Pygame
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| Original author(s) | Pete Shinners |
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| Developer(s) | Pygame Community |
| Initial release | 28 October 2000[1][2] |
| Stable release | 1.9.1 / 6 August 2009 |
| Preview release | Mercurial repository |
| Written in | Python and SDL |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | API |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | www.pygame.org |
Pygame is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language. It is built over the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library, with the intention of allowing real-time computer game development without the low-level mechanics of the C programming language and its derivatives. This is based on the assumption that the most expensive functions inside games (mainly the graphics part) can be abstracted from the game logic, making it possible to use a high-level programming language, such as Python, to structure the game.
Pygame was built to replace pySDL after its development stalled.[3] Pygame was originally written by Pete Shinners and is released under the open source free software GNU Lesser General Public License. It has been a community project since 2004 or 2005. There are many tutorials[4][5][6][7][8] and there are regular competitions to write little games using Python (and usually but not necessarily, Pygame).[9]
Notable Games using Pygame
- Slingshot
- Frets on Fire
- Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble[10]
- Space Max (shoot 'em up)
Literature
- Making Games With Python & Pygame—A CC-by-nc-sa-licensed book that introduces programming and game development with Python and Pygame.
- Game Programming the L Line—A book that introduces programming and game development with Python and Pygame
- Introduction to Computer Science Using Python and Pygame—An e-book that introduces programming by using Python and Pygame.
See also
References
- ↑ HISTORY, Python Pygame Introduction, by Pete Shinners
- ↑ http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml
- ↑ Libregamewiki's article on PygamepySDL sourceforge page
- ↑ An Introduction to Python Game Programming - written by Rene Dudfield and Geoff Howland
- ↑ Line by line tutorial — Tutorial for beginners by Pete Shinners.
- ↑ Creating Games with Python - A tutorial explaining how to use Pygame for game development and improved execution.
- ↑ PyGame Tutorials - tutorials with OOP approach.
- ↑ pyGame Basics and Arinoid tutorials video tutorials at showmedo
- ↑ Pyweek homepage — regular contest (Pyweek) to write a game during one week using Python (most entries use pygame).
- ↑ "Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!". Pygame.org. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
External links
- Pygame homepage — Pygame documentation, wiki, news, download and more.
- Pygame newsgroup (web access) — the "official" Pygame newsgroup, requires registration
- Pygame Subset for Android (PGS4A)
- pyOpenGL - Python OpenGL Bindings
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