Examples

Starting Templates

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

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

Primitives

Drawing Primitives

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

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

../_images/drawing_text1.png — Slow but Easy Text Drawing

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

../_images/drawing_text_objects1.png — The Fastest Text Drawing: pyglet Batches

Animating Drawing Primitives

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

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

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

../_images/snow1.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

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

../_images/sprite_rotate_around_point.png — Sprite Rotation Around a Point

Easing

../_images/easing_example_11.png — Easing Example 1

../_images/easing_example_21.png — Easing Example 2

Calculating a Path

../_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

../_images/sprite_depth_cosine.png — Sprite Depth Controlled by a Cosine Wave

Games with Levels

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

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

Audio

Sound Effects

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

../_images/sound_speed_demo.png — Sound Speed Demo

Music

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

Display Management

Resizable Windows

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

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

Backgrounds

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

../_images/background_parallax1.png — Parallax

Cameras

../_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

../_images/camera_platform1.png — Camera Use in a Platformer

View Management

Instruction 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

Sectioning a View

../_images/sections_demo_1.png — Sections Demo 1

../_images/sections_demo_2.png — Sections Demo 2

../_images/sections_demo_3.png — Sections Demo 3

Graphical User Interface

../_images/gui_0_basic_setup1.png — GUI Basic Setup

../_images/gui_1_layouts1.png — GUI Layouts

../_images/gui_2_widgets1.png — GUI Widget Gallery

../_images/gui_3_buttons1.png — GUI Advanced Buttons

../_images/gui_4_with_camera1.png — GUI with Camera

../_images/gui_5_uicolor_picker1.png — GUI UIColor Picker

../_images/gui_6_size_hints1.png — GUI Size Hints

../_images/gui_own_widgets.png — Own Widgets

../_images/gui_own_layout.png — Own Layout

Note

Not all existing examples made it into this section. You can find more under Arcade GUI Examples

Experimental Widgets

../_images/gui_exp_hidden_password1.png — GUI Hidden Password

Note

Experimental widgets are not yet part of the official release. They are subject to change and may not be fully functional.

Feedback is very welcome, please let us know what you think about them.

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/timer.png — On-Screen Timer

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

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

Particle System

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

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

Tutorials

../_images/intro_screen.png — Simple Platformer

../_images/solitaire_11.png — Solitaire

../_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 - Glow

Stress Tests

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

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