- Added missing verbs to the :ref:`assemblyMessages` section for Back to Skool
- When Eric is writing on a blackboard, the text now automatically wraps to the second line when the end of the first line is reached
- Updated the worldofspectrum.org URLs in images.ini
- Fixed links to classes, methods and variables in the API documentation
- Dropped support for Python 2.6 and Pygame 1.7
- Added support for Python 3.4
- The Insert (screenshot), F2 (save), F6 (load), F11 (toggle full-screen mode) and F12 (menu) keys now work when Eric is writing on a blackboard
- Fixed the quit menu so that it works when Eric is writing on a blackboard
- Customised the theme tunes, 'all shields' tunes, 'open safe' tunes and 'up a year' tunes in Skool Daze Take Too, Ezad Looks and Back to Skool Daze
- Customised the lesson questions and answers in Skool Daze Take Too, Ezad Looks and Back to Skool Daze
- Customised the 'sit down' messages and 'lesson' messages in Back to Skool Daze
- Added the
--config
command line option (to set the value of a configuration parameter)
- Added the
ConfirmClose
andConfirmQuit
parameters to the :ref:`gameConfig` section (to control whether a confirmation screen is shown when Escape or the window close button is pressed) - Added the
Volume
parameter to the :ref:`gameConfig` section (to set the volume for sound effects) - Added support for appending content to existing ini file sections by adding a '+' suffix to the section name (e.g. [SkoolLocations+])
- Added a menu item to switch between full-screen and windowed mode
- Added the
--force
command line option (to overwrite existing images, ini files and sound files) - Added the
--sample-rate
command line option (to set the sample rate of the sound files created by--create-sounds
) - Fixed the bug that freezes the game if Eric's lines total goes over 10000 while he's being fetched by the teacher on dinner duty
- Replaced all the sound files with high-quality (44.1kHz) versions
- Added hitting sound effects (
HIT0
,HIT1
) to Skool Daze - Added the
ALARM
sound effect ID (for when Albert is telling Mr Wacker that Eric's escaping) - Screenshots are now saved to the screenshots directory by default
- Added the
--create-sounds
command line option (to create the sound files required by a game) - Added the
--package-dir
command line option (for showing the path to the pyskool package directory) - Added the
--search-dirs
command line option (for showing the locations that Pyskool searches for data files) - Added the
--setup
command line option (to create the images, ini files and sound files required by a game) - Added a second source for the Skool Daze TZX file to images.ini
- Removed the documentation sources from the Pyskool distribution (they can be obtained from GitHub)
- Moved the man pages to section 6
- Added the
--get-images
command line option (to download TZX files of Skool Daze and Back to Skool from sources listed in images.ini and extract images from them) - Added the
--create-ini
command line option (to create the stock game ini files) - Added the ability to switch between full-screen and windowed mode by pressing F11
- Man pages for the game launcher scripts are included in the man directory
- Fixed the audio latency that can occur when using Pygame 1.8+
- Fixed the bug that enables Eric to ride the bike past Albert when he has his arm raised
- Fixed the bug that makes Eric remain aloft after the knocked out kid he's standing on (near a staircase) has risen
- Fixed the bug in Back to Skool Daze that makes the shield on the shelf in the boys' skool turn into a cup when Eric goes onto the next year
- Fixed the ezad_looks/mutables.png image (each pair of shield/safe images was in the wrong order)
- Pyskool can be installed as a Python package using
setup.py install
- Changed the menu show/hide key from F10 (which activates the menu bar in Windows) to F12
- Added default key bindings to pyskool.ini
- Fixed the bug that enables Eric to kiss Hayley while she's sitting down
- Fixed the bug that makes Mr Wacker give Eric lines for being on the floor or not in skool while expelling him for jumping out of the top-floor window
- Fixed the bug that causes sprite graphics to lose their transparency when a game saved at one colour depth is loaded at a higher colour depth
Fixed the bug that causes a crash when Eric tries to get on the bike.
Fixed the bug that prevented a saved game from loading when using
GraphicsMode
0 (hi-res colour).
- Added a jumping sound effect to Skool Daze
- Fixed a graphic glitch in the girls' shoes
Fixed the bug that causes a crash during a non-question-and-answer lesson when the teacher has returned to the blackboard after fetching the truant Eric.
- Added an in-game menu
- Screen can be rescaled while Pyskool is running
- Key bindings are defined in pyskool.ini
- Added the ability to save and load games
- The score box is drawn using labels defined in the :ref:`messageConfig` section
- Added lesson box background images
- Added message box images (now the message boxes in Skool Daze mode look like those used in the original game)
- Moved data that was embedded in the Python code into the ini files: there are now over 100 more parameters to tweak in the :ref:`gameConfig`, :ref:`screenConfig`, :ref:`lessonConfig`, :ref:`timetableConfig`, :ref:`timingConfig` and :ref:`animationPhases` sections, and extra character-controlling arguments to play with in the :ref:`walkAround`, :ref:`moveAboutUntil`, :ref:`moveMouse`, :ref:`moveFrog`, and :ref:`watchForEric` commands (for example)
- Added utility scripts createini.py (generates ini files) and extract-png.py (extracts graphics from memory snapshots of the original skool games)
- Added documentation sources in docs-src
Added the following features:
- 'Back to Skool Daze' example customisation
- Keyboard is checked during long sound effects (so you can pause or quit while the tune is playing, for example)
- Screenshots can be taken while the game is paused
- [Screen] section in the ini files
- API documentation
Added the 'Ezad Looks' example customisation.
Added the following features in Back to Skool mode:
- Eric is paralysed and expelled after jumping out of the top-floor window
- Albert alerts Mr Wacker if he spots Eric trying to escape
- Mr Wacker shadows Eric after being alerted by Albert
- Mr Creak and Mr Rockitt behave correctly during assembly
- Mr Withit does assembly duty
- Eric gets lines for not sitting down facing the stage during assembly
- Eric gets lines for standing on plants
- Miss Take chases Eric out of the girls' skool if she spots him there when it's not playtime
Also fixed the following bugs:
- Game crashes if Eric tries to sit back on the saddle of the bike after standing on it
- Eric gets lines for riding the bike in the playground
- Eric gets lines if spotted falling from a window
- Screen scrolls right every time Eric kisses Hayley
Added the following features in Back to Skool mode:
- Eric can release mice
- The girls and Miss Take will jump up and down or stand on a chair if they spot a mouse nearby
- Eric can kiss (or try to kiss) Hayley
- Eric can open desks and collect the water pistol or stinkbombs
- Eric can drop stinkbombs
- Mr Wacker will open a nearby window if he smells a stinkbomb
- Eric can fire the water pistol
- Eric can fill the water pistol with sherry
- Eric can throw away the water pistol
- Cups can be filled with water or sherry
- Plants grow when watered
- Eric can stand on plant pots
- Eric is lifted by a growing plant
- Eric can step off a fully grown plant through an open window
- Eric can step off a fully grown plant over the skool gate
- Drops of water or sherry can be knocked out of a cup with a catapult pellet
- Teachers reveal bike combination digits when hit by a drop of water
- Eric can unchain the bike by writing the combination on a blackboard
- Eric can ride the bike
- Eric can stand on the saddle of the bike
- Eric can jump off the saddle of the bike
- Eric is launched over the closed skool gate if he hits it while standing on the saddle of the bike
- Teachers reveal storeroom combination letters when hit by a drop of sherry
- Eric can get the storeroom key (and hence the frog) by writing the combination on a blackboard
- Conker falls from the tree when hit by a catapult pellet
- Falling conker can knock people out
- Eric can place the frog in a cup
- Eric can get the safe key by knocking the frog from a cup onto Miss Take's head
- Eric can open the safe by jumping up to it when he has the key
Also fixed the following bugs:
- Game crashes if a character is chasing or looking for Eric while Eric is on a staircase or jumping
- Eric does not get lines if caught writing on a blackboard
- Eric gets lines for being in the assembly hall during non-assembly periods
- Added mice and frogs and the ability to catch them
- Fixed glitches in the animatory state graphics (sprites.png)
- Added the SHERRY sound sample
- Added the GameFps and ScrollFps configuration parameters
Also fixed the following bugs:
- Game crashes if you press 'Delete' while writing on a blackboard
- If a little boy talks to ERIC while he's writing on a blackboard, pressing 'U' has no effect
- During dinner, the teacher on duty keeps giving Eric lines for not finding a seat
Fixed bug in Skool Daze mode where shields stay flashing after Eric's been expelled.
Fixed bug where Eric gets trapped in his seat if he's knocked out of it by a catapult pellet and then tries to stand up.
- Eric is expelled after exceeding the lines limit
- The swot tells tales
- Teachers track down Eric if he tries to skip class
In Skool Daze mode:
- Special playtimes have been implemented
- Teachers give lines for all possible infractions
- All commands required in Skool Daze mode have been implemented
- Eric can write on blackboards
- Improved keyboard responsiveness
- Added ready-made example customisation: Skool Daze Take Too
In Skool Daze mode:
- Teachers reveal safe combination letters when all shields are flashing
- Eric can open the safe after writing the combination code on a blackboard
- Eric can unflash all the shields after opening the safe
- Sound effects and tunes
- Teachers give lines for some infractions
- Eric can jump (into the air and onto other kids, too)
- Eric can make shields flash
- Added
--scale
and--ini
command line options - Bully can knock people out
- Tearaway can fire catapult pellets
- Eric can do these things too
- Tearaway writes on the blackboards
- Implemented several previously unimplemented commands
Initial public release.