Questions tagged [pygame]
Pygame is a portable Python package for video games, built on SDL.
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Pygame Flappy Bird Clone Black Screen [closed]
I am new to coding python, and I followed everything in a 4hr video tutorial but however, I get a black screen when I run my game. I am trying to finish this game for my long-term-project in high-...
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Golf Physics “Game”
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I wrote a program in pygame that basically acts as a physics engine for a ball. You can hit the ball around and your strokes are counted, as well as an extra stroke for ...
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2-Player Tank Battle Game [closed]
I've created a 2-player tank battle game. The code however seems like it could be greatly simplified and there are a few issues. One of which is the hitboxes of the tank seem a bit unreliable. ...
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Card Game using pygame module
I implemented a card game using pygame, the game is a game of war and using png files that I made in Microsoft paint. I tried to keep the object classes as separated from the pygame module as possible....
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Locating an image file in a pyGame [closed]
I am writing a simple game with pyGame.
Structure-wise, I have separated my game into several files:
main.py # the main runner, it loads up the environment
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Golf game boilerplate
I wrote a program in pygame that basically acts as a physics engine for a ball. You can hit the ball around and your strokes are counted, as well as an extra stroke for going out of bounds. If I do ...
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Plotting terrain pixels with PyGame based on random NumPy array
I am experimenting with Perlin Noise and random map generation. I have a 2D numpy ndarray full of 16-bit floats called map_list that I call from the singleton ...
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First Python program: Snake
I've started learning Python yesterday with the intention of studying machine learning. Before this, my experience with programming was exclusive to my first semester where I had a C course.
I ...
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Python Pygame treasure hunt game
This is a python game that I am working on. It is a grid based treasure hunt game in which you collect coins from specific tiles (some tiles ask you questions in which you need to answer correctly in ...
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First OOP in Python 3: Pygame Pong
I have been studying Python for a few months and just recently decided to stop avoiding OOP and reworked a Pong game to a more object oriented style. Please tell me how I should improve my code.
Some ...
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Pygame simulation of a production line
So my code works as intended, but suffers major performance issues every time I add a new object to the screen. The speed of my objects basically gets cut in half.
All you have to do to observe this ...
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Pygame maze game
This is my first attempt at python game in pygame. It's a maze game where the maze is randomly generated using Prim's Algorithm.
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First Pong game
This is my first pygame project that I've worked on and wanted to start with something simple. Pong was, I think, a pretty good choice now that I'm done with it. I will continue to make improvements ...
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Simple text escape room game
I recently started coding and after learning a bit about functions and basics I tried to make a simple text escape room game. My code is working and the game functions as intended but I now there are ...
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Implementation of Game of Life in pygame
This is my first project in pygame so I am open to suggestions how I can improve my python/pygame skills. I have started programming in python couple of weeks ago and I really want to know what I am ...
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Converting 2D arrays into strings
I have this function which converts a couple of 2D NumPy arrays into strings and then saves them in a text file (grid, quality, <...
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Simple Python Pygame Game
I'm trying to make a simple game for a school project. Do you have any tips on how to simplify and beautify the code?
GitHub
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Paint program made in PyGame
I am making a paint program in Python using Pygame. Right now the program is very laggy, and I wanted to get my code reviewed incase the reason is in the way I have written the code.
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I was ...
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Implementation of the Snake game in Pygame, with GUI
I wrote a simple Snake game in Pygame, with GUI. It`s my first Pygame game and one of my first projects in Python. My goal with this implementation is to make it bug-free with fluid UI and as fast/...
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Object-oriented model of a machine gun using Pygame
I just started to use classes in Python, so I don't know all concepts, rules and conventions about it. I made a little program of a machine gun, which simulates firing by user's action. Here it is:
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Nibbles/Snake game in Python
I am a total beginner at Python, so I wrote a very simple snake game using pygame to get some practice with it. I also don't have too much experience with object-oriented design. Does the code ...
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Arabic Language lesson program Part 3
This is the third time I am asking for a review of this code (first time can be found here: Arabic language lesson program and the second can be found here: Arabic language lesson program Part 2).
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Text-Based Adventure RPG with PyGame
I'm creating a text-based adventure game using PyGame. I plan on also implementing kind of a Pokemon/Final Fantasy style combat system that works with menus instead of commands, but I haven't started ...
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Memory Game using Tkinter/Pygame
I'm very new to python and programming in general. For a school assignment, I made this Memory Game and would love to receive feedback from you guys.
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Beginnings of a neuron simulation
I have 2 classes that do extremely similar things. The only differences are that they draw using different colors, and that one draws in the back.
The classes ...
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Mouse Click Controlled Meteor Avoidance Game
Ongoing development of game. The player is controlled by mouse click to move upward. The goal is to avoid meteors for as long as possible. I would be grateful if someone could critique my code.
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The start of a game in pygame, blitting images to the screen
The small bit of code below blits and image to the screen within a class. I call this 4 times to display the image 4 times, each image has a different y coordinate and doesn't need different x but ...
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Flappy Bird Style Game in Space Setting
Simple game where you control space shuttle with mouse click and try to avoid meteors moving in random speed toward you. There are some things I am still developing like rotation and menus, but wanted ...
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ball-game created in Python 3
This is a very simple ball game in which we have to avoid projectiles falling from the sky. This is my second project and first game. Please review and tell where I can improve.
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Simon memory game in pygame
I've been teaching myself python and I decided to make a Simon copy. Please let me know if there's anything notable that I should improve on. I understand my use of globals in some functions is ...
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Movement function for a Sokoban game using Python [closed]
I've been working on the functions that handle when a player's sprite interacts with either a wall (0) or say the crate to push (£)
I'm just wondering how this looks and if there alternative methods, ...
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Server and client for pong game
This is a pong style game which is very basic but involves sending and receiving data using TCP. The data is encoded using pickle which seems to be very inefficient yet I am still using it.
The ...
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Conway's game of life in pygame
I've made a game of life in pygame. I need it to get it to run as fast as possible. I've done everything I can think of.
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Checking surrounding pixels inefficiently in pygame [closed]
This checks surrounding pixels to my object's pixel:
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Object/Component Game Engine in Pygame
I've been working on a game engine in Python 2.7. I've been researching different engine archetypes and have started implementing an ...
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Get list of surrounding pixels of a pixel in pygame [closed]
I am doing some pixel operations in Python, which obviously uses a lot of processing power and makes the program extremely slow. I have these nested loops:
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Using Pythagoras' Theorem to Check Point Distance [closed]
I want to procedurally generate several points on a graph that are suitably distant from each-other. These points are meant to represent castles that are part of towns in the world-map of my game. ...
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Game involving catching falling items
This is my first game. Everything in the game was created by me during this week - from assets, music and, of course, code.
As I am new to Python I have wondered if the design template for this game ...
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Mars Lander pygame
Here is my code about our final project in uni called 'Mars Lander'. The thing is that my code seems to be all over the place (more specifically in the 'main' function at the end of the code...) ...
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Counting people inside the house game
This program animates people going inside and outside of a house, the user has to keep a running sum in their head and must give the answer at the end.
The speed of people, the number of maximum ...
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2D Basic 'evade the enemy' type game
I'm trying to learn how to become a good programmer. I think this means making my code more readable for others. I would really appreciate any feedback whatsoever. I'm not quite sure what specifically ...
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Animation of linear transformations
Coordinates
Given a 2d space, we can fix a coordinate system to talk about transformations numerically.
The red vector, that ends at (1, 0) and the green vector that ends at (0, 1) are called the ...
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Python implementation of Conway's Game of life with Pygame
So I've started learning programming a few months ago and this is one of my first projects. The program works, but I feel like it's a bit slow compared to the other implementations of Conway's Game of ...
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Snake Game on pygame
I'm working for a month or so on a Snake game in Python. It's working well (I got some good help on it already), but since I'm a beginner in pygame, I would like some feedback from better programmers ...
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Trigonometry Circle representation using Python and Pygame
I wrote this code using Python 3.5 and Pygame to help me learn more about sine waves. Its goal is to show the variations in the sine and cosine values in the Trigonometry Circle as the distance ...
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A small to medium sized pygame game
Github Link To Code
Pastebin Link
I am well aware of how terrible the SettingsMenu class is, it's still a work in progress and is the way it is so it can actually work.
Can't paste it directly in ...
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Python/Pygame Fighting Game
I've been working on a fighting game using python and pygame and its quite finished, currently I'm looking for some constructive feedback about any issues/functions I should change in my code.
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Using arecord through subprocess to record in Raspberry Pi
I am using arecord through subprocess to record in raspberry pi : press joystick button to start recording and press button again to stop recording. I am really a noob in programming.
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Core of a text based game displaying graphics in pygame
I'm working on a silly personal project, - a text based game with minimal graphics such as characters (people, not the text), enemies, gear, little effects. But the core of the game is the text and ...
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Ping Pong game in pygame
I wrote a very simple Ping Pong game using pygame and everything worked out quite well. The only issue is the high CPU usage, which seems a bit strange. One thread is immediately occupied up to 100% ...
