from glob import glob
from os.path import join

from pygame import Color, PixelArray
from pygame.image import load

from lib.pgfw.pgfw.GameChild import GameChild

class View(GameChild):

    MAX_ALPHA = 255

    def __init__(self, parent):
        GameChild.__init__(self, parent)
        self.index = 0
        self.alpha = self.MAX_ALPHA
        self.frame_index = 1
        self.display_surface = self.get_display_surface()
        self.load_configuration()
        self.set_frames()

    def load_configuration(self):
        config = self.get_configuration("view")
        self.coordinates = config["coordinates"]
        self.root = config["path"]
        self.alpha_step = config["alpha-step"]

    def set_frames(self):
        frames = []
        for path in sorted(glob(join(self.get_resource(self.root), "[0-9]*"))):
            frames.append(load(path).convert())
        self.frames = frames

    def update(self):
        self.decrement_alpha()
        self.draw()

    def decrement_alpha(self):
        alpha = self.alpha - self.alpha_step
        if alpha <= 0:
            alpha = self.MAX_ALPHA
            self.get_previous_frame().set_alpha(alpha)
            self.increment_frame_index()
        self.get_previous_frame().set_alpha(alpha)
        self.alpha = alpha

    def get_current_frame(self):
        return self.frames[self.frame_index]

    def increment_frame_index(self):
        index = self.frame_index + 1
        if index >= len(self.frames):
            index = 0
        self.frame_index = index

    def draw(self):
        display_surface = self.display_surface
        coordinates = self.coordinates
        display_surface.blit(self.get_current_frame(), coordinates)
        display_surface.blit(self.get_previous_frame(), coordinates)

    def get_previous_frame(self):
        frames = self.frames
        index = self.frame_index - 1
        if index < 0:
            index = len(frames) - 1
        return frames[index]
from pygame import Rect

from lib.pgfw.pgfw.GameChild import GameChild

class Collection(GameChild, Rect):

    def __init__(self, parent):
        GameChild.__init__(self, parent)
        self.load_configuration()
        self.init_rect()

    def load_configuration(self):
        config = self.get_configuration("collection")
        self.coordinates = config["coordinates"]
        self.size = config["size"]

    def init_rect(self):
        Rect.__init__(self, self.coordinates, self.size)
from os.path import join
from glob import glob

from pygame import Surface
from pygame.image import load

from lib.pgfw.pgfw.GameChild import GameChild
from food_spring.gaia.Swapper import Swapper

class Gaia(GameChild):

    def __init__(self, parent):
        GameChild.__init__(self, parent)
        self.offset = self.get_configuration("gaia", "offset")
        self.set_images()
        self.swapper = Swapper(self)

    def set_images(self):
        images = []
        for path in sorted(glob(join(self.get_resource("gaia", "path"),
                                     "*.png"))):
            images.append(load(path).convert_alpha())
        self.images = images
from random import shuffle, choice

from pygame import Surface
from pygame.time import get_ticks
from pygame.locals import *

from lib.pgfw.pgfw.GameChild import GameChild
from lib.pgfw.pgfw.Sprite import Sprite

class Swapper(GameChild, Surface):

    def __init__(self, parent):
        GameChild.__init__(self, parent)
        self.load_configuration()
        self.init_surface()
        self.set_segments()

    def load_configuration(self):
        config = self.get_configuration("introduction")
        self.segment_count = config["segments"]
        self.transition_time = config["transition"]

    def init_surface(self):
        parent = self.parent
        offset = parent.offset
        line, spread  = parent.images
        Surface.__init__(self, (line.get_width(), line.get_height() + offset),
                         SRCALPHA)
        self.blit(line, (0, 0))
        self.blit(spread, (0, offset))
        rect = self.get_rect()
        rect.left = self.get_display_surface().get_width() / 2 - \
                    self.get_width() / 2
        self.rect = rect

    def set_segments(self):
        width, height = self.get_size()
        count = self.segment_count
        segment_width = width / count
        remainder = width % count
        x = 0
        segments = []
        for _ in xrange(count):
            adjusted_width = segment_width + (remainder > 0)
            segments.append(Segment(self, x, 0, adjusted_width, height))
            x += adjusted_width
            remainder -= 1
        self.segments = segments

    def swap(self, p, q):
        if isinstance(p, int):
            p, q = self.segments[p], self.segments[q]
        if not (p.moving() or q.moving()):
            p.set_destination(q.location.right)
            q.set_destination(p.location.right)

    def update(self):
        for segment in self.segments:
            segment.update()
        self.swap(choice(self.segments), choice(self.segments))


class Segment(Sprite):

    def __init__(self, parent, *args):
        Sprite.__init__(self, parent)
        self.add_frame(self.parent.subsurface(args).copy())
        self.location.topleft = args[0] + self.parent.rect.left, args[1]
        self.destination = self.location.right

    def moving(self):
        return self.destination != self.location.right

    def set_destination(self, right):
        self.destination = right
        self.distance = abs(self.location.right - right)
        self.last_ticks = get_ticks()

    def update(self):
        right = self.location.right
        destination = self.destination
        ticks = get_ticks()
        if self.moving():
            elapsed = float(ticks - self.last_ticks)
            step = int(self.distance * elapsed / self.parent.transition_time) \
                   or 1
            if destination < right:
                step = -step
            self.move(step)
            if abs(step) >= abs(self.location.right - destination):
                self.location.right = destination
        self.last_ticks = ticks
        Sprite.update(self)
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June 29, 2013

A few weeks ago, for Fishing Jam, I made a fishing simulation from what was originally designed to be a time attack arcade game. In the program, Dark Stew, the player controls Aphids, an anthropod who fishes for aquatic creatures living in nine pools of black water.



Fishing means waiting by the pool with the line in. The longer you wait before pulling the line out, the more likely a creature will appear. Aside from walking, it's the only interaction in the game. The creatures are drawings of things you maybe could find underwater in a dream.

The background music is a mix of clips from licensed to share songs on the Free Music Archive. Particularly, Seed64 is an album I used a lot of songs from. The full list of music credits is in the game's README file.

I'm still planning to use the original design in a future version. There would be a reaction-based mini game for catching fish, and the goal would be to catch as many fish as possible within the time limit. I also want to add details and obstacles to the background, which is now a little boring, being a plain, tiled, white floor.

If you want to look at all the drawings or hear the music in the context of the program, there are Windows and source versions available. The source should work on any system with Python and Pygame. If it doesn't, bug reports are much appreciated. Comments are also welcome :)

Dark Stew: Windows, Pygame Source

I wrote in my last post that I would be working on an old prototype about searching a cloud for organisms for Fishing Jam. I decided to wait a while before developing that game, tentatively titled Xenographic Barrier. Its main interactive element is a first-person scope/flashlight, so I'd like to make a Wii version of it.

I'm about to start working on a complete version of Ball & Cup. If I make anything interesting for it, I'll post something. There are a lot of other things I want to write about, like game analyses, my new GP2X and arcades in Korea, and there's still music to release. Lots of fun stuff coming!