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12 months
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pygame.org
Here we have some updates on the summer projects which are going on. Sagie wrote a tutorial on pygame.sprite.Dirty and pygame.sprite.LayeredDirty, as well as a blog update on his progress.
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http://dotfile.n0nick.net/quick-dirty-using-pygames-dirtysprite-layered
http://dotfile.n0nick.net/gsoc-journal-weeks-1-2
Szymon wrote a blog post on the networking project:
http://pygame-networking.blogspot.com/2012/06/gsoc-journal-introduction.html
Sam wrote a post on the "SCG" beta release of the GUI project:
http://blog.sambull.org/sgc-0-1-4-beta-release
Sam has also written to the mailing list asking for feedback on his work.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/pygame-mirror-on-google-groups/AQiDPF_rINo
Sagie has also been getting into some conversations on the mailing list, and in the irc channel about the sprites project.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/pygame-mirror-on-google-groups/KhaV8V6o4Js
Sam, Szymon, and Rene started on a little game for pyweek to be used as an experimental sandbox for testing out gsoc project ideas.
https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygamegsoc12 [Less]
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about 1 year
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pygame.org
Thanks to the students, and mentors donating their time, along with the PSF, and Google, the following pygame related projects are ongoing over the summer. "Pygame: GUI toolkit" by Sam Bull (sambull), mentored by Mike Fletcher(mcfletch) and
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with backup mentor Robert Deaton (masquerade). (Proposal | Blog)
"Pygame: Improved Sprite and Scene system" by Sagie Maoz (n0nick), co-mentored by Robert Deaton (masquerade) and Katie Cunningham (kcunning). (Proposal | Blog)
"Easy networking in PyGame" by Szymon Wróblewski (bluex), mentored by Rene Dudfield (illume) and with backup mentor Mike Fletcher (mcfletch). (Proposal | Blog) [Less]
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about 1 year
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pygame.org
Details at the http://www.pyweek.org/14/ website.
Also congrats to tartley who has a newborn, so can't take part in pyweek this time.
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about 1 year
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pygame.org
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ pygame.org download page.
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about 1 year
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pygame.org
The Google Summer Of Code is where students are mentored to do an open source project over the summer. The other nice part of it is they give the students $5000 to do the projects. * April 6th deadline to get your proposals in.
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We are collecting details about ideas for projects, notes on how to apply, and a list of mentors, plus anything else about the GSOC on the gsoc2012ideas wiki page.
So drop by the irc channel, or the mailing list if you want help with your proposal, or just want to find out more about it. There's plenty of information in the gsoc2012ideas wiki page too.
Many thanks to Arc Riley, and the Python Software Foundation for taking the pygame project in under their umbrella. Also, big thanks to Mike Fletcher, Katie Cunningham, Rene Dudfield, and Robert Deaton for volunteering to be mentors. [Less]
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about 1 year
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pygame.org
The Google Summer Of Code is where students are mentored to do an open source project over the summer. The other nice part of it is they give the students $5000 to do the projects. * April 5th deadline to get your proposals in.
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We are collecting details about ideas for projects, notes on how to apply, and a list of mentors, plus anything else about the GSOC on the gsoc2012ideas wiki page.
So drop by the irc channel, or the mailing list if you want help with your proposal, or just want to find out more about it. There's plenty of information in the gsoc2012ideas wiki page too.
Many thanks to Arc Riley, and the Python Software Foundation for taking the pygame project in under their umbrella. Also, big thanks to Mike Fletcher, Katie Cunningham, Rene Dudfield, and Robert Deaton for volunteering to be mentors. [Less]
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over 1 year
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pygame.org
A new pygame book has been released by Al Sweigart, author of the book Invent your own computer games with Python. [“Making Games with Python & Pygame” covers the Pygame library with the source code for 11 games. “Making Games” was
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written as a sequel for the same age range as “Invent with Python” Once you have an understanding of the basics of Python programming, you can now expand your abilities using the Pygame library to make games with graphics, animation, and sound.] [Less]
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over 1 year
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pygame.org
Here is what the Electronic Frontier Foundation has to say about it.
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over 1 year
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pygame.org
Today we are very excited to announce the launch of PyGameZine! PyGameZine issue 0 is chock full of articles about pygame, and interviews with people using pygame. It was inspired by the magazines that people used to type code out of into
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their comodore 64s, or z80 spectrums plugged into their TVs. It also draws inspiration from demo discs, and the whole zine movement.
The authors are pygame contributors and developers. We would like to try and fund some pygame open source/FOSS development, and pay for things like server hosting fees. So if you like, you can choose how much you would like to support pygame.
To get pygamezine issue0, choose your level of support for pygame
pygame supporter $4.99 USD
pygame copper supporter $10.00 USD
pygame bronze supporter $20.00 USD
pygame silver supporter $50.00 USD
pygame gold supporter $100.00 USD
pygame platinum supporter $150.00 USD
pygame superhero supporter $500.00 USD
pygame patron supporter $1,000.00 USD
Please direct media inquiries to pygame@pygamezine.com. We also need help publicizing PyGameZine, so we'd appreciate help with that by doing things like tweeting about it, or posting about it on blogs/forums/mailing lists. Thanks! [Less]
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over 1 year
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pygame.org
The PyWeek and Ludumdare game development competitions are finished. The Ludumdare competition had a massive 599 finished entries this time. The voting has finished now, so go check out the winners. PyWeek had 110 finished
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entries, and voting has just began. So it is time to play the entries and vote on them (if you submitted a game yourself).
Congratulations to anyone who participated in either of the game jams. [Less]
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