Looking for Playtesters

[ichabod801]

I've been working on a suite of command-line interface (text) games called t_games. It's got 32 games at the moment, but it's designed to be modular so that more game can easily be added. I was hoping to get some other people to download it (github repository here) and try it out, see what they think, see if they find any bugs I missed.

If you're interested, have at it. You can provide feed back here, or I set up an email just for this project: t_admin at xenomind dot com.

Here's the current list of games:

• Backgammon
  
• Battleships
  
• Bisley
  
• Blackjack
  
• Canfield
  
• Connect Four
  
• Craps
  
• Crazy Eights
  
• Cribbage
  
• Forty Thieves
  
• FreeCell
  
• Gargantua
  
• Hamurabi
  
• Hangman
  
• Hunt the Wumpus
  
• Klondike
  
• Liar's Dice
  
• Mate
  
• Monte Carlo
  
• Ninety-Nine
  
• Oregon Trail
  
• Pig
  
• Pyramid
  
• Quadrille
  
• Rock-Paper-Scissors
  
• Roulette
  
• Solitaire Dice
  
• Spider
  
• Strategy
  
• Thoughtful Solitaire
  
• Yacht
  
• Yukon
  

It's a bit biased toward solitaire games, but that's how it started out, and they have enough similarities that I made a class just for them that makes them easier to program.

[Larz60+]

I'll see if I can get my grandson to download.
I know he'll run them all, just not so sure about feedback, (he's 13, an awkward age)
I'll play with it a bit myself tomorrow, especially backgammon as I'm a big fan.

[metulburr]

i cant figure out how to run them.

metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games/t_games$ python play.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "play.py", line 19, in <module>
    import t_games.interface as interface
ImportError: No module named t_games.interface

metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games/t_games$ python3 play.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "play.py", line 19, in <module>
    import t_games.interface as interface
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 't_games'

metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games$ python3
Python 3.6.1 (default, Jun  8 2017, 06:36:16) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import t_games
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    from t_games.test import test
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/test.py", line 56, in <module>
    test = Test()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/test.py", line 38, in __init__
    self.human = player.Tester()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/player.py", line 494, in __init__
    self.load_shortcuts()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/player.py", line 431, in load_shortcuts
    with open(os.path.join(self.folder_name, 'shortcuts.txt')) as player_data:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/buckaroo-testing-black/shortcuts.txt'

metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games/t_games/gambling_games$ python3 craps_game.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "craps_game.py", line 44, in <module>
    import t_games.dice as dice
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 't_games'

[ichabod801]

i cant figure out how to run them.

Is the folder in your python path?

I ran into problems with absolute imports and used relative ones. Maybe I need to go back to absolute.

Edit: Now I have no idea. I made a copy outside my python path and it runs fine.

Edit: Well, duh, it's accessing the ones in my pythonpath.

[Larz60+]

using pathlib for relative paths makes it easy, here's a sample:

from pathlib import Path
import os


class ConnectedPaths:
    def __init__(self):
        os.chdir(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
        self.homepath = Path('.')
        self.rootpath = self.homepath / '..'

        self.datapath = self.rootpath / 'data'
        self.datapath.mkdir(exist_ok=True)

        self.tmppath = self.datapath / 'tmp'
        self.tmppath.mkdir(exist_ok=True)

        self.docpath = self.datapath / 'doc'
        self.docpath.mkdir(exist_ok=True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ConnectedPaths()

usage:

import ConnectedPaths

class Data(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.cpath = ConnectedPaths.ConnectedPaths()

        tmpfile = self.cpath.tmppath / 'tempdata.dat'
        with tmpfile.open() as fp:
            maindata = fp.read()

so to access the ../data/tmp directory, use:

[metulburr]

Is the folder in your python path?

I dont see why one would have to put games in the path to be able to run them. I think they should be able to run independently. Having said that, i get the same error after adding it to the path

metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games$ python3
Python 3.6.1 (default, Jun  8 2017, 06:36:16) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.path.append('/home/metulburr/repos/t_games')
>>> import t_games
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    from t_games.test import test
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/test.py", line 56, in <module>
    test = Test()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/test.py", line 38, in __init__
    self.human = player.Tester()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/player.py", line 494, in __init__
    self.load_shortcuts()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/player.py", line 431, in load_shortcuts
    with open(os.path.join(self.folder_name, 'shortcuts.txt')) as player_data:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/buckaroo-testing-black/shortcuts.txt'

Although the error is accurate. There doesnt seem to be a shortcuts text file there

metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games/t_games/buckaroo-testing-black$ ls
results.txt
metulburr@ubuntu:

[ichabod801]

I think they should be able to run independently.

I agree. But there were problems getting the imports to work in both 2.7 and 3.6. I'll see if I can straighten them out another way.

[ichabod801]

I just uploaded a fix to the tester shortcuts problem, or you can use play.py, which creates a user folder you need to log into at the start.

[metulburr]

i tried it and i still get errors with play.py or importing.

metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games/t_games$ python play.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "play.py", line 19, in <module>
    import t_games.interface as interface
ImportError: No module named t_games.interface
metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games/t_games$ python3 play.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "play.py", line 19, in <module>
    import t_games.interface as interface
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 't_games'
metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games/t_games$ cd ..
metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games$ python3
Python 3.6.1 (default, Jun  8 2017, 06:36:16) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import t_games
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    from t_games.test import test
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/test.py", line 56, in <module>
    test = Test()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/test.py", line 38, in __init__
    self.human = player.Tester()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/player.py", line 496, in __init__
    self.load_shortcuts()
  File "/home/metulburr/repos/t_games/t_games/player.py", line 436, in load_shortcuts
    if not line.endswith('\n'):
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'line' referenced before assignment
>>> exit()
metulburr@ubuntu:~/repos/t_games$ python
Python 2.7.12 (default, Nov 12 2018, 14:36:49) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import t_games
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "t_games/__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    from t_games.test import test
  File "t_games/test.py", line 56, in <module>
    test = Test()
  File "t_games/test.py", line 38, in __init__
    self.human = player.Tester()
  File "t_games/player.py", line 496, in __init__
    self.load_shortcuts()
  File "t_games/player.py", line 436, in load_shortcuts
    if not line.endswith('\n'):
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'line' referenced before assignment
>>> import sys
>>> sys.path.append('/home/metulburr/repos/t_games')
>>> import t_games
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "t_games/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import t_games.dice as dice
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'dice'
>>> 

[ichabod801]

Alright, never mind. I'll go back to the drawing board on the imports.