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Kimboot

Version: 1.00

Author: Przemysław Müller

Category: Arcade

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A sick and addictive arcade game.

You control a hand holding some very heavy ball on a rope (physics simulation included), and there are a lot of enemies trying to eat your hand. You won't let them! Crush'em all with the ball!

License: free

Additional System Requirements: Python, pygame, pyODE, PyOpenGL.

Sound:	Play in X:	Play in Console:	Multiplayer:	Network Play:	3D Acceleration:	Source Available:
yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes

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Submitted by Thotep on 2007-01-23.

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new version posted by bigfatdude @ 129.74.228.74 on Sep 15 2008 1:09 AM

The new version is much improved, graphics and menu wise. The ball and chain could still be implemented better, it's a little too jerky and not as easy to control as it could be. I like the added monsters (drunk, smart, and huge). Not sure if there are more after that, haven't gotten to them if there are. Anyways, keep it up!

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Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 85.226.97.157 on Mar 16 2007 1:22 AM

After a couple of games, I lost the hand and the ball. Looked like I was fighting with a whip instead.

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Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 213.148.29.33 on Mar 15 2007 4:21 PM

It leaks memory terribly. Process takes over 250Mb after 5 minutes of play. Python 2.4.4.

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Re: Kimboot posted by Thotep @ 212.160.152.61 on Mar 15 2007 10:11 PM

Probably you were in Options for too long - I know about that bug and I'm going to fix it. The rest of menu (and game) should be ok.

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Re: Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 213.148.29.33 on Mar 16 2007 12:47 AM

Nope, I wasn't in the options menu at all. Kimboot process just grows by ~100Mb per game.

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Re: Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 213.148.29.33 on Mar 16 2007 1:01 AM

Also, it takes 75/50 megabytes VSZ/RSS memory just after start. I expect such game to take no more than 20 Mb, but 50?! It doesn't even have that much data (even uncompressed). Something is definitely wrong...

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Re: Kimboot posted by Thotep @ 212.160.152.61 on Mar 16 2007 2:37 AM

Please post these bugs on the Kimboot forum (http://kimboot.fora.pl) with your machine's data (operating system, Python and libraries version numbers). Thanks.

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Re: Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 213.148.29.33 on Mar 17 2007 3:17 PM

done

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Nice update posted by Anonymous @ 71.163.156.246 on Mar 14 2007 12:41 PM

It's a real improvement from the first version. Very original too.

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Dapper and LibODE posted by Anonymous @ 80.202.117.245 on Mar 14 2007 8:30 AM

I tried to compile PyODE 1.2 on my Debian Dapper, but get unresolved symbols. Libode 0.5-5 is the most recent package available for any Ubuntu version.

froh@tigergut:~/tmp/kimboot-1.00$ python kimboot.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "kimboot.py", line 2, in ? from menu import WholeMenu File "/home/froh/tmp/kimboot-1.00/menu.py", line 5, in ? from main import * File "/home/froh/tmp/kimboot-1.00/main.py", line 3, in ? import os, pygame, ode, time, copy, profile ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ode.so: undefined symbol: dGeomTriMeshGetTriangle

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Re: Dapper and LibODE posted by Anonymous @ 62.47.174.181 on Mar 14 2007 9:33 AM

Debian Dapper??? Probably Ubuntu?

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Re: Dapper and LibODE posted by Anonymous @ 80.202.117.245 on Mar 18 2007 5:23 AM

Ahem, yes ubuntu. What was i thinking?

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Re: Dapper and LibODE posted by Thotep @ 212.160.152.61 on Mar 14 2007 9:58 PM

As far as I know, pyODE 1.2.0 is meant to work with ODE 0.7 and 0.8 - so you should download and install one of these versions of ODE (http://www.ode.org).

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Yeaahhh... New version ! posted by Anonymous @ 87.101.32.6 on Mar 13 2007 4:10 AM

Well, well, well - The New Version - better, faster and lover ;) Congratulations Thotep ! and... just do it ! (new game)

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Awsome!!! posted by Anonymous @ 201.253.52.3 on Jan 30 2007 11:41 AM

Congrats dude!!! This game is really original, simple and very addictive. A MASTERPIECE!!!

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Re: Awsome!!! posted by bart9h @ 139.82.86.2 on Mar 14 2007 3:05 AM

seconded

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Its a Killerspiel posted by Anonymous @ 131.188.24.226 on Jan 27 2007 5:01 AM

Wow, best game idea for 2007 so far! A real Killerspiel :)
Some improvements could be: Mouse-driven menues and and escape-buttom that is not on your mouse. Currently I sometimes click the right mouse botton while in combat which is a little discouraging.

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Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 213.148.29.33 on Jan 26 2007 11:56 PM

Main python problem is that it's frequently applied to where it's absolutely not suitable for (3D apps, for example). I've hated it for a long time, but now when I've seen Sonata MPD client and some nice small games written in it, I start to like it. Though there are problems with installation. It's not about number of dependencies, as it's job of packet manager to resolve them all. The problem is that python apps come as a single directory, so when I want to install those systemwide or make a package, I have to place whole dir to, say, /usr/local/lib/kimboot. While data belongs to /usr/local/share/kimboot actually, and also I need to make wrapper script in /usr/local/bin that cd's into /usr/local/lib/kimboot and starts a game.

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funny posted by nath @ 88.72.220.169 on Jan 26 2007 2:39 PM

Funny little game.
Gets three stars for originality but could do with some improvements.

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	new version posted by bigfatdude @ 129.74.228.74 on Sep 15 2008 1:09 AM
The new version is much improved, graphics and menu wise. The ball and chain could still be implemented better, it's a little too jerky and not as easy to control as it could be. I like the added monsters (drunk, smart, and huge). Not sure if there are more after that, haven't gotten to them if there are. Anyways, keep it up!

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	Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 85.226.97.157 on Mar 16 2007 1:22 AM
After a couple of games, I lost the hand and the ball. Looked like I was fighting with a whip instead.

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	Nice update posted by Anonymous @ 71.163.156.246 on Mar 14 2007 12:41 PM
It's a real improvement from the first version. Very original too.

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	Yeaahhh... New version ! posted by Anonymous @ 87.101.32.6 on Mar 13 2007 4:10 AM
Well, well, well - The New Version - better, faster and lover ;) Congratulations Thotep ! and... just do it ! (new game)

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	Its a Killerspiel posted by Anonymous @ 131.188.24.226 on Jan 27 2007 5:01 AM
Wow, best game idea for 2007 so far! A real Killerspiel :) Some improvements could be: Mouse-driven menues and and escape-buttom that is not on your mouse. Currently I sometimes click the right mouse botton while in combat which is a little discouraging.

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	Kimboot posted by Anonymous @ 213.148.29.33 on Jan 26 2007 11:56 PM
Main python problem is that it's frequently applied to where it's absolutely not suitable for (3D apps, for example). I've hated it for a long time, but now when I've seen Sonata MPD client and some nice small games written in it, I start to like it. Though there are problems with installation. It's not about number of dependencies, as it's job of packet manager to resolve them all. The problem is that python apps come as a single directory, so when I want to install those systemwide or make a package, I have to place whole dir to, say, /usr/local/lib/kimboot. While data belongs to /usr/local/share/kimboot actually, and also I need to make wrapper script in /usr/local/bin that cd's into /usr/local/lib/kimboot and starts a game.

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	funny posted by nath @ 88.72.220.169 on Jan 26 2007 2:39 PM
Funny little game. Gets three stars for originality but could do with some improvements.

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