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Re: Python Game Development?

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2013-06-07 10:21 -0600
Subject Re: Python Game Development?
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:53 AM,  <letsplaysforu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was planning on making a small 2D game in Python. Are there any libraries for this? I know of:
>
> • Pygame - As far as I know it's dead and has been for almost a year
> • PyOgre - Linux and Windows only(I do have those, but I want multi-platform)
> • Cocos2D - Won't install and cant find any support
> • PyCap - Can't find any documentation
> • Panda3D - Dead since 2011 + overkill for what I need
> • PyOpenGL - Overkill
>
> Any help on what to do with this would be appreciated. I am making games mainly in Lua but I'd like to make one in Python for fun. I also understand that Python isn't exactly the *BEST* choice programming a game, but I have heard it is possible. Tell me if it's true. Thanks!

Pygame is still quite commonly used, and the most recent commit was in
April, so I think it's too early to pronounce it dead (although
pgreloaded, which at one point was intended to be a successor to
pygame, is looking a bit dormant now).

A lot of folks also like pyglet, but I've never used it myself.  I
suspect it might also be overkill for you.

And yes, it's definitely possible to make games in Python.  Go to
pyweek.org and check out many of the awesome games that have been
developed in Python in only one week.

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Python Game Development? letsplaysforu@gmail.com - 2013-06-07 08:53 -0700
  Re: Python Game Development? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 10:21 -0600
    Re: Python Game Development? Eam onn <letsplaysforu@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 09:28 -0700
      Re: Python Game Development? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 10:35 -0600
      Re: Python Game Development? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 10:36 -0600
      Re: Python Game Development? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-07 16:39 +0000
      Re: Python Game Development? Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-07 22:04 -0700
  Re: Python Game Development? Eam onn <letsplaysforu@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 10:53 -0700
    Re: Python Game Development? Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 14:00 -0400
    Re: Python Game Development? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 12:42 -0600
  Re: Python Game Development? Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 14:50 -0700
  Re: Python Game Development? Ian Foote <ian@feete.org> - 2013-06-08 07:30 +0100
  Re: Python Game Development? Jan Riechers <janpeterr@freenet.de> - 2013-06-08 14:52 +0300
  Re: Python Game Development? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-06-08 15:17 +0100
    Re: Python Game Development? Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 17:01 +0100
  Re: Python Game Development? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 19:27 -0700

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