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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How can i make 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()
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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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Create list of objects with a for loop pygame/python
Hi everyone I am trying to make a Mahjong Solitaire game using pygame.
I want to create a list of objects (the tiles of the game) using a for loop, but I can't manage to set a different type (the ...
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Problem trying to detect input focus pygame
I am currently creating my version of the classic "Snake" game from scratch. I have added code that creates a dialogue box using the Tkinter module, allowing the player to choose whether or ...
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Internal representation of checkers board
I am creating a game of checkers using the but am struggling to find a good internal representation for the game. My initial thoughts were to store the game board in a 2d list, with 0=empty, 1=always ...
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How do I port a game made with Scratch, Pygame, or JavaScript to the Switch?
I've been making my own games in many different languages (mainly Scratch, Python 3 with Pygame, and JavaScript), but, so far, none of them have been ported to the Nintendo Switch. How can I do this?
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Layer sprites according to their vertical position
I need advanced blitting options in my game. It's a 2D game that has trees' sprites along with the player's sprite.
I want that every tree sprite to be displayed either in front of or behind the ...
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Implementing growth in Snake?
I'm new at this, so I thought I'd start simple. Snake. I started with pygame, just looking some things up, and I've now got movement, random fruit generation, and a score counter.
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Pygame : problem with calculating an angle between two points
I've been struggling to calculate the angle alpha between an object and a certain point M so that I can move that object to M.
To calculate alpha, I'm using ...
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Unable to restart level in Python Pygame
So, I am making Flappy Bird and when the player dies I have the spacebar assigned to reset the game.
However, it's not working and I truly have no idea why (after like 3 hours of going through ...
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How to draw player from the bottom up [pygame]
so I have this basic game I made with pygame, in the game I have this player sprite:
which is 16x28, problem is: all other sprites in the game are 16x16, so I want the player's hitbox to be 16x16 as ...
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Pygame having trouble with surface.blits method
I got used to blit every image into the screen on a seperate line in Pygame but now I want to start using the pygame.Surface.blits() method.
According to the ...
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Pygame logic to make a player stop at obstacles without overlapping them
what's the best logic to force the player to change its direction when he's just next to an obstacle (building, rock, tree..) ?
I know this is related to collision detection but maybe my logic isn't ...
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Pygame 2D : rotation around center not working properly
here is the code I use to rotate an image around its center:
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Recycling bullets versus spawning them on demand
Until now, I know 2 bullets' algorithms/configurations : (I mean 2 ways of logically creating a bullet class)
Make a bullet class and create only one instance from it that represents the bullet.
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Can't check collision between a mask and a rect in pygame
I'm new to using masks in Pygame and I'm having trouble with them.
I have already learned how to check collisions between two masks but I'm wondering about an effective way to check collisions between ...
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What is surface locking and unlocking in Pygame?
I've read a little about surface locking and unlocking in pygame in Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame. However, I still don't understand it.
I've read that it can improve the game ...
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Ensure that random enemies don't spawn just near the player
I need to find a method using which I can ensure that random enemies and objects don't spawn just near the player. In fact, if they do, the player will be more likely to collide with them and lose.
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How to make a number show how much the player will lose
Bit new to python. I'm making a game where you click on a strawberry, then it reappears in a new location, and so on and so forth. But you see, every time the player misclicks, they lose Score equal ...
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Turn-based grid movement - each click of the clock you want to move the player
I am working one the movement for a tactical turn-based pygame.
I'm stumped as to how to get a selected object to move one tile at a time up to it's max movement to the mouse's pos.
Right now this is ...
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How do you rotate a sprite in pygame?
I am making a game in Pygame and I want it so every time the sprite jumps it rotates mid-air and lands on its side. A lot like Geometry Dash jumping if you have ever played that. I have some code but ...
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