PolyPlay

PolyPlay - 1.2.1

Francesco Mastellone (effeemme)

Tags:

2d physics particles playground dynamics environment

Description

Polyplay(I really am looking for a better name) is a physics playground based heavily on soft bodies. Drag around structures of masses and springs, make landscapes of lines, make walking structures, flood the screen with fluid, or just goof around with the character.

Changes

-1.2.1: Usability tweaks, mostly: it's now playable by people without needing to go through a month-long course given by a professional! Maybe I'll stop updating this often, now. Maybe. =p
-1.2.0: Added saving/loading, a very cool -but still useless- button bar, and made a couple of fixes. What do you guys think about the saving method? Could it be improved?
-1.1.0: Now with fluid dynamics! Press F9 and hold the left mouse button to make fluid particles. The fluid system is mostly unpolished, but sticky fluids, different fluids, and buoyancy are already possible.

Links

Home Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/eFFeeMMe
Source: http://www.box.net/shared/ekykshcgsc
Windows: http://www.box.net/shared/xa5d3d04ck

Screenshot

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Releases

PolyPlay - 1.4.0 - Aug 25, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.3.0 - Apr 3, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.2.2 - Mar 21, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.2.1 - Mar 17, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.2.0 - Mar 16, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.1.0 - Mar 13, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.0.4 - Mar 9, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.0.3 - Mar 9, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.0.2 - Mar 7, 2008
PolyPlay - 1.0.1 - Feb 5, 2008
PolyPlay - 1 - Feb 2, 2008

Pygame.org account Comments

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September 21, 2009 4:17pm - Mitchell K - nickname: (mk12) - 4/5
Looks cool! Keep working on it.
April 8, 2008 11:51pm - Lenard Lindstrom - nickname: (lenl)
The problem is with pygame.draw.aaline and has been around for awhile. It is fixed in SVN. PolyPlay no longer crashes. Now I just have to try an figure out the controls.
April 7, 2008 8:37am - Francesco Mastellone - nickname: (effeemme)
That's odd. It works fine with pygame 1.8 under Ubuntu Linux. Mind to post the traceback?
April 6, 2008 5:30pm - Lenard Lindstrom - nickname: (lenl)
Well, I cannot say much right now except that for Pygame 1.8 on Windows I get a "Segmentation Fault" caught by the Pygame parachute after the Walker demo loads and starts. Unless PolyWalker is using ctypes or something - it doesn't appear to - then I have a Pygame bug to chase down. I have eliminated psyco as the cause though.
April 5, 2008 7:57am - Francesco Mastellone - nickname: (effeemme)
Not many people seem to be playing it. Is it the concept? Is it the implementation? Should I write a tutorial? Comment! This is open source for a reason after all =)
March 27, 2008 4:46pm - Andy Meier - nickname: (jeorb)
Thanks for the tip! Speed 1.2 and jump 14 are just what I was looking for.
March 27, 2008 9:59am - Francesco Mastellone - nickname: (effeemme)
You can make the character faster by yourself right now, it has convenient speed and jump variables =) As for warping him back into the screen... I have a pretty good idea for 1.3.0, you'll see soon =)
March 25, 2008 5:13pm - Andy Meier - nickname: (jeorb)
I see collision in your latest video. That is a great improvement and I can't wait to try it. Could you make the character a lot faster and able to jump higher? Interacting using the character with the keyboard is a lot less fun than using the mouse right now. Also, a way to warp the character back to the center of the screen would be nice for when it falls off the edge of the platform.
March 18, 2008 4:38pm - Andy Meier - nickname: (jeorb) - 5/5
Very fun. Keep going!
February 3, 2008 9:37am - Francesco Mastellone - nickname: (effeemme)
Nope, I programmed my own.
February 3, 2008 5:19am - Luca Fabbri - nickname: (keul) - 5/5
Video are somehow impressive! Are you using PyODE or others python physic modules?
February 2, 2008 8:27pm - Francesco Mastellone - nickname: (effeemme)
Alright, try again. This time I'm not using some wacky python module to execute a file in another folder. To Windows users: run run.bat To anyone else: run lib/main.py
February 2, 2008 8:07pm - Andy Hanson - nickname: (rhodiumgames)
Yep. Main just isn't there. Maybe it got left out of the zipping process?
February 2, 2008 7:58pm - Francesco Mastellone - nickname: (effeemme)
Hmm, you did extract the Folder from the zip file right?
February 2, 2008 7:54pm - Andy Hanson - nickname: (rhodiumgames)
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\PolyPlay\PolyPlay\PolyPlay.py", line 12, in <module> from main import Main ImportError: No module named main This is what I get when I run PolyPlay.py