game-development

[neon tinsel]

@fallow glade this is what I want to avoid

@dataclass
class Rank:
    name: str
    wage: int
    work_dialogue: list
    emoji: str
    price: int
    description: str
    perms: list

    def work(self):
        return random.choice(self.work_dialogue)

peasant = Rank("Peasant", 2500, ranks['peasant']['responses'], ":palms_up_together:", 0,
               ranks['peasant']['description'], ranks['peasant']['perks'])
farmer = Rank("Farmer", 10000, ranks['farmer']['responses'], ":basket:", 10, ranks['farmer']['description'],
              ranks['farmer']['perks'])
citizen = Rank("Citizen", 25000, ranks['citizen']['responses'], ":busts_in_silhouette:", 45,
               ranks['citizen']['description'], ranks['citizen']['perks'])
educated = Rank("Educated", 60000, ranks['educated']['responses'], ":book:", 100, ranks['educated']['description'],
                ranks['educated']['perks'])
cultured = Rank("Cultured", 130000, ranks['cultured']['responses'], ":money_with_wings:", 250,
                ranks['cultured']['description'], ranks['cultured']['perks'])
weathered = Rank("Weathered", 240000, ranks['weathered']['responses'], ":mountain:", 500,
                 ranks['weathered']['description'], ranks['weathered']['perks'])
wise = Rank("Wise", 375000, ranks['wise']['responses'], ":trident:", 1000, ranks['wise']['description'],
            ranks['wise']['perks'])
expert = Rank("Expert", 1000000, ranks['expert']['responses'], ":gem:", 10000, ranks['expert']['description'],
              ranks['expert']['perks'])

It just becomes a mess

Obviously this isn't the way to do it

[woven canopy]

In that example yes. I personally don't liek the variable name surface myself either

[dawn quiver]

this is the way i had been making a window

that is why I had asked lol

[fallow glade]

Yes, go with the json data solution

Or any preferred format

Even a new one you want to create

[neon tinsel]

And then I would just loop through the document?

[fallow glade]

Precisely

[neon tinsel]

How do you access the items then without a variable reference?

[fallow glade]

class Level:
    attributes like enemies, treasure spawns, terrain data, decoration objects, soundtrack playlist etc

def load_level(level_number):
    with open... 
       ... 
    return Level(...) 

def play_level(...):
     ... ```

Do you need fo access the individual items?

[neon tinsel]

I'm not necessarily making levels

They're items for a discord bot

[fallow glade]

Well even a single level is fine

you can access it from the Level object

Which can contain lists or dicts

Server.memebers: dict[int,...]

[normal silo]

A lot of these values being set are default values, you can have a function that handles defaults. Next, put all of these in a dict. Then you fill them out / create new ones by loading from a toml file.

[neon tinsel]

Here was my old approach:

class Rank:
    ranks = []

    def __init__(self, name, wage) -> None:
        self.name = name
        self.wage = wage
        Rank.ranks.append(self)

    def __repr__(self) -> str:
        return f"Rank: {self.name}\n" \
               f"Wage: {self.wage}\n"
rank1 = Rank(...)
rank2 = Rank(...)
rank3 = Rank(...)

# If I want to access a certain rank I either loop through the ranks list or just call the rank from its variable

[neon tinsel]

What do you mean by default values? All the ranks have differing attributes

[normal silo]

peasant = Rank("Peasant", 2500, ranks['peasant']['responses'], ":palms_up_together:", 0,
               ranks['peasant']['description'], ranks['peasant']['perks'])

By default the description is just ranks["name"]["description"], etc.

[neon tinsel]

Okay, that could be simplified I suppose

But I still don't know how that would solve the problem of creating multiple lines to make instances of the ranks

[normal silo]

You have a list of each type.

When you have multiple of something -> list.

If for example you have N peasants, you have a list of them.

If they are not unique then you can just generate them in a loop.

If they each are unique then that is similar to loading a level or stage / setup.

For that you can either just have a bunch of Python lines for each, or load via some external file format, such as a toml file for this.

[neon tinsel]

So I have a dictionary of all the ranks

A json file actually

"peasant": {
    "wage": 2500,
    "emoji": ":palms_up_together:",
    "price": 0,
    "responses": ["You actually manage to scrape up some bits. How wonderful.",
      "Someone donated a little more than normal. How kind.",
      "You are a peasant. Feel bad."],
    "description": "Born into the lower class, destined for the upper class.",
    "perks": ["-beg"]
  },

Structured like that

So I can fix the default stuff

So when I want to generate these and use them in my code

[normal silo]

Is every peasant the same and you have multiples instances of them, or multiples instances and each has an entry like that?

[neon tinsel]

One instance of peasant

Its there to hold data so I can match the users discord role with the roles here

[normal silo]

Wait so what is the issue?

[neon tinsel]

rank1 = Rank(...)
rank2 = Rank(...)
rank3 = Rank(...)

I end up doing this

Lets say I have 12 ranks

[normal silo]

But how many of those will you ever have? Only 12?

[neon tinsel]

Yeah just 12 for the ranks

But lets say for an Items class

[normal silo]

Then it's whatever, just 12~ lines.

[neon tinsel]

Lets say I have 100 items

I would run into 100 lines of declarations

[normal silo]

Are the ranks and items loaded from the file descriptions in the json?

[neon tinsel]

Sure, why not

Except I do wonder about how I would give items functionality

Like how would I store a function in a json file

Probably very nooby questions

[normal silo]

You don't you store flags / attributes.

For example, "has_health: true".

And now the health system can operate with such an item.

Your logic checks if the item it's currently processing has health, and if it does, applies the health logic to it.

[neon tinsel]

Yeah

Yeah that makes sense

But lets say items that do different things

For example one item adds 100 extra health above cap and another item instantly gives you +1000 coins or something

[fallow glade]

It's best to hardcode functions

In a different module

[neon tinsel]

That would end up being a lot of different functions, right?

[fallow glade]

Yes, depending on function effects

[neon tinsel]

I'm curious to see how games with many items store all the different functions

[fallow glade]

They usually call external scripts

They have events such as OnLoad OnHit

[normal silo]

You can allow health to go above cap, on special occasions in the health system, the item is marked as "health_cap_breaking: true", and then whatever modification it does to health ignores the cap, so "add_health: 100" allows to go over.

[fallow glade]

And pass these events to all loaded object functions

[dawn quiver]

Alright, How would i move this?

[normal silo]

Or you can have special scripts for items.

But breaking it up into systems as much as you can with flags allows for reuse / making new items without adding any new code.

Some may still require special scripts just for them.

[neon tinsel]

Yeah

I'm thinking for most items I could probably come up with values/flags to tell what kind of item they are

but some really unique ones I would just have to add in a function for

[normal silo]

If you are using an entity-component-system model then everything is broken up into reusable systems. Depends on what you prefer. Some just like a script per item.

The toml file could for example link to the python file to load and run.

[neon tinsel]

but a general use_item(item) function could sort of go through and check its flags and then apply the values relating to those flags to whatever attributes the player would have affected

[fallow glade]

That can also be an external script

[normal silo]

(For example, many card-game simulators just have a script per card (thousands of script files))

[fallow glade]

modattrib.py

def modify(player, attribute_name, amount):

[neon tinsel]

Yeah where would those be stored?

[normal silo]

The entity-component-system method has more reuse, but requires some more boilerplate to set up.

And requires a different way of thinking to an extent / different style.

[normal silo]

On the file system.

[neon tinsel]

What are the scripts called? Where are they stored usually? I'm just curious about conventional methods and how a well developed directory might be formed

Like would you have multiple card scripts per file?

[normal silo]

They are python file, called whatever.

Each item has a path to their own script(s).

[neon tinsel]

Dang

So an entirely new file per item

That's crazy, but it seems very very organized

[normal silo]

One folder with 100 files for the 100 items in your case, easy for multiple devs to add new items in parallel.

Everyone can just add an entry to the json and a new script file.

Scales well with dev count.

[neon tinsel]

Yeah, makes sense.

Would running those scripts involve importing them??

[normal silo]

Yeah in Python you can just import them.

[neon tinsel]

What would that look like for 100s of items though?

[normal silo]

Because it's already a dynamic scripting language.

[normal silo]

A loop, when going through the json.

[neon tinsel]

I might be missing a step

What is the json file here?

[normal silo]

The one that contains the item descriptions like the ranks.

[neon tinsel]

This is seriously helpful btw

[normal silo]

Flags, scripts file path, image / assets paths, etc.

[neon tinsel]

Oh I see

script file paths

Okay so here is a rewritten Rank class

class Rank:
    list_of_ranks = []

    def __init__(self, name, wage, work_dialogue, emoji, token_price, rank_description, permissions) -> None:
        self.name = name.upper()
        self.wage = ranks[name]['wage']
        self.work_dialogue = ranks[name]['responses']
        self.emoji = ranks[name]['emoji']
        self.price = ranks[name]['price']
        self.rank_description = ranks[name]['description']
        self.permissions = ranks[name]['perks']
        Rank.list_of_ranks.append(self)

{
  "peasant": {
    "wage": 2500,
    "emoji": ":palms_up_together:",
    "price": 0,
    "responses": ["You actually manage to scrape up some bits. How wonderful.",
      "Someone donated a little more than normal. How kind.",
      "You are a peasant. Feel bad."],
    "description": "Born into the lower class, destined for the upper class.",
    "perks": ["-beg"]
  },

Pulls from a json file like that

[normal silo]

You don't actually need a class.

[neon tinsel]

That's what I'm starting to realize

[normal silo]

Just need the loaded json as a dict of dicts, etc.

[neon tinsel]

Just for the ranks here though. If they had actual functionality I would, correct?

Or I wouldn't! Because their functionality would be stored in the script paths! I would only need a class if I were directly changing the attributes of the Items/Ranks, yes?

[normal silo]

Nope.

Yeah.

If you want to make a new rank, it's just the name, like ["peasant", "peasant"].

Two peasants.

[neon tinsel]

and then all of its attributes would be pulled from the JSON

[normal silo]

If you need to know what they do, etc, you can look it up in the dict (loaded json) from the json.

And if you want to save on memory, make a list so you can map integer -> name.

So you can have a list of integers.

[neon tinsel]

So lets say I've got my User class (this one actually has functionality) and I needed to grab the User's rank's wage

[normal silo]

[0, 0] is two peasants.

[normal silo]

Users have a rank as a string.

You can do a lookup.

[neon tinsel]

Normally, I would have User.rank be assigned to peasant which is an instance of Rank

[normal silo]

If the wage changes per user, that is each user can be unique, then that is different.

[neon tinsel]

Nope

Wage stays same based on rank

[normal silo]

Then User has a rank string set once.

In init.

Can change the rank to another string too.

[neon tinsel]

and then to access the wage, I just use dictionary indexing

[normal silo]

Yeah.

[neon tinsel]

Instead of dot operators

[normal silo]

(dot operators are dict lookups)

[neon tinsel]

wym?

[normal silo]

You can think of objects as dicts, just with fancy dot syntax.

[neon tinsel]

User.rank.wage == ranks[User.rank]['wage']

[fallow glade]

User.__dict__[User.rank]["wage"]

Some number passed in place of User.rank above ^

[neon tinsel]

ranks is the dict

[normal silo]

Since multiple users can all share the same rank, you just keep that info in the loaded dict.

They just reference it then.

[neon tinsel]

Yeah, so instead of calling User.rank.wage to access their wage

[normal silo]

Then users can change rank by just changing reference.

[neon tinsel]

I would just call ranks[User.rank]['wage']

[fallow glade]

Yes, and you can do the same for other large objects

Like images (not applicable here(

sound files

[neon tinsel]

I feel like dictionary indexing could get long though, right?

Also, touching back on the Items storing functionality in different scripts, how would I actually call a function from a script path that's stored in a JSON file?

[normal silo]

It's not stored in the JSON file, the JSON file only has a path to the script file.

[neon tinsel]

Yeah

Unless I worded it wrong in my question

[normal silo]

https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html

[neon tinsel]

I think I'll take what I've learned so far and try to improve some of my code for now. Thanks for your help guys

[faint bane]

game dev in python = weird

[tranquil girder]

no, it's good

[faint bane]

ik

but it is

weird

[tranquil girder]

how so?

[faint bane]

idk

[dawn quiver]

How would I make a Rectangle move? Should i be using spirtes or should i just use pygame to draw the rectangle?

[eternal vessel]

You can use sprites then get its rect

my_image = pygame.image.load("...")
my_rect = my_image.get_rect() # This will allow you to use (x, y) and other attributes```

[dawn quiver]

nice theme

[untold sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-my-eyes-cant-unsee-burn-gif-7225082

Holy moly XD Its the color and brightness of a glass furnace

[dawn quiver]

I accidentally changed it to that and forgot how, figured it out like 5 minutes after I sent that

Also it's not even that bright

[quaint fog]

yo is there a way to tell if a sprite hits the edge of the screen

like a built in hitbox function or something

in arcade

def on_update(self, delta_time):
        self.player_sprite.update()
        if self.player_sprite.center_x > SCREEN_WIDTH or self.player_sprite.center_x < 0:
            self.player_sprite.change_x = 0
        if self.player_sprite.center_y > SCREEN_HEIGHT  or self.player_sprite.center_y < 0:
            self.player_sprite.change_y = 0

this is how i did it

it works but the sprite goes a bit through the screen but comes back out

it doesent take into account the sprites radius

[olive geode]

so why not including it in your calculation?

[quaint fog]

Yeah I did it works but it’s so long

There wasn’t an attribute for arcade.Sprite.radius but there was a height attribute

But I was wondering if there was a built in method to check if the sprite collides with the wall

With the edge of screen

[quaint fog]

because i did it like so and it works to some extent, it takes into acount the height using arcade.Sprite.height:

def on_update(self, delta_time):
        self.player_sprite.update()
        
        if self.player_sprite.center_x < self.player_sprite.height:
            self.player_sprite.center_x = self.player_sprite.height

        if self.player_sprite.center_x > SCREEN_WIDTH - self.player_sprite.height:
            self.player_sprite.center_x = SCREEN_WIDTH - self.player_sprite.height

        if self.player_sprite.center_y < self.player_sprite.height:
            self.player_sprite.center_y = self.player_sprite.height

        if self.player_sprite.center_y > SCREEN_HEIGHT - self.player_sprite.height:
            self.player_sprite.center_y = SCREEN_HEIGHT - self.player_sprite.height

it works pretty well

just that it stops a bit before touching the edge of the screen

maybe there is another way?

[tiny widget]

I was shocked by reading that.

then realized

[eternal vessel]

Unfamiliar with arcade, so not sure if there is something for the border. But on pygame you have to make it on your own, so I'm assuming you're just going to have to calculate it

[torn jackal]

hello guys i wanted to share you a game I entierly made with PyGame, and which is available on Steam

here is the trailer (shop page in the description) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCHHNnqUeW0

[quaint fog]

Ok thanks

[dawn quiver]

dang bro, that's awesome

like fr

[torn jackal]

Hey tha k you

[torn jackal]

Probably the 1st game coded with pygame by à 15yo person which is on Steam😂

[dawn quiver]

and. i. like. that. game.

i mean, i remember playing those type back when i was young 😔 now i'm 18 year old man

[torn jackal]

Thank you very much

[dawn quiver]

LMAO

yessirr

[torn jackal]

If you want to try it ... 😁

[dawn quiver]

🥶 sure share the link

[torn jackal]

Https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172950/TheCube

[dawn quiver]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172950/TheCube

Steam

TheCube

TheCube is a 2D arcade game created by 2 people. As it is the first season, the game is only in English and is going to have a lot of changes (in the gameplay, in the graphics ...) . That's a simple speedrun game where you have to finish small labyritnhs in a short time. For this 1st season, it exists 100 levels. On the 40 first, you have to esc...

Price

$0.99

▶ Play video

dang

[torn jackal]

Haha actually know it

Yes thats this 😃

[dawn quiver]

🥶 i will see how to use steam on linux

i switched to linux just previous month

😂

[torn jackal]

Oh bad news my gale doesnt work on Linux 😬

Game*

[dawn quiver]

🥶 😂

damn

[torn jackal]

Yes thats difficult at the beginning

[dawn quiver]

i spent complete day on it when i installed

and felt comfortable

but sometimes i've to look up on internet for some stuff

[torn jackal]

I am really familiar with rpi and debian so if u want help

[dawn quiver]

dang man

gg

which os you've used? 🥶

[torn jackal]

Haha ty 😂

I used rpi during all my childhood

(10y to 14)

[dawn quiver]

wow

🥶

[torn jackal]

Yes thats not like windows 😂

[dawn quiver]

haha

i've been using windows for past 7 years

recently switched to linux & trust me this feels more like tech kekw

[torn jackal]

Broooo thats horrible 😂

Do u like the pain ? 😂

Linux + Windows 7 🤯

[dawn quiver]

nah nah

i mean

i used windows os for 7 years

and now i'm using linux

no dual boot shit

[torn jackal]

Yes both are not very fast

Where do u from ?

[dawn quiver]

u mean the country?

[torn jackal]

Yes

[dawn quiver]

I'm from India

👀

wbu?

[torn jackal]

Oh okay

I am french

I just wanted to be sure that we werent speaking english whereas we speak the same language 😂

[dawn quiver]

ahh yea yea that's fine

kekw

[torn jackal]

I followed u on Twitter 👍

[dawn quiver]

🥶

[olive geode]

<self.player_sprite.height> looks wrong when you consider the x axis. Don't they have a <self.player_sprite.width>?

[quaint fog]

My sprite is a perfect square

So worth = height

But yes ur right

[olive geode]

ah fair enough

[floral sparrow]

Does anyone here develop games with Ursina?

[cyan viper]

Have anyone used pygame with grpc for multi user streaming game?

[potent ice]

Definitely. There is also an Ursina discord

[loud dirge]

hello

[potent ice]

FYI: There is also an arcade discord

[quaint fog]

Ah ok I’ll join it

[potent ice]

You can ask questions here as well of course

[quaint fog]

Yes thanks

[jolly forge]

from turtle import*
color('red')
begin_fill()
pensize()
left(50)
forward(133)
circle(50,200)
right(140)
circle(50,200)
forward(133)
end_fill()

I just started making rpg games using python does anyone have any pointers or like a map of what I should be learning .... please and thank you 🙂

[eternal vessel]

Well it'd be better to use Pygame, Arcade, or Ursina over Turtle, as it's just used for drawing pretty much

[shell girder]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/zoravuvijo

how do i restart my game everytime player wins

instead of pressing run again

like a loop

how can i add a line through the winning combination too?
then make it disappears wen new match starts

in my connect 4 game code

[dawn quiver]

you keep track of the state of your game and switch on that state inside your main game loop

[weary jolt]

me want to learn python

where I go?

[rigid moth]

where I learned:

whoops

didnt copy the link right

thats a dif thing

[rigid moth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfscVS0vtbw&list=WL&index=78

anyways I wanted to ask why when rotating an image in pygame with a degree thats not a multiple of 90 that it moves and how I could fix it?

[untold sentinel]

I got a big pack of elemental-spell effects for a game

https://pimen.itch.io/mega-pack-elemental-spell-effects

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any "metal" themed effects which might be compatible with these

[glossy elm]

Cocos 2D for Python has been deprecated, right?
Wrote in Pygame years ago, and couldn't be bothered with my Typescript/Pixi.js thing for an experiment I want to try, and was trying to figure out which graphics library I'm going to bounce in on

(after all, I write Python in a non-game setting every day, why not use the language I enjoy rather than the crap around the html5 build process, if I'm doing an experiment just for me?)

[real flame]

my eyes are burning

[devout reef]

HI, i have a school project where i have to make a code for the game Mastermind, and i am not able to make the part for checking if there are any colour which are correct but in the wrong place. Do anyone have some tips how to solve it?

[glossy elm]

The word 'in' might be what you're looking for.

So -
1 in [2,5,6,1]
Will be true

[paper zenith]

Not constructive and not within the spirit of our code of conduct.

[elder violet]

some thing like this

to_blit=pygame.transform.rotate(self.img, self.ang)
            screen.blit(to_blit, (self.x-(to_blit.get_width()/2),self.y-(to_blit.get_height()/2)))

[frank field]

Hey @icy dawn!

You either uploaded a .txt file or entered a message that was too long. Please use our paste bin instead.

[obtuse trench]

Are their any good game engines that use python?

[rigid moth]

I'm working on a small topdown 1v1 shooter game using pygame I have everything I want working except for anything multiplayer so I'm making that now!

[eternal vessel]

noice

[olive parcel]

There's a list in the channel topic. What are you looking for specifically? 3D or 2D?

[snow hill]

https://youtu.be/kqwgh-boUww

[obtuse trench]

3d

[olive parcel]

In order from low-level to high-level: pyglet, Panda3D, Ursina (disclaimer: I'm a panda3d dev)

[obtuse trench]

Which one should i use? I want one that is pretty easy to work with and has a good community

[olive parcel]

Well, I haven't used it myself, but if you want something that's easy to start with, Ursina is an easier-to-use wrapper around panda3d, although it's a relatively new project with a smaller community, whereas Panda3D has a bit of a learning curve but is a very mature product and has quite a helpful community (https://discord.gg/UyepRMm). I recommend staying away from pyglet if you want something easy to work with.

[obtuse trench]

Alright thanks

[final kernel]

hey, I am creating a simple guess game with pyhton GUI

Could anyone help me with this error?

[torn jackal]

hey guys i have a big problem with Pygame

i would like to display this picture

but it displays it like this

we are seeing a huge difference

anyone has an idea to fix it ?

mention if u can help 🙏

[twin maple]

how do i implement a postgresql database in a pygame file 🙏

if i put it normally in the file anyone will be able to like see it after like decoding it?

[potent ice]

Yes, you should probably make a server application that your game talks to instead.

[dawn quiver]

do you have a heath system

[rigid moth]

dont need one when you cant get hit by other players

[left star]

Not easy. 😑

[twin maple]

😭 how will it even work, like can you just explain in a sentence how the game recives data and stuff

[native bear]

hi guys i need one help actually i am a new comer on python so i decided to make a college map and using a star algorithm (the references are actually from tech with tim) how does a star algo work i am actually confused how to add a map to pygame i tried some of the sources but failed eventually ,could anyone help me with this problem!

[old tundra]

Hey, I'm making a wordle type of game and I'm wondering how could you input text in turtle without using like turtle.input(). Could you input the text in the same window

[small jay]

5-10 hours spent on following python tutorials, just trying to learn pygame, and finally I have the main screen for a tetris clone, minus the actual gameplay

I have the controls ready, though, so all I need to do now is program the logic for line clears and actually draw in the blocks

[cunning saffron]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74424223/why-is-my-pygame-pathfinding-not-working

[hardy escarp]

> a
  b.py
  c.py
  > d
    e.py
    f.py```
How does e.py get b.py?

[vagrant saddle]

it won't without the missing __init__.py in "a" and "d"

otherwise it would be "from .. import b"

[hardy escarp]

#help-pie

[hardy escarp]

that doesnt work

[dawn quiver]

anyone used libtcode, curses, or blessed

Just wanna know if i can work with someone on a terminal / command line like game

[wooden pollen]

Oml. Can someone help me with my game. My sprites are not overlaying the background and a sprite is duplicating itself when moving.

[halcyon steeple]

Heyy, just wanted to ask if it was possible to make bots with python to farm on rpg games

Technically, its... I guess..
Like, can i create one using OpenCV or something

[mild forum]

Anyone new to pygame here?
Asking because i want to learn pygame with someone

[dusty rover]

guncircle(x,y,xcircle, ycircle, left, right)
TypeError: guncircle() takes 4 positional arguments but 6 were give

what does this mean?

[dawn nacelle]

It means that you re trying to call a function named guncircle (that is probably in your code somewhere). If you look at that definition, you will find that it is defined to accept only four values, something like:

def guncircle(parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4):

But when you are calling it in the line you are showing, you are trying to pass in 6 values. The number of arguments passed in the call does not equal the number of arguments expected by the function.

[dusty rover]

how do I make the function accept more? I made it myself

[dawn nacelle]

The simple answer is add two more parameters in the function definition:

def guncircle(parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4):

(But don't use those names, use meaningful names)

The real question is, what will your function do with those two extra values.

[dusty rover]

this is such a simple mistake I made, and I realised what it was now
this makes me wonder why programming as such

[dawn nacelle]

Glad to hear that you found it.

[celest breach]

Good job, a tip from me is to make it easy for the program to undrestand the blocks so when u are tying to code the game logic you will hit less problem.

[potent ice]

Definitely. It's also probably something you can ask about in other channels as well

[dim ember]

I've started making a game on Pycharm gonna take a while but who cares lol

[small fable]

Hey there I am trying to learn ai algorithms for future game projects by doing alpha-beta pruning but my implementation is stuck is someone familiar?

[elder violet]

can someone help me

i have a pygame project that i need help with

its on github at pythonatsea/tank-game

the collision isnt working quite right

[frank field]

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[fickle glade]

I've tried everything

I'm trying to add a logo on my main menu, but I keep getting this, could someone help me out

[proper peak]

the real issue is likely a line up from what you're looking at

[fickle glade]

oh nvm I just accidently added another screen

my bad

[harsh kayak]

Has anyone ever made a text rpg before?

[lunar venture]

It's plausible

[harsh kayak]

thats good to know

cuz im attempting to make one

[lunar venture]

Good luck

[harsh kayak]

👍

[nimble ether]

yes i saw one on the play store

[harsh kayak]

cool!

im working on a selling mechanic rn and its not going super smooth

[frank field]

Hey @dawn quiver!

It looks like you tried to attach a Python file - please use a code-pasting service such as https://paste.pythondiscord.com

[dawn quiver]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/iyihetavux
dunno what is the problem

have no clue why it can't read it

[raw shadow]

cool little script

import random

import pygame

height, width = 1920, 1080
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((height, width))
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
running = True

gravity = 0.1


class Rain:
    def __init__(self, screen):
        self.vel = 2 * random.uniform(0, 3.665)
        self.screen = screen
        self.rain_instances = [
            pygame.Rect(
                float(random.randint(0, height)),
                random.uniform(-1000, 1000),
                random.uniform(1.2, 1.5),
                random.randint(3, 4),
            )
            for _ in range(width * 10)
        ]

    def draw(self):
        for rain in self.rain_instances:
            pygame.draw.rect(
                self.screen,
                random.choices(
                    (
                        (93, 63, 211),
                        (48, 25, 52),
                        (195, 177, 225),
                        (127, 0, 255),
                        (25, 25, 25),
                        (200, 200, 200),
                    )
                )[0],
                rain,
            )

    def update(self):
        for rain in self.rain_instances:
            rain.y += self.vel * random.uniform(1, 2)
            if rain.y > height:
                rain.y = 0


rain = Rain(screen)

while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if (
            event.type != pygame.QUIT
            and event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN
            and event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE
            or event.type == pygame.QUIT
        ):
            running = False

    pygame.display.update()

    screen.fill((10, 10, 10))
    rain.draw()
    rain.update()

    pygame.display.flip()
    pygame.event.pump()

[dawn quiver]

anyone use libtcod, curses, blessed, or pygcurse modules?

[dawn quiver]

anyone want to make a rogue like with me using one of these modules?

[harsh kayak]

pycharm is being stupid

[frank field]

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[dawn quiver]

so i am making a ascii art text based rpg and i am stumped because i wanna add a limit to how much of something u can buy in the shop

and i dont know how to do it

            if gold >= 25:
                ATK += 1
                gold -= 25
                print("You've bought a weapon upgrade!")
            else:
                print("Not enough gold!")
                input("> ")```

i wanna add a limit to how much of this the player can buy

[glacial gull]

could you not just

elif choice == "3":
            if gold >= 25 and hasup == False:
                ATK += 1
                gold -= 25
                hasup = True
                print("You've bought a weapon upgrade!")
            else:
                print("Not enough gold!")
                input("> ")

@dawn quiver

[rain yoke]

hey, im getting a memory leak when using this function python def rotate(self): mouse_x, mouse_y = pygame.mouse.get_pos() rel_x, rel_y = mouse_x - self.pos.x, mouse_y - self.pos.y angle = (180 / math.pi) * -math.atan2(rel_y, rel_x) self.image = pygame.transform.rotate(self.image, angle) ###DO NOT TURN ON### memory leak???

using pygame

[vagrant saddle]

which pygame version ? and is self.image the only holder of the surface reference ( and what is self exactly : is is persistent or garbage collected ) ?

[versed aurora]

are we allowed to show screenshots of stuff we're making here?

[grim abyss]

Yeah it's encouraged

[versed aurora]

aight

well here's minesweeper (mostly done)

all default python modules

im working on adding background colors rn

one problem i have is that i'm getting invalid characters sometimes, and if i encode it it doesn't work (i'm using ansi escape codes)

alternatively maybe i can replace them after encoding

yeah nope

it becomes this mess lol

[versed aurora]

here i'll post the code for now

[frank field]

Hey @versed aurora!

It looks like you tried to attach a Python file - please use a code-pasting service such as https://paste.pythondiscord.com

[versed aurora]

oop

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/roserosulu

[dawn quiver]

neat though different terminals may use different escape codes. Id use curses if you want to avoid this issue.

[dawn quiver]

only problem with curses is that it is linux only. There are ports of it but i haven't looked into it.

@versed aurora

[versed aurora]

its kinda windows dependent anyway since im using a windows module for controls, but ye

[dawn quiver]

@versed aurora Every heard of the game hive?

[versed aurora]

oh no i havent

[dawn quiver]

This is a recreation of hive the board game. It works in a linux terminal and might work in a windows command line once i port it

[versed aurora]

neat

[grim abyss]

Is that using just curses or? What's drawing the hex pieces?

[dawn quiver]

I draw unicode triangles. Just curses and C

[grim abyss]

How many tris to get a hexagon?

[dawn quiver]

well there are four triangles per hex. North East, North West, South East, South West. Each triangle has a foreground color and a background color. So hexagons that share an edge are drawn with a single triangle with a specific foreground and background color

◢

these if you can see them

[grim abyss]

Yeah that shows up

[dawn quiver]

Next thing id like to do is record moves to playback a match

A help page that describes the game would be nice

But I am glad I got it working becuase I need a break.

[grim abyss]

Yeah it seems cool

[grim folio]

I made this turtle race game!
gonna work on snake game soon

import turtle
from turtle import Turtle
import random

turtle.setup(width=500, height=400)

x = -230
y = 120
n = 0

race = False
colors = ['red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'blue', 'purple']
turtles = []

for clr in colors:    
    turtles.append(Turtle(shape="turtle"))

for tur in turtles:
    if n != 6:
        tur.color(colors[n])
        n += 1

for tur in turtles:
    tur.penup()
    tur.goto(x, y)
    y -= 50

race_screen = turtle.Screen()
race_screen.title("Welcome to Turtle Race!")
user_bet = race_screen.textinput(title="Make your bet", prompt="Who will win the race? Enter a colour:")

if user_bet in colors:
    race = True

while race:
    for tur in turtles:
        speed = random.randint(0, 10)
        tur.forward(speed)
        if tur.xcor() > 220:
            race = False

            winner = tur.pencolor()
            
            if user_bet == winner:
                print(f"You've won! The {winner} turlte is the winner!")
            else:
                print(f"You've lost! The {winner} turlte is the winner!")

race_screen.exitonclick()

[grim folio]

When I started python (many months ago), I was hype to make the snake game, and today is the day!!!!

[dawn quiver]

nice!

[scenic dome]

Anyone got a game idea but just need a boost coding to help see it to fruition?

[prime pawn]

HI
I hope someone can help me with a topic I created in Reddit.
Created a mini-version of Character rolls in Baldur's Gate game. The code works, but I'm trying to make the code better and faster, while still being easy to understand by someone seeing the code for the first time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/yz5d8f/baldurs_gate_character_creation_and_dice_roll_for/

[scenic dome]

Ok I have the code now. Give me a day or so to get back to you.

[brave escarp]

I wanna learn

game development

[versed aurora]

I made snake in python using terminal, i might post it here but the code is stinky so i wanna clean it up first

I might write a simple module for terminal color, at least for windows, since idk how it works on linux

[hoary inlet]

how can u spawn an object every 3 seconds in pygame

[versed aurora]

idk if this counts as 'game dev' but im working on a sort of basic fire sim thing

[hoary inlet]

anyone know how to spawn an object across the screen every 3 seconds??

helllllooooooo

[versed aurora]

that just depends on how you do objects really

i usually have a list for my objects (though i mainly code things for terminal graphics, so your milage may vary)

https://hastebin.com/buyuvatevu.py

[eternal vessel]

It's quite easy

just create a variable and increment it every loop and whatever you have your FPS(clock) set to, have an if statement for when it's past your FPS X 3, spawn the object and reset variable back to 0

[hoary inlet]

ohhh ok thanks

[eternal vessel]

if you can't figure it out, I could try and be more descriptive or just help you code it

[hoary inlet]

yes please

sorry for the late reply btw i was eating dinner

[eternal vessel]

No probs

[dawn quiver]

This is really cool. Have you ever thought about making a roguelike?

[versed aurora]

yeah actually

[frank field]

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[untold sentinel]

Hey Python people!

I'm building a topdown game as a school project

And its proving surprisingly difficult to find a decent tutorial on enemy AI. Most are for shooter games, and don't accommodate for enemys which can't rotate freely

Anyone have any resources on hand?

[grim abyss]

https://www.simplifiedpython.net/a-star-algorithm-python-tutorial/

[pallid mist]

Hey guys, I am looking to make a 2d simulation in python. Which library is the best performance wise?

Is pyopengl the best solution?

[vagrant saddle]

if it's a physic simulation i doubt display library will be the bottleneck, also anything with GL in the name or VK rely on hardware not software performance wise

you can do 2d sim with pymunk+pygame

[pallid mist]

Yes, for now I only need 2d, but I will eventually need 3d too. So using one library to learn would be good.
How about using c++ for performance and unreal engine?

[pallid mist]

I have read people complaining about pygame being slow too

[vagrant saddle]

maybe same as those complaining that the user's gpu is also too slow

also pygame allows to use shaders or convert your code to compiled code, so you can always go faster

[grim abyss]

There's also arcade

[vagrant saddle]

tbh the time you'll spend wondering if c++ is the way and maybe start learning it, you could maybe have a prototype in pygame and see what happens

[small jay]

how do I allow holding down a key to move

this is for a tetris game, i want to allow DAS and smoother soft drops

[small jay]

?

[tranquil girder]

are you using a framework?

[small jay]

using pygame

[eternal vessel]

well if you want to be able to hold keys

keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if keys[pygame.K_a]:
  print("do something")```

[winter mist]

Hi, im currently making a game with pygame and tried to make a ball that will move when you collide with it. It kinda works but theres one issue, and that is that when i hit the ball at one angle it moves the ball either a wrong path and then continues to move that path each time im pushing the ball at the left side that should make the ball move right.

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/zikevikema.py

is there any way i can fix this so the physics behind the ball object's movements are going the right path?

[unreal parrot]

not perfect but its a start 🥳🥳

[dawn quiver]

you can use movement flags

a simple game i created in pygame, i cant give the source code to anyone interested

[unreal parrot]

that’s amazing, are the blocks randomly generated?

how does one input music?

[dawn quiver]

yes they keep getting randomly generated

[unreal parrot]

damn that’s sick

im guessing i need to download a music module or somet

for music

[dawn quiver]

not its built in pygame

[unreal parrot]

oh u see thank you i’ll check some turtorials

[dawn quiver]

its fairly simple dm me and i'll explain it to you

[small jay]

movement flags?

[dawn quiver]

something like this, like if you want your character to move right whenever you are pressing the right arrow key

if event.type == pygame.keydown:
if event.key == pygame.k_right:
right = True
if event.type == pygame.keyup:
if event.key == pygame.k_right:
right = False

if right:
player_x += 1
@small jay

[small jay]

It’s not really a character tho, it’s a tetris piece

[cosmic olive]

:v

[eternal vessel]

:v

[cosmic olive]

Guys guys. Trick question.. how do I go about using logic to build an onscreen joystick lol

[eternal vessel]

I've got no clue, haven't bothered with controllers using pygame

[cosmic olive]

Just concepts is fine

I see

It's for mobile

So onscreen

:v

[eternal vessel]

You'd probably just have to look at the docs, but their pretty straightforward

[cosmic olive]

Or I'd have to use onscreen direction buttons

Which is ehh

Hmm

I'll start it first, see where I choke then check docs or come back here 😂

[eternal vessel]

yeah joysticks are nicer

then a d-pad

[cosmic olive]

What's a d pad

[eternal vessel]

for movement atleast

[cosmic olive]

Lh

Oh

[eternal vessel]

I tried

[cosmic olive]

:'v

[eternal vessel]

the arrows for up/down/left/right

[cosmic olive]

I see

Have you developed anything with pygame?

[eternal vessel]

This thing

[cosmic olive]

Yeah

[eternal vessel]

Just small little projects for myself

I code when I don't know what else to do

[cosmic olive]

I see

[eternal vessel]

unless I get random motivation

[cosmic olive]

I do it as hobby too

But I just started pygame

Watched a 2 hour tutorial and now I wanna see if I could do it on my own

[eternal vessel]

If you understand classes you could probably watch Clear Code's tutorials he has great ones

[cosmic olive]

I see

Yeah I understand classes

I wanna practice using them more tho which is perfect since I'm coding a game

And I heard there's sprite class

[eternal vessel]

Yeah I try and use classes for any project for practice

Yeah pygame has a sprite class you can inherit from

[cosmic olive]

Yup

Anyways I gtg for now

[eternal vessel]

Yep later

[cosmic olive]

Bruh I read your self-intro as "equal to or more than" and gave myself a seizure

[dawn quiver]

same principle

[frank field]

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[eternal vessel]

lmao

it's supposed to be just an arrow

There back to colons:

[cosmic olive]

→

You're welcome

⇒

▷▶︎▷

➯➱➩

・‥…━━━☞

[eternal vessel]

I'm good 👍 if I really wanted a fancy arrow I would've copied one when I changed it

[prime pawn]

Hi
I couldn't see what you sent.

[scenic dome]

The bot blocked me! I can email it?

[prime pawn]

can you upload in GitHub? I can check it from there.

[scenic dome]

I don't want to publish it as it isn't really one of my projects. Is there a way to make it private?

[prime pawn]

Try: https://www.file.io/

[scenic dome]

https://file.io/RlgOTfxQaaNT

[prime pawn]

Thanks!
What's the difference between Clean and Numpy? The speed?

[scenic dome]

Yes. Clean is what you do when the goal is just to make the code easier to read, shorter, and more flexible. Numpy is the high-performance version. In general you only make high performance code when you need to, and one of the ways to do so is with Numpy.

[prime pawn]

Regarding your comment for:
That part (based on max 18 in each attribute) is supposed to calculate what is possible to get 75 total attribute points with lowest possible rolls:
So for the first 3 attributes, it has to be greater than 21, or else you can't make it to 75 or higher.
On the 4th attribute, it's 39 or higher, etc...
(It will make the code "faster" as it's cutting what is not possible, instead of rolling all 6 attribute variants.)

If it's lower than that, it will **break **the loop, and restart the whole process again (will retry to generate a new 75 or higher total roll).

# What is this code for??? #TODO #if (total_all_attribute_sum < 21 and attrib_name >= 2) or (total_all_attribute_sum < 39 and # attrib_name >= 3) or (total_all_attribute_sum < 57 and attrib_name >= 4): # break

[scenic dome]

Oh yes I removed this optimization, it is a bit annoying to add it to the Numpy code and it is already blazing fast as is.

[prime pawn]

It was just to skip unnecessary rolls, makes it a little bit faster for normal runs.

Numpy was really fast (but rolled below 75).

[scenic dome]

Oops I forgot the difference between min per attribute and min overall.

[prime pawn]

🙂 np, I will fix from my end.

I received following from Silbersee in Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/yz5d8f/comment/iwyfd35/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

he said I should try to create functions/modules than having multiple loops in the same function.
and to use the return more efficiently.

[scenic dome]

Are they using Numpy?

[prime pawn]

no, the tips was just normal, non-numpy

[scenic dome]

Fixed the 75 cutoff issue, it now takes about 0.07 s instead of 0.05 s (still very fast). Here is the snippet:
<code>
# Roll max_tries all in one line of code to take advantage of numpy native speed.
# It sounds like extra work to not stop early, but numpy is so fast that it can be faster.
sum_over_attr = np.zeros(max_number_tries, dtype=np.int64)
ixs = np.arange(max_number_tries)
while ixs.size>0:
sum_over_attri = np.zeros(ixs.size, dtype=np.int64)
for k in attrs:
jxs = np.arange(ixs.size) # Try, try, try again.
results = np.zeros(ixs.size, dtype=np.int64)
while jxs.size>0:
dice = np.random.randint(chargen.pip_range[0], chargen.pip_range[1]+1, size=[jxs.size, n_dice[k]])
total = np.sum(dice,axis=1)
results[jxs] = total
jxs = jxs[total<min_rolls[k]]
sum_over_attri = sum_over_attri+results
sum_over_attr[ixs] = sum_over_attri
ixs = ixs[sum_over_attri<chargen.lowest_roll_total]
</code>

[eternal vessel]

Yep

[gusty umbra]

I recommend using a dictionary

this dictionary will have dark and light mode as keys

[marsh vapor]

that's a very good idea! Thank you so much for your suggestion @gusty umbra!

[gusty umbra]

np

[gusty umbra]

Running into issues with circular definitions, I have a game scene classes and I want to have the ability to create a scene from the other scene

[narrow ether]

I am having to do a bit of physics simulation and I get values that are practically 0 but aren't, is there a way I can treat them as 0

[eternal vessel]

Could floor the number or round it, if that's what you mean

[prime pawn]

on the mainClean file: I crated two modules (created class and function in separate py-files):
The Roller class and a function for CSV file (and imported them to the mainClean file).

It's better now, and easier to maybe optimize in the future.

[scenic dome]

That's the general idea to keep code from turning into a mass of sphagetti

[delicate raven]

pygame or arcade

which is more beginner-friendly

[icy valve]

ive only used pygame what its the diference whit arcade?

[delicate raven]

idk, tbh

that's why i'm asking

[neon herald]

Hi

[neon herald]

Pyxel anyone?

They are both really easy

[crystal mirage]

can i develop games using python?

[icy valve]

yea you can

[gusty umbra]

pygame is more beginner friendly in my opinion

[vagrant saddle]

and mobile/web friendly too

[eternal vessel]

I'd say pygame, but for Arcade I hear you need to be well experienced in OOP

[delicate raven]

oh yeah

i used classes alot so it just came kinda naturally to me

[marsh vapor]

hi there, is it possible to create an interactive dashboard with multiple data in pygame? or is it limited to pygame? if it is possible, what library I should consider to import with? and I am not sure how it is possible to store and get the data when the data is continuously added on. I guess that cannot use .cvs to do that, right?

[gusty umbra]

has anyone worked with nuitka?

are there alternatives?

[gusty umbra]

you can store data in many ways depends on what you are aiming to store. json is pretty easy to work with and get set up

[gusty umbra]

I recommend using a caching system, since disk operations are slow

[vagrant saddle]

yes mypyc the compiler from mypy https://github.com/mypyc/mypyc

[icy valve]

I use pickle to store data and call it but it's stored in binary files and i only call the data when need it so no very often just stats and knowledge for IA

[dawn quiver]

1. How can I make the sound of tires squealing and show smoke during sudden acceleration (currently the controller vibrates during sudden acceleration and braking)?
2. How do I make the game visible as a Forza telemetry server?
3. How do I add enemy cars to the game?
   https://github.com/sserver224/Car-Racing-3D

[torn sierra]

Hello everyone, can anyone help me with installing Pygame?

Because it doesn't want to install and I don't know what to do.

[snow hill]

WIP car simulation, done with HARFANG 3D

(all coded in Python, of course)

[thin bear]

just import pygame

or from import pygame *

[eternal vessel]

from pygame import *

but you need to install it first

so that's likely not their problem

[thin bear]

cant u just use replit

and install from there

[cosmic vale]

When is the pygame competition coming up?

[cosmic vale]

No, it will not work on replit

[cosmic vale]

Man, that's pretty amazing ngl. Is the source code available?

I'd like to check it up, if possible 🙂

[eternal vessel]

I think it's around May, it's every 6 months so yeah

[snow hill]

Yep it’s open source

https://github.com/harfang3d/car-simulator

[cosmic vale]

that's amazing man, thx for sharing

[cosmic vale]

thx for letting me know

@snow hill just found one vid of yours on dogfight/air to air combat hahah

I didn't even know such a thing like harfang3d even existed, that's pretty cool, I'll def take a deeper look into it

seems like you're one of the contributors to harfang

very nice man, good job

[snow hill]

I’m not the main coder at all

But I contribute as project lead and tech artist

[cosmic vale]

That's pretty cool still 🙂

[snow hill]

if you want to support us, consider adding a ⭐ to our github repo : https://github.com/harfang3d/harfang3d

[cosmic vale]

I will do that

[snow hill]

or just pip install harfang

[cosmic vale]

'starred'

[snow hill]

❤️ and even better, add us a like/comment/whatever here : https://alternativeto.net/software/harfang-3d/about/

oh, and did I mentioned we have a language-agnostic editor ? https://www.harfang3d.com/en_US/studio

[snow hill]

all implemented by @lyric pawn

[hollow mica]

AFAIK, arcade has gpu acceleration out of the box.

[dawn quiver]

I can help you dm me

[sharp quiver]

sick

[snow hill]

good or bad ?

[sharp quiver]

good

[eternal vessel]

np

[dawn quiver]

is turtle good for game making?

[eternal vessel]

No, not at all

that's for drawing pretty much

You can make games with turtle, but not very good ones

[versed aurora]

once again stretching the definition of 'game' but my parallax in terminal is going well

i can now load multiple layers and have them scroll at different rates

i gave up on using compressed data because it was stupid and more limiting and am now using raw data with a couple bytes header

the idea is i want to be able to render something like a scrolling cityscape with multiple layers

i basically can just draw the layers and put them in because all the hard part is done

[olive timber]

Hi

I am using ursina game engine

What is the syntax when a button is clicked

[faint bane]

how'd one go about drawing a sprite every time a key is pressed

for example if i'd pressed the arrow key to move the sprite left a new sprite would appear somewhere else etc etc

basically a function to automatically draw sprites

[faint bane]

elaborate?

[tranquil girder]

def action():
    print('Ow! That hurt!')

Button(scale=.1, on_click=action) # on_click should be a function/callable

[eternal vessel]

Okay I didn't actually mean assign a variable to mixer.music.load

I meant the whole line of code

so

mixer.init()

my_sound = mixer.Sound("noise.wav") # assigns the sound to variable
my_sound.mixer.set_volume(0.7) # Setting the volume

my_sound.play() # Plays the variables sound```

[dawn quiver]

Like this?

from pygame import mixer

mixer.music.load 
mixer.init()
my_sound = mixer.Sound("DeathSoundEffect.mp3")
my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 
my_sound.play() 

@eternal vessel

[eternal vessel]

I believe that'd work but you gotta try it

[dawn quiver]

no work

[eternal vessel]

not sure if the set_volume will work since I haven't used the function

what's the error?

[dawn quiver]

just writes that

[grizzled ocean]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/dicubecuxi.py

soo, i have this script, but when i run it WITH the while loop for time included the button doesnt work, if i remove the while loop tho, it does work, is there any way i can fix this??

i know i should use a time.time() or time.clock() but idk how to use those...

[eternal vessel]

do you have something the makes the sound go off?

[dawn quiver]

maybe idk

how long can the sound last

because the audio file is like 6s long

I dont think i have anyhting that stops it

[eternal vessel]

okay can you hear it when you don't use the set_volume

[dawn quiver]

nope

still cant hear

[eternal vessel]

not sure, it works for me

[dawn quiver]

Cursed

[grizzled ocean]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/dicubecuxi.py

soo, i have this script, but when i run it WITH the while loop for time included the button doesnt work, if i remove the while loop tho, it does work, is there any way i can fix this??

i know i should use a time.time() or time.clock() but idk how to use those...

[dawn quiver]

Maybe it has to do with that it only accepts.wav=

right?

[eternal vessel]

Probably

You showed the terminal and an error didn't go through so it must be due to that

[dawn quiver]

I tried it with .wav and it still doesnt work

It gives me again

wth

[eternal vessel]

Is it in the correct directory?

[eternal vessel]

Also changing the file to .wav if it's an mp3 can scuff the sound

[dawn quiver]

I tried the audio file

like listening to it

it works

But i heal like

hear**

a slight sound at the begining

like uhh

how do i explain

like for just a tenth of a second i hear a small scuffed sound

yk

[eternal vessel]

Maybe because it's 6 seconds long but it's going to restart every loop so you can't hear it

[dawn quiver]

When you unmute and mute your mic

[dawn quiver]

how do i fix

[eternal vessel]

Are you trying to have it as background music?

[dawn quiver]

from pygame import mixer

mixer.music.load 
mixer.init()
my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypeWriterSoundEffect.wav")
my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 
my_sound.play()      

I want it when it prints text

[eternal vessel]

If not you're going to need some condition when playing it

[dawn quiver]

Im gonna make it like a typewriter effect

with

import sys

[eternal vessel]

Okay well you're going to need some condition or have it shorter so it doesn't spam play the sound

[dawn quiver]

and

stuff

[dawn quiver]

how

I can show you how i want to combine it

[eternal vessel]

Alright

[dawn quiver]

This,

import sys
import time 

def typewrite(string)
    for i in string:
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)

typewrite("Blah blah blah")```

And this

from pygame import mixer

mixer.music.load 
mixer.init()
my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypeWriterSoundEffect.wav")
my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 
my_sound.play()```

[eternal vessel]

Before the for loop you can try and play it

So it plays it but doesn't get iterated over and over again

[dawn quiver]

import sys
import time 

def typewrite(string):
    from pygame import mixer

    mixer.music.load 
    mixer.init()
    my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypeWriterSoundEffect.wav")
    my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 
    my_sound.play()    

    for i in string:
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)

typewrite("Blah blah blah")

like this?

[eternal vessel]

Not sure if the time.sleep(0.05) will scuff it

You can initialize the stuff outside of the function you just need the .play() before it

[dawn quiver]

nono it works

LETS GO

ÖLASKNJDOIASHD

[eternal vessel]

Because that's what plays the sound

Probably be better to initialize it outside of it though

[dawn quiver]

wdym

[eternal vessel]

Or at least put the import and init outside of the function

Also you can delete the mixer.music.load since it isn't being used I think

[eternal vessel]

Noice

[dawn quiver]

What does it do

nono it doesnt work wihout it

[eternal vessel]

You could look at it in the Pygame docs, they're pretty straightforward

[eternal vessel]

Weird

[dawn quiver]

or wiat

Do you meant

mean

[eternal vessel]

I've been on my phone in the car lol

[dawn quiver]

my_sound = mixer.Sound("")

[dawn quiver]

lol

[eternal vessel]

Keep that

[dawn quiver]

okok

but another hting

how do i make it loop

if its a longer piece of text

while and break?

[eternal vessel]

Could try?

[dawn quiver]

Idk how it works

lol

[eternal vessel]

So pretty much you use the .play() when you want to play the sound

But if it triggers to quickly then it'll restart the sound

[dawn quiver]

can u show me

an example

while my_sound.play ==

[eternal vessel]

Crap I gotta go I've arrived to my airsoft place

[dawn quiver]

Alright gl man

ty for the help

[grim abyss]

You want sound to play on every character?

[dawn quiver]

I want sound to play whilst it is still printing

because it just stops when the audio is done

I want it to loop as long as typewrite("") is running

yk?

[grim abyss]

Call the mysound.play inside the for-loop after the call to sys.stdout.write

[dawn quiver]

import sys
import time 
from pygame import mixer
mixer.init()


def typewrite(string):

    mixer.music.load 
    my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypeWriterSoundEffect.wav")
    my_sound.set_volume(0.4) 

    for i in string:
        my_sound.play()
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.045)

        typewrite("Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah")```

[eternal vessel]

I'm back, went to wrong location lmao, got an extra 10 minutes

[dawn quiver]

This doesnt work

[dawn quiver]

💀

lmao

alright

[grim abyss]

Why? What happens?

[eternal vessel]

Okay what I've thought of is using math based off the delay between loops and the length of the text you input. Could calculate when you'd need to play the noise

[dawn quiver]

YOu know the sound where you mute and unmute your mic

it plays that

for

1 tenth of a second

then stops

[dawn quiver]

huh

[dawn quiver]

Writes this

[eternal vessel]

Idk what the equation would be

Wish I could be at my PC rn

[dawn quiver]

wait explain it to me again

math based

off the delay between loops

[eternal vessel]

I'm trying to think

[dawn quiver]

okok

[grim abyss]

Don't call typewrite () inside for loop

[dawn quiver]

Like this?

doesnt work

[eternal vessel]

That too, but I'm pretty sure audio will still repeat over and over because it's in for loop

[dawn quiver]

yeah

[grim abyss]

You want the sound effect to play on each character yes?

Sleep longer? Stop the sound? my sound.stop()?

[eternal vessel]

Nope

It's 6 seconds

[grim abyss]

The sound effect is 6secs long?

[eternal vessel]

Yeah it's just typing noise that needs to play every 6 six seconds pretty much

[dawn quiver]

yes

exactly

[eternal vessel]

Could just try that logic and see if it works

[grim abyss]

Why every 6secs?

[eternal vessel]

Because that's the length of the file

So when it ends, it restarts

[dawn quiver]

its 3s but yes

[grim abyss]

A key press sfx should not be 6secs long...

[dawn quiver]

no but bruh

[grim abyss]

Get a single key press sfx

[dawn quiver]

that would also be smart

but then there's no variation in the sound

[eternal vessel]

I thought of solution I think

[dawn quiver]

not so livley

tell em

[eternal vessel]

Though you're probably gonna look at the docs because I don't got it memorized

Pygame has a background music type feature that you can loop

So when it ends it restarts automatically

[dawn quiver]

i see

lemme search it up

[grim abyss]

You could pause the sound lol

[dawn quiver]

It works

import sys
import time 

def typewrite(string):
    from pygame import mixer

    mixer.music.load 
    mixer.init()
    my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypeWriterSoundEffect.wav")
    my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 
    my_sound.play(loops =-1)    

    for i in string:
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)

typewrite("Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah")

The thing is the sound like fades the last second

so can i somehow just cut out the part that fades

[grim abyss]

If you found a better sfx file that's shorter(like 0.350 secs) then you could do the effect like it should be done....

And just sleep for the length of the sfx on write...

[dawn quiver]

Alright ill try to find another shorter

Or i could just edit

and cut

right+

[grim abyss]

Yup

[dawn quiver]

okok hol up

How long should it be

[grim abyss]

Long enough to hear the "click" of the key being pressed

I would say it needs to be less than half a sec though

Or it will take forever on sentences

[dawn quiver]

ok

[grim abyss]

Ideally, something like 0.250 long? If possible

[dawn quiver]

alr alr

import sys
import time 
from pygame import mixer

def typewrite(string):
  
    mixer.music.load 
    mixer.init()
    my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypewriteSound.wav")
    my_sound.set_volume(0.3) 
    my_sound.play(loops =-1)  

    for i in string:
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)

typewrite("Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah")

Ok now

It prints the same audio file over and over again

How do i make it more lively

its 0.25s long

@grim abyss

[dawn quiver]

how do i do this

[grim abyss]

Had to make a coffee

[dawn quiver]

np

[grim abyss]

You have sfx file?

[dawn quiver]

what is sfx

[grim abyss]

Length of file/sfx?

[dawn quiver]

aha

[grim abyss]

sfx = sound effect(s)

[dawn quiver]

0.25s

[grim abyss]

Ok so call play in the for-loop and sleep for that long. Init the mixer outside of the function

Call mixer.init() above the function...

[dawn quiver]

above typewrite

?

doesnt work

nvm

import sys
import time 
from pygame import mixer
    
mixer.init()  
mixer.music.load   

def typewrite(string):

    my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypewriteSound.wav")
    my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 
       
    for i in string:
        my_sound.play(loops =-1) 
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.25)

typewrite("Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah")```

like this?

[grim abyss]

Yeah and also the my_sound = ....

No wait

[dawn quiver]

it doesnt wokr

it

gradually speeds up the audio

idk

nvm

it

just

earrape

[grim abyss]

Feedback...try stopping the sound at the end of the for-loop

my_sound.stop() after the sleep

[dawn quiver]

ok

[grim abyss]

Wait...

Try not passing the loop param to my_sound.play()

Maybe that's why it was blowing up

[dawn quiver]

it just cuts if i put it above for loop

[grim abyss]

You want the my_sound.play() inside the for-loop

Show current code

[dawn quiver]

import sys
import time 
from pygame import mixer
    
mixer.init()  
mixer.music.load   

def typewrite(string):

    my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypewriteSound.wav")
    my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 

    for i in string:
        my_sound.play(loops =-1) 
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)
        my_sound.stop()

typewrite("Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah")

[grim abyss]

Remove the arg to play! We don't wanna loop.

Just my_sound.play()

Also time.sleep(0.05)?!?!

[dawn quiver]

whoops

[grim abyss]

You need to sleep the length of the sfx...

[dawn quiver]

import sys
import time 
from pygame import mixer
    
mixer.init()  
mixer.music.load   

def typewrite(string):

    my_sound = mixer.Sound("TypewriteSound.wav")
    my_sound.set_volume(0.7) 

    for i in string:
        my_sound.play() 
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.25)
        my_sound.stop()

typewrite("Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah Blah blah blah")

So

it still sounds

very

choppy

[grim abyss]

Are you hearing the complete sfx?

On each character?

[dawn quiver]

yeah

[grim abyss]

Is it "popping"?

Try sleeping after the call to stop

[dawn quiver]

yeah

[grim abyss]

Yeah, sleep after stop

[dawn quiver]

like this?

[grim abyss]

No, remove first sleep

[dawn quiver]

now I cant hear anything

And the text is supperr slow

it's just better if i take the audio file i started with

and just cut out the last part

and then loop again

This just sounds choppy

[grim abyss]

I guess it's stopping sfx before letting it play

Have patience!

[dawn quiver]

brb

[grim abyss]

Put the sleep before the stop like we had it. Increase sleep time to 0.35?

[dawn quiver]

it's even slower now

hol up

[grim abyss]

Of course it's slower but does it sound better?

I'm on mobile so I can't do much....

[dawn quiver]

I fixed it

ty

It works fine now

[grim abyss]

Great, show working code please

@dawn quiver working code?

[thorn mulch]

There is my code and output. As you see the x of rectengle isn't changing. How can i change it. I'm trying to move it!

i changed it but it isn't moving

[dawn quiver]

Why doesn't my input work?

import sys
import time 
from pygame import mixer
import os

os.system("cls")

def typewrite(string):

    mixer.music.load 
    mixer.init()
    typeSound = mixer.Sound("TypeWriteSoundEffect.wav")
    typeSound.set_volume(0.2) 
    typeSound.play(loops =-1)    

    for i in string:
        sys.stdout.write(i)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.06)

username = input(typewrite(f'''

    ░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░   
 
    Welcome adventurer, what is your name? 
'''))

    #typewrite(f'''Alright {username}, welcome to THE UNCANNY, your mission is to save your ''')
    
    # You still have a long way ahead of you, this is your only chance to turn
    # back. Do you still want to continue?

[dawn quiver]

Results:

[vast mortar]

for some reason when I try to run ur code I have this error

[dawn quiver]

you dont have pygame installed

pip install pygame

[vast mortar]

can you even do that in PyCharm

[dawn quiver]

idk

try

[proper peak]

it has a fancy Packages tab you can use

[vast mortar]

ah I gotta download a package

now idea how to find that

no*

[dawn quiver]

go to visual studio code and run it

[vast mortar]

i just got the package hold on

[dawn quiver]

okok

[vast mortar]

bruh

[dawn quiver]

just choose any other soundfile

you have

[vast mortar]

i have no sound files lol

also automatic

your input does work

I just don't know why it puts none when you use typewriter

username = input(typewrite(f'''

    ░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░   

    Welcome adventurer, what is your name? 
'''))
print(typewrite("Alright hero " + username + " let the adventure begin!"))

[dawn quiver]

huhhh

[vast mortar]

huhhh what

the input works

[dawn quiver]

it doesnt work for me

[vast mortar]

what happens for you

[vast mortar]

you can't type?

[dawn quiver]

Why does it write none

i wanna remove

[vast mortar]

it has smth to do with typewriter

[dawn quiver]

no i cant type

[vast mortar]

did you click it

[pine plinth]

https://www.pygame.org/ is not working. What can i do?

[vast mortar]

uh u can still use their library no?

[dawn quiver]

Click what

[vast mortar]

here

and then try typing

[dawn quiver]

Aha

yes

but like

[pine plinth]

i have compilation errors during install
It says that i can go to https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows to read about it. But this site is now working

[dawn quiver]

It types none

how do i fix it

[vast mortar]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33873604/when-running-sys-stdout-write-none-is-printed-after-what-i-want-to-print

[vast mortar]

i think i found smth

[versed aurora]

if your function has a print, just call it, no need to print the function itself

[eternal vessel]

!docs pygame

[frank field]

pygame

[dawn quiver]

typewrite is a function that prints out the string and returns None

thats why you see none becuase you are printing the result of the typewriter function

[heady ginkgo]

How do I make save file readable from the menu file?