hi,

I ve been working on a game using Pd. Since a few of my friends have asked for a copy of it, i was wondering if there is a way to turn a Pd patch into a standalone .exe file.
I know, i could just install Pd on their computer...

not possible I'm afraid, Unless you knew how to program in whatever language pd was written in, extract all the unnecessary code, bundle in your patch have it auto-start and then compile it.

Thank you for your response arif. That's the kind of reply i was expecting, actually.
By the way, have you heard of any game written with Pd, expect that "life game" i ve seen here and there in posts on the forum?

Alternatively, you can create a .bat file that runs your main.pd with specifics libraries loaded and the -nogui flag. You can then distribute it with a DATA folder wich contain all the installation files needed, the extra libraries used and the patch files.
At the end, all you will have is a .bat files and a Data folder incuding pd.

Sweet!
How do i create a .bat file? Do i need any particular application for this?

IFIRC, electroplankton and spore both use pd.

There is a tetris game somebody built on this forum in pd, too.

hardoff made a paint application!