Questions tagged [pygame]
A game development library based on the Python programming language. It wraps SDL for easy use alongside Python.
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Freecodecamp video Python platform, I followed everything but getting error of AttributeError:'Player' object has no attribute 'draw' any help why? [closed]
I followed the video to a Tee and I am stuck on part 27:29 timestamp to help you understand where I'm at, so far no problems otherwise.
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Line collisions in pygame
I am very new to python and pygame.
I am taking a class and we have to do a simulation where lines are randomly generated, and we have to check if they intersect with 6 straight lines displayed on the ...
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for event in pygame.event.get(): pygame.error: video system not initialized
I'm going through a tutorial and trying to build a game using Python and struggling to resolve below error. Not sure what I'm missing here can someone help with it
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Collision detected early between images
Im making a "catcher" style game in python, where the player has to collect "Gems", and avoid the "Spikes". However the games collision detection is off by quite a lot. ...
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Having trouble trying to figure out why pygame.sprite.Group's draw method isn't working properly, but switching to player sprite does work
Goal, Description & Scope (when encountered issue)
I was building a testing script to see how implementing different ideas (event handling, update handling, draw method) to loading sprite images, ...
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Collisions detected prematurely, before rectangles actually touch
I am creating a game with Pygame but my collisions are registering too soon. I'm using this code to end the game when the player collides with a pipe:
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Find which tiles are intersected between two points on an isometric tilemap [duplicate]
I need to be able to find out which tiles are intersected when a line is drawn between two points.
I'm currently working with a isometric perspective which makes things a little more complicated.
I've ...
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How to move blocks down to fill the gap after clearing a row in Tetris?
I'm working on a Tetris clone. When I clear a line, my code does this:
I want to move the squares down + 1.
My code is:
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Game window freezes whenever enter is pressed on textbox
I recently programmed a game in Pygame and added a text box (which I made using pygame_gui) which will send data directly to a MySQL database. But whenever I type ...
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does having code spread in multiple files decrease performance?
Let's say there's a game that I could code in 1 file main.py but I decide to split it in more files like:
main.py
graphics.py
settings.py
interface.py
menu.py
and so on, would the game in turn perform ...
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Emulating a Forza telemetry server and/or an OBD Bluetooth adapter (in Python)
I'm making a driving game in Pygame, and want to give a player the option to send game data to a Forza-compatible dashboard app (like SIM Dashboard) or to an OBD app (like RevHeadz). How do I do so?
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Creating a nav mesh
I'm coding a custom engine using Python and Pygame. It's a top down 2D isometric RTS and I wan't to implement pathfinding for my units.
My research has lead me to using a Navigation mesh which seems ...
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Connecting nodes for A* algorithm
I am currently working on implementing a pathfinding module for my 2D game engine that I am writing in Python using Pygame.
Currently there are objects such as trees or buildings which can be placed ...
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How fps limiting works in pygame (specific example)
I recently wrote a program where I needed to limit the fps. After some searching I found a way via pygame built-in methods pygame.time.Clock() and ...
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Create list of images for animation
I'm using pygame and trying to create an animation by going through a list of variables:
self.image = self.walk_right[self.index]
I have loaded the images into ...
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Pygame moving only once when key pressed integrated into player class
I'm having an issue when I have created a player class and want to move my sprite in between three lanes. I was able to get the sprite to move when I used ...
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Pygame lags on simple game
I am trying to build a game in pygame, however any movement feels laggy. Its not a big lag but more like a small stuttering.
I created a boiled down version to showcase this.
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Pygame, jump counter resetting on first button press
Been learning my first platformer game based on this tutorial.
I decided I wanted to go off book and make it so the player could jump a second time before hitting the ground. I used the blit function ...
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Efficient way to check collisions for many objects
I am making a Bloons tower defense game and I came across a problem with regards to collisions. The way my code currently works is all the current bullets on the screen(could be potentially thousand) ...
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Draw Surface using destination rect in pygame
Is there a way to draw a region of a pygame Surface into another region on a target Surface?
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How to convert a list into coordinates in pygame
I'd like to have a map in my pygame game but don't want to waste time moving each individual object in it. To resolve this, I'd like to iterate over a list like this:
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
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How can I make a multi-line dialog box?
I'm trying to make a dialog box with pygame, and initially everything was going well. I printed the letters sequentially on the screen and it works very well in a single line of text, but when I use <...
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Using collision with classes in pygame
I am trying to make some games using classes. But I got a problem when trying to make the ping pong game. I made 2 paddles and a ball but I just do not understand how should I make the collision ...
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Is there any way to compile a python script to web like unity webgl [duplicate]
I've been working on a game in pygame for a while and decided it was too much of a hassle to compile it to all the operating systems. So, naturally, I turned to the web. While I am well aware that you ...
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Why do I get this error: "error: video system not initialized"?
The error occurs when I call
keys_pressed = pygame.key.get_pressed()
Here is the full code:
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In pygame I am trying to add the text as an integer and it keeps crashing, why?
I am trying to convert the string as an integer when I am using the font.render() function but it keeps saying different things like it has to be a unicode or ...
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Need to see if you clicked a rectangle in a grid. (Pygame)
Basically, I created a grid with this:
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Not being able to display pygame.freetype text
I'm trying to make a game where the player has to dodge asteroids coming, and I'd like to display the lives. I looked up some tutorials and decided to settle on pygame.freetype. When I run the code ...
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How to properly set up a lives system for a side-scroller in pygame
I have a game where the player has to dodge asteroids coming towards it, and I would like to incorporate a life system. Unfortunately, when I tried this, it still killed my player immediately. I ...
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1920x1080 Image don't fit to 1920x1080 screen
I'm making a game with pygame and I wanted to add a background for my game. I'm trying to add a 1920x1080 background to a 1920x1080 screen, but part of the background is not visible.
My code:
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pygame only moving when moving mouse
Every time I press the left or right arrow keys it moves a little however when I wiggle the mouse around while pressing the keys the player flys across the screen for no reason. I'm following ...
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Optimizing overlapping units vision calculations in RTS using PyGame
Currently I'm developing a RTS game using Python/PyGame and I got some problems with fps drops when there are many units on the screen.
Using Snakeviz profiling I found out that the function ...
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Is there a way to make a game that uses Python/pygame that will work through a web browser?
Is there any framework or method that will allow to use browser to run a 2D game made in python with pygame graphical library?
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Pygame Traffic signal logic
I am currently working on a traffic simulator with Pygame, however i am struggling with implementing the logic of the traffic signals.
Any help is welcome.
My traffic simulation is grid based. The ...
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How to generate reliable labels for game state using Python and Pygame
I've been looking into making a small game where you would walk around and do puzzles (perhaps do some combat if I can get the basic framework going). So far, Googling for general game patterns used ...
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Circle and circle collision (with physics), but when lots of circles pile up things go wrong [closed]
I'm trying to make an as realistic as possible ball physics simulator. Currently, I worked out all the collisions between balls, and it works really well when there are few balls. But once you create ...
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Collision detection between moving objects (in pygame)
I am trying to work out how to detect and resolve collisions between moving sprites in pygame, I followed the logic of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpSWuywFlC8
The basic idea is that I ...
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How can I make pygame use a specific input device as the mouse?
I am working on (not really a game, but it's using pygame so I hope my question is on topic here).
The program appears to be looking at /dev/input/event0, which is ...
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How can I make a hitbox around my image?
I'm really new to PyGame and trying to program a game, and I can't figure out how to make a hitbox that when this image hits the edge, the game stops it from going past the edges
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circles originating from player position not showing up on pygame window
I'm kinda new to python and pygame, anyone know why this won't show bullets coming out from my character?
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How do I change only the angle of a certain PNG relative to the position of the mouse? (Python, Pygame)
Basically, I'm doing a game for a school project and I am not really sure how to make a player point towards the mouse pointer in a pygame tab. also if anyone has ideas of how i could point a bullet ...
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What is a good method for 2D isometric lighting in Pygame?
I'm making my first isometric game in Python using Pygame. It's a 2D tile-based dungeon crawler, but I want to create a nice lighting system. I've made a random level generator that creates the rooms ...
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frameskipping in Pygame?
I am struggling to find a solution on how to skip frames and keep the game at a constant pace, I had tried using
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What is the easiest way to make pixelated maps with obstacles in pygame?
So I have been trying to create a game with a small map that moves with the player. If the player goes to a wall, the camera also stops. No scrolling. If you want to discover an area, you go to it. ...
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How to make objects move continuously while a key is pressed in pygame?
So I made a new game in pygame and after hours of debugging, I got to a stage where all of my objects get blitted onto the screen. Well, that's great but now I want movement for a particular object. I ...
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How can I move the object constantly downward in pygame?
I want the object to move continuously downward even while I'm pressing the upward key in keyboard. Eventually causing the object to drop completely after some moment.
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Pygame RESIZABLE display flag not working as expected on display re-initialization
I'm working on a simple script to be used as a personal code skeleton for pygame projects (making this primarily for practice with Python, PyGame, and game design) but I'm running into an issue with ...
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Pygame : having trouble with implementing movement with vectors
I've been struggling a lot to learn how to use vectors in programming. Now I've successfully made my own vector class but I still can't use vectors for movement.
This is my class :
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