🔒 pygame code just makes a blank black screen

[brazen rock]

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[manic slate]

im trying to paste my code and it gets delete

[split tiger]

!code

[brazen rock]

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[manic slate]

itds making it a file

[split tiger]

If it's too long, you need

!paste

[brazen rock]

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[split tiger]

Or post it on Github.

[manic slate]

code:https://paste.pythondiscord.com/3RQA

i just get a blank black screen after i go past my load screen

i cant figure out whats wrong with my code

[split tiger]

I'll admit, I don't know Pygame. I was just commenting to let you know how to post the code.

[manic slate]

👍 ty

i asked chat gpt what was wrong with the code, and it gave me a revision and now the screen is red instead of black

[icy knoll]

you need to indent all of this code so that it is inside your main loop (the while running: loop), remember that indentation matters

[manic slate]

all the code you have in the ss or more?

[icy knoll]

everything in the screenshot

[manic slate]

it says unexpected indent when i run the code

[manic slate]

how much do i havee to indent it by?

[icy knoll]

by one indent

so like, 4 spaces/1 tab (key or character)

[manic slate]

i tried one tab on all of them and it said unexpected indent

[icy knoll]

actually, that pygame.quit() line shouldn't be indented 😬 but that's not the cause of your error anyway...

[manic slate]

oh

what is the cuase of the error

[icy knoll]

just indented it for you, here you go: https://paste.pythondiscord.com/RF6Q

[manic slate]

cause

oh ty

all that did was add a black rectangle to the side of the screen alogn with the red XD

btw the code is written by chatgpt so i understand very little of it

[icy knoll]

I'd highly recommending familiarising yourself more with Python itself before tackling on pygame(-ce), you can check this out for resources

!res

[brazen rock]

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