[pygame] Mac PyGame installation question

At one of the school where I teach, the IT department is responsible for configuring all the student and teacher computers. They are the only ones who have the system passwords. One of my classrooms is a Mac classroom - the teacher's computer and all the student computers are Macs (my other

[pygame] timer callback into object?

I've been working on porting a game that I wrote in a different language/environment, and I want to make the Python/PyGame code as efficiently as possible. I have code in an object, that triggers an event that should occur, say 1 second later. I used pygame.set_timer, created an ID and set

Re: [pygame] timer callback into object?

by having some of my objects have a handle_vents method in them already. Gumm: Thank you for the links to your code. I've started looking at those, and I'll see what I can learn/borrow from them. Thanks, Irv > On Feb 10, 2017, at 5:30 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> wrote: >

[pygame] PyGame user interface widgets

I teach Python programming at two different universities. At one of my schools, there is enough time for students to do a final project. I give them a background in event-driven programming, give them an overview in PyGame, and encourage them to build a small PyGame based project. I have

Re: [pygame] PyGame user interface widgets

erview.html > Examples : http://thorpy.org/examples.html > Tutorials : http://thorpy.org/tutorials.html > > Cheers, > > Yann > > De : owner-pygame-us...@seul.org <owner-pygame-us...@seul.org> de la part de > Irv Kalb <i...@furrypa

[pygame] Python 2.7 with pygame on Mac Sierra (10.12.2)

Hi, First time poster. I hope I'm doing this correctly. I teach Python at colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area. And I have been using Python and pygame for a number of years. ... And I'm a Mac guy. I have had a stable Python & pygame environment for a number of years. (Using 32 bit

Re: [pygame] Python 2.7 with pygame on Mac Sierra (10.12.2)

ld be easy ... but it is extremely frustrating that I've spent a few days trying to get this environment set up. Irv > On Dec 29, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Daniel Foerster <pydsig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm thinking you should probably throw a sudo on the front of that (or > whatever

Re: [pygame] Python 2.7 with pygame on Mac Sierra (10.12.2)

> On Dec 29, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 28 December 2016 at 23:41, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com > <mailto:i...@furrypants.com>> wrote: > Also, when looking to find the latest version of pygame, on the pygame >

SOLVED ... Re: [pygame] Python 2.7 with pygame on Mac Sierra (10.12.2)

d somewhere on the pygame installation page, so that someone with the same set up as me would not have to go through the same trial and error process. Irv > On Dec 30, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> wrote: > > To try to get pygame 1.9.2 installed easily (without any pa

[pygame] PyCharm Inspection warning for pygame.image.load

I have recently been using PyCharm (Mac Community Edition) to develop a re-usable game module, with Python 2.7 with pygame 1.9.2 (I think?). I started using the "inspection" tool (on the right edge of the editor window) that looks for potential errors while in the editor, and generates

Re: [pygame] Installing Python 3 and pygame

an.com> wrote: > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com > <mailto:i...@furrypants.com>> wrote: > 1) What does the error message associated with the: "python3 -m pip install > pygame -- user " mean? > ​Exactly what it s

Re: [pygame] Installing Python 3 and pygame

Thank you for the very quick update! This will certainly be helpful to people who are trying to install pygame. Irv > On May 17, 2017, at 1:23 PM, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 17 May 2017 at 20:57, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com > <mailto:i..

Re: [pygame] Installing Python 3 and pygame

er > by default on windows. > > best, > > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','i...@furrypants.com');>> wrote: > One of the colleges where I teach has made a decision to move from Python 2 > to P

[pygame] Installing Python 3 and pygame

One of the colleges where I teach has made a decision to move from Python 2 to Python 3. To help the admin's, I was asked to give detailed instructions on how to install Python 3 and pygame. The school has mostly Windows machines, so I thought I would try that out first. I have to admit that

Re: [pygame] Building paths & pygame.image.load documentation

ect semantically to use the os.path conversion. > > Regarding the extra dependency, os is built into every distro, so I wouldn't > worry about it. > > On Nov 25, 2017 12:01, "Irv Kalb" <i...@furrypants.com > <mailto:i...@furrypants.com>> wrote: > Here's

[pygame] pygame.image.load - PyCharm inspection warning

I have two questions about pygame.image.load. Here's the first: I use IDLE when I teach classes. But when I am trying to develop something for myself, I use PyCharm Community Edition. There are many things I like about PyCharm and one of them is the analysis of errors that is available in

[pygame] Building paths & pygame.image.load documentation

Here's my second question about pygame.image.load. Actually it's a question about specifying paths in pygame. In my classes, I talk about the concept of a path for loading images, sounds, etc. I suggest that students create an "images" folder and if needed, a "sounds" folder in their project

[pygame] Delay in MOUSEBUTTONUP after application start

I have been working on the development of a number of demonstration games using pygame. I use these as demonstration pieces in classes that I teach. I do my development on an older Mac using Mac OS X 10.12.6, with Python 3.6.1 and pygame (not sure how to check what version, but fairly recent).

Re: [pygame] Delay in MOUSEBUTTONUP after application start

gged into my Mac. I still see the delay on the Mac, Thanks for asking. Irv > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com > <mailto:i...@furrypants.com>> wrote: > >> On Nov 18, 2017, at 11:28 PM, Ian Mallett <i...@geometrian.com >> <

Re: [pygame] Delay in MOUSEBUTTONUP after application start

> On Nov 18, 2017, at 11:28 PM, Ian Mallett wrote: > > ​Hi, > > FWIW I am unable to reproduce on Win 7 Pro, Py 3.5.1, PyGame 1.9.2a0 (to > print the latter, `print(pygame.ver)`). > > The event system, like everything else, is really just a thin layer over > SDL's—so for

[pygame] Iterate over list and delete

I am building a game where I am keeping track of many objects in a list (let's just call it "myList". In every "frame" of my game I need to see if any objects need to be removed from myList. I know that this code: for item in myList: if needsToBeDeleted(item): myList.remove(item)

Re: [pygame] Iterate over list and delete

; > I think what you're looking for is this: > > my_list = [x for x in my_list if not need_to_delete(x)] > > On Sun, May 20, 2018, 16:28 Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com > <mailto:i...@furrypants.com>> wrote: > I am building a game where I am keeping track of many obj

Re: [pygame] Iterate over list and delete

nks to Ian for providing algorithmic timing results. Very informative. Irv > On May 20, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> wrote: > > Thanks very much. > > Is there a way to do that without the list comprehension? I'm building this > as part of a class

Re: [pygame] Last Frame of Animation/Game Loop Problem

Hi, I'm not sure if you got your question answered already, but here is my suggestion. The basic problem with your code is with this line: clock.tick(1) That tells pygame that after doing whatever code runs in your loop, it should wait until a total of 1 second elapses before moving on.

[pygame] Opening Python project in PyCharm - Mac

I teach Python programming at different colleges. In my courses I use IDLE because of the simplicity of use for new programming students. However, when I'm doing any significant development, I use PyCharm (I'm a big fan of using a debugger, and I cannot understand or use the debugger in IDLE.)

Re: [pygame] Opening Python project in PyCharm - Mac

harm, so it is almost never closed > > Using that information, you could maybe create a context menu helper (i'm not > familar enough with os x to advise how to do that) that launches pycharm with > the correct path appended to the pycharm launcher. > > Hope that helps. > > On

SOLVED Re: [pygame] Opening Python project in PyCharm - Mac

a previously created PyCharm project, that project opens in PyCharm! No scripting needed. Irv > On Feb 1, 2018, at 4:54 PM, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> wrote: > > I teach Python programming at different colleges. In my courses I use IDLE > because of the simplicity of use f

[pygame] Pygame Holiday Present - pygwidgets & pyghelpers

I teach college classes in Python. I currently teach Intro to Python at two different colleges in Silicon Valley (California). For about the last two years, I have been working on the development of a new course (and book). The goal is to teach Object-Oriented Programming using Python and

Re: [pygame] Pygame Holiday Present - pygwidgets & pyghelpers

Hi Daniel, Thanks for your comments. The key user interface classes are in "pygwidgets". In the "pyghelpers" package, the Timers, the Scene Manager, the Scene base class, and the dialog box functions can be useful for building games. Yes, I agree that the File I/O functions are not as

Re: [pygame] How to draw a simple circle and make it move with keyboard input?

Hi, I'm hoping the this was not a homework assignment (I am a teacher). But, because you showed your code, I'll help you out. Most of your code was fine, but some things were in the wrong place. The basic idea is that there should be a main loop, and in that loop, you check for events (key

Re: [pygame] How to draw a simple circle and make it move with keyboard input?

circle moving > while the key is pressed. I’ve tried to change some if into while but that > only gets the program stuck. > > The idea should be something like while event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN then > update the position before drawing the screen. But I don’t see how, yet. > > Th

Re: [pygame] Initializing and Reinitializing Instance variables

Thanks for the comments. Yes, there are many more variables than just the score. I just wanted to show one simple example to make the problem understandable. I hadn't thought of the extra "Session" object, it sounds like an interesting approach. However, I'm looking for a clear solution

[pygame] Initializing and Reinitializing Instance variables

Hi, I am teaching an Python object-oriented programming class based on my own materials. I am using Pygame to explain many OOP concepts. So far its going very well. I have built many small games as examples, but I keep running into a design dilemma. I will often have a class, where I have

Re: [pygame] Initializing and Reinitializing Instance variables

:58 AM, e1000 wrote: > > hello, > > having been a long term Pylint-maintainer, I'd advocate a more flexible > approach: > > On 25/05/2019 20:29, Irv Kalb wrote: >> The obvious solution is to have the __init__ method call the reset method: >> class Game: >

Re: [pygame] Initializing and Reinitializing Instance variables

ound like a list police officer, but your question isn't > really specific to pygame, it's about OOP design and small-scale design > decisions. IMO, you should be posting it on a site like > https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/ instead. > > On 26.05.19 07:00, Irv Kalb wrote: &g

Re: [pygame] Bug for Pygame on Mac, doesn't receive keyboard inputs.

HI, I recently brought up a similar thing on this list a couple of weeks ago. I am using Python 3.7 with Pygame on my Mac with no problems, but I had heard of problems with 3.8. Here is a response from Thomas Kluyver to my question: --- Hi Irv, If I recall correctly, the issue

Re: [pygame] Python/pygame version compatibility

Thanks to everyone for the information. Sounds like the best plan for now, is to get students to use the same setup as me. Irv > On Mar 23, 2020, at 9:52 PM, Irv Kalb wrote: > > I teach Python classes (now live online!) > > I'm getting to the point in my course where I us

[pygame] Python/pygame version compatibility

I teach Python classes (now live online!) I'm getting to the point in my course where I use Pygame, and I want to encourage my students to download and use it for projects. I have not upgraded my personal setup for a while. I am using Python 3.7.3 with Pygame 1.9.6 on a Mac, and everything is

Re: [pygame] One key press many events

> On Sep 17, 2020, at 5:16 AM, Daniel Foerster wrote: > > Jan: > > Your player moves just once because you are listening for KEYDOWN events to > move. KEYDOWN is only triggered when you first press a key. You can get the > behavior you want in two ways. > > Option 1: use

[pygame] Image load and convert

I'm updating a class that loads and displays an image - an Image class. The class also has many additional calls to rotate, scale, show, hide, etc. I'm using pygame 1.9.6 with Python 3.7.3 I know that I should be converting the original image that is loaded into a better format for

[pygame] Current working version of Python and pygame

I am teaching a Python class, where I use pygame to demonstrate OOP concepts. I need to have my students get the proper environment to run Python with pygame. I use a Mac, and I have Python 3.7.3, and pygame 1.9.6 installed. Everything works fine for me. But I have students who either have

Re: [pygame] Current working version of Python and pygame

install the current version > > of Python: 3.9, will they be able to use pip to install a working version > > of pygame 1.9? (Last time I checked, this did not work correctly? > > python 3.8 has been tested more time; also 3.9 is not compatible with > windows7, which maybe

Re: [pygame] Rect attributes question

Thanks very much. It's even simpler than I thought. Irv > On Jul 11, 2020, at 4:25 PM, Sam Bull wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-07-11 at 14:19 -0700, Irv Kalb wrote: >> is this implemented with a property of a rect object, so it's actually >> calling >> a metho

[pygame] Rect attributes question

I am doing some writing about Python, and I want to make sure that what I am about to write is correct. As an example, in the following, I am creating a pygame rect, then printing the left and right attributes. >>> myRect = pygame.Rect(10, 10, 30, 30) >>> print(myRect.left, myRect.right) 10 40

[pygame] Time to load font with pygame.font.SysFont

I have tracked down a huge slowdown on loading fonts with pygame.font.SysFont Mac OSX 11.2.3 Python 3.9.1 Pygame 2.0.1 If I load a font like the system font using None with a call to pygame.font.font, it happens almost immediately. But if I load a font by name using pygame.font.SysFont, it's

[pygame] Time to load font with pygame.font.SysFont on Mac

[I apologize if this is a duplicate, but I haven't seen this message show up on the list.] I have tracked down a huge slowdown on loading fonts with pygame.font.SysFont Mac OSX 11.2.3 Python 3.9.1 Pygame 2.0.1 If I load a font like the system font using None with a call to pygame.font.font,

[pygame] Drawing efficiency question

I am developing a game but I'm running into some cases where the game slows down too much. A few details ... The game lives in a world whose size is much larger than what the user can see in the window. (For now, the world is 3000 x 3000, but the window is 640 x 640 - I could decide to

Re: [pygame] Drawing efficiency question

Hi, Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Many different things to try out. I'll probably start by eliminating all my checks and see how that goes first. Irv > On Mar 1, 2022, at 3:02 PM, Irv Kalb wrote: > > I am developing a game but I'm running into some cases where the g

[pygame] New Book on Python OOP using pygame

After about four years of work, my new book "Object-Oriented Python" is finally out! It's now available at major booksellers including Amazon and through the publisher, No Starch Press. The purpose of the book is to explain the techniques involved in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) but in