PUG is a tool for creating complex 2D game GUIs.

Coding GUIs and in-game animations by hand annoyed me beyond measure during every game jam, so I’ve created PUG to create flexible GUIs quickly in a WYSIWYG way, including animations.

PUG stands for “Prepare Ur Gui” :]

PUGedit

is a visual editor that can produce .pug files. Heavily inspired by Flash IDE and Demopaja.

The .pug file

is actually a .zip containing a couple of .png files and a .xml describing the hierarchy.

PUG features

Library – the .pug file contains a set of symbols (similar to Flash)

Symbol – is either a multi-frame sprite or a Layer symbol (a hierarchy of other symbols)

Layer symbol – consists of multiple states, each state is a hierarchy of symbol instances with frame-based animations and curve-defined properties (alpha, transformations, frame, etc.)

SVG – import .svg vector drawing (Inkscape <3), use its parts as symbols, animate them

Particle Systems – use other symbols or sprite frames as particles

Text Fields – label can be updated at runtime

Usage

STEP 1: Create your GUI using multiple .pngs or .svgs, draw all game screens and GUI animations, then export it to a single .pug file.

STEP 2: Load the .pug file at runtime within your game, render any of the symbols, play and switch their states, change text labels.

STEP 3: Profit!

Platforms

PUGedit is currently written in haXe NME, builds will be available for Windows, Linux and Mac, there’s also a browser-based Flash version.

PUG itself is currently available for haXe NME only (tested on flash, neko and android targets). In future there might be loaders for other languages or engines (flash, Javascript, Unity, Löve).

License

Sources for PUG and PUGedit will be open, PUGedit builds are paid.

Roadmap

• bitmap editor
• polished GUI
• better asset management
• export .png spritesheets
• import .xcf (GIMP file)

I’m making the PUG mainly for my games. The PUGedit itself is still very crude and hard to use, I’ll release it when it’s ready.

 Why “PUG”?

My fiancé saw some of my scribblings and misread “dog.png” as “dog.pug”. Then I thought that pugs are quite cool and thus the name was settled.

Name: miNOMalism
Team: Eatacay (concept, graphics, music), Jarnik (gameplay, programming)
Date: 06/2013

miNOMalism is a minimalistic food chain ecosystem simulator, with you being its lowest part. However, thanks to pheromone distribution, you can control bigger creatures and keep the races from going extinct and thus the whole ecosystem in a balance.

The game was created during one weekend for Ludum Dare 26, the theme was “minimalism“.

Controls

• ARROW KEYS – move

Gameplay

PLAYER – control the tiny purple creature
GOAL – don’t let any race go extinct
FOOD CHAIN – reds eat yellows, yellows eat green, greens eat YOU
PHEROMONES – run through pheromone pools in the corners to attract corresponding creatures
HUNGER – each creature is either hungry or full
MATING – two full creatures of the same kind can give birth to an offspring

Name: Diet Launch
Tools: vim, haXe NME, GIMP, haXeFlixel
Date: 03/2013

Multi-stage rocket launching simulator. Launch vegetable and rockets into space. Because it is hard!

Controls

• UP / DOWN – control engine power
• SPACE – drop stage

Gameplay

Your goal is to launch the rocket along the trajectory by tuning the engine power and dropping stages at precisely timed moments.

Features:

• 3 stage rocket
• real NASA audio recordings
• hidden rocket skins – vegetables and Pacman ghosts (finish game to unlock)
• fake (but not-so-bad-looking) physics

Stay tuned on @jarnik for future updates.

The Idea

As an avid fan of game jams and space exploration in general, participation in the DarkSideJam was a must for me. As I could not attend any registered jam site, I took it as a personal challenge.

The Result

The idea was quite simple, turned out more fun than expected, but was not so easy to implement, as usual.
My work-in-progress SVG-importing library FaXe came to rescue in the last minute, so I could put together quite fancy GUI.

Name: Snatchers of Justice
Tools: vim, haXe NME, GIMP, haXeFlixel
Date: 02/2013
Team: @jarnik (design, code, graphics, sfx), @Lusi_cz (music, sfx)

A tactical turn-based sneaking action – lead a team of professional thieves who fight for the sake of justice!

Controls

• ARROW KEYS – movement,
• SPACE – switch character
• R – restart level (when knpcked out)
• N – next level (when bored)
• +/-/0 – volume controls

Gameplay

See commented gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vmKH34-h4Q

You are in controls of a multiple characters. Your goal is to get all your team members to the top of the screen and then back again without being spotted by guards.

Features:

• 5 different characters, each with 2 specific skills
• 1 tutorial level for each character
• guitar + bodily sounds soundtrack
• seed-based procedural mission generator => endless content

Stay tuned on @jarnik for future updates.

The Idea

I am a fan of Metal Gear Solid. I am a fan of turn-based tactical games. I like procedural generation. I was looking for a way to mash up these ideas.

The Result

In the current state, the game is not as fun as I’d hoped it to be. It needs a lot of playtesting and tuning all the character skills to make it more challenging and interesting.

I believe there is a potential for some solid fun, so I hope to get back to it sometimes.

Name: Super Sexy Cardio Frenetic Ambulance Transplant Team
Tools: vim, haXe, haXeFlixel, GIMP + Paintbrush
Team: Moti & Syky (graphics), Jarník (code&graphics)
Date: 01/2013
Links: http://jarnik.com/pub/ggj13/v02/, http://pleasewait.cz/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7VjuHyJl8

This game was made in less than 10 hours during Global Game Jam 2013. The theme was “a sound of a heartbeat”.
We came up with a really idiotic idea – you are driving an ambulance, while consantly giving a massage to a heart meant for transplantation. The blood from the heart is squirting on your windscreen, that you have to wipe to see the road and avoid the obstacles.
With such a brilliant idea, we had no other option than just to get make it happen.

CONTROLS:

• LEFT / RIGHT – steer sideways
• SPACE – push heart
• MOUSE – clean the windscreen

GOALS:

• reach the hospital (remaining kilometres display)
• avoid loosing health (red progressbar)
• give heart a massage according to graph (press SPACE at yellow markers)
• avoid all obstacles, except the ambulance car
• hit ambulance (red car with white cross) to gain a bit of health
• avoid ANGEL OF DEATH, will kill you instantly

The game is actually suited for 2-3 players, being too hard for 1 player only. The best strategy is to employ 3 players – one steers, the second gives a heart-massage, the third cleans the windscreen. Fun guaranteed!

Featured obstacles:

• iceberg
• volcano
• cake
• Godzilla
• UFO
• unicorn
• witch’s hut
• car
• burger
• angel of death
• spider in boots
• pirate ship
• Superman

Why?
Because I suck at finishing my projects. Having to complete 1 game every month will be a great practice of my planning and coding skills. McFunkyPants did it, in 2012.

I will post status updates every monday on my Twitter: @jarnik

Games:

Game 1 (January): Cock Rider

Game 2 (February): Snatchers of Justice

Game 2B (February): S.S.S.C.F.A.T.T.

Game 3 (March): Diet Launch

Game 4 (April): ?

Game 5 (May): ?

Game 6 (June): ?

Game 7 (July): ?

Game 8 (August): ?

Game 9 (September): ?

Game 10 (October): ?

Game 11 (November): ?

Game 12 (December): ?

Name: Cock Rider
Tools: vim, haXe NME, GIMP, haXeFlixel
Date: 01/2013
Team: @jarnik (design, code, graphics, sfx), @Lusi_cz (music, sfx)

Controls

• UP / DOWN – select next/prev row,
• LEFT / RIGHT – move selected row
• +/-/0 – volume controls

BETA version (final)

The BETA features:

• 10 levels, with increasing difficulty
• 5 environments – Germany, Middle East, Far East, South America, Bohemia
• rolling coins
• mountain blocks
• idle cows, dangerous hens
• credits & intro screen

ALPHA version

This ALPHA version shows just the basic gameplay: [ http://jarnik.com/pub/gam01/v01/ ]
The BETA will feature:

• 10 levels, with increasing difficulty
• a bit of a gameplay variation
• rolling coins
• boulders
• idle cows
• dangerous wolves
• credits & intro screen

Stay tuned on @jarnik for future updates.

The Idea

One day, Lusi (my fiancée) told me she had a dream about a game called “Žito” (Czech word for rye). Accidentally, it is also a name of a legendary character from Prague myths. Žito was a wizard/jester guy, famous for driving a cart pulled by a bunch of roosters. “OK, I’ll make my January #1GAM game about him,” was my resolution.

The basic gameplay is simple – a cock-pulled cart heads forward, following the road. You have move the road tiles in order to create a straight path. However, if the cart reaches the crossroads, the roosters choose a turn randomly, so you have to be ready for every possibility. The goal is to enter the city, but since the gate is closed, you have to collect all the coins first.

The Fun Part

All the sound effects were recorded  home-made (using our bodily sounds and kitchen wares), the music is Lusi playing some generic medievalish tune on her ukulele.

Even though it seemed a bit ridiculous, the gameplay seems to hold some fun potential – I found myself playing the game longer than is usual with my other prototypes.

Name: Goatzila vs. Nuclear War
Tools: vim, haXe, GIMP
Date: 12/2012
Links: http://jarnik.com/pub/ld25/v01/

This game was made for LD25. During the LD weekend, I had a little time to spare, so I did not finish in to time submit the game to Ludum Dare. Nevertheless, I decided to finish the game a few days afterwards. The theme was “You are the Villain” with a side-theme “Goats”.

The story: nuclear war is raging, goatzilla appears. Various nations are firing missiles at each other, while still building and improving their settlements.

As a goatzilla, you have three options:

• let the humanity perish (stomp all the houses)
• force the humanity to unite, then let them destroy you (stomp near houses to make them shift sides and unite)
• get killed early, keeping the nations separated

Name: To Kill A Mocking Bird
Team: @PetrAugustin, Yuffie, @Sykysan, Moti, jarnik
Tools (on my part): vim, haXe
Date: 06/2012
Links: http://jarnik.com/pub/nanold/v09/, Game Enthusiasts of Brno dev group

The theme is Slavic myths and legends, the game is a small adventure with a bits of arcade.

This game began as a one-weekend game jam team project. However, it took another 6 months (not enough time and motivation for debugging on my side) to make it playable and a bit more complete.

Series of post-mortem articles: http://gamedevbrno.blogspot.cz/search/label/mockingbird

Screenshots:

Installation:

• download WikiComments-1.0-py2.6.egg (or see link)
• copy it into your /plugins directory within your Trac installation path
• go to Administration > Plugins > WikiComments and check all options

How it works:

• first comment has to be inserted using edit mode – just click bubble icon (see syntax below)
• followup comments can be attached using a simple form in view mode (see pictures above)

Wiki Syntax:

Single comment:
{{{#!WikiComments author="jaroslav meloun" date="2012-8-28 23:18:58" id="96734058255559d6db4de2b565034914"
Also rocks extensively!
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Nested reply:
{{{#!WikiComments author="jaroslav meloun" date="2012-8-28 23:18:58" id="96734058255559d6db4de2b565034914"
Also rocks extensively!
{{{#!WikiComments author="jaroslav meloun" date="2012-08-28 23:22:11" id="75d3140a2d081753ee3f8ebb642e9fe6""
Bump!
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}}}
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License: BSD 3-Clause