gdd grid; hosting

src/index.py

@@ -26,6 +26,60 @@ def find_year():
     now = datetime.datetime.now()
     return now.strftime('%Y')
 
+def to_table(l, cols):
+    l.sort(key=str.lower)
+
+    # Return it as one row here if the list is too small
+    if len(l) < cols:
+        return [l]
+
+    newlist = []
+
+    
+    # Step over every row of the list
+    for i in range(0, len(l), cols):
+
+        # Get the next row of the list
+        sublist = l[i : i + cols]
+
+        # If it's too short, add it to the end of the last row
+        if len(sublist) < cols:
+            newlist[-1] += sublist
+        # Add the next row in the list to the table
+        else:
+            newlist += [sublist]
+
+    return newlist
+
+def his_to_table(l, cols):
+    
+    l.sort(key=str.lower)
+
+    # Return it as one row here if the list is too small
+    if len(l) < cols:
+        return [l]
+
+    newlist = []
+
+    # Step over every row of the list
+    for i in range(0, len(l), cols):
+
+        # Get the next row of the list
+        sublist = l[i : i + cols]
+
+        # If it's too short, add it to the end of the last row
+        if len(sublist) < cols:
+            newlist[-1] += sublist
+        # Add the next row in the list to the table
+        else:
+            newlist += [sublist]
+
+    return newlist
+
+def get_gdd_topics(topics, cols):
+    return to_table(topics, int(len(topics) / cols))
+
+
 def find_gallery(name):
     gal = [name]
     if name == "Abbey":
@@ -446,11 +500,13 @@ def entry(page):
     TEMPLATE_PATH.insert(0, abs_views_path )
     return template(os.path.join(abs_views_path,'entry.tpl'), info)
 
-# Blessfrey Game Design Document Page
+# Blessfrey Game Design Document Page - change the 5 for more or less columns
 @route('/blessfrey-gdd')
 def gddbf():
     """Game Design Document"""
-    info = {'css': 'doc', 'title': 'blessfrey gdd', 'year': find_year()}
+    info = {'css': 'doc', 'title': 'blessfrey gdd', 'year': find_year(), 'topics': get_gdd_topics(
+["achievement", "ai", "armor-rating", "attack-loop", "attribute", "attribute-point", "cast", "character", "collision", "controls", "credits", "damage-type", "death-penalty", "design-philosophy", "dialogue", "docs", "environment-effect", "gear", "gig", "groups", "highlight", "ID", "inspect menu",  "inventory", "item", "job", "keyword", "language", "life", "marketing", "mechanics", "Mercur", "milestones", "miracles", "pathfinding", "perk", "pip", "projectile", "proxemics", "punishment", "setting", "skill", "smartphone", "spirit", "status-effect", "story", "style guide", "terms", "vibe", "website", "xp", "xp-bar", "zone"],5
+)}
     return template('bf-gdd.tpl', info)
 @route('/gdd')
 def gdd():

src/views/bf-gdd.tpl

@@ -2,13 +2,32 @@
 % rebase('frame.tpl')
     <div class="content-grid"><div class="center">
 <h1>blessfrey game design document </h1>
-    <p>The vision for Blessfrey <br></p>
-    <br>
-    <ul>
+    <p>The vision for Blessfrey</p>
+
+    <table>
+    % # find longest column, since html tables need to be doled out row by row
+    % longcol = topics[0]
+    % for t in topics:
+        % if len(t) > len(longcol):
+            % longcol = t    
+        % end
+    % end
 
-        % for i in ["achievement", "ai", "armor-rating", "attack-loop", "attribute", "attribute-point", "cast", "character", "collision", "controls", "credits", "damage-type", "death-penalty", "design-philosophy", "dialogue", "docs", "environment-effect", "gear", "gig", "groups", "highlight", "ID", "inspect menu",  "inventory", "item", "job", "keyword", "language", "life", "marketing", "mechanics", "Mercur", "milestones", "miracles", "pathfinding", "perk", "pip", "projectile", "proxemics", "punishment", "setting", "skill", "smartphone", "spirit", "status-effect", "story", "style guide", "terms", "vibe", "website", "xp", "xp-bar", "zone"]:
 
-        <li class="list">{{random.choice(['.','•','☆','★'])}}&#9;<a href=/blessfrey-gdd/{{i}}>{{i}}</a></li>
+    % # build a table out of an array that looks like [[col1 items],[col2 items],[col3 items]]
+    % i = 0
+    % for k in range(len(longcol)):
+        <tr>
+        % for j in topics:
+            % if len(j) > i:
+            <td><a href=/blessfrey-gdd/{{j[i]}}>{{j[i]}}</a></td>
+            % else:
+            <td></td>
+            % end
         % end
-    </ul>
+        </tr>
+        % i += 1
+    % end
+    </table>
+
     </div></div>

test.sh

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 python3 -m venv venv/
 source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 cd src/
 python3 index.py