Slacker - PyWeek4 - 1.0

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A very small casual game that was created for PyWeek #4, in which the theme was "The Only Way is Up."

Boxes will move back and forth at varying speeds. Press the spacebar to stop the boxes and move on to the next row. Only boxes that have something underneath them will be stacked. As the tower rises, the game will make your tower thinner. You win a minor prize at the 10th level (the blocks change color), and if you reach the 15th level, you will win the major prize. Good luck!

"Slacker" is a clone/parody of the popular arcade game "Stacker", in which you must stack blocks to the top of the screen in order to win the game. In the arcade version, credits are expensive (often $1 per play), but the prizes are excellent (the one that I played let you choose between an iPod, a PSP, a DS, or a camcorder). As you might guess, it is an extremely difficult game to win. I have made my own version of the game correspondingly hard, so that the next time I go back to the restaurant, perhaps I'll have a better chance to win a good prize. Despite the hard nature of the game, I hope you will enjoy it. If you wind up practicing with the game and getting so good that you win an extra iPod, I certainly wouldn't mind if you sent it my way. :)

This game, its source code, and graphics, are freely available for modification as well as use in private, commercial, or open-source projects. Credit is appreciated, but not necessary. We hope you have fun and learn something.

A slightly updated release to the one officially submitted to PyWeek4