How-To Example Code

Starting Templates
Drawing
Sprites
Sound
Camera Use
Platformers
View Management
Graphical User Interface
Grid-Based Games
Advanced
Concept Games
Odds and Ends
Tutorials
Stress Tests

Starting Templates 

../_images/starting_template.png — Starting Template Using Window Class

../_images/template_platformer.png — Platformer Template

Drawing 

Drawing Primitives

../_images/happy_face1.png — Happy Face

../_images/drawing_primitives1.png — Drawing Primitives

../_images/drawing_with_functions.png — Drawing with Functions

../_images/drawing_text1.png — Drawing Text

../_images/drawing_text_objects1.png — Drawing with Text Objects

Drawing with Loops

../_images/drawing_with_loops1.png — Drawing with Loops

../_images/nested_loops_box.png — Draw a Box with Nested Loops

../_images/nested_loops_bottom_left_triangle.png — Bottom Left Triangle

Animating Drawing Primitives

../_images/bouncing_rectangle1.png — Bouncing Rectangle

../_images/shapes.png — Bouncing Shapes

../_images/radar_sweep.png — Radar Sweep

../_images/snow.png — Falling Snow

Faster Drawing with ShapeElementLists

../_images/shape_list_demo.png — ShapeElementList Explanation

../_images/lines_buffered.png — Using a Vertex Buffer Object With Lines

../_images/shape_list_demo_skylines.png — Shape List - Skylines

../_images/gradients1.png — Gradients Example

Sprites 

Sprite Player Movement

../_images/sprite_collect_coins.png — Collect Coins - Mouse

../_images/sprite_collect_coins.png — Sprite Move By Keyboard

../_images/sprite_collect_coins.png — Better Move By Keyboard

../_images/sprite_collect_coins.png — Acceleration and Friction

../_images/sprite_face_left_or_right.png — Sprite: Face Left or Right

../_images/sprite_collect_coins.png — Game Controller/Joystick

../_images/sprite_move_angle.png — Move Sprites By Angle

../_images/dual_stick_shooter1.png — Dual Stick Shooter

../_images/turn_and_move.png — Turn and Move

Sprite Non-Player Movement

../_images/sprite_collect_coins_move_down.png — Collect Coins Moving Down

../_images/sprite_collect_coins_move_bouncing.png — Collect Coins that are Bouncing

../_images/sprite_bouncing_coins.png — Sprite Bouncing Coins

../_images/sprite_collect_coins_move_circle.png — Collect Coins that are Moving in a Circle

../_images/sprite_collect_rotating.png — Animated Sprites

Sprite Pathing

../_images/follow_path1.png — Sprites That Follow a Path

../_images/sprite_follow_simple.png — Sprites That Follow The Player

../_images/sprite_follow_simple_2.png — Sprites That Follow The Player 2

../_images/line_of_sight.png — Line of Sight

../_images/astar_pathfinding1.png — A-Star Path Finding

Sprite Properties

../_images/sprite_health.png — Hit Points and Health Bars

../_images/sprite_properties.png — Sprite Properties

../_images/sprite_change_coins.png — Change coins

Games with Levels

../_images/sprite_collect_coins_diff_levels.gif — Different Levels of Clearing Coins

../_images/sprite_rooms.png — Moving Between Different Rooms

Shooting with Sprites

../_images/sprite_bullets.png — Shoot Bullets Upwards

../_images/sprite_bullets_aimed.png — Aim and Shoot Bullets

../_images/sprite_bullets_periodic.png — Have Enemies Periodically Shoot

../_images/sprite_bullets_random.png — Have Enemies Randomly Shoot

../_images/sprite_bullets_enemy_aims.png — Have Enemies Aim at Player

../_images/sprite_explosion_bitmapped.png — Sprite Explosions Bitmapped

../_images/sprite_explosion_particles.png — Sprite Explosions Particles

Sound 

../_images/sound_demo.png — Sound Demo

../_images/music_control_demo.png — Music Control Demo

Camera Use 

../_images/sprite_move_scrolling.png — Move with a Scrolling Screen - Centered

../_images/sprite_move_scrolling_box.png — Move with a Scrolling Screen - Margins

../_images/sprite_move_scrolling.png — Camera Shake

Platformers 

Basic Platformers

../_images/sprite_move_walls.png — Move with Walls

../_images/sprite_no_coins_on_walls.png — Randomly Place Coins, But Away From Walls And Other Coins

../_images/sprite_move_animation.gif — Move with a Sprite Animation

../_images/sprite_moving_platforms.png — Moving Platforms

../_images/sprite_enemies_in_platformer.png — Platformer With Enemies

../_images/11_animate_character.png — Simple Platformer

Using Tiled Map Editor to Create Maps

../_images/sprite_tiled_map.png — Work with loading in a Tiled map file

../_images/sprite_tiled_map_with_levels.png — Work with levels and a tiled map

Procedural Generation

../_images/maze_recursive.png — Creating a Recursive Maze

../_images/maze_depth_first.png — Creating a Depth First Maze

../_images/procedural_caves_cellular.png — Procedural Caves - Cellular Automata

../_images/procedural_caves_bsp.png — Procedural Caves - Binary Space Partitioning

View Management 

Instruction Screens and Game Over Screens

../_images/view_screens_minimal.png — Minimal Views Example

../_images/view_instructions_and_game_over.png — Using Views for Instruction and Game Over Screens

../_images/view_pause_screen.png — Using Views for a Pause Screen

../_images/view_screens_minimal.png — Fade In/Out of Views

Resizable Window and Fullscreen Games

../_images/resizable_window.png — Resizable Window

../_images/full_screen_example1.png — Full Screen Example

Graphical User Interface 

../_images/gui_flat_button1.png — Flat Text Buttons

../_images/gui_widgets1.png — GUI Widgets

../_images/gui_ok_messagebox1.png — OK Message Box

../_images/gui_scrollable_text1.png — GUI Scrollable Text

Grid-Based Games 

../_images/array_backed_grid1.png — Array-Backed Grid

../_images/array_backed_grid1.png — Array-Backed Grid Buffered

../_images/array_backed_grid1.png — Grid Using Sprites v1

../_images/array_backed_grid1.png — Grid Using Sprites v2

../_images/tetris.png — Tetris

../_images/conway_alpha.png — Conway’s Game of Life

Concept Games 

../_images/asteroid_smasher.png — Asteroid Smasher

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pythonarcade/asteroids/main/screenshot.png — Asteroids with Shaders

../_images/slime_invaders.png — Slime Invaders

../_images/community-rpg.png — Community RPG

../_images/2048.png — 2048

../_images/rogue_like.png — Rogue-Like

Odds and Ends 

../_images/sprite_collect_coins_background.png — Using a Background Image

../_images/timer.png — On-Screen Timer

../_images/performance_statistics1.png — Performance Statistics

../_images/text_loc_example_translated.png — Text Localization

Tutorials 

../_images/11_animate_character.png — Simple Platformer

../_images/solitaire_11.png — Solitaire Tutorial

../_images/crt_filter.png — CRT Filter

../_images/raycasting_tutorial.png — Ray-casting Shadows

../_images/pymunk_platformer_tutorial.png — Pymunk Platformer

../_images/shader_toy_tutorial.png — Shader Toy Tutorial

Particle System

../_images/particle_fireworks.png — Particle System - Fireworks

../_images/particle_systems.png — Particle Systems

Stress Tests 

../_images/stress_test_draw_moving.png — Draw Moving Sprites Stress Test

../_images/stress_test_collision.png — Collision Stress Test

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