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Python Arcade 2.6.17
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Python Arcade 2.6.17

Getting Started

  • Get Started Here
  • Installation Instructions
    • Setting Up a Virtual Environment In PyCharm
    • Installation on Windows
    • Installation on the Mac
    • Installation on Linux
    • Installation From Source
    • Installation for Obsolete Python Versions
  • Pygame Comparison
  • Games Made With Arcade
  • How-To Example Code

API

  • Quick API Index
  • Arcade Package API
    • Arcade Data Types
    • Drawing - Primitives
    • Drawing - Batch
    • Drawing - Utility
    • Sprites
    • Sprite Lists
    • Sprite Scenes
    • Camera
    • Text - Image/Pillow based
    • Text - Pyglet/Glyph based
    • Tiled Map Reader
    • Texture Management
    • Texture Atlas
    • Performance Information
    • Physics Engines
    • Misc Utility Functions
    • Geometry Support
    • Game Controller Support
    • Window and View
    • Sound
    • Pathfinding
    • Particles
    • Arcade Version Number
    • Isometric Map Support (incomplete)
    • OpenGL Context
    • Arcade OpenGL API
      • Context
      • Texture
      • Buffer
      • BufferDescription
      • Geometry
      • Framebuffer
      • Query
      • Program
      • Compute Shader
      • Exceptions
    • GUI
    • GUI Widgets
    • GUI Events
    • arcade.key package
    • arcade.csscolor package
    • arcade.color package
    • Built-In Resources
    • Working with the Keyboard
  • Built-In Resources

Tutorials

  • Simple Platformer
    • Step 1 - Install and Open a Window
    • Step 2 - Add Sprites
    • Step 3 - Scene Object
    • Step 4 - Add User Control
    • Step 5 - Add Gravity
    • Step 6 - Add a Camera
    • Step 7 - Add Coins And Sound
    • Step 8 - Display The Score
    • Step 9 - Use Tiled Map Editor
    • Step 10 - Multiple Levels and Other Layers
    • Step 11 - Add Ladders, Properties, and a Moving Platform
    • Step 12 - Add Character Animations, and Better Keyboard Control
    • Step 13 - Add Enemies
    • Step 14 - Moving Enemies
    • Step 15 - Collision with Enemies
    • Step 16 - Shooting Bullets
    • Step 17 - Views
  • Pymunk Platformer
  • Using Views for Start/End Screens
  • Solitaire Tutorial
  • Lights Tutorial
  • GPU Particle Burst
  • Bundling a Game with PyInstaller
  • Compiling a Game with Nuitka
  • Shader Toy Tutorial - Glow
  • Shader Toy Tutorial - Particles
  • Working With FrameBuffer Objects
  • Ray-casting Shadows
  • CRT Filter
  • Compute Shader Tutorial
  • GUI
    • GUI Concepts
    • GUI Style
    • Troubleshooting & Hints

Advanced

  • Headless Arcade
  • Vertical Synchronization
  • Textures
  • Texture Atlas
  • OpenGL Notes
  • Arcade Performance Information

Community

  • Diverse Coders
  • Social Media

Development

  • Development Information
    • Release Notes
    • How to Contribute
    • Arcade Performance Information
    • Edge Artifacts
    • Directory Structure
    • How to Submit Changes
    • Enhancement List
    • Logging
    • How to Build
    • Release Checklist
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GUI#

../_images/gui_flat_button1.png

Flat Text Buttons#

../_images/gui_widgets.png

GUI Widgets#

../_images/gui_ok_messagebox.png

OK Message Box#

../_images/gui_scrollable_text.png

GUI Scrollable Text#

Arcade’s GUI module provides you classes to interact with the user using buttons, labels and much more.

Using those classes is way easier if the general concepts are known. It is recommended to read through them.

  • GUI Concepts
  • GUI Style
  • Troubleshooting & Hints
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