How To

First go to the downloads page and download a copy of CGL for your OS. If you don't see your operating system try downloading the source. Once you install python, you can run CGL straight from the source, so don't worry about having to build anything.

Step 1:

Option 1 - Executable: Look for a cgl.exe or equivalent Option 2 - Run from Source: Download python (http://python.org) and wxPython (http://wxpython.org)

run cgl.py ( cd to CGL directory then use 'python cgl.py')

Step 2:

If this is your first time running CGL or you want to switch directories, click File->Set Game Directory. A directory dialog will pop up. Select the directory where the game folders/zips are stored. This will load all the games CGL can find in that directory into the list on the right. Next time you run CGL, this directory will be automatically loaded.

Step 3:

Double click any game in the list on the right. Games you've already played will be in gray while 'new' games will be in black. Use the tabs to see different information about the game. When you're ready to play, go to the 'Overview' tab and hit the play button at the bottom. If the game author's provided a complete gameinfo.xml file, the game should run. If not, you will be presented with a file dialog to pick which file is the main entry point of the game. You may want to consult the readme tab for this.

Step 4:

Play the game, noting any console output which will be directed to the area at the bottom of the screen. If the game authors provided info for CGL as mentioned above, there will be a link to the judging page for the project on the 'Overview' tab. Click it to open the URL in your browser. Otherwise, you'll have to find it yourself. If the game threw an error, consider copying the console output and sending it on to the game developers.