decorator-factory / photons-game

A sandbox game made using Tkinter

photons-game

The game

This is a sandbox game I wrote 3.5 years ago using Python and Tkinter, when I was only starting to program. The game lets you build an optical circuit. You can make a Turing complete system out of simple building blocks such as laser beams and mirrors. For examples, take a look at screenshots/.

The code is not very well-written, pretty convoluted, and amazingly CPU-hungry. I'm releasing this for posterity to see if I improved over the years : - )

P.S. This README is modern, I didn't bother writing documentation back then!

How to run the simulator

0. Make sure you have Python 3 installed (any modern version will do)
1. Clone the repo
2. Navigate into the repo folder
3. Run python3 phoSim.py
4. You should see a file selection window. Pick the logic_demo_gates.pickle file.
5. Use the arrow keys to navigate around the field. Navigate to the bottom to see a full adder circuit

How to run the editor

6. Run python3 phoEdit.py
7. You will see a window prompting you to select a board size. Just click "Create"
8. Press Left mouse button to place a block
9. Press Right mouse button to place a block
10. Press R to rotate a block under the cursor
11. Select Libraries -> Change block type to change the block type
12. Try recreating some of the logic gates
13. Select File -> Save to save the level to a file
14. Close the editor. Now you can open the level in the simulator