How-To Example Code¶

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_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¶

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_flat_button1.png — Flat Text Buttons¶

../../_images/gui_flat_button_styled.png — Flat Text Button Styled¶

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

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

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

../../_images/gui_slider1.png — GUI Slider¶

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¶

Advanced¶

Using PyMunk for Physics¶

../../_images/pymunk_box_stacks.png — Pymunk Physics Engine - Stacks of Boxes¶

../../_images/pymunk_pegboard.png — Pymunk Physics Engine - Pegboard¶

../../_images/pymunk_demo_top_down.png — Pymunk Demo - Top Down¶

../../_images/pymunk_joint_builder.png — Pymunk Physics Engine - Joint Builder¶

../../_images/pymunk_platformer.png — Pymunk Platformer¶

Frame Buffers¶

../../_images/minimap.png — Mini-Map¶

../../_images/light_demo.png — Lighting Demo¶

../../_images/transform_feedback.png — Transform Feedback¶

../../_images/game_of_life_fbo1.png — Game of Life with Frame Buffers¶

../../_images/perspective.png — Perspective¶

OpenGL¶

../../_images/normal_mapping.png — Normal Mapping¶

../../_images/spritelist_interaction_visualize_dist_los.png — GPU Based Line of Sight¶

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¶