Runs a Gimbal server and reboots it periodically: http://www.gimbalgame.com/

gimbal.py

import sys
import time
import msvcrt
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

# Config
script_prefix = 'GIMBALSERVERMOM: '
command = ['C:\Program Files (x86)\Gimbal\GimbalServer.exe']
cwd = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Gimbal'
env_newline = '\r\n'
session_length = timedelta(hours=2, seconds=10)
warnings = [
    timedelta(seconds=60),
    timedelta(seconds=30),
    timedelta(seconds=15),
    timedelta(seconds=10),
]
say_command = 'say'
stop_command = 'quit'


def poll_process(p):
    # Return false if the poll failed
    if p.poll() != None:
        return False

    # Write the backlog of stdin into the process
    # Check for momentary keypress.
    while msvcrt.kbhit():
        # Capture the keypress as one char, and send it to stdout, and to the server process's stdin.
        inchar = msvcrt.getch()
        p.stdin.write(inchar)
        sys.stdout.write(inchar)

    # Default to returning true
    return True


def message_process(p, message):
    message += env_newline

    # Display the message
    sys.stdout.write(script_prefix + 'Sending Command>' + message)

    # Send the message to the process
    p.stdin.write(message)


def start_loop():
    # Store the boot time
    start_time = datetime.now()

    current_warning = 0

    # Boot the program
    p = Popen(command, stdin=PIPE, stdout=sys.stdout, cwd=cwd)

    sys.stdout.write(script_prefix + 'Starting new instance of ' + command[0] + env_newline)

    # Keep looping until we pass the session length
    while datetime.now() < start_time + session_length:
        time.sleep(5)
        
        # Kick out if the process has ended
        if not poll_process(p):
            sys.stdout.write(script_prefix + 'Process ended.' + env_newline)
            return False

        # Send out the warning if required
        if current_warning < len(warnings) and datetime.now() > start_time + session_length - warnings[current_warning]:
            message_process(p, say_command + ' Server rebooting in ' + str(int(warnings[current_warning].total_seconds())) + ' seconds.')

            # Increment the current warning
            current_warning += 1

    # Kill the server.
    message_process(p, say_command + ' The server is rebooting, please rejoin!')
    sys.stdout.write(script_prefix + 'Terminating process...' + env_newline)
    p.terminate()
    p.wait()
    sys.stdout.write(script_prefix + 'Process terminated.' + env_newline)

    # Return true to loop again
    return True

# Keep running the loop while it returned true
while start_loop():
    pass