Need beta testers for a Hangman game

[kyrathaba]

I'm looking for one, possibly two, beta-testers for a Hangman game I've written.  

Here is the kind of feedback I'm looking for:

(a) "When I click on button X, I see this funky error message" (provides text and, even better, a screenshot)
(b) "I don't really understand what menu item Y is for" (I need to either make it more intuitive, or explain it carefully in Help)


And here is the kind of feedback I'm not looking for:

(c) "you should've used [insert Dev name]'s xyz- dll; it would've made this game rock!"
(d) "I don't like the background color; have you considered offering skins?"



Once I have a firm volunteer or two, I'll provide the installer.

[cranioscopical]

I'll give it a go if you like… I'm remarkably good at doing things wrong 

[kyrathaba]

Thanks, sent you a PM.

[kyrathaba]

cranioscopical has been a great help thus far as a beta-tester, but he and I are mutually agreed that another tester or two wouldn't be a bad idea, to widen the "user-sample"; is there anyone else who might be able to step-up?  You're talking maybe a 10-15 minute time commitment, once or twice weekly, until we're all satisfied.

[KynloStephen66515]

Heh, why not, I enjoy a game of hangman, if you need another tester, gimme a shout

[kyrathaba]

Ok, great!  I'll PM you in a few minutes, Stephen.

[KynloStephen66515]

okie doke

[kyrathaba]

Been workin' on the PHP component of my "Hangman" game desktop application.  Coming along nicely.  Bear in mind, this is my VERY FIRST attempt at PHP dev.  I didn't know any PHP code a week ago...

Here are some sample screenshots.  The desktop application will, with permission, update an online MySQL database as your High Score improves, allowing everyone to compete to climb the High Score ladder, which will be viewable on a web page.  No actual passwords are stored in the database.  Rather, a salted hash of the user-supplied password is stored.  The PHP code then salts a password attempt and compares against the stored hash to determine if the update request is "legitimate".

Here's an example of the URL:

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1. http://localhost/myScripts/hang_update.php?name=user2&highscore=18003&pw=bddkdd5ddcddldd%60ddqddqdd:dd&guid=83a1340f-91f9-4e08-a717-4151b00916c1&[email protected]

The desktop app transforms the actual password, lengthening it, transposing, ascii-shifting, etc.  Bear in mind, this isn't a security-critical app, and this is my first attempt.

[kyrathaba]

Okay, after almost another two weeks of reading/testing scripts, I think I'm ready for someone to help me beta-test the "Kyrathaba's Hangman" program in conjunction with the associated online PHP scripts.  So far, cranioscopical has given invaluable assistance and suggestions.

My primary aim in this phase of beta-testing is to (a) ensure that I've not broken anything in the desktop app while adding features and integrating it with the online database, and to (b) ensure that the online scripts work well in interfacing the program with the database.  I would like beta-tester(s) to (c) start from the initial dialog with which they're presented.  Answer "Yes" and go from there, all the way through registering a user-name, playing a game, exiting the app, and seeing if the app posted their high score to the database:



Contact me by DC PM or by replying on this thread, please.

[kyrathaba]

Have what I think should be an easily-fixed issue with my installer: at the end of the install process, the installer gives the user the option to run the program.  It's supposed to launch the newly installed app, then exit the installer, but here's what's happening...



Could someone with experience in Inno Setup scripting check out the following setup script and see if you can spot what I've done (or failed to do) that's causing the installer not to exit after the user checks the "Launch Hangman" checkbox and then clicks the installer's Finish button?

Code: PHP [Select]

1. [_ISTool]
2. EnableISX=true
3.  
4. [InstallDelete]
5. Type: filesandordirs; Name: "{pf}\Kyrathasoft\KyrHangman"
6.  
7. [Setup]
8. AppMutex=KyrathabaHangmanMutexNameStringOfUniqueComposition
9. AppName=Kyrathaba's Hangman
10. SetupIconFile=src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\hangmanIcon.ico
11. AppPublisherURL=http://kyrathaba.dcmembers.com
12. AppVerName=v1.0.2.3
13. AppCopyright=Copyright (C) Kyrathasoft.
14. VersionInfoCompany=Kyrathasoft
15. Uninstallable=yes
16. CreateUninstallRegKey=yes
17. UpdateUninstallLogAppName=yes
18. UninstallDisplayName=Kyrathaba's Hangman
19. UsePreviousAppDir=yes
20. AppID={{83a1340f-91f9-4e08-a717-4151b00916c1}
21. MinVersion=4.1,4.0
22. AllowCancelDuringInstall=yes
23. DefaultDirName={pf}\Kyrathasoft\KyrHangman
24. AppendDefaultDirName=yes
25. DefaultGroupName=Kyrathasoft\KyrHangman
26. UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\UninstallHangman.exe
27. Compression=lzma
28. SolidCompression=true
29. OutputBaseFilename=KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023output\KyrHangman1023Setup
30. BackColorDirection=toptobottom
31.  
32. [Files]
33. Source: scripts\isxdl\isxdl.dll; Flags: dontcopy
34. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\KyrHangman.exe; DestDir: {app}
35. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\aboutHangman.txt; DestDir: {app}
36. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\defaultPuzzles.txt; DestDir: {app}
37. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\kyr.dll; DestDir: {app}
38. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\hangmanIcon.ico; DestDir: {app}
39. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\houseTrans.ico; DestDir: {app}
40. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\KyrHangmanLib.dll; DestDir: {app}
41. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\website.url; DestDir: "{app}"
42. Source: src\KyrHangman\KyrHangman1023src\README.TXT; DestDir: {app}
43.  
44. [Messages]
45. WinVersionTooLowError=This application requires Windows NT4, Windows 98 or later.
46. BeveledLabel=Kyrathasoft
47.  
48. [Icons]
49. Name: {group}\Kyrathaba's Hangman; Filename: {app}\KyrHangman.exe; IconFilename: {app}\hangmanIcon.ico;
50. Name: {group}\Uninstall Kyrathaba's Hangman; Filename: {uninstallexe}
51. Name: {userdesktop}\Kyrathaba's Hangman; Filename: {app}\KyrHangman.exe; IconFilename: {app}\hangmanIcon.ico; Tasks: desktopicon
52. Name: "{group}\Visit My Web Site"; Filename: "{app}\website.url"; IconFilename: {app}\houseTrans.ico;
53.  
54. [Tasks]
55. Name: desktopicon; Description: {cm:CreateDesktopIcon}; GroupDescription: {cm:AdditionalIcons}
56.  
57. [Run]
58. Filename: "{app}\README.TXT"; Description: "View the README file"; Flags: postinstall shellexec skipifsilent
59. Filename: "{app}\KyrHangman.exe"; Flags: postinstall
60.  
61. {Code} //changed brackets to braces for this posting only, so that the PHP code tags work properly
62. var
63.  dotnetRedistPath: string;
64.  downloadNeeded: boolean;
65.  dotNetNeeded: boolean;
66.  memoDependenciesNeeded: string;
67.  
68. procedure isxdl_AddFile(URL, Filename: PChar);
69. external 'isxdl_AddFile@files:isxdl.dll stdcall';
70. function isxdl_DownloadFiles(hWnd: Integer): Integer;
71. external 'isxdl_DownloadFiles@files:isxdl.dll stdcall';
72. function isxdl_SetOption(Option, Value: PChar): Integer;
73. external 'isxdl_SetOption@files:isxdl.dll stdcall';
74.  
75.  
76. const
77.  dotnetRedistURL = 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe';
78.   //dotnetRedistURL = 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/c/aac39226-8825-44ce-90e3-bf8203e74006/dotnetfx.exe'; //for v1 of framework
79.   // local system for testing...       
80.   // dotnetRedistURL = 'http://192.168.1.1/dotnetfx.exe';
81.  
82. function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
83.  
84. begin
85.   Result := true;
86.   dotNetNeeded := false;
87.  
88.   // Check for required netfx installation
89.   if (not RegKeyExists(HKLM, 'Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Client')) then begin
90.     dotNetNeeded := true;
91.     if (not IsAdminLoggedOn()) then begin
92.       MsgBox('This application needs the Microsoft .NET Framework to be installed by an Administrator', mbInformation, MB_OK);
93.       Result := false;
94.     end else begin
95.       memoDependenciesNeeded := memoDependenciesNeeded + '      .NET Framework' #13;
96.      dotnetRedistPath := ExpandConstant('{src}\dotnetfx.exe');
97.       if not FileExists(dotnetRedistPath) then begin
98.         dotnetRedistPath := ExpandConstant('{tmp}\dotnetfx.exe');
99.         if not FileExists(dotnetRedistPath) then begin
100.           isxdl_AddFile(dotnetRedistURL, dotnetRedistPath);
101.           downloadNeeded := true;
102.         end;
103.       end;
104.       SetIniString('install', 'dotnetRedist', dotnetRedistPath, ExpandConstant('{tmp}\dep.ini'));
105.     end;
106.   end;
107.  
108. end;
109.  
110. function NextButtonClick(CurPage: Integer): Boolean;
111. var
112.   hWnd: Integer;
113.   ResultCode: Integer;
114.  
115. begin
116.   Result := true;
117.  
118.   if CurPage = wpReady then begin
119.  
120.     hWnd := StrToInt(ExpandConstant('{wizardhwnd}'));
121.  
122.     // don't try to init isxdl if it's not needed because it will error on < ie 3
123.     if downloadNeeded then begin
124.  
125.       isxdl_SetOption('label', 'Downloading Microsoft .NET Framework');
126.       isxdl_SetOption('description', 'MyApp needs to install the Microsoft .NET Framework. Please wait while Setup is downloading extra files to your computer.');
127.       if isxdl_DownloadFiles(hWnd) = 0 then Result := false;
128.     end;
129.     if (Result = true) and (dotNetNeeded = true) then begin
130.       if Exec(ExpandConstant(dotnetRedistPath), '', '', SW_SHOW, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode) then begin
131.          // handle success if necessary; ResultCode contains the exit code
132.          if not (ResultCode = 0) then begin
133.            Result := false;
134.          end;
135.       end else begin
136.          // handle failure if necessary; ResultCode contains the error code
137.          Result := false;
138.       end;
139.     end;
140.   end;
141. end;
142.  
143. function UpdateReadyMemo(Space, NewLine, MemoUserInfoInfo, MemoDirInfo, MemoTypeInfo, MemoComponentsInfo, MemoGroupInfo, MemoTasksInfo: String): String;
144. var
145.   s: string;
146.  
147. begin
148.   if memoDependenciesNeeded <> '' then s := s + 'Dependencies to install:' + NewLine + memoDependenciesNeeded + NewLine;
149.   s := s + MemoDirInfo + NewLine + NewLine;
150.  
151.   Result := s
152. end;

[Ath]

Could someone with experience in Inno Setup scripting check out the following setup script and see if you can spot what I've done (or failed to do) that's causing the installer not to exit after the user checks the "Launch Hangman" checkbox and then clicks the installer's Finish button?

Code: PHP [Select]

1. [Run]
2. Filename: "{app}\README.TXT"; Description: "View the README file"; Flags: postinstall shellexec skipifsilent
3. Filename: "{app}\KyrHangman.exe"; Flags: postinstall

-kyrathaba (June 11, 2011, 06:34 PM)

It's as simple as adding nowait to the ]Run] line of your script:

Code: PHP [Select]

1. [Run]
2. Filename: "{app}\KyrHangman.exe"; Flags: postinstall nowait

[kyrathaba]

Thanks, Ath!!