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pySioGame is built with Linux users in mind - written in python and tested on Ubuntu. Sorry no Windows version as yet (unless you are prepared to install python and pygame manually - sorry I haven't done this myself)

The game is intended to be compatible with python 2.7.3+ including python 3.x.
Some changes made to make it compatible with older versions of python as well - but recent versions not tested.

In order to run this game you need the python-pygame package installed.
To check if you have it run the following lines in terminal (Ctrl+Atl+T):
$ python
>>> import pygame
>>> exit()
If you have no errors importing it you are set, else you need to install it, in Debian based distros run: 
$ sudo apt-get install python-pygame

And if you want to enable the voice in game you also need eSpeak which - if you are using linux, is most likely already installed, if you are using any other OS - well no luck - I'm afraid it won't work - but can't test it really.

To start the game from terminal:
python /home/user/path/to/the/game/pysiogame.py

#or using python3:
python3 /home/user/path/to/the/game/pysiogame.py

Should start with double click if marked as executable (Right-click -> Properties -> Permissions -> Allow executing file as program) or if you like you can create a custom launcher using one of the above lines for the command line field (obviously after changing the path to the program first). The pysiogame_icon_48.png file from pysiogame_icon folder can be used as the icon for the launcher.


pySioGame 1.30.811 Changes:
    - level data and game preferences including currently selected language are now stored in $XDG_DATA_HOME/pysiogame or $HOME/.local/share/pysiogame depending on configuration.
    - new games added including activities to teach kids reading clock hands, one more multiplication table activity and a little tool useful in learning various types of shapes.
    - some tweaks done to the way titles are being displayed
    - scrolling categories/games in menu now moves them one at a time rather than skipping to the very bottom + added support for mouse wheel for scrolling.
    - quitting game through the bottom-right button requires two clicks (not necessarily double click), Esc and in windowed version "X" button gets you out of the game without confirmation.
    - paint game - brush size now being changed by slider rather than +/- buttons
    - window can now be resized (but exactly as with toggling fullscreen on and off - changing window size will also reload the current activity, so don't do it in the middle of working on something) 
    - handwriting font redrawn: advantages: one font for all languages, no more unknown authors and licences for fonts, more letters available including accents, tildes and what not, disadvantages: it's not as visually pleasing as the previous ones and there's no arrow guides the previous fonts had.
    - and many other changes to the way the game looks and works.
    - PS. changed the version numbering system and since this large leap in numbers