{"id":25708,"date":"2013-09-24T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=25708"},"modified":"2013-09-24T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T20:27:00","slug":"play-the-brobot-adventure-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2013\/09\/24\/play-the-brobot-adventure-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Play the Brobot adventure game!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brobot Jumps Off The Roof<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’ll be the first to admit it, I have gotten a\u00a0lot<\/span> of utility out of adding a ‘b’ to the front of the word ‘robot’. What started as a comical suggestion for how to do automated radio that would announce itself in emergency situations where we couldn’t have a DJ has turned into my main means of show promotion, and a source of endless amusement for probably just me. So when I was assigned the open-ended duty of ‘Making a video game’ for one of my classes, I decided to run this shit into the ground even more (literally! well, virtually-literally!).<\/p>\n

That’s why I’m proud to announce a KJHK first, our very own in-house video game, an Input\/Output production:<\/p>\n

BROBOT JUMPS OFF THE ROOF: A Mini Text-to-Speech Adventure for Mac<\/h1>\n

Now YOU can put yourself in the metallic shoes of Brobot, a misguided, increasingly inebriated, and virtually indestructible* college-aged robot who must get things in order, so he can jump off the roof in a wayward display of compensated attention.<\/p>\n

HERE’S HOW TO RUN THE GAME (It may be a bit unfamiliar, but its completely safe and easier than it looks, it’s also very easy to delete afterwards):<\/p>\n

Download the .zip file from here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

and\u00a0put it on your desktop (it’s important that it’s on the desktop).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, double click the .zip file you just downloaded to create a folder on your desktop called ‘BJOTR’<\/p>\n

Next, in a Finder window, go to Applications > Utilities > and open a Terminal window. In the terminal type exactly ‘cd Desktop\/BJOTR’<\/p>\n

Now, to run the game, all you have to do is type or copy and paste ‘python brobot_adventures.py’<\/p>\n

It should then run! Make sure your sound is on. (also, don’t forget there’s a keg in the living room.)<\/p>\n

What have I done,<\/p>\n

-Marc<\/p>\n

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*Because he’s a robot, his hard, metallic shell leaves him unable to be seriously injured by falls from great heights, and prevents his creator from getting in trouble from the ethics finger-wavers. Any connection to real events is purely a coincidence.\u00a0<\/address>\n
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Tune in to Input\/Output, Thursday nights at 8 for your weekly two-hour live mix of the newest in dance-worthy electronic jams.<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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