from random import randrange
from os import listdir
from os.path import join

from pygame import image

from xenographic_wall.pgfw.GameChild import GameChild
from xenographic_wall.world.mushrooms.Mushroom import Mushroom

class Mushrooms(GameChild, list):

    def __init__(self, parent):
        GameChild.__init__(self, parent)
        self.subscribe_to(self.get_custom_event_id(), self.respond_to_event)
        self.load_images()
        self.reset()

    def respond_to_event(self, evt):
        if self.is_command(evt, "reset-game"):
            self.reset()

    def load_images(self):
        images = []
        root = self.get_resource("mushrooms", "path")
        files = self.get_configuration("mushrooms", "images")
        for path in listdir(root):
            parent = join(root, path)
            images.append(
                (image.load(join(parent, files[0])).convert_alpha(),
                 image.load(join(parent, files[1])).convert_alpha()))
        self.images = images

    def reset(self):
        self.populate()

    def populate(self):
        images = self.images
        count = self.get_configuration().get("mushrooms", "count")
        group_count = len(images)
        list.__init__(self, [[] for _ in range(group_count)])
        for ii in range(count):
            self.add_mushroom(ii % group_count)

    def add_mushroom(self, group):
        mushroom = Mushroom(self, group, self.images[group])
        self[group].append(mushroom)
        return mushroom

    def replace_mushroom(self, mushroom):
        group = mushroom.group
        self[group].remove(mushroom)
        self.add_mushroom(group)

    def update(self):
        for group in self:
            for mushroom in group:
                mushroom.update()
from time import time
from collections import deque

from pygame import Surface, Color, mouse, draw

from xenographic_wall.pgfw.GameChild import *
from xenographic_wall.world.scope.chain.Chain import Chain

class Scope(GameChild):

    transparent_color = Color("magenta")

    def __init__(self, parent):
        GameChild.__init__(self, parent)
        self.subscribe_to(self.get_custom_event_id(), self.respond_to_event)
        self.chain = Chain(self)
        self.deactivate()
        self.reset()

    def activate(self):
        self.active = True

    def deactivate(self):
        self.active = False

    def respond_to_event(self, evt):
        if self.active:
            is_command = self.is_command
            if is_command(evt, "mouse-down-left"):
                self.respond_to_set()
            if is_command(evt, "mouse-down-right"):
                self.respond_to_set_and_reel()
            if is_command(evt, "reel"):
                self.respond_to_reel()

    def respond_to_set(self):
        if not self.flash_start:
            self.place()

    def hide(self):
        self.chain.hide()

    def collide_click(self):
        return self.chain.collidepoint(self.parent.get_mouse_pos())

    def respond_to_set_and_reel(self):
        if not self.flash_start:
            if self.chain.is_hidden() or not self.collide_click():
                self.place()
            self.activate_flash()

    def place(self):
        self.chain.place(self.parent.get_mouse_pos())

    def activate_flash(self):
        self.flash_start = time()
        self.chain.set_color_to_flash()
#         self.show()

    def show(self):
        self.chain.show()

    def respond_to_reel(self):
        self.activate_flash()

    def reset(self):
        chain = self.chain
        chain.reset()
        self.deactivate_flash()
        chain.hide()

    def deactivate_flash(self):
        self.flash_start = None
        self.chain.set_color_to_default()

    def update(self):
        if self.active:
            self.update_flash()
            self.chain.update()

    def update_flash(self):
        start = self.flash_start
        config = self.get_configuration().get_section("scope")
        chain = self.chain
        if start:
            if time() - start > config["flash-length"]:
                self.deactivate_flash()
                chain.set_color_to_default()
            else:
                chain.rotate_colors()
from collections import deque

from pygame import Rect, Color, mouse

from xenographic_wall.pgfw.GameChild import GameChild
from xenographic_wall.world.scope.chain.Ring import Ring

class Chain(GameChild, Rect):

    transparent_color = Color("green")
    
    def __init__(self, parent):
        GameChild.__init__(self, parent)
        self.init_rect()
        self.set_rings()
        self.subscribe_to(self.get_custom_event_id(), self.respond_to_event)
        self.reset()

    def init_rect(self):
        width = self.get_configuration("scope", "diameter")
        Rect.__init__(self, 0, 0, width, width)

    def set_rings(self):
        rings = []
        for ii in range(self.get_configuration("scope", "ring-count")):
            rings.append(Ring(self, ii))
        self.rings = rings

    def respond_to_event(self, evt):
        if self.parent.active:
            if self.is_command(evt,"mouse-scroll-up"):
                self.glow()
            if self.is_command(evt, "mouse-scroll-down"):
                self.darken()

    def glow(self):
        max_alpha = 255
        rings = list(reversed(self.rings))
        threshold = max_alpha / len(rings)
        for ii, ring in enumerate(rings):
            if ii == 0 or rings[ii - 1].get_alpha() >= threshold:
                alpha = ring.get_alpha() + self.get_glow_step()
                if alpha > max_alpha:
                    alpha = max_alpha
                ring.set_alpha(alpha)

    def get_glow_step(self):
        return self.get_configuration("scope", "glow-step")

    def darken(self):
        for ring in self.rings:
            alpha = ring.get_alpha() - self.get_glow_step()
            if alpha < 0:
                alpha = 0
            ring.set_alpha(alpha)

    def reset(self):
        self.hide()
        self.set_color_to_default()

    def hide(self):
        for ring in self.rings:
            ring.set_alpha(0)

    def show(self):
        for ring in self.rings:
            ring.set_alpha(255)

    def place(self, pos):
        self.center = pos
        for ring in self.rings:
            ring.rect.center = pos

    def set_color_to_default(self):
        self.colors = deque(map(Color,
                                self.get_configuration("scope", "colors")))
        self.update_colors()

    def update_colors(self):
        for ii, ring in enumerate(self.rings):
            ring.set_color(self.colors[ii])

    def set_color_to_flash(self):
        self.colors = deque(map(Color,
                                self.get_configuration("scope", "flash-colors")))
        self.update_colors()

    def rotate_colors(self):
        self.colors.rotate(1)
        self.update_colors()

    def is_hidden(self):
        for ring in self.rings:
            if ring.get_alpha() > 0:
                return False
        return True

    def update(self):
        for ring in self.rings:
            ring.update()
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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!