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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Pygame Error AttributeError: 'pygame.Surface' object has no attribute 'add_internal'
I'm making my first game of Pygame. I'm going to create groups for the collisions but when I add an object to the group, I get an error in sprite.py in Pygame's files:
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“Video system not intialized” error
When I run the following code, I get the error "Video system not initialized"
What does this mean, and how can I correct this error?
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Calculate velocity to hit the target on flat 2d surface
I am creating a game using Python and Pygame.
I have used this function before (with JS with p5.js and Java with libwjgl, but for some reason it does not work with pygame (I am not sure if it matters ...
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“Video system not initialized” error
I always get the error message "video system not initialized"
I don't get where I went wrong with the code below:
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player movements aren't working python
from pygame.locals import
import pygame
import math
from time import sleep
import display_world
class Player(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
class Player():
x = 10
y = 500
speed = 10
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Pygame for Android
Do somebody know how to make pygame games for android? many have done this but i still don't know how to do it. I googled it but there is no clean step by step tutorial. Can somebody answer this ...
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Render Pygame sprites with PyOpenGL
I am using Pygame for rendering my sprites, however that work is done on the CPU side. For performance reasons I would like to change to drawing those sprites using PyOpenGL.
How can I take textures ...
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How to convert coordinates between world coordinates and screen coordinates
I am using a tilemap in which I have square tiles.
Knowing that, the size of the screen and the player position(in world coordinates) how I convert between this systems? Is there any formula?
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PyGame - Top down shooter mechanics
I'm currently developing a game for some school work using the PyGame library for Python. I'm almost done with most of the game's core mechanics, but have gotten hung up on the shooting mechanics. My ...
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Finding Closest of 8 Possible Angles to Theta Value
I'm working on creating a gesture recognition system, and I saw one simple implementation that isn't as accurate, but is really easy to implement. The idea is that you have a unit circle with the 8 ...
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Unity like RigidBody physics in PyGame
I am trying to make game but first I want to make simple simulator.
The goal is to have a ball fall onto a surface and then roll off the edge.
Here is my code:
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Scrolling Camera in Pygame is not working properly
I implemented a camera with edges in 2D side scrolling game using Pygame, it is working but sometimes it will scroll for more than it should have, and in case of using different moves that involved ...
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Why doesn't my pygame window close on MacOS?
I am trying to create a window and then close the window. Everything runs smoothly until I click the red X. When I click it, the window doesn't close and all that happens is that the colourful red ...
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Drawing each sprite at different location
I can draw multiple sprites but they are all on top of each other at (0,0). How would I make each sprite appear after one another in a row?
My Rect class and Draw function:
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How do I draw a rectangle in Pygame?
I am getting the error "AttributeError: 'Rect' object has no attribute 'draw'" with this code:
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Getting event types in Pygame
I want to have the type of an event from the event queue to decide certain actions (i.e. if it is a joystick event or a keyboard one), but the dir of events is an ...
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How to resize a surface in Pygame?
How can I resize a Surface object in Pygame? Is there a way to bind a surface object into a Rect object, so that resizing the ...
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How to get camera to follow car
i am making a top down racing game where the car progresses along the track, however i need the camera follow the car as it progresses through the track. I am unsure how to fix the error. I am new to ...
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Pygame platformer - Making sprite jump
I am currently trying to make a Mario-type platformer using pygame and the MVC design pattern. My progress as of right now is getting a character on screen and having it move left and right.
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Generating Platform Scroller world using Chunk
I want to create a level for 2D sidescrolling platformer game. This level will have a series of platform, wall, etc.
For an example, below is a Platform class, with a size of 32 x 32
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How to Create a Perfect Dash (Quick Movement) in Pygame
I am trying to create 2d side scrolling platform similar to Megaman. Here is the progress so far:
Red box is the spriteholder while blue box is the hitbox of the character. The sprite I use is random ...
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Terrain Rendering/Update Failure Python 3.x
I have begun to create a procedurally generated RPG using Python, and I am having trouble with rendering the terrain.
What is happening:
I generate some terrain from some files, or create/save new ...
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Adjusting collision hitbox size with Pygame
So I coded a 2d sidescrolling platform, everything is fine except this:
As you can see, the sprite is standing at the platform when her feet is not in the platform anymore. I want to adjust the ...
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Having trouble making more than 1 clickable object
I am a student trying to figure out how to make multiple clickable objects in pygame.
I was able to make 1 working clickable object (dx,dy) work, but when I tried to make another clickable object (qx,...
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How do I port a game which uses print-output to pygame font rendering with the least amount of work?
I've been working on a text based RPG. It's pretty simple, I'm not very experienced with Python, or any other language for that matter.
Edit: For context, I recently posted this question: Python 3: ...
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Pygame collision
I'm making a dungeon game, and I'm making the collision system.
There is an object obstacle, which has got these properties:
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Simple 2D games - what is faster to render - images or drawing?
I am developing simple 2D environment in Pygame (Python 3.6), however I think this question is general. The environment is moving (player is rendered on the same position and everything else is ...
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Performance issue for simple pong game in pygame
I have made a simple pong game in pygame, where enemies and items fall down. However, even though it runs at 60fps, it stutters really often which leads to the game being annoying to play. I have ...
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How to move a sprite quickly whilst animating it?
At the moment I am creating a program in Python, and Pygame, similar to Fire emblem, so a game that has a tile based system in which the sprites use to move to and determine location. I have been able ...
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How can I add 3D animation to my Pygame window?
I've developed a quiz game using Pygame but now I'm being asked to implement a 3D animation element (a game show host) to the game.
I used Pygame as I was told it would be an easy enough language to ...
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Behavior after collision using masks overlap
I'm using masks to make collision detection in a game using pygame. The detection works well, but I have had problems with the behaviour after collision.
In most games, the obstacles are vertical or ...
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How to create custom methods for sprite groups in pygame?
I want to use sprite groups in my game using pygame and the default draw isn't enough. I have tried some tutorials but I failed.
So, being more specific: I want to create custom methods for sprite ...
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In pygame, is there no graphicsContext.translate() method?
I am new to pygame. I was searching on the internet and the pygame documentation for the functions which can translate, rotate, scale the entire graphics Context, but I couldn't find them. I know that ...
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Can somebody explain this behavior in pygame?
I have an image that I'm rotating and moving
And when the rotation angle is negative the image moves as expected.
But when the angle is positive it moves it's origing point to the left
Can anybody ...
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pygame KEYUP KEYDOWN events only once per frame?
I've been playing around with pygame, and I ran into a bit of an odd issue with input on the pygame event queue. Consider the following test code:
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Why is the position of this image changing?
I have a python script to simulate a wrench moving, I have calculated it's origins position in x and y as a function of time, the problem is when I try to rotate the image, my code moves the image out ...
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How do I make mask work
I have been trying to make a game, but mask collision doesn't seem to work. Here is my code:
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Tile based game. Fixing surface issue for attack
So far I've loaded the images and can move the sprite around. When I hit the spacebar to cycle through the attack sprites within the attack_front list. The image ...
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How can I make tiny sprites larger?
I used a 16x16 sprite pack to make a 640x640 map in pygame:
The problem is that everything is extremely tiny. How could I go about making the expected "JRPG" look, like this for instance:
I have ...
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Using pygame on mac, strange errors
I am using pygame on a mac, and when the app runs, it draws a frame of the screen fine, and then crashes with the following error:
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Separate objects for hitbox and sprite?
I am making a technically top down game with a shifted perspective. It shows more of the characters side, not just above their head. I think most "top down" games have a similar art style.
Due to ...
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Flexible Controller Support
I am developing a platformer in Pygame with the eventual hope of releasing it on Steam.
I am currently trying to add input support for multiple controllers.
To do this, I am using the Pygame ...
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Selective Collision Resolution While Rolling
I am working on a 2D action platformer in Pygame, though my question is a general one.
The question concerns selective collision resolution. In short, I want certain collisions to be ignored while my ...
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Shooting function in pygame w/ 2 Players
I'm trying to program a shooting function in my game using pygame. Process:
Player one will press 'Space' and shoot their type of projectile
Player two would press 'E' and shoot their type of ...
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Pygame set_repeat() issue
I want a single key press to result in the sending of one event in my game loop. As a toy example, if the player presses and holds LEFT, I want the sprite to move 1 pixel left and then stop until the ...
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Handling Events & User Event Limits In Pygame
I am trying to make a vertical shoot em up using Python and Pygame. In order to handle timing, such as when certain enemies come out and other stage events, I've been using ...
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Collision Resolution of Axis-Aligned Bounding Boxes that Change Size
I am developing an action platformer in Python, with Pygame. That said, my question is a general one about collision resolution strategies.
I use an axis-aligned bounding box for the purposes of ...
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Reflect Code Changes in a Current Run
I am developing a game in Python using Pygame. I am wondering whether there is a way to make changes to a currently running game by modifying the script (like Notch does in this clip).
For example, ...
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Chaining Melee Attacks
I am working on an action platformer using Pygame.
My player sprite has three melee attacks. Let's call them SLASH_1, SLASH_2, and SLASH_3. Each of these attacks has, let's say, 2 animation frames, ...
