Automated Script to Play Google Basketball Game

play_basketball.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# Small Python/AppleScript to play the Google Doodle Basketball game
# at http://www.google.com/doodles/basketball-2012

# Current high score is 36. I'm sure that can be improved with better delay
# management.

# Directions: load the game in your browser, hit play, and exec the script.

import os

# Our set of shots: (number of space presses, delay for shot type)
shots = [
    (20, 0.25), # Closest shot
    (13, 0.4),  # Midrange
    (14, 0.58), # Three-pointer
    (12, 0.78), # Deep three-pointer 
]
app = """tell application "Google Chrome" to activate"""
for s in shots:
    app = app + """
    repeat %s times
        tell application "System Events" to key code 49
        delay %s
    end repeat""" % (s[0], s[1])

cmd = "osascript -e '%s'" % app
os.system(cmd)