...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Rynhardt Kruger
Sent: 27 November 2010 02:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi,
Python for s60 will run on most if not all s60 3rd devices, including the
E66. The current version is python for s60
2.0 which is python 2.5 ported
that in game programming?
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: 28 November 2010 11:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Nicol,
Okay? Well, I can say right off
: Monday, November 29, 2010 5:09 AM
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Hi Tom
Thanks for the explanation.
Yeah, I do know a little bit about variables from what I read in a jaws
scripting tutorial.
In a jaws script, if you want to declare variables you
Hi Nicol,
Basically, yes. However, every programming language has its own unique
way of declaring and managing variables. What I'm basically saying
that every programming language has different rules how you declare
variables, but what you wrote is the basic concept. For example, in
C++ to create
Hi Tom
On 28 november at 12:48 a.m. you wrote:
For example, a lot of the concepts and terminology in programming such
as variables, integers, floats, arrays, etc are taken right out of
your high school Algebra textbook. Sheesh, I learned about variables,
arrays, floating point numbers, etc all by
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Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 10:57 AM
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Hi Tom
On 28 november at 12:48 a.m. you wrote:
For example, a lot of the concepts and terminology in programming such
as variables, integers, floats
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Hi Tom
On 28 november at 12:48 a.m. you wrote:
For example, a lot of the concepts and terminology in programming such
as variables
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi,
D5? B4? Equals G9? That makes no sense.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Shiny protector
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 5:48 AM
To: Gamers
HI,
What is this? That's definitely not right. If we have a formula like
a = b+c
and iff we assume b is 5 and c is 4 then a would be 9 since that is
the sum of b and c.
On 11/28/10, Shiny protector muhamme...@googlemail.com wrote:
The ones we did were.
Lets asoom that b was 5, and c was 4.
Ah. Understood.
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From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
HI,
What is this? That's definitely not right. If we have
Hi Nicol,
Okay? Well, I can say right off that creating Algebra formulas is a
key part of programming. A formula like
p = 2l+2w
would calculate the perimitor of a square or rectangle. For example,
if we are getting into graphics programming an indepth knowledge of
basic geometry is essentual in
Hi,
Python for s60 will run on most if not all s60 3rd devices, including the E66.
The current version is python for s60
2.0 which is python 2.5 ported to symbian. If you install the interpreter as
well as the script shell, you should be
able to play blackjack with may be a little tweaking. I
Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi,
Okay? That's interesting. What exactly is so hard to understand about
arrays and loops?
A loop simply does that. it continues looping through a section of
code
Hi Hayden,
Ah, I see. Well, as a matter of fact arrays are very useful. In fact,
I'd go as far as to say a programmer that doesn't understand and can't
use arrays can't program anything very productive as software such as
games depend heavily on the use of arrays to keep track of large
amounts of
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Hi Hayden,
Ah, I see. Well, as a matter of fact arrays are very useful. In fact,
I'd go as far as to say a programmer that doesn't understand and can't
use
Hi Hayden,
Well, the main reason is that doc strings is the official and standard
way to document classes, functions, methods, and modules in Python. I
personally like using the single line number sign to document things
for myself, but if you are going to generate API docs etc you need a
doc
to see if that card has
been atken?
Best Regards,
Hayden
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Kitchen
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 5:55 AM
To: Charles Rivard
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi
Hi Jim,
You wouldn't necessarily have to write 52 if statements to check if a
certain card has been picked before. You can just create an array of
type boolean, and loop through the array to see if a certain card has
been picked before. For example, it might look like this.
picked = True
while
Hi Thomas,
Yes, I know that you can just check to see if that card has been picked before
like you said. However when you get to like forty some of the cards have been
picked you may end up picking a used card over and over and over thus taking
time to finally pick an unused card. And one
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To: Thomas Ward
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Thomas,
Yes, I know that you can just check to see if that card has been picked
before like you said. However when you get to like forty some of the cards
have been picked you may end up picking a used card over
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 10:49 AM
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Hi Jim,
You wouldn't necessarily have to write 52 if statements to check if a
certain card has been picked before. You can just create an array of
type boolean, and loop through
Hi,
Okay? That's interesting. What exactly is so hard to understand about
arrays and loops?
A loop simply does that. it continues looping through a section of
code until some condition is met like a variable being changed from
True to False or the other way round. Either that or it will loop
Hi Jim,
Good point. If you have a fairly large list of used cards in a deck it
would take a while for the random generator to select one of the cards
that haven't been selected. That would probably require several
iderations of the while loop which would definitely slow things down.
In a case
Hi Charles,
In my casino pack of games, in black jack you can choose to play with from 1 to
6 decks of cards. And in both my black jack and draw poker games I first build
a true unshuffled deck and then shuffle it, or them. So the games are very
much like what you would play in a casino
Hi Tom
Thanks, I will try out the game.
Can this game work on synbian phones like the nokia e66?
If not, are you planning to develop a synbian version?
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Sent: 24 November
Of Jim Kitchen
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 5:55 AM
To: Charles Rivard
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Charles,
In my casino pack of games, in black jack you can choose to play with from 1
to 6 decks of cards. And in both my black jack and draw poker games I first
build
Nutz.
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From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Charles,
Unfortunately
: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi,
I have no idea what the copyrights are on some of those games.
However, in my experience even though the copyrights on such games
haven't expired big companies aren't really enforcing them much any
Hi Nicol,
I know that some older Nokia phones did have a Python interpreter
installed, but I don't know if the E66 specifically has one installed.
If it does the game will run. If not I can not do much about that as
it is up to Nokia to maintain the Python interpreter for their phone.
So I'd ask
Hi,
I'd imagine that would add more to the random factor to the game. In
USA Blackjack I just created a list, essentually an array, of cards
from 0 to 51 and have the random generator pick one at random. That
works, but if you shuffle the deck before randomly selecting a card
the cards are in a
Hi Charles,
Well, you don't need to know Python to play the game of course, but
some background would be helpful in understanding the game's source
code. For example, reading the Python 2.7 tutorial that ships with the
Python interpreter will give you the language basics such as
variables,
Hi Tom.
Ah, I missed this, ow irritating!
I'll see about some news, sinse even though we do have working accessible
blackjack, hopefully people will find both the cross platform bit and
example code interesting.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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From: Thomas Ward
: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Tom.
Ah, I missed this, ow irritating!
I'll see about some news, sinse even though we do have working accessible
blackjack, hopefully people will find both the cross platform bit and
example code interesting.
Beware the Grue!
Dark
Hi Dark,
Yeah. It isn't much as a game, but it should be pretty compatible with
anything that runs Python appplications. I'd imagine it would run on a
Braille Plus and similar devices since it has a Python interpreter
built in. There are also Python versions for Windows CE so that means
I might
Hi Thomas
Nice job with this! I just won a round on level 2. I'm glad you've
found Python as useful as I have. One suggestion though. I've noticed
you document your Python methods like this:
#Function: dealer_draw().
#Description: Draws a new card for the dealer.
Most Python programmers document
sad when really great games can't be played anymore.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi
.
I've never played it, only heard of it from a friend, and that was several
years ago.
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From: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA
Hi Charles,
Ah, that would be Kidnapped. That was a great text game for the Apple
II. If I could remember how to play it I could probably whip up a copy
in Python. This could turn into a classic case of going down memory
lane.
Interesting thing about this is with all the high tech games full of
Hi,
Yeah, I am as well. I guess that is the price of technical
advancement. We are advancing so far so fast that games and other
software products we like quickly become outdated and disguarded as
progress marchs on. Usually company x never updates that game or
software, because they made their
Hi Ryan,
Yes, I know about doc strings. Thing is though I personally don't like
them. I guess it has to do with the fact I come from a C/C++
background that using a doc string seams weird. Although, you have a
point if I am going to use these apps as training tutorials I should
use standard doc
Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:51 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Hayden,
Mainly it is just an issue of system performance. Running compiled pyc
files will run faster than running a Python program from raw source.
In a small game
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Hayden,
Mainly it is just an issue of system performance. Running compiled pyc
files will run faster than running a Python program from raw source.
In a small game
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From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hi Dark,
Yeah. It isn't much as a game, but it should be pretty compatible with
anything
, November 24, 2010 9:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Blackjack 1.0 Released!
Hmm. I wonder if this game could be gotten to work on a Pac Mate Omni? It
runs on, I think, Windows 6 or something like that, and have no clue if it
has anything to do with Python or how
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Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 7:02 PM
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Hi Charles,
Ah, that would be Kidnapped. That was a great text game for the Apple
II. If I could remember how to play it I could probably whip up a copy
in Python
Hi Charles,
There should be four files in the directory which are as follows:
blackjack.py --- This is the source file.
blackjack.pyc --- This is the compiled game.
License.txt --- This is a copy of the General Public license agreement.
Readme.txt --- The basic instructions for the game.
As
Hi,
I have no idea what the copyrights are on some of those games.
However, in my experience even though the copyrights on such games
haven't expired big companies aren't really enforcing them much any
more either. Take the Infocom games as an example here.
Technically Activision baught up the
Hi,
I don't think so. I didn't see a Python interpreter for Windows Mobile
devices on the main Python website. So I don't figure there is one
yet.
On 11/24/10, Hayden Presley hdpres...@hotmail.com wrote:
HI Charles,
Windows Mobile 6, tat is correct. I couldn't tell you if Python
interpreters
Hi Charles,
Unfortunately, no. The Packmates use Windows mobile which I don't
think is supported by the Python interpreters yet. Someone would have
to try and cross compile it to Windows Mobile which I have no idea how
to do.
On 11/24/10, Charles Rivard woofer...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Hmm. I
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