Python Game Development?

Eam onn letsplaysforu at gmail.com
Fri Jun 7 12:28:09 EDT 2013


On Friday, June 7, 2013 5:21:36 PM UTC+1, Ian wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:53 AM,  <letsplaysforu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I was planning on making a small 2D game in Python. Are there any libraries for this? I know of:
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> > • Pygame - As far as I know it's dead and has been for almost a year
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> > • PyOgre - Linux and Windows only(I do have those, but I want multi-platform)
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> > • Cocos2D - Won't install and cant find any support
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> > • PyCap - Can't find any documentation
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> > • Panda3D - Dead since 2011 + overkill for what I need
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> > • PyOpenGL - Overkill
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> > Any help on what to do with this would be appreciated. I am making games mainly in Lua but I'd like to make one in Python for fun. I also understand that Python isn't exactly the *BEST* choice programming a game, but I have heard it is possible. Tell me if it's true. Thanks!
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> Pygame is still quite commonly used, and the most recent commit was in
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> April, so I think it's too early to pronounce it dead (although
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> pgreloaded, which at one point was intended to be a successor to
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> pygame, is looking a bit dormant now).
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> A lot of folks also like pyglet, but I've never used it myself.  I
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> suspect it might also be overkill for you.
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> And yes, it's definitely possible to make games in Python.  Go to
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> pyweek.org and check out many of the awesome games that have been
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> developed in Python in only one week.

Do you know of any tutorial for PyGame? Preferably a video tutorial but any tutorial at all is fine! I can't seem to find any, even on pygame.org!!!



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