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[Schilcote]

Remember GalGen Trader? No? Huh. Well, it's got a zequel now. Or maybe a reboot. Something like that.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/galgentrader2/

It's a 2D space-trading game, ala Elite or Transcendence, which will eventually feature a fully mutable, highly dynamic, player-influenced galaxy for the player to explore. Right now, though, it's little more than a program that splashes some dots on the screen in a very roundabout way, which leads me to the next topic:

Is anyone interested in helping with its development? It's written in Python 3.2.2 (which means you'll need an interpreter to run it, by the way), and I wouldn't mind having a few extra brains working on the project. I'd prefer people who are decent at python; I have a hard enough time figuring out other people's code when it's written well.

If you are, check out (no pun intended) the 2.1 SVN on Sourceforge and take a look. Post in the thread and if I think you'll be a valuable asset, and I don't have too many helpers already, I'll add you to the project.

EDIT:

Screenshot of 2.1:



Not much to look at there.

[SeaBee]

This looks cool! I'll play with it this week.

Much as I'd love to help with development, my Python skills are not that strong. Decorators still confuse me, for example. That, and I haven't really messed with PyGame, or built anything larger than a series of basic utilities. Hopefully one of our resident Bay 12 programming geniuses (we seem to have dozens) will help out!

[Varjo]

Just a tip. If you do anything, be proud what you do and show it. Do not say its poorly written. We have tons of games around why we should check any poorly written game? Think about it. Head up.

[Schilcote]

This looks cool! I'll play with it this week.

Well, it's not much to play with at the moment, but thanks.

You may want to download it again, I just updated the main download to 2.1 since I replicated most of 2.0's important features.

EDIT:

Also, coding isn't the only way you can help with development. A good artist would help bunches too. And even if you're not great at Python, you can still write a few adventure scripts (though 2.1 has no adventure system yet).

[Schilcote]

Soo... did you download it? It's not much to look at yet, is it?

[inteuniso]

I can learn python. I need to learn it for next year anyways.

[Schilcote]

I can learn python. I need to learn it for next year anyways.

Well, look up some tutorials, then download TorotiseSVN and check out the source repository, see if it makes any sense. I might be able to teach you a little bit too.