Pygame examples

A repository for short pygame drafts, examples, tutorials and more!

Currently, this repository contains a draft lighting system, a particle system, a networked game, and more.

Getting started

To get a copy of this repository, simply open up git bash in an empty folder and use the command:

$ git clone https://github.com/rbaltrusch/pygame_examples

Dependencies can be installed using the requirements.txt as below:

pip install -r requirements.txt

To run some of the examples, navigate to the respective folder in the code folder, then run main.py.

This repository contains the following small pygame examples:

Particle system: contains a simple, but effective, particle system implementation.
Game console: contains a minimal implementation of an in-game console.
Animation testing tool: can be used to test out animations. Contains a fully featured in-game console with a decoupled and flexible design.
Networked game: contains a minimal implementation of a networked game, featuring one external server and two separate clients, communicating with each other through the server.
Dynamic lighting: contains a small draft implementation for dynamic in-game lighting.
Squish and stretch: contains an example implementation of squishing and stretching an image.
Timed events: contains an implementation of callbacks executed after a specified delay. Not pygame-specific.
Random starry sky: generates a random starry sky.

To contribute to this repository, please read the contribution guidelines.

Written in Python 3.8.3.

This repository is open-source software available under the MIT license.

Please raise an issue for code changes. To reach out, please send an email to richard@baltrusch.net.