From: Jared Hobbs <lists@...>
Date: 2012-04-27T00:26:38+09:00
Subject: Wrappng up my Text Game! Need Help!

Hi, everyone.  This is my first post!

Very quick background: I decided I wanted to learn Ruby so I could use
Watir to make some bots for my business to automate some repetitive
tasks.  I was directed to "Learn Ruby the Hard Way" and went through the
program.  At the end we are made to create a text based role playing
game.  So I did, and with some help of others on an unrelated forum, I
managed to get my game to run in Terminal.

Here is the code : https://gist.github.com/2500159

So after I finished that, I celebrated, but that wasn't enough.  I
wanted to share it.  So I started researching compiling.  I learned that
what I really wanted to do was create an application bundle so I could
pass it out to friends without them going through the hassle of
installing ruby, etc.  And I wanted to be able to have a Windows and a
Mac version.

tar2rubyscript, rubyscript2exe, allinoneruby, crate... These are
supposed to be cross platform exectuable makers, but after spending
about 3 hours messing with the first three I learned how they are broken
and found some fixes, but they did not work.  I learned it was somewhat
abandoned for Ocra, which helps me with Windows, but not Mac.  I
couldn't figure out Crate to be honest.

So I eventually found Platypus!  Very cool program.  Seems to do exactly
what I need, and it even encrypts the code (is this going to be enough
to actually protect my code from prying eyes?)  So I'm trying to solve
this Mac problem first.  I've created an application bundle that runs
but meets this error:

/Users/*/Desktop/Guardians At The
Threshold.app/Contents/Resources/script:98:in `beginning_room': private
method `chomp' called for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
  from /Users/*/Desktop/Guardians At The
Threshold.app/Contents/Resources/script:629:in `send'
  from /Users/*/Desktop/Guardians At The
Threshold.app/Contents/Resources/script:629:in `runner'
  from /Users/*/Desktop/Guardians At The
Threshold.app/Contents/Resources/script:635

I don't understand why this runs in Terminal but doesn't in the
Application.  I'd say that I've jumped in way over my head, but I really
want to be able to pass this around.  Can you guys give me any insight
or help?  Anyone using Platypus successfully?

Thanks a ton!

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