Minimalistic Display Games SDK
This is the home of the minimalistic Display Games Library. A Game Library to build games which you can play on minimalistic displays. It is optimized for 96px Displays (12x8) but can be used for all kinds of resolutions. It uses a simple UDP Protocol to transmit the data to the display but also contains a simulator with which you can test your games.
The documentation of the Library can be found here: Documentation
Server running the game (or games via selector)
client running the udp server and is connected with hardware
To run the simulator simply execute
python simulator/simulator.py
A simplistic example for a game written with this library would be:
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
from gamelib.game import *
class SampleGame(Game):
def __init__(self, ip):
Game.__init__(self, ip)
self.characterPositions = [
Vector(0,0),
Vector(PIXEL_DIM_X-1, 0),
Vector(PIXEL_DIM_X-1, PIXEL_DIM_Y-1),
Vector(0, PIXEL_DIM_Y-1)
]
self.characterColors = [RED, BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW]
self.axisVectors = [Vector(0,0),Vector(0,0),Vector(0,0),Vector(0,0)]
self.characterSpeed = 18
def update(self, dt):
Game.update(self, dt)
for player in range(self.playerCount):
playerPos = self.characterPositions[player] + ( self.axisVectors[player] * dt ) * self.characterSpeed
self.characterPositions[player] = Vector(playerPos.x % PIXEL_DIM_X, playerPos.y % PIXEL_DIM_Y)
def draw(self, rgb):
Game.draw(self, rgb)
for i in range(self.playerCount):
rgb.setPixel(self.characterPositions[i], self.characterColors[i])
def onAxisChanged(self, player, xAxis, yAxis, previousXAxis, previousYAxis):
Game.onAxisChanged(self, player, xAxis, yAxis, previousXAxis, previousYAxis)
self.axisVectors[player] = Vector(xAxis, yAxis)
def onButtonChanged(self, player, aButton, bButton, previousAButton, previousBButton):
Game.onButtonChanged(self, player, aButton, bButton, previousAButton, previousBButton)
print "onButtonChanged"
if __name__ == "__main__":
print "Starting game"
sample = SampleGame("127.0.0.1")
sample.run()
print "Stopping game"