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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August 12, 2013

I've been researching tartan/plaid recently for decoration in my updated version of Ball & Cup, now called Send. I want to create the atmosphere of a sports event, so I plan on drawing tartan patterns at the vertical edges of the screen as backgrounds for areas where spectator ants generate based on player performance. I figured I would make my own patterns, but after browsing tartans available in the official register, I decided to use existing ones instead.

I made a list of the tartans that had what I thought were interesting titles and chose 30 to base the game's levels on. I sequenced them, using their titles to form a loose narrative related to the concept of sending. Here are three tartans in the sequence (levels 6, 7 and 8) generated by an algorithm I inferred by looking at examples that reads a tartan specification and draws its pattern using a simple dithering technique to blend the color stripes.


Acadia


Eve


Spice Apple

It would be wasting an opportunity if I didn't animate the tartans, so I'm thinking about animations for them. One effect I want to try is making them look like water washing over the area where the ants are spectating. I've also recorded some music for the game. Here are the loops for the game over and high scores screens.

Game Over

High Scores