Ewing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Montgomery wrote: I know this is way OT, but I can't

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-17 Thread Ian Mallett
Just a bit on the water thing: Dihydrogen monoxide is technically correct, but no one really uses it. Hydrogen oxide, Hydrogen hydroxide, Oxidane, Hydroxic acid, Hydroxyl acid, Hydronium hydroxide, and Hydrohydroxic acid are all more common. However, even among chemists, the most common name for

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-17 Thread Richie Ward
Thanks for the ideas, when a suitable name is chosen, I shall do my best to change the projects name. There are some restrictions, it will be packaged for linux and for http://pypi.python.org/pypi, if it has a long name, the initials cannot conflict with another package. if it has a short name, i

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-17 Thread James Paige
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 05:28:09AM -0700, Ian Mallett wrote: Just a bit on the water thing: Dihydrogen monoxide is technically correct, but no one really uses it. Hydrogen oxide, Hydrogen hydroxide, Oxidane, Hydroxic acid, Hydroxyl acid, Hydronium hydroxide, and Hydrohydroxic acid

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-17 Thread Richie Ward
Theres a new pygamedb team, I believe it should give you permissions to commit source code. See: https://launchpad.net/~pygamedb You can post your launchpad username here to be added. On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 3:17 PM, James Paige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 05:28:09AM

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-17 Thread Dan Krol
Or possibly a pun on Steam ;) Smoke?

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-17 Thread Richie Ward
I have some news for you all, I have added blueprints for the pygamedb client: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/pygamedb The newly created pygamedb server project also has preliminary blueprints: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/pygamedb-server (feel free to look around that new project too!)

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-17 Thread Greg Ewing
Ian Mallett wrote: Dihydrogen monoxide is technically correct, but no one really uses it. Hydrogen oxide, Hydrogen hydroxide, Oxidane, Hydroxic acid, Hydroxyl acid, Hydronium hydroxide, and Hydrohydroxic acid are all more common. Okay, so if we go for Hydrogen Oxide, that gives us GHO.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Frozenball
I woud love to help you with the logo and website. P.S. Are there any legal issues (trademarks etc.) to use the word 'pygame' in the title? On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Richie Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The PyGameDB project which has similarity's to the commercial platform Steam is

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Frozenball
Quick mockups (svg): http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6708/pygamedbqs5.png http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7016/pygamedblogocirclela2.png http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7889/pygamedb3db4.png Personally I think that the name (PygameDB) is too long and technical for new users. On Sat,

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Ian Mallett
Like the first one best.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Ian Mallett
Opps. Last one rather.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Lenard Lindstrom
Richie Ward wrote: The PyGameDB project which has similarity's to the commercial platform Steam is coming to a usable state. [snip] A huge feature is that it will make it easy to deploy pygame's since you do not need to package them as a .exe. This is good. I predict py2exe breaks big

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Richard Jones
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Frozenball wrote: Quick mockups (svg): http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6708/pygamedbqs5.png http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7016/pygamedblogocirclela2.png http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7889/pygamedb3db4.png Personally I think that the name (PygameDB) is too

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Richard Jones
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008, Dan Krol wrote: This is fantastic, I didn't know this was in the works. I, too, was unaware of it. Somehow I missed the original announcement. I'd love to see this capable of playing games from pyweek :) I'd be very happy to talk about how to adapt the pyweek Skellington

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Greg Ewing
Richard Jones wrote: Yeah, to be hip and current it needs to be a single, possibly made-up word :) Or possibly a pun on Steam ;) Gaseous Dihydrogen Monoxide! -- Greg

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Brad Montgomery
Or possibly a pun on Steam ;) Gaseous Dihydrogen Monoxide! GaDiMo?

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Ian Mallett
Sounds Japanese.

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread James Paige
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 09:27:39PM -0500, Brad Montgomery wrote: Or possibly a pun on Steam ;) Gaseous Dihydrogen Monoxide! GaDiMo? Isn't that the name of an album by Juno Reactor? --- James Paige

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread James Paige
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 02:04:00PM +1000, Richard Jones wrote: On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Brad Montgomery wrote: Or possibly a pun on Steam ;) Gaseous Dihydrogen Monoxide! GaDiMo? Hell, just GDM :) Then if asked we can say it's either Game Database Manager or Gaseous Dihydrogen

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-16 Thread Patrick Mullen
I would suggexst monoxide, but that kind of makes it sound like it uses mono. How about snake oil? That's pretty catchy.

[pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-15 Thread Richie Ward
The PyGameDB project which has similarity's to the commercial platform Steam is coming to a usable state. It is programmed in Python + WxPython. It works by adding the game to sys.path and importing the game (very simplified way to put it). It uses a XML file to get a list of PyGame's. It will

RE: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-15 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
Of Richie Ward Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:25 AM To: pygame-users@seul.org Subject: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well The PyGameDB project which has similarity's to the commercial platform Steam is coming to a usable state. It is programmed in Python + WxPython. It works by adding

Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

2008-08-15 Thread Dan Krol
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richie Ward Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:25 AM To: pygame-users@seul.org Subject: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well The PyGameDB project which has similarity's to the commercial platform Steam is coming

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