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Re: Which python framework?

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On Monday, January 6, 2014 12:09:28 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:02 AM,  <blissend@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I love programming in python but I'm having trouble deciding over a framework for a single player MUD like game I'm making for fun. Ideally it's a cross-platform free framework in case I want make it open source later with good capabilities of customizing the GUI look/style.
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> If by "MUD-like" you mean that it's fundamentally based on scrolling
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> text and inputted commands, you may be able to just skip the GUI
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> altogether and use the console (print() and input()). That'd save you
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> a lot of trouble. Alternatively, it might be worth going the other way
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> and actually making it a MUD. Wait for a socket connection, let the
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> user TELNET in. Your GUI would then be an actual MUD client, off the
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> shelf, giving you all its features absolutely for free. Either way,
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> you put zero effort into building a GUI, and you get something every
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> bit as powerful as you could build manually.
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> ChrisA

I suppose what I'm trying to accomplish isn't ordinary. Yes, it's fundamentally a scrolling text based game but... with input commands only as a secondary option. I'm going to design a new user experience I have in mind via a GUI that can engage users without having to type commands. This is why I'm wondering about alternatives.

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Which python framework? blissend@gmail.com - 2014-01-06 09:02 -0800
  Re: Which python framework? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-07 04:09 +1100
    Re: Which python framework? blissend@gmail.com - 2014-01-06 09:37 -0800
      Re: Which python framework? blissend@gmail.com - 2014-01-06 11:07 -0800
        Re: Which python framework? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-06 19:12 +0000
  Re: Which python framework? CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2014-01-06 16:42 -0800

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