game-development

[pine forge]

Fit the capsule collider to its body ratio

[steady trench]

Hey guys, can you help me with that?
I would like to make a use of a pygame on VS Code, but something goes wrong.

[rapid smelt]

@steady trench do you use faradars?ur code is so familiar to one i saw on that course

[steady trench]

no, I don't@rapid smelt

I ran this code on pyharm and everything went well, but on VSC it doesn't

[rapid smelt]

ok

[wet hare]

hey im making the og asteroids game but in it i cant figure out how to make my asteroids point in a random direction and move in it like the spawn on the top part of the screen and then choose a random direction and move in it

[proper peak]

Use the random library?

generate two random numbers, use that as the velocity vector.

[frozen knoll]

Here's a sample: https://arcade.academy/examples/asteroid_smasher.html

[wet hare]

ooh

thanks a lot

[spring fern]

hi! a want to make repeating lines every 40px

for start_poz in linia_poz:
    start_poz + 40
    linia_poz

but idk how to make it work

[frozen knoll]

See the first part of this where it makes a grid: http://programarcadegames.com/index.php?chapter=array_backed_grids&lang=en#section_16

[shrewd sequoia]

Need help Pygame

Why Pygame quit so fast. ???

[potent ice]

@shrewd sequoia Depends what you mean by that. Do you have a main loop flipping the window etc?

[shrewd sequoia]

I only have Pygame.update only

I use Pygame.display.update instead of flipping

It’s working now
Tks

[wet hare]

hey im making a space game where i want to spawn multiples of the enemy spaceship but i cant figure out how to do that
this is the enemy class

class Enemy_spaceship(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.image = pygame.image.load('assets/spacepixels-0.2.0/pixel_ship3_red.png').convert_alpha()
        self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center = (X / 2 , Y / 2))

    def update(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.rect.y += 3

then i did

enemy = Enemy_spaceship()
enemy_group = pygame.sprite.Group()
enemy_group.add(enemy)

and to put them on screen

    enemy_group.draw(screen)
    enemy_group.update()

this works fine but only 1 spaceship spawns how do i make it so the i can specify how many of them to spawn?

[dawn meadow]

for loop?

[wet hare]

meaning? what do i put inside a for loop? im sorry im new to all this...

[dawn meadow]

its ok

enemy_group = pygame.sprite.Group()

for i in range(amount):
  enemy = Enemy_spaceship()
  enemy_group.add(enemy)

i guess it will work

[wet hare]

oh thanks ill try this

[dawn meadow]

👍

of course change the amount in the for loop to the amount that you want to

[dawn quiver]

Guys

Lemme have some code

reference purposes

I'm trying to code some stuff

[wet hare]

code what? i suggest clear code on yt if ur learning pygame or godot

i had another question, how do i add delay between the spawning of my enemies in my for loop

[dawn quiver]

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

@wet hare

[wet hare]

idk what that is sry

as i said im new to this

[dawn meadow]

i had another question, how do i add delay between the spawning of my enemies in my for loop
time module

but it will freeze the whole program

so if you don't want it to happens you need to use threading or to set a timer

[wet hare]

oh

[dawn meadow]

lol

[wet hare]

how would i do that?

[dawn meadow]

search threading module in google

[wet hare]

oh ok thanks

[dawn meadow]

you also can do:

max_time = #the time you want
start_time = time.time()
while (time.time() - start_time) < max_time:
    #whatever you want to do

how can you do it?

🤔

pygame.time.get_ticks()?

oh yeah it is better way

so just do

start_ticks=pygame.time.get_ticks()
while mainloop:
  seconds=(pygame.time.get_ticks()-start_ticks)/1000
  if seconds > 5:#number of seconds(for example 5)
    #whatever

[wet hare]

thank u ppl so much

[dawn meadow]

👍

your welcome

[timber bolt]

can someone teach me how to create a game using python laguga

language*

i mean where do i start?

[frozen knoll]

Https://learn.arcade.academy

[reef escarp]

Can someone say how to display score(in %) in pygame?
For example:- Say i have a red rectangle. When i move it suppose 10 pixels to the right, then the 10 pixels will be covered in red. If i move it along the whole screen the whole screen will be red. So if the whole screen is red i want the score to display 100% .... if i didn't move the rectangle a single pixel from its initial point, then the score should display 0%.

[strange niche]

Hey,
I'm trying to make a space invaders game and am a total beginner in Pygame.

I'm using Python 3.8 and have installed pygame too. When I run the code given below, it does compile without any errors but if I press the left arrow key the Hi statement does not print in the terminal.
I'm on a windows machine (Windows 10)

Following is the code:

import pygame

# initialize the pygame
pygame.init()

# create the screen
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
screen.fill((0, 0, 0))

# Title and Icon
pygame.display.set_caption("SPACE INVADERS")
pygame.display.set_icon(pygame.image.load("Resources/Images/spaceship_icon.png"))

# Player
playerImg = pygame.image.load("Resources/Images/spaceship.png")
playerX, playerY = 360, 480
playerX_change = 1

def player(x, y):
    screen.blit(playerImg, (x, y))

# game loop
running = True
while running:

    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False
        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
            if event.type == pygame.K_LEFT:
                print("Hi")

    # playerX += playerX_change
    player(playerX, playerY)
    pygame.display.update()

[reef escarp]

so what exactly do you have problems with? @reef escarp
@dawn quiver I want to display score(in %)...check out paper.io .. u will understand, its the same concept

for example... if i move a red rect...the percentage should increase

check out the game paper.io

u will get what i m trying to say

[strange niche]

you should do if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN: if event.key == pygame.K_LEFT @strange niche
@dawn quiver Oooh, damn what a nood mistake

@dawn quiver thanks a ton

[reef escarp]

@dawn quiver Here I have two rects and they covered a specific amount of the screen... I want display the percentage of the screen covered by white(in White: ) .... and also i want to display the % of the screen covered by red (in Red: )....The score(in %) is out of 100

I hope you get what i m trying to say

outputting the percentage in real time... that means as the rects are moving the percentage should change

[timber bolt]

i want your help

when i try to run the game, it says this

[reef escarp]

I dont get

sorry cuz i am a beginner trying to learn

[timber bolt]

thanks!

wait thats new, what is indentantion? sorry for asking, i am just a begginer

[dawn quiver]

!indent

[frank field]

Indentation

Indentation is leading whitespace (spaces and tabs) at the beginning of a line of code. In the case of Python, they are used to determine the grouping of statements.

Spaces should be preferred over tabs. To be clear, this is in reference to the character itself, not the keys on a keyboard. Your editor/IDE should be configured to insert spaces when the TAB key is pressed. The amount of spaces should be a multiple of 4, except optionally in the case of continuation lines.

Example

def foo():
    bar = 'baz'  # indented one level
    if bar == 'baz':
        print('ham')  # indented two levels
    return bar  # indented one level

The first line is not indented. The next two lines are indented to be inside of the function definition. They will only run when the function is called. The fourth line is indented to be inside the if statement, and will only run if the if statement evaluates to True. The fifth and last line is like the 2nd and 3rd and will always run when the function is called. It effectively closes the if statement above as no more lines can be inside the if statement below that line.

Indentation is used after:
1. Compound statements (eg. if, while, for, try, with, def, class, and their counterparts)
2. Continuation lines

More Info
1. Indentation style guide
2. Tabs or Spaces?
3. Official docs on indentation

[last moon]

tabs are better don't @ me

[frozen knoll]

HERESY!

[timber bolt]

thanks

[last moon]

tabs provide more readability + take 4x less memory (but noooo let's use spaces to be sPEcial)

[dawn quiver]

Yo wait

there's people out here pressing space 4x?

Uh

I am confused

[timber bolt]

i really dont get it, which indention am i wrong? :<

it still wont work:<

[light rampart]

I assume you're missing a = between food and nf in the while loop

[last moon]

It's less a question of spaces taking up too much memory and more the fact that they take up more space

[light rampart]

Spaces are more configurable and consistent across editors

[timber bolt]

wait ill try

[dawn quiver]

Oh, the amount of spaces in a tab differs across text editors/languages/platforms?

[last moon]

• if you use spaces, you still have to use 4 to follow PEP

you can usually change indentation/spacing across editors (I haven't come across one that you can't)

[light rampart]

Some editors treat tabs as 4 spaces, some as 8, but all of them treat a space as a single character, there's no ambiguity. 2 spaces per indentation level is actually fairly common in larger projects

[dawn quiver]

interesting

[last moon]

Some editors treat tabs as 4 spaces, some as 8
that can be changed tho

also you can tabify/untabify

[timber bolt]

@light rampart wont work

[last moon]

but either way if you're using spaces you're using 2+ characters

[light rampart]

that's... not what I mean when I said you're missing a = @timber bolt

between food and fn

inside the loop body

[timber bolt]

ahhh

[last moon]

= is used to define a variable, == is used to determine equality (+returns a bool)

[dawn quiver]

In your ternary conditional: food = nf if nf not in snake else None

is what he meant

[timber bolt]

wont work too

tried it already

which spacing am i wrong? sorry for asking

[last moon]

while food is None should be while food == None

[proper peak]

No, is None is fine.

[light rampart]

is None is actually considered better practice

[proper peak]

All Nones are the same; it's perfectly fine to check for None this way.

[last moon]

oh really

I thought ide's usually kick back a warning with literals

[dawn quiver]

Yeah is None is convention over == None

pylint actually does the opposite

with None

or True and False

[last moon]

is None is actually considered better practice
is that true with bools too?

[proper peak]

with bools, best practice is to use no operator 😛

just do if a or if not b

[dawn quiver]

^^

Just naming it for pylint

[last moon]

forgot about that lol

is there ever a situation where you'd need ==/is True?

[proper peak]

sure

if you want, say, 1 (and other truthy objects) to not register as True

then you'd use if a is True and not just if a

[light rampart]

== True will only give True for 1 and True though, it doesn't cast the other operand to bool

[last moon]

ah ok thanks good to know

[proper peak]

oh really?

that's interesting

[timber bolt]

which is better, sublime or pycharm?

[dawn quiver]

pycharm

imo

[last moon]

^^

I perfer spyder/vs

[dawn quiver]

sublime has plugins

that do the same thing pycharm does natively

VS code over any text editor imo

[last moon]

sublime has plugins
vsc also has plugins (quite a few do)

[dawn quiver]

Yeah I was comparing it to pycharm

[timber bolt]

im still wondering why wont the code i created wont work lmao

[last moon]

can you send it?

using markdown

[timber bolt]

markdown?

[dawn quiver]

```py
code

[timber bolt]

i can send a picture tho

[dawn quiver]

No

Send it as a code block

[last moon]

use markdown plz

[frank field]

Pasting large amounts of code

If your code is too long to fit in a codeblock in discord, you can paste your code here:
https://paste.pydis.com/

After pasting your code, save it by clicking the floppy disk icon in the top right, or by typing ctrl + S. After doing that, the URL should change. Copy the URL and post it here so others can see it.

[last moon]

It's easier for us to read

!code

[frank field]

Discord has support for Markdown, which allows you to post code with full syntax highlighting. Please use these whenever you paste code, as this helps improve the legibility and makes it easier for us to help you.

To do this, use the following method:

```python
print('Hello world!')
```

Note:
• These are backticks, not quotes. Backticks can usually be found on the tilde key.
• You can also use py as the language instead of python
• The language must be on the first line next to the backticks with no space between them

This will result in the following:

print('Hello world!')

[timber bolt]

import random
import curses

s= curses.initscr()
curses.curs_set(0)
sh, sw = s.getmaxyx()
w = curses.newwin(sh, sw, 0, 0)
w.keypad(1)
w.timeout(100)

snk_x = sw/4
snk_y = sh/2
snake = [
[snk_y, snk_x],
[snk_y, snk_x-1],
[snk_y, snk_x-2]
]

food = [sh/2, sw/2]
w.addch(food[0], food[1], curses.ACS_PI)

key = curses.KEY_RIGHT

while True:
next_key = w.getch()
key = key if next_key == -1 else next_key

if snake[0][0] in [0, sh] or snake[0][1] in [0, sw] or snake[0] in snake[1:]:
    curses.endwin()
    quit()

new_head = [snake[0][0], snake[0][1]]

if key == curses.KEY_DOWN:
    new_head[0] += 1
if key == curses.KEY_UP:
    new_head[0] -= 1
if key == curses.KEY_LEFT:
    new_head[1] -= 1
if key == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
    new_head[1] += 1

snake.insert(0, new_head)

if snake[0] == food:
    food = None
    while food is None:
        nf = [
            random.randint(1, sh-1),
            random.randint(1, sw-1)
        ]
        food nf if nf not in snake else None
    w.addch(food[0], food[1], curses.ACS_PI)
else:
    tail=snake.pop()
    w.addch(tail[0], tail[1], ' ')

w.addch(snake[0][0], snake[0][1], curses.ACS_CKBOARD)

oh wrong

[last moon]

backticks!!!

[timber bolt]

my bad

im too dumb for this sorry, ill figure it out wait

[dawn quiver]

```py

Put that at the top

of your copy paste

and then ``` at the bottom

[last moon]

^

[timber bolt]

import random
import curses

s= curses.initscr()
curses.curs_set(0)
sh, sw = s.getmaxyx()
w = curses.newwin(sh, sw, 0, 0)
w.keypad(1)
w.timeout(100)

snk_x = sw/4
snk_y = sh/2
snake = [
    [snk_y, snk_x],
    [snk_y, snk_x-1],
    [snk_y, snk_x-2]
]

food = [sh/2, sw/2]
w.addch(food[0], food[1], curses.ACS_PI)

key = curses.KEY_RIGHT

while True:
    next_key = w.getch()
    key = key if next_key == -1 else next_key

    if snake[0][0] in [0, sh] or snake[0][1] in [0, sw] or snake[0] in snake[1:]:
        curses.endwin()
        quit()

    new_head = [snake[0][0], snake[0][1]]

    if key == curses.KEY_DOWN:
        new_head[0] += 1
    if key == curses.KEY_UP:
        new_head[0] -= 1
    if key == curses.KEY_LEFT:
        new_head[1] -= 1
    if key == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
        new_head[1] += 1

    snake.insert(0, new_head)

    if snake[0] == food:
        food = None
        while food is None:
            nf = [
                random.randint(1, sh-1),
                random.randint(1, sw-1)
            ]
            food nf if nf not in snake else None
        w.addch(food[0], food[1], curses.ACS_PI)
    else:
        tail=snake.pop()
        w.addch(tail[0], tail[1], ' ')

    w.addch(snake[0][0], snake[0][1], curses.ACS_CKBOARD)

is that it?

[last moon]

yep

what's your error again?

[timber bolt]

this

[last moon]

food = nf if....

you're not currently doing anything with food

[timber bolt]

let me try it again wait

i guess its in the indentantion

indentation*

[last moon]

you might have a mix of tabs/spaces

your ide should have an option to untabify selected lines, i'd suggest ctrl+aing and trying that

@timber bolt you figure it out?

[timber bolt]

nope

i already did change the spacing and i tried to change the is none in to ==

this snake game is hella problematic

[last moon]

idk if it works per say my PATH is all messed up

but my ide's not throwing back anything

[timber bolt]

well, good for you

[last moon]

copy + paste this https://pastebin.com/mwT9fvFF

[timber bolt]

nvm, im gonna create a new one

[last moon]

I'm pretty sure your code is fine

it must just be a spacing/editor issue

[timber bolt]

yes i think so too

im gonna fix it later, thanks for the help

[dawn quiver]

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

my problem is in the code

[last moon]

what's your problem?

[sleek valve]

hi

anyone would like to see my game and help me degub?????

its a stupid tic-tac-toe that works partially

[sinful flicker]

how do you put width and length for a png in pygame

[last badger]

when it comes to edge detection for maps to check if you are on the corner or edge of a map is there any better way to check other than doing a else if? I know this isnt python but it's obvious what its doing

    if (x == 0 && y == 0) {
        map[x][y] = 7
    }
    else if (x == 0 && y == map.length - 1) {
        map[x][y] = 11
    }
    else if (x == map.length - 1 && y == map.length - 1) {
        map[x][y] = 9
    }
    else if (x == map.length - 1 && y == 0) {
        map[x][y] = 5
    }
    else if (x == 0) {
        map[x][y] = 6
    }
    else if (y == 0) {
        map[x][y] = 10
    }
    else {
        map[x][y] = 0
    }

[dawn quiver]

I have a boat racing game that I am designing in PyGame. I currently have implemented a Home Screen, Pause functionality, Shop, and credits screen, I have ran out of ways to spruce up my game. Any ideas?

[sinful flicker]

brah

this is too big

how do i make it smaller in pygame?

[dawn quiver]

use resize.

[sinful flicker]

wdym

[dawn quiver]

rather

transform.

[sinful flicker]

howww

[dawn quiver]

https://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/transform.html

[sinful flicker]

ok

uh

[dawn quiver]

I had a fun challenge in my game where I had to take an image, resize it and rotate it, and then turn it into a button.

[sinful flicker]

ok...

[timber bolt]

uh guy? where did i go wrong?

it wont run

im basicaly making a snake game and it keeps saying error, i already tried everything

[dawn quiver]

@timber bolt DM me.

Does anyone know a good place to upload exe files of my games to show other people?

[dawn quiver]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/

Can anyone help with suggestions to improve my game?

Or my code?

[jaunty fern]

You could probably build the executables yourself and then upload them to GitHub Releases

[dawn quiver]

@jaunty fern I hadn't seen releases, its an interesting idea.

[jaunty fern]

You can find it in the repository for your game if you have it on GitHub

[dawn quiver]

I looked it up, I can see how to do it now.

@jaunty fern Do you mind taking a look at my source code see if there is anything I should clean up?

[jaunty fern]

Feel free to ping me with the repo in an hour or so

[somber bramble]

guys

any good resource of information for strategy games?

i want to make a web based game, but i'm not finding anything about it :x

the game is suposed to be full browser based with no animations, it'll be a resource based strategy game

[cold storm]

WYSIWYG world streamer in the blender viewport / game engine

in upbge / the GE

top is viewport / bottom is game engine

[sturdy horizon]

@somber bramble You can find a bunch just by searching "Strategy game design". I did so and actually got wholly distracted reading this one:
https://www.gamedev.net/tutorials/game-design/game-design-and-theory/the-strategy-game-designers-constitution-r2758/

[last moon]

@timber bolt if you find a solution for that can you ping me plz

[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/ifufuyabil.py

Anyone mind doing a code review on this?

[timber bolt]

@last moon i already did find the solution

[last moon]

which was?

[timber bolt]

I installed window_curses in py charm
and @The_Man20 helped me fix the code.

[dawn quiver]

Yah.

[dawn quiver]

Anyone mind playtesting a game for me?

[vast shore]

I would love to!

[sinful flicker]

Can anyone explain why

playerImg = pygame.image.load('sword.png')
picture = pygame.transform.scale(playerImg, (64,64))

doesn't work?

[timber bolt]

picture = pygame.image.load('sword.png')
picture = pygame.transform.scale(playerImg, (64, 64))

try that

[dawn quiver]

No.

You are still bliting the original image.

And not the resized one.

@sinful flicker

[sinful flicker]

oh

[dawn quiver]

Lol.

[sinful flicker]

thanks

[dawn quiver]

@sinful flicker Is it working now?

[sinful flicker]

it works now

yeh

[dawn quiver]

Good.

Np.

I had to go back to my own game to check my code and see what happened.

[sinful flicker]

ok

also can i test ur game?

@dawn quiver

[dawn quiver]

hii

I'm new to python(only created some turtles in the past) and so I followed a tutorial on pong and I'm running into and error which the tutorial doesn't have and wondered if any1 could help me

Im running into an issue at the last 5 lines of code

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

Paddle and ball collisions:

if (ball.xcor() > 340 and ball.xcor() < 350) and (ball.ycor() < paddle_b.ycor() + 40 and ball.ycor() > paddle_b.ycor() - 40):
    ball.setx(340)
    ball.dx *= -1

if (ball.xcor() > -340 and ball.xcor() < -350) and (ball.ycor() < paddle_a.ycor() + 40 and ball.ycor() > paddle_a.ycor() - 40):
    ball.setx(-340)
    ball.dx *= -1

when the ball bounces to the left paddle (A), it just ghosts through like the A paddle doesn't even exist

if anyone knows, tag me pls!

[proper peak]

ball.xcor() > -340 and ball.xcor() < -350)
These should be the opposite.

A number can never be simultaneously >-340 and <-350 😛

The right condition is:

-350 < ball.xcor() < -340

, and it will be easier to see if you rewrite it like this.

[sinful flicker]

  for event in pygame.event.get():
    if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
      running = False

    if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
      if event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
        playerX_change = -0.3
      if event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
        playerX_change = 0.3

    if event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
      if event.key == pygame.K_LEFT or event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
        playerX_change = 0

does anyone know why this doesn't work?

[clever turtle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBJZ16jmP0k

sup

i made a game on keyboard anyone interested?

[last moon]

That's awesome

the one thing i'd suggest is if you're using the main 'body' of your keyboard, using wasd to control the snake kinda covers up a portion of the 'board'

so maybe just switching that to the arrow keys?

[dawn quiver]

@proper peak it worked! Tysm!!

[proper peak]

👌

[narrow shale]

hi, just looking for some advice. going to code one of thouse 'choose your own adventure' books. should i have each page be a class object or have them as a dictionary?

[tardy terrace]

Hi, I was wondering if Kivy uses actual python code or if it uses "OOP" instead?

[narrow shale]

OOP is more a way of coding rather than it's own language

[proper peak]

@narrow shale probably better to use a class.

you can have a class that can do anything a dict can, but not the opposite 😉

[tardy terrace]

I see, but I'd rather just prefer using the standard way of coding with Python. does kivy offer that?

[proper peak]

and this is an application in which you might need to add features later.

[narrow shale]

thanks mate

[timber bolt]

@dapper elbow hi there mate, i already fixed the code and also the indention problems and i also installed the windows_curses in pycharm, the game works proerly now.

[quick jackal]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/wulafixapo.rb
this is one of the program file code i made with pygame for my game
the player is supposed to blink white when self.damaged
however when damaged, the player turns invisible

[vale swift]

I like game

[quick jackal]

help

[neon horizon]

So I’m pretty new to Python but I really want to make a metroidvania. Anything I could use to be efficient aside from the arcade library?

[burnt mason]

pygame

but if you want an easier solution and already know c# then consider learning about unity

its a little easier than coding most of the game yourself

[last moon]

pygame's not really the way to go for efficiency

[quick jackal]

c++ is good for unreal engine

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/wulafixapo.rb
this is one of the program file code i made with pygame for my game
the player is supposed to blink white when self.damaged
however when damaged, the player turns invisible

[inner kiln]

I want to build games in unreal engine. Any good tutorial??

You guys know of.

[quick jackal]

use c++

[dawn quiver]

hello?

when i use pygame.mouse.get_pos() my program crashes

if i click on the window

nvm

[dawn quiver]

hi

im having a problem with my pong game

the pong ball enters in the 2 paddles and I can't seem to figure out how to make it bounce with the paddle, not enter it

[patent lantern]

Can you recommend some Pygame tutorials?? I only built a few dumb games and I wish to level up my skills

[dawn quiver]

too bad I can't show video

my only clue is that the problem should be here:

Paddle and ball collisions:

if (ball.xcor() > 340 and ball.xcor() < 350) and (ball.ycor() < paddle_b.ycor() + 40 and ball.ycor() > paddle_b.ycor() - 40):
    ball.setx(340)
    ball.dx *= -1

if (ball.xcor() > -350 and ball.xcor() < -340) and (ball.ycor() < paddle_a.ycor() + 40 and ball.ycor() > paddle_a.ycor() - 40):
    ball.setx(-340)
    ball.dx *= -1

[clever turtle]

if (ball.xcor() > 340 and ball.xcor() < 350) and (ball.ycor() < paddle_b.ycor() + 40 and ball.ycor() > paddle_b.ycor() - 40):
        ball.setx(340)
        ball.dx *= -1

    if (ball.xcor() > -350 and ball.xcor() < -340) and (ball.ycor() < paddle_a.ycor() + 40 and ball.ycor() > paddle_a.ycor() - 40):
        ball.setx(-340)
        ball.dx *= -1

use this pls\

[dawn quiver]

ok

@clever turtle ummm it's the same

[clever turtle]

no its not

[dawn quiver]

nvm it worked thx

and also

how do I make it register multiple keys so the 2 players can move the paddle at the same time

?

I mean how do I make it register multiple keys so the 2 players can move the 2 paddles at the same time? Pls I need an answer asap

[dawn quiver]

ok help

@clever turtle after 5 mins I got an error and ur code doesn't work

I tried copy pasting it directly into VS code and it still has an error

I mean it doesn't have an error but it's the same as before

[clever turtle]

nooooo

i meant how to format the code

not the actual code itself

like use this

@dawn quiver

[dawn quiver]

oh

it doesn't matter my power just cut off and I forgot to save the code so I spent 3 hours for nothing

[clever turtle]

f

[dawn quiver]

ik

[hasty herald]

Hey guys. I was wondering if someone could make me some code. I just need like a really really simple, beginner level, login system but for 2 people.

BTW this isnt for some big thing im tryina make money off. its for school and i need help cuz im stuck so i just need someone to do that bit for me. i've pretty much done the rest of the code

[turbid beacon]

Login system, hm i could make you a database to store all of usernames and passwords, although i am not good at security so be weary it will probably be easy to hack into @hasty herald

i have made this before so it will be relatively easy, DM me if you actually want to @hasty herald

[hasty herald]

@turbid beacon ill DM u the details but i need something even simpler lol. just something in the python IDLE to ask for 2 peoples usernames and passwords

[tall summit]

  if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]and x > vel:
    x-=vel
  
  if keys[pygame.K_RIGHT] and x < 500-width-vel:
    x+=vel

  if keys[pygame.K_UP] and y > vel:
    y-=vel

  if keys[pygame.K_DOWN] and y < 500 - height - vel:
    y+=vel
    

 ``` Hey I was just watching Tech with Tim's Pygame tutorial. Can someone explain the second half of the if statements to me(They are for movement)? This is not the full code.

ultimate nu

[proper peak]

Looks like they are so that you can't go out of bounds.

x > vel is equivalent to x-vel >0

so it guarantees that x-=vel won't cause it to go below 0.

same for the other ones.

Though this one is wrong, lol:

y > 500 - height - vel

should be <

[tall summit]

oh ok thank you

i edited it

can you explain the coordinate system though?

[proper peak]

What do you mean?

Well, the y axis points down here.

Likely because it's the canvas's coordinate system. So 0,0 is the top-left corner. That's how windows usually track coordinates.

[tall summit]

oh ok

thank you

i still don't get the if statements though

[proper peak]

What part of them?

[fervent rose]

An if statement will execute the code indented (the code underneath that is fartehr to the right) only if the condition to the right is True

[tall summit]

no i get basic if/else statements in python i just don't get how the numbers work in that particular one

[fervent rose]

Oh

500 is probably the size of the window, isn't it?

[tall summit]

yes

[fervent rose]

Yeah, it is to check if you aren't going out of bounds

[tall summit]

yea but how/why does it work?

[fervent rose]

500 is the edge of the screen, to that you substract the size of the player character and the position it'll gain at the next tick, and check if it is higher than zero

You can simplify that actually

You can say that if the current position of the player plus the position it'll gain is greater than 500, you are out of bound

That's actually the same thing

[tall summit]

oh ok thank you

ultimate nu

[quick jackal]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/wulafixapo.rb
this is one of the program file code i made with pygame for my game
the player is supposed to blink white when self.damaged
however when damaged, the player turns invisible
how do i fix this?

[midnight wave]

@quick jackal I'm guessing this is your problem:

self.damage_alpha = chain(DAMAGE_ALPHA * 3)
[...]
self.image.fill((255, 255, 255, next(self.damage_alpha)), special_flags=pg.BLEND_RGBA_MULT)

If DAMAGE_ALPHA start as a low number, then MULT will turn the image transparent. (result = (alpha1 * alpha2) / 256)

Use this flag instead. While testing, make sure to hit the player multiple times.

special_flags=pg.BLEND_RGBA_ADD

[quick jackal]

ok

i just turn into a white rectangle @midnight wave

forever.

[midnight wave]

progress ;-P

[quick jackal]

?

help pls

[cold storm]

https://gum.co/VfyUKZ

https://youtu.be/oiM5SvZKOHc

[midnight wave]

You know what/where the problem is.
This link suggest you actually could do without a flag:
self.image.fill((255, 255, 255, next(self.damage_alpha)))
https://stackoverflow.com/a/625476/10699171

[quick jackal]

it just makes me a white rectangle after

and then turns me back

    def update(self):
        self.get_keys()
        self.rot = (self.rot + self.rot_speed * self.game.dt) % 360
        if self.weapon == 'none':
            self.image = self.game.player_img_start
        else:
            self.image = self.game.player_img
        self.image = pg.transform.rotate(self.game.player_img, self.rot)
        if self.damaged:
            try:
                self.image.fill((255, 255, 255, next(self.damage_alpha)))
            except:
                self.damaged = False
        self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
        self.rect.center = self.pos
        self.pos += self.vel * self.game.dt
        self.hit_rect.centerx = self.pos.x
        collide_with_walls(self, self.game.walls, 'x')
        self.hit_rect.centery = self.pos.y
        collide_with_walls(self, self.game.walls, 'y')
        self.rect.center = self.hit_rect.center```

ok it works

i moved around the self.image stuff and added the special flag again

[last badger]

anyone have experience with random map generation?

I was wondering what kind of implementations you did for 2D and ask if my implementation is rather ridiculous and I should redesign it

[turbid beacon]

any arcaders?

[frozen knoll]

Woo Arcade!

[turbid beacon]

[neon horizon]

Best software to make music for a game in unity?

[main lotus]

How to add background image to this code?

[ebon mauve]

Can i ask?

Can we run pygame in any gba Nintendo emulator?

[hallow agate]

Why is that even in a class

[halcyon ocean]

how can i create a game on unreal engine ?

[last moon]

learn c++ or UE blueprint

[bold moss]

Hi guys, bit of a newbie question. Which framework-library is best for creating games to be used as a reinforcement learning environment? Also, is it difficult to create a hide-and-seek like game in 2D?

[desert sorrel]

how should i make a gui for sudoku in python?

[limpid mural]

Hi guys i have a question Can i use the python for creating games ?

[vestal vessel]

yes sir

[limpid mural]

What i Can Do with python ?

[drifting fable]

suggest me a good python framework to make good games

plz

[upbeat dragon]

Hey guys, I'm wanting to get started developing mods for the sims 4. I'm a big fan of the game and I already have used python to automate tasks and build web apps. Can anyone point me to any tutorials for modding the game?

[frozen knoll]

@drifting fable Try Arcade. Https://arcade.academy

[spice flame]

Ok, I don't know exactly how to ask this so please bare with me here. I'm building a game engine and want to define things like monsters outside the code in a text file, like TOML. I don't want to hard code each monster type. For example: a wolf has four legs a body and a head but a spider has eight legs a body and a head. I am trying to avoid hard coding things like body layout in a class structure.

[potent ice]

Defines the monster types separately and require each monster to have a type?

[upbeat dragon]

I'd have suggested the same

create a base monster class and then import the data from the file, use a type property and include the type in your text file

[spice flame]

@potent ice I had started down the road of a generic creature type then specific monsters would inherit that type and expand as needed.

[potent ice]

I guess it depends if the monster is linked to something visual. If it's a generic system with generated monster types that's of course a very different approach.

but at least some categorization is probably good

[spice flame]

maybe a plugin is what I'm looking for. The engine would feed a front end but not house the display portion. This is just for the rules side of things.

Oh... maybe something like this https://github.com/mammo0/py-simple-plugin-loader

[potent ice]

Why is the number of legs important? 🙂

[spice flame]

You can hit body parts. so things like legs head and the like are targetable.

[potent ice]

I would store data that is independent of the visual properties of the mostner

ah

[proper peak]

More body parts to cripple until they start losing mobility 😅

You can hit body parts. so things like legs head and the like are targetable.
oh lol, guessed it 🙂

[potent ice]

That's a very specific feature for a game engine.

[spice flame]

its a very specific game.

probably should have lead with that.

[upbeat dragon]

can you describe the game in more detail so we know more about the game mechanics required?

[spice flame]

it is an RPG turn based game. supports melee and ranged weapons it has some fine grain detail like hit location you standard D&D fare.

[proper peak]

oh nice, like Cataclysm DDA

[spice flame]

yep

well "yep" as in a body target system. Cataclysm DDA and Dwarf Fortress are just bonkers as far as complexity and emergent gameplay goes.

This thing started looking like "turtles all the way down" so I decided to stop and rethink it a bit.

[kindred dagger]

Can ppls help me with making chess?

pygame

[elfin frost]

@kindred dagger it is easier if you just ask

[kindred dagger]

k then

[gritty field]

wai--is Python a good language for coding games or should I learn java?

[proper peak]

Not really. Though honestly, Java isn't super good either.

[gritty field]

ok can u teach me Korbel then?

lmao jk

[thin iris]

a lot of game engines are based on java tho so it might be useful to know it too

for example unity uses java

[gritty field]

ew unity

jk

[thin iris]

but if ur starting from complete scratch than im not super sure

lol

[gritty field]

ok I'll just 0010101011

see if I don't turn my computer into Kombucha by the end of it

[elfin frost]

if you are not sure, you can always try to make 2 simple games in both

[gritty field]

perhaps lol--I'm gonna start my computer science major in under a few weeks anyway

see if I can flex on all you with a doctorate if I survive the 10+ years or something

That's Doctor Python to you

xD

[kindred dagger]

im learning unreal engine for that

lol

[reef prawn]

hello. so i began to learn python one year ago and a few months ago i started do code a program and it worked, but after a few days it stoped working. i dont know if i accidentally deleted something and it stoped working. can someone take a look at it? (if yes, please write to me in dm)

[tough shard]

paste a link to everyone and whoever can help will help ?

[elfin frost]

I wonder how to put roads on randomly generated map

[frank field]

Hey @reef prawn!

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

[reef prawn]

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

here is the code

[kindred dagger]

I'm making chess in Pygame

Any help?

[proper peak]

What do you need help with?

[kindred dagger]

I made the chess board with a png

And I got the pngs, for all the pieces

I'm just seeing the best areas to blit everythin

g

guess i could try alone

[proper peak]

You still haven't asked anything 😛

[kindred dagger]

ya i know lol

just how do you detect the mouse button

so if u click something

how do u detect that

[proper peak]

https://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/mouse.html

When the display mode is set, the event queue will start receiving mouse events. The mouse buttons generate pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN and pygame.MOUSEBUTTONUP events when they are pressed and released.

[kindred dagger]

no in a specific area

I have done that before

Like clicking the king

[proper peak]

You'd have to check what square the click's position corresponds to.

Since you know the coordinates of every square, it's easy - just a bit of math.

[kindred dagger]

Oh ok then

[proper peak]

Something like

pos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
x = pos[0]//square_width
y = pos[1]//square_height

where x,y is the coordinate of the clicked square.

[kindred dagger]

ahh thanks man

i'll just keep the x & y in a variable

[dawn quiver]

what do you guys think about my code?

I based it on a super successful game dev

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[proper peak]

I mean, I'd say #esoteric-python, but it doesn't even work, so...

[dawn quiver]

Ikr idk y it does not work

[kindred dagger]

lol

[timber bolt]

Lol

[shadow dock]

can i paste my full game code?

[frank field]

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[shadow dock]

Simple Pong in Python 3 for Beginners

By @shadow dock

import turtle
import os

wn = turtle.Screen()
wn.title("Game by AaTherf")
wn.bgcolor("red")
wn.setup(width=800, height=600)
wn.tracer(0)

Score

score_a = 0
score_b = 0

Paddle A

paddle_a = turtle.Turtle()
paddle_a.speed(5)
paddle_a.shape("square")
paddle_a.color("white")
paddle_a.shapesize(stretch_wid=5,stretch_len=1)
paddle_a.penup()
paddle_a.goto(-350, 0)

Paddle B

paddle_b = turtle.Turtle()
paddle_b.speed(5)
paddle_b.shape("square")
paddle_b.color("white")
paddle_b.shapesize(stretch_wid=5,stretch_len=1)
paddle_b.penup()
paddle_b.goto(350, 0)

Ball

ball = turtle.Turtle()
ball.speed(0)
ball.shape("square")
ball.color("white")
ball.penup()
ball.goto(0, 0)
ball.dx = 2
ball.dy = 2

Pen

pen = turtle.Turtle()
pen.speed(0)
pen.shape("square")
pen.color("white")
pen.penup()
pen.hideturtle()
pen.goto(0, 260)
pen.write("Player A: 0 Player B: 0", align="center", font=("Courier", 24, "normal"))

Functions

def paddle_a_up():
y = paddle_a.ycor()
y += 20
paddle_a.sety(y)

def paddle_a_down():
y = paddle_a.ycor()
y -= 20
paddle_a.sety(y)

def paddle_b_up():
y = paddle_b.ycor()
y += 20
paddle_b.sety(y)

def paddle_b_down():
y = paddle_b.ycor()
y -= 20
paddle_b.sety(y)

Keyboard bindings

wn.listen()
wn.onkeypress(paddle_a_up, "w")
wn.onkeypress(paddle_a_down, "s")
wn.onkeypress(paddle_b_up, "Up")
wn.onkeypress(paddle_b_down, "Down")

Main game loop

while True:
wn.update()

# Move the ball
ball.setx(ball.xcor() + ball.dx)
ball.sety(ball.ycor() + ball.dy)

# Border checking

# Top and bottom
if ball.ycor() > 290:
    ball.sety(290)
    ball.dy *= -1
    os.system("afplay bounce.wav&")

elif ball.ycor() < -290:
ball.sety(-290)
ball.dy *= -1
os.system("afplay bounce.wav&")

# Left and right
if ball.xcor() > 350:
    score_a += 1
    pen.clear()
    pen.write("Player A: {}  Player B: {}".format(score_a, score_b), align="center", font=("Courier", 24, "normal"))
    ball.goto(0, 0)
    ball.dx *= -1

elif ball.xcor() < -350:
    score_b += 1
    pen.clear()
    pen.write("Player A: {}  Player B: {}".format(score_a, score_b), align="center", font=("Courier", 24, "normal"))
    ball.goto(0, 0)
    ball.dx *= -1

# Paddle and ball collisions
if ball.xcor() < -340 and ball.ycor() < paddle_a.ycor() + 50 and ball.ycor() > paddle_a.ycor() - 50:
    ball.dx *= -1 
    os.system("afplay bounce.wav&")

elif ball.xcor() > 340 and ball.ycor() < paddle_b.ycor() + 50 and ball.ycor() > paddle_b.ycor() - 50:
    ball.dx *= -1
    os.system("afplay bounce.wav&")

my new game

please try it

game by @shadow dock a.k.a me

[patent lantern]

I tried it

There are some errors

[potent ice]

@shadow dock Better to use share your code using https://paste.pythondiscord.com/

[remote leaf]

@dawn quiver Yandere dev is famous here as well hmm...

[dawn quiver]

@remote leaf yep

[dawn quiver]

Hi I want to make a game but i dont Know what software to use.Can someone help me out

@shadow dock I will try it

[tepid walrus]

2D: Gimp, Photoshop, Substance Painter
3D: Blender, 3d Studio Max / Maya, ZBrush
Engines: Godot, Unity, Unreal

[near wedge]

@dawn quiver For Python game libraries/frameworks, see the channel topic.

[tepid walrus]

Godot is open source and uses GD Script, which is based on Python.

[near wedge]

It's still not Python though...

If all I wanted from Python was the syntax, then GD script is great. If I want the Python stdlib and ecosystem, then GD script isn't even close.

This isn't a knock on Godot or GD script (I think both are great).

[tepid walrus]

Although charming, Godot is limited compared to Unity and Unreal.

[mellow ore]

Hello, I wrote text version of CS:GO, but really minimalistic, can you check please, may be somewhere I could write code shorter, or may be you can improve it: https://paste.pythondiscord.com/bomutoguqo.rb

[dawn quiver]

What platform was Call of Duty made on?

Because unity seems like a less advanced platform

[uneven perch]

Hey, I'm trying to create my first online game. I want it to be a card game written in python and be fully-standalone. What are some useful resources for this kind of project?

[timber belfry]

can i use python in unity?

just dm me if someone can answer

or ping me

your wish

[frozen knoll]

@uneven perch Not on line, but here's a tutorial to get started on solititaire. https://arcade.academy/tutorials/card_game/index.html

[gentle oasis]

@timber belfry@ameydhurgudeno if you are doing game development use c# not python, if you want 2d use Godot, 3d games unity but use C# cause python isn't compatible with it

[dawn quiver]

I need a Kivy alternative for 3.8 anyone got one?

@near wedge

[prisma pebble]

@uneven perch Not on line, but here's a tutorial to get started on solititaire. https://arcade.academy/tutorials/card_game/index.html
@frozen knoll I actually think online Solitaire would be fun and nice to make in Python. I’ll keep that in mind.

I had a project which was a roguelike with a 2.5D ground plane. I know how to make a rotating 2.5D ground plane, it’s just I use GLSL access for the plane itself.

Python’d be fun 🙂

[dawn quiver]

So, I am working through the Beeware tutorial, and want to use my PyCharm IDE, how do I run the configuaration for the main, init, and app files? Or am I misunderstanding something?

[stoic beacon]

I need music for a 2D snake game, any ideas?

[next estuary]

Anybody know of a python tool to convert images to animal crossing bar codes?

I made a pixel art editor / gif maker with tkinter and PIL and it would be perfect for making acnh art.

[vestal vessel]

so i want to improve my skills for pixel art

i wanna create something like this but i wanna do it in more spirtishh...

what are some idea tools to achieve something like this

[next estuary]

Like closer to 8 bit?

[vestal vessel]

something like that

[next estuary]

That's what I'm developing but I don't know of anything similar

[vestal vessel]

how do i learn this artstyle concept

[next estuary]

Never really looked tho

No idea

[vestal vessel]

hmm

i wanna part take in coming pyweek so

i wanted to learn this asap

[next estuary]

I've never actually used a pixel editor 😩

[vestal vessel]

me either

[next estuary]

Here's mine tho

[vestal vessel]

i usually make stuffs in paint

mine lol

[next estuary]

I usually use gimp

Might be good for you

Those look good tho

[vestal vessel]

this is for different game that im making

but i wanna adapt different artstyle that i showed ya

but a bit in 8bit form

it sud look pixelated but in detail form

[next estuary]

Gimp might be a good choixe for higher resolution stuff like that

Rescale using box or no antialiasing in code for good results

[rich scroll]

if you make svg you get infinite resolution

[fervent rose]

This are some really good pixel arts here

To draw something like that, I'd do like you'd draw a scene on paper

First the outlines, basic coloring, details, and then shading

And then details: place them, draw, and then shade

You'd also need some reference images for this

[next estuary]

I can't draw well at all

[fervent rose]

I'm afraid that'll be an issue then

But art is mostly practice

Also, I hardly see someone doing those pixel arts using a mouse, they probably used a drawing tablet

[vestal vessel]

the one in the kynseed ?

i mean in eastward

[dense creek]

I do that. Using a mouse.

[vestal vessel]

game

i make pixel with mouse too lol

[fervent rose]

This one #game-development message

[dense creek]

Using Paint 3D (Probably not the best software for pixel arts but i am too lazy do download one)

[fervent rose]

With a mouse it would be almost impossible

Aseprite is quite good for that

Piskel is also a good choice

[vestal vessel]

thnx heaps

[dense creek]

Are there any additional features in those software which might consider me switching?

[vestal vessel]

hmm

[dense creek]

I feel pretty normal using Paint 3D

[vestal vessel]

ye i use paint too

but still

i need to adapt to different artstyle that is quicker for me to make

[fervent rose]

Well, the whole thing is built to do pixel arts

They are a lot of great features

[dense creek]

Then I should try one

As its "focused" on making pixel art

[vestal vessel]

i just cant do except one artstyle lol

[dense creek]

I am pretty new in pixel art too

I did make this one a month ago

[vestal vessel]

i wanna go like reall y pixelated ones

[dense creek]

Oh

[vestal vessel]

this one is pg 18 so i will delete that one

[dense creek]

I need background music for my game

Maybe 8 Bit ones

[vestal vessel]

i need to learn a new artstyle for pyweek lol

[dense creek]

i am new and i dont know what pyweek is.

I joined the discord minutes ago

[vestal vessel]

u can check on the pyweek channel

[dense creek]

yt?

[vestal vessel]

same here

[dense creek]

Oh i found it

[vestal vessel]

if u see all the available channel on hte left side

sweet beans

[dense creek]

In #python-events

Yes i got it

[vestal vessel]

sweet

[dense creek]

is it only for game development?

[vestal vessel]

idk

much about it

but its abbout game ye

[dense creek]

Okay

Thanks.

[vestal vessel]

👍

[fervent rose]

PyWeek is a game jam yup

[dawn quiver]

I need a new App Idea to follow these up:

[brazen night]

@dawn quiver you could do a calculator or to do app

[dull laurel]

@dawn quiver did you use python to make that app?

[placid wigeon]

I'm creating a game in Ren'py, the Python-based VN engine, that I want to have more involved gameplay features than a "pure" VN - the gameplay elements is sending characters out on expeditions. I am pretty much a beginner in Python, but already started to appreciate modularity and avoiding copy-pasting and excessive if/else-ing as much as possible.

The way it's programmed, both the tasks and the characters are objects - one of the attributes of the task objects is a list that tracks the names of characters that were assigned to a given task and is later used to give the status report at the end of the expedition ("<character1> and <character2> are now tired!" and such kind of stuff), the second one is a "groupgathering" attribute, which is a combined sum of skills in that particular task of all characters that were assigned to that task. It is later used to compare it against the difficulty of the task and determine failure/success.

I'm trying to create a class method for making the necessary calculations for this, but I can't seem to grasp how exactly do the class attributes and methods work - what is wrong with my code and why doesn't it want to work?

def send_out(self, assignment, gathering, expstate):
  assignment.list.append(self.name)
  assignment.groupgathering += self.gathering

Why doesn't it want to take my input and use it as the "gathering" argument in the function but instead claims that it's undefined?

[stark anvil]

Why doesn't it want to take my input and use it as the "gathering" argument in the function but instead claims that it's undefined?
@placid wigeon the problem is not with the function you pasted

but with where it's being called from.

[placid wigeon]

🤔

What do you mean?

[dawn quiver]

@dull laurel Yes.

The BeeWare suite.

[abstract thicket]

Check out my little game 👍 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Galax.Matty.dev.Boatn

[vestal vessel]

is there something in pygame that helps me make a multiplayer game ??

[dawn quiver]

nice

[vestal vessel]

also let me make multiple servers ??

or do i need to write that myself?

[dawn quiver]

I do a candy crush version memes 😉

_<

🙂

[fervent rose]

is there something in pygame that helps me make a multiplayer game ??
@vestal vessel there's no replication system build it if this is what you are talking about, you have to build it yourself using networking

What's the gist of your game?

[vestal vessel]

so its gonna be like ps home

and runescape

[fervent rose]

That's two pretty different games, but I see

What you'd usually do is have your client send user inputs to the server, the server will move the player and transmit the data to all the clients (including the player that pressed the button, in order to make sure that you are in sync with the server)

Data is usually transmitted using UDP for speed reasons

[vestal vessel]

oh thnx i know about this a bit but incase if i want to create multiple server

and each server (as guild) and how do i manage the concurrent user

?

in those server

[fervent rose]

Well, you can just make the user transmit data only to a specific server

And about concurrent users, since you are using UDP, you can send one package to multiple users, and the net switches will duplicate the package themselves

[vestal vessel]

ohhh i c i think i got the idea. thnx heaps

and also since u said i have to write my own code for this .. can i implement elixir together with python codes in pygame?

for the whole process(mostly the networking bit)

?

[potent ice]

You can write the client in python and the server in some other language at least

[vestal vessel]

ohhh i c. thats what i was thinking of. THnx heaps guys for ur valuable insights .

[elder elbow]

is dis game dev for pygame only or unity allowed as well

[tough cairn]

Is it normal that raylib.py can only be installed on 32-bit python?

[sharp ermine]

hi

[dawn quiver]

hi

hello everybody,

I don't arrive to use a joystick with pygame on neo pixel
can i use the joystick with other that pygame ?

can I use curses for the joystick ?

yes but I can't use pygame

[abstract thicket]

Check out my little game 👍 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Galax.Matty.dev.Boatn

[dawn quiver]

Thank you very much

placu

I will try inputs thank you !

I tried to install it but :

pip install inputs
Downloading/unpacking inputs
Downloading inputs-0.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: inputs
Cleaning up...
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 295, in run
requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options, root=options.root_path)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 1436, in install
requirement.install(install_options, global_options, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 672, in install
self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 902, in move_wheel_files
pycompile=self.pycompile,
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 214, in move_wheel_files
clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 208, in clobber
shutil.copy2(srcfile, destfile)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 130, in copy2
copyfile(src, dst)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 83, in copyfile
with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/inputs.py'

Storing debug log for failure in /home/pi/.pip/pip.log

I can not install it

I will try the second install

Finished processing dependencies for inputs==0.5 : Yes its goood !

Thank you bro 🙂

Hum, are u a game pregrmmer ?

ta*

a**

ok

thank you very much of your contribution !

And sorry if my english is bad its bc i am french and I am 13 years old

placu I have a new probleme

first I import this : from inputs import devices

and I have a import error

I am in python3 bro

Do I run the program in terminal ?

I will try

sorry i dont unserstand !

my french is so bad

tenglish*

Bro pygame is installed on py3

[vestal vessel]

in windows only

[dawn quiver]

I will try that you say

[vestal vessel]

i was just installing pygame lol

[dawn quiver]

thx placu

[vestal vessel]

what the hell, my whole pc starts to lag when i run a pygame instance

;-;

is there any specific reason for this

[potent ice]

What pygame version?

[vestal vessel]

let me check

1.9.1 release

did i install the wrong ver ?

[turbid beacon]

can someone help me with pyinstaller regarding arcade, because i use it on projects without textures and it works fine, but if i use it on a project with textures it just doesn't work, DM me if u wanna help

[safe swift]

Hey, I'm relatively new to pygame, I got this error after I tried to build my project using Pyinstaller:
The error: pygame.error: Failed loading libmpg123.dll: The specified module could not be found.
It happens on this line pygame.mixer.music.load('Song.mp3')

[lusty oyster]

in pygame how do you delay like only a function

but keep the main script running

[potent ice]

@turbid beacon Possibly a related issue : https://github.com/pythonarcade/arcade/issues/737

[turbid beacon]

thank you

[lusty oyster]

I have

import pygame
import sys

pygame.init()
window = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600), pygame.RESIZABLE)
w, h = pygame.display.get_surface().get_size()

logo = pygame.image.load('Logo.png')
logo_scale = (500, 500)
logo_pos = (w / 2, h / 6)
logo = pygame.transform.scale(logo, logo_scale)

fade = 255
fade_colour = (fade, fade, fade)

started = False

def startupScreen():
    if started:
        return
    else:
        started = True
        window.blit(startupScreen)
        while fade > 0:
            fade -= 1
            window.fill(fade_colour)

while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            sys.exit()
        if event.type == pygame.VIDEORESIZE:
            window = pygame.display.set_mode((event.w, event.h), pygame.RESIZABLE)
        startupScreen()
    pygame.display.update()

and when i run it i get

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'started' referenced before assignment

[proper peak]

You can't do started = True in a function without doing global started first.

[lusty oyster]

wdym

what is global started

[proper peak]

https://realpython.com/python-scope-legb-rule/ Here's a detailed explanation.

basically, you can't modify a global variable (like started here) from a function without specifying that you intend to do so with global started

[turbid beacon]

he is right

[dense creek]

Hey, I'm relatively new to pygame, I got this error after I tried to build my project using Pyinstaller:
The error: pygame.error: Failed loading libmpg123.dll: The specified module could not be found.
It happens on this line pygame.mixer.music.load('Song.mp3')
@safe swift

Lol I just encounter this issue today, and the fix is simple.
Go to <Python Folder>\lib\site-packages\pygame and copy that file and paste in the same directory as your .exe file

[safe swift]

Nice

It works, thanks so much for your help

[dreamy walrus]

HI is there anybody that have free time and can help?

[turbid beacon]

@dreamy walrus what is it?

[dreamy walrus]

I need to make chess moving on the board but I am beginer and I don't know how I can do that

can we go priv?

[turbid beacon]

yea

[dreamy walrus]

ok still if someone can help me with moves in pygame (chess) I will be thankful
for more info write on priv

[brazen night]

Hi there, I have a very simple question, is there something like playerprefs (that's from unity, it saves variables even when you close the app, like highscores and money) for Python?

[fierce wraith]

Yeah, you can just write to a file

[brazen night]

how

[potent ice]

Create a dictionary and dump to file as json

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

Create whatever structure with key/value pairs you want (even nested or with lists).

[abstract thicket]

Check out my little game 👍 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Galax.Matty.dev.Boatn

[dawn quiver]

hey

i have a python game and i have some audio clips and photos

i want to compile inside the exe

so when sending i send only the exe

how do i do so?

[dawn quiver]

Hello everybody
I have a problem wit the module inputs, I have an ImportError when I put this : from inputs import devices
do I install the module devices ???

[proper peak]

What's the inputs module supposed to be?

[dawn quiver]

it is a module using to the joystick

for

[proper peak]

https://pypi.org/project/inputs/
this is the correct use of it, so you've probably not installed the inputs module.

[dawn quiver]

Yes but its not a problem with inputs but with devices

My computer don t know devices

do i install it ?

[proper peak]

Yes but its not a problem with inputs but with devices
No, it is a problem with inputs, because that's what you're importing from. Unless, of course, import inputs works for you when from inputs import devices doesn't.

[dawn quiver]

So I must install devices ????

And I can not install it in my terminal

I tried to write sudo apt-get or sudo pip and My computer can not install devics.

what is devices ?

is it a module ?

ImportError: cannot import name 'devices'

can you help me ?

plz

[rapid imp]

@olive grotto Is this the right place to ask for help?

[olive grotto]

|no, this channel is in use

[rapid imp]

lol

[olive grotto]

did you read the info in the channel i posted?

#❓｜how-to-get-help

[rapid imp]

yes

[keen timber]

#help-pancakes seems to be open

[olive grotto]

2. If not, send a message to a channel in Python Help: Available

[keen timber]

nvm

[olive grotto]

there are two channels available

use one of them

as described in #❓｜how-to-get-help

these two are available right now

use one of them

notice it says Python Help: Available

[icy quartz]

Ok so i've got Microsoft Visual Studio and Python downloaded on my PC, is that enough for making a game?

[rapid imp]

hey can someone help me with my game?

[potent ice]

Do you have a specific problem?

[faint bloom]

i installed pyinstaller
now how do i upload my pygame game
(it has pics and audio in the same folder as the project)

[rapid imp]

@potent ice I am making a card game that deals and reviews the handshttps://github.com/Ewawoowaa/Poker-simple/tree/master

Is it okay if you can review the code and help me find out why it doesnt work?

Any help is greatly appreciated

[hallow agate]

Those aren't py files (I'm guessing they are on your machine?)

[rapid imp]

who r u talking to/

?

[hallow agate]

You

[rapid imp]

Ahh

lol

I just coplied and pasted it onto github

Is that not how you are supposed to do it?

[hallow agate]

well you're supposed to use git init add the files make a commit and push it to a repository but that's fine I guess lol

[rapid imp]

oh ok lol

Are you able to help?

[wet bridge]

How can I install pygame?

[unique dragon]

Are you on windows?

[wet bridge]

Yes

[unique dragon]

Then I would suggest opening cmd / powershell and doing py --version

[wet bridge]

ok

It says Python 3.8.5

[unique dragon]

Make sure it's the correct version of Python and then run py --list-paths if that seems like the correct directory then to install you can run py -m pip install pygame

[wet bridge]

Installed Pythons found by py Launcher for Windows
-3.8-32 C:\Users\Anonymous\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe *

Output for list command

[unique dragon]

Sounds right, that's generally the default install location

[wet bridge]

@proud atlastle It is installed now

Wut to do

[unique dragon]

Write code now, I'd suggest having a look at the docs

Or some tutorial on getting started with pygame

[wet bridge]

Ok

Thanks

[proud atlas]

hmmm

[valid seal]

Just a question about arcade
i know you can use the collides_with_list to check for collisions
Is there anything that also tells you what face the object collided with
Or do i just have to set up that check up myself

[slender olive]

can someone help me with pygame please?

[dawn quiver]

@slender olive What exactly do you need?

[slender olive]

never mind, I already figured it out

[sand goblet]

**Hey, if you need a discord server for your game lmk! I’m making servers for free!

I have been staff on many servers, dm me for more information**

Ahh 👀

[rapid imp]

Hiii

[untold garnet]

Hello, i'm creating a game and having some troubles with saving datas. Can someone give me some tips about how to manage saves with a json? I mean when do I have to update the save file, what is the better way to manage saving game.

thx to ping

[valid seal]

Just a quick question

self.Sprites.update()
time.sleep(0.5)

So i'm trying to make a reset function in arcade to move things back to their original positions and for some reason the sprites don't update until after the sleep

Anyone know why?

[untold garnet]

maybe the sprites are updating but the time.sleep stops the time before the sprites are all updated

[valid seal]

But the sleep is being called after

Its not going to be ran until the function above is finished

[untold garnet]

idk

try to put something before the sleep

[valid seal]

what do you mean

[slender olive]

is anyone else having problems with converting pygame projects into .exe file using pyinstaller?

[dense creek]

is anyone else having problems with converting pygame projects into .exe file using pyinstaller?
@slender olive is it the .dll problem or the sound import problem? I found the solution in the internet

[slender olive]

When I am running the .exe file it starts and closes off immediately
@dense creek

[dense creek]

There is an error

To get the error do the following

Create the exe file as pyinstaller yourfile.py --onefile

Don't disable console of the pygame application. You will get the error there

[slender olive]

I didn't disable the console, it also closes the console so I can't see the error

[dense creek]

Oh

Call through the cmd

python yourfile.py

[slender olive]

it works fine when I do that

what if I call the executable from the console

[dense creek]

Yes

[slender olive]

it does the same thing

[dense creek]

Wait

Are you importing sounds?

[slender olive]

no

[dense creek]

So when you call the executable from the console?

Does it show any error?

[slender olive]

no

[dawn quiver]

Hi everybody,
I installed the module inputs and it installed on python2, how can I install it on python3

?

[rapid imp]

Please help me at help-potassium

[icy quartz]

trying to setup PyGame and it just says this, does anyone know about it?

[ornate merlin]

I think a path variable might be fk'ed

Reinstall python

[jade owl]

https://github.com/Portal2056/Solitaire

For people that wanted to see my card sprites a while ago

here ya go

The base-game code is done, I'm just working on the interface code as of now

This was just a "just-for-fun" project

Proud of how everything has turned out so far!

[fierce inlet]

how do you import images or import things that you can move or something idk python

[potent ice]

@fierce inlet Move images inside a window like a game?

[fierce inlet]

yeah

[potent ice]

Maybe you can play around with https://learn.arcade.academy

Eventually you get to play with sprites (images you can move around)

Both of them are fairly similar, but I think Arcade is a bit more newbie friendly.

Will not judge what you end up using. They are both good.

Pygame zero is maybe even simpler : https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

[jade owl]

My project uses pygame

[valid seal]

Quick arcade question

self.Sprites[2].centre()
self.Sprites.update()

self.on_draw()
time.sleep(0.5)

So in a reset function that i call, i'm centring one of my sprites in the middle of the screen, updating the sprites and then attempting to draw them and then wait .5 seconds

The on_draw function is just

    def on_draw(self):
        arcade.start_render()
        self.Sprites.draw()

For some reason it doesn't get drawn until after the sleep though

[molten thorn]

i believe the way it works is you're drawing to a buffer but that buffer hasn't been flipped into place yet

but i'm still learning arcade

[valid seal]

Hmm

is there a way to flip it manually

[molten thorn]

honestly it seems weird to put a sleep in an event loop. no other computation can occur. if you want to reset and not move you can use the delta_time passed to on_update

[abstract thicket]

Check out my little game 👍 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Galax.Matty.dev.Boatn

[last moon]

a sleep would completely stop your program, I can't see a reason to do it in the first place, but like gary said passing it to on_update or create some sort of async function

[fervent rose]

Hey @abstract thicket, your game looks pretty cool, but it is the third time that I see you posting it, it might be a bit much

[rapid imp]

Hey anyone able to help me @ help-chlorine?

Just a card game

ty

[fierce inlet]

how do I import a turtle drawing into shell

[open thicket]

You cant print a library after importing it

Try adding t=turtle.Turtle()

Even before that adds
s = turtle.getscreen()

Even before that add:
s = turtle.getscreen()

[proper peak]

You cant print a library after importing it
I mean, you can, evidently, but it's probably not what you want to do 😉

[open thicket]

yea probably xd

[rapid imp]

plz help me at help-lithium

[fervent rose]

Lads and gents, Blender 2.90 got released!

[true agate]

how can python be used for blender? is it just procedual modeling?

[fervent rose]

Well, blender can be used for python

It is more or less just a modeling software yeah

[true agate]

ok can it procedurally genorate shapekeys?

[tepid ferry]

hi everyone, I am new here I was wondering if anyone can help me with python, I've use java but I wanna learn python, I have some codes that I have and I would like to show you guys.

[hardy prism]

can i store the highest scores in a sql database?(game is made in pygame)

[potent ice]

Sure you can

[fervent rose]

ok can it procedurally genorate shapekeys?
@true agate yeah sure, juts gotta find (or write) the appropriate plug-in

[true agate]

that makes sence i was just curious as shape keys are the only animations unity will take (for the most part)

[fervent rose]

Mhh

Maybe it is supported then

I know that Blender/Unity is a thing

[fiery vortex]

Hey guys can I know some modules that can help in developing games with python for beginners (except) pygame

[sleek lake]

I just won a game jam 😎😎😎🥳🥳🥳

[fiery vortex]

Gg

[frozen knoll]

@fiery vortex Arcade? http://arcade.academy

[sleek lake]

Gg

[frozen knoll]

Gg

[fiery vortex]

What??

I don't know much about game dev

[frozen knoll]

Might look at https://learn.arcade.academy if you want to go through it step by step

[fiery vortex]

Ohh ok

Lol

I get it

Arcade types you are talking about

Ohhkk

I just wanted to know some modules for game dev

[frozen knoll]

@valid seal Did you ever figure out your arcade question?

[valid seal]

Ah i haven't got around to it yet

[fiery vortex]

Modules in python to be precise

[valid seal]

Been busy doing some other things

Do you have a suggestion?

[frozen knoll]

I couldn't tell enough from what you posted. If you share more code on pastebin or git hub or something I might be able to help.

[valid seal]

sure one sec

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/eveminegeb.m

[frozen knoll]

So the on_draw doesn't seem to always be drawing for you?

[valid seal]

        arcade.start_render()
        self.Sprites.draw()
        time.sleep(0.5)
```Its just that it doesn't seem to draw here

when i try to force it to draw and then pause for a second

[frozen knoll]

Oooh, no, it won't draw there.

It won't draw until the after the function call is done.

Let me look at the code a bit.

[valid seal]

Ah

[frozen knoll]

At the start of your on_update I'd do something like this:

    def on_update(self, delta_time):

        # Don't update if we are pausing
        if self.pause:
            self.pause -= delta_time
            if self.pause <= 0:
                self.pause = 0
            return

[valid seal]

was actually just thinking the same thing

Just a question though

Why doesn't it draw there?

I haven't really looked at the inner workings of arcade

[frozen knoll]

Drawing happens about 60 times per second. If you draw, then pause, the game will "freeze" during that pause. Can't exit the game or anything. Becomes unresponsive.

For event-driven programming you want to always try to grab the computer's attention for the shortest time possible.

[valid seal]

Ah i see

[frozen knoll]

If something happens over time, you need to use a timer to track. Annoying and not as simple as sleeping, but it is the "sharing is caring" method of managing the computer.

[valid seal]

Yeah that makes sense

And that works

thank you

[frozen knoll]

Great!

@fiery vortex Arcade is a Python module for 2D game development. It is like Pygame, but uses OpenGL more for faster drawing and more advanced hardware support. Pygame is great because it runs on lower-end hardware (like Raspberry Pi's) and has been around forever so a lot of people know it.

[fiery vortex]

@fiery vortex Arcade is a Python module for 2D game development. It is like Pygame, but uses OpenGL more for faster drawing and more advanced hardware support. Pygame is great because it runs on lower-end hardware (like Raspberry Pi's) and has been around forever so a lot of people know it.
@frozen knoll ohhhkkkkk thanks a lot brother

[sinful nebula]

i made a 3D graphic thingy using turtle.py but it is so slow

any ideas?

[deep prairie]

show me

[sinful nebula]

1 min

[deep prairie]

btw i dont know anything about 3d graphics i just wanna see

[sinful nebula]

it's only the basics

for now

btw i dont know anything about 3d graphics i just wanna see
@deep prairie me neither , all i know are things i learned watching yt today

[deep prairie]

while True:
    turtle.speed("fastest")
    turtle.tracer(0, 0)
    cube3d(x,y,z,100)
    cube3d(x1,y,z,100)
    x+=50
    x1-=50
    z+=0.5
    #
    turtle.update()
    #time.sleep(0.5)

speed @sinful nebula

[sinful nebula]

Oh thats GREAT!

thanks!

[deep prairie]

np

[sinful nebula]

oh man i was looking for a solution for a hour

i'm very new to this library

[deep prairie]

i remember using turtle sometime ago so i googled the trace function

[dawn quiver]

Hey everybody :
I want to put some musics on my game with pygame and I have this error :
pygame.error: Unable to open file '/home/pi/Musique/pain.wav'

My Python is Thonny Python IDE

And I tried to put ogg and not wav and its not good !

Please help me

And I insttaled the last version of pygame

[sinful nebula]

What library can i use to make a 3D game engine

except OpenGL because it is too complicated

i am looking for something simple

i tried turtle but it is event based which is i don't want

[hushed osprey]

I've heard positive things of Panda3D or Pyglet but have no experience using those myself.

[sinful nebula]

Aight i'll check 'em . Thats the second time you're helping , thanks!

[potent ice]

@sinful nebula Also check out : https://github.com/pokepetter/ursina (based on panda3d)

[hexed girder]

Help!!! How do i make MCPI?