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Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 22, 2007 @ 2:06am
philhassey Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 761 Location: Zarcon	Get ready for non-stop Mario 3 clone good times! Low res graphics for living it up oldschool! Wheeee! It also just won the teams category in pyweek 4! Download it now! Python Source - Requires pygame MacOSX Win32 .zip - Phil post updated on Apr 22, 2007 @ 2:07am reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 22, 2007 @ 10:12am
eckels Joined: Mar 4, 2007 Posts: 200	why Barbie? reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 22, 2007 @ 1:14pm
thirdparty Joined: Dec 20, 2006 Posts: 279 Location: Eastern U.S.A.	Doesn't seem to work on my machine (Mac OS 10.4.9). Looks like a font's missing or something, everywhere that there should be text or numbers is just garbage. reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 22, 2007 @ 2:38pm
philhassey Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 761 Location: Zarcon	third - any chance you could send me a screenshot? Thanks! Phil reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 22, 2007 @ 2:57pm
eckels Joined: Mar 4, 2007 Posts: 200	OSX version runs well for me. cute game too. needs brighter colors though. Even for low-res graphics reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 22, 2007 @ 3:14pm
thirdparty Joined: Dec 20, 2006 Posts: 279 Location: Eastern U.S.A.	Okay, phil, I sent it to you. reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 22, 2007 @ 5:13pm
assassin437 Joined: Jan 29, 2007 Posts: 117 Location: Quantification	I love it. reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 23, 2007 @ 4:43am
jamiesi Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 1	I've added this game to Strategy Informer along with the download, which can be found here: http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/barbieseahorseadventures/full-game/13525.html Feel free to use this as a mirror link on your website :) reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 23, 2007 @ 12:56pm
james_paige Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Hamster Republic (Southern California Enclave)	I also have the font problem on Mac OS X, but instead of numbers or garbage, I see nothing but rectangles where all the text should be. The game is playable otherwise. I tried to check it out from subversion, to see if I could figure out the problem myself, but I got: ~/src/misc$ svn co svn://www.imitationpickles.org/barbie/trunk svn: No repository found in 'svn://www.imitationpickles.org/barbie/trunk' This is a really cool game. Very well put together! The name choice is a shame. I'm not sure why you chose "Barbie Seahorse Adventures" over "Bubble Kong" (which was also a poor name). Since you only just released, it is not too late to change the name. You really should consider a name that does not contain a totally unrelated well-known trademark. post updated on Apr 23, 2007 @ 12:58pm reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 23, 2007 @ 1:19pm
philhassey Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 761 Location: Zarcon	Oh, the svn address should be svn://www.imitationpickles.org/pyweek4/trunk Regarding the name - got any good suggestions? The team generally likes the name, but I suppose if someone came up with a really really great one, we'd change it. - Phil reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Apr 24, 2007 @ 5:24pm
james_paige Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Hamster Republic (Southern California Enclave)	Well, if it was up to me, I would probably have chosen something like "Bubble Seahorse Adventures" But if you really like the "Barbie" name, what about "Barbie The Seahorse's Adventure". The addition of the definite article makes it clear that Barbie is the name of the sea-horse, as opposed to the alternative interpretation that this is a Mattel Barbie branded Seahorse Adventure. If I didn't already know what it was from the pyweek contest, I would have seen the title and expected a platform game featuring a pixel-version of a pink plastic seahorse toy that my daughter* will be asking me for next christmas. Other ideas that occur to me are: Bubbly Seahorse Adventure Hassey Seahorse Adventure Toba Seahorse Adventure (I have no idea what that means, I just saw it on pyweek) Moonie Seahorse Andventure Soggy Seahorse Adventure * Hypothetical straw-man argument. I haven't actually got a daughter, and even if I did, I would probably buy her the plush stuffed version of the sea-horse toy, rather than the cheap plastic one with the tiny plastic bubble accessories which constitute a choking hazard post updated on Apr 24, 2007 @ 5:25pm reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Aug 29, 2007 @ 12:39pm
james_paige Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Hamster Republic (Southern California Enclave)	Hey, what is the license on this. I had earlier assumed that it was GPL or BSD or something like that, since it was free, but I can't actually find a license listed anywhere. Is debian packaging okay? Are deriviatives okay? reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Aug 29, 2007 @ 12:41pm
philhassey Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 761 Location: Zarcon	Hey, what is the license on this. I had earlier assumed that it was GPL or BSD or something like that, since it was free, but I can't actually find a license listed anywhere. Is debian packaging okay? Are deriviatives okay? svn://www.imitationpickles.org/pyweek4/trunk - it includes a GPL license now. So it should be able to be packaged just about anywhere... or whatever. reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Sep 10, 2007 @ 11:38am
james_paige Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Hamster Republic (Southern California Enclave)	Two problems. svn://www.imitationpickles.org/pyweek4 does not contain the license file. In fact, there seem to be no changes for months. The last change I can see is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r546 \| phil \| 2007-04-23 22:26:08 -0700 (Mon, 23 Apr 2007) \| 1 line added lgpl notice to level.py ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Second, Jo�o Pinto reports the following error message when he tries to run from the copy he checked out of subversion: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I press a key on the first screen, the game will just crash with: Traceback (most recent call last): File "run_game.py", line 32, in main.main() File "/tmp/barbie-1.0/lib/main.py", line 314, in main g.run(l) File "/tmp/barbie-1.0/lib/pgu/engine.py", line 108, in run self.loop() File "/tmp/barbie-1.0/lib/pgu/engine.py", line 126, in loop if not self.event(e): File "/tmp/barbie-1.0/lib/main.py", line 262, in event self.fnc('event', event) File "/tmp/barbie-1.0/lib/pgu/engine.py", line 80, in fnc if v != None: r = f(v) File "/tmp/barbie-1.0/lib/menu.py", line 119, in event if e.type is USEREVENT and e.action == 'down': AttributeError: event member not defined maybe it depends on a newer pygame version ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What is the minimum required version of pygame? I have only been testing with 1.7.1 reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Sep 10, 2007 @ 1:34pm
philhassey Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 761 Location: Zarcon	It needs at least pygame 1.6.2 or somesuch version. There is a LICENSE.txt there now, I just checked out the trunk to verify. Hope that helps! Phil reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Sep 11, 2007 @ 10:46am
james_paige Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Hamster Republic (Southern California Enclave)	It needs at least pygame 1.6.2 or somesuch version. There is a LICENSE.txt there now, I just checked out the trunk to verify. Hope that helps! Phil Oh! thanks! I see it now. I must have been blind. Another question. How old is the tarball at http://www.imitationpickles.org/barbie/files/barbie-1.0.tar.gz ? Is it missing any bugfixes present in the subversion repository? reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Sep 11, 2007 @ 11:02am
philhassey Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 761 Location: Zarcon	It's 6 months old. I don't know. svn is your best source for the latest and greatest (which isn't any later or greater than it was about 5 months ago.) Have fun! -Phil post updated on Sep 11, 2007 @ 11:03am reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Sep 11, 2007 @ 1:06pm
james_paige Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Hamster Republic (Southern California Enclave)	It's 6 months old. I don't know. svn is your best source for the latest and greatest (which isn't any later or greater than it was about 5 months ago.) Have fun! -Phil Oh, I agree entirely. It is just tough to convince other of that when the old tarball is at the top of http://www.imitationpickles.org/barbie/ (a "stable release" mentality) reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! [Font Issue] :: Nov 18, 2007 @ 8:37am
cbitterfield Joined: Nov 18, 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Atlanta, GA	I am having an issue with the Fonts. OSX 10.4.10 Power PC Python 2.3.5 (#1, Mar 20 2005, 20:38:20) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1809)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Darwin Computer-2.local 8.10.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.0: Wed May 23 16:50:59 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.21.3~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc I tried to install pygame from MAC PORTS as well. The problem appears that the TTF file is either not there or not named correctly. Would appreciate a post with the fix reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! [Font Issue] :: Jan 3, 2008 @ 5:30pm
trivia21 Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 70 Location: Budapest	Really good game! If you are thinking of remaking games for another pyweek or so you should consider this one: http://www.imitationpickles.org/galcon/uploads/trivia21/bumpy.zip I've played so many times with bumpy when I was young. Combination of speed, logic and skill. I remember a few level-passwords: winner, zombie, system. Edit I've removed the file from my uploads. You can download it for free from some old DOS sites. Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy: http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=1692 post updated on Jan 4, 2008 @ 9:04am reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! [Font Issue] :: Jan 3, 2008 @ 8:22pm
philhassey Joined: Nov 30, 2006 Posts: 761 Location: Zarcon	Really good game! If you are thinking of remaking games for another pyweek or so you should consider this one: http://www.imitationpickles.org/galcon/uploads/trivia21/bumpy.zip I've played so many times with bumpy when I was young. Combination of speed, logic and skill. I remember a few level-passwords: winner, zombie, system. Hey, interesting game .. it looks like it might be abandonware .. so I'd like it if you removed the file from your uploads unless the author has given permission for it to be distributed freely. Thanks! Phil reply
Re: Barbie Seahorse Adventures! :: Jul 13, 2008 @ 9:06pm
sky_lark Joined: May 9, 2007 Posts: 193 Location: North Carolina	Barbie Seahorse Adventures also works on 10.5 Leopard mac! ...And I'm also terrible at it. :P reply

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