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Arcade
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I work on a Python game engine called Arcade[1] and other projects within it's Github organization such as pytiled-parser. We also help to drive continued development and improvement within Pyglet[2]. Recently, my efforts have been focused on creating a version which can be run in web browsers by using Pyodide and WebGL[3], though that is still fairly early stages.
Arcade's primary focus is on being an educational tool for beginner programmers, so my hope is that with browser compatibility we can lower the barrier to entry further and make it more accessible and easy to get started with. In a similar vein to the goals of browser compatibility, we've recently enabled full compatibility with Raspberry Pi through the use of OpenGL ES(and this was largely only possible thanks to the huge amount of work that everyone involved in the Mesa project puts in)
I'm not the original author of Arcade, but I am a current maintainer and put a substantial amount of time into it and it's community.
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Arcade 2.6.11 has been released
Fixed issue #1074 to prevent a crash when opening a window.
Website: https://arcade.academy
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Where do I start programing evolution simulators?
In addition to Pygame, Arcade could be interesting as well as it is very well documented and quite powerful, see this game of life example.
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For game engines, you list Pygame, which is great. Other great game libraries are Pyglet and Arcade (full website).
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The first simulation I've made entirely from scratch (and also pygame): a basic QuadLife simulation with a completely randomized seed.
If you want more game engine stuff, try [Arcade](https://arcade.academy). It is built on top of pyglet for windowing, but the sprite stuff is all different. Faster than Pygame and has more features.
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p5, pygame, or something else to make a simple 2d block game?
You might consider using Python and the Arcade library - https://arcade.academy/
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Hey there,im a 16 year old boy here trying to make friends with someone who is getting into python or already has basic understanding about it. The reason behind this is so I can learn more and also teach them if they do not understand certain stuff.
Take a look at https://arcade.academy for game ideas is that's your cup of tea.
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Are there any game engines for Python?
Arcade - not an engine, but rather a framework in the same sense that pygame is. In my opinion, it's much easier to use than pygame
RenPy
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Lessons from Open-Source Game Projects
Ren'Py - Visual Novel Engine. Python, Cython, C
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cRPG's often have poor writing. Why is that?
Here are 2 interactive story game engines: * https://www.renpy.org/ * https://twinery.org/
- Best way to approach a matching mechanic?
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Game developer?
https://www.renpy.org/ this is an engine specialised for making visual novels. But I've also made a point and click adventure with it. Renpy is not a visual editor at all, this is one where you stare at code 100% of the time and then hit run to test it and actually see things. I love recommending this one to people who already know programming but don't want to go straight into Unity or other half visual, half IDE based dev environments.
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Narrative Game Design
And RenPy is basically an engine in itself, for making visual-novel style games, and has an excellent scripting language for laying out branching dialogs and logic.
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Narrative Point & Click Games, help!
This is a link to renpy, a pretty good visual novel engine I hear.
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[general] Update/sneak peak on my free console based pjo game. If you want to beta test, dm me
If you feel like expanding the project and adding visuals, there's Renpy. Otherwise there's a few python libraries like arcade or pygame. Obviously adding art is going to add a lot of time to this project.
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Can I make a game with a low IQ ?
Start small, don't push yourself hard. Get a book like "Python for kids" and read it. Then try to use ren.py framework: https://www.renpy.org/ to make very simple visual novel. As you get more familiar with python, check PyGame framework: https://www.pygame.org
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I wanna start making a horror game
are you just starting out? if so there are less code intensive engines for story / script writing. for example... Twine https://twinery.org/ RenPy https://www.renpy.org/ Choicescript https://www.choiceofgames.com/make-your-own-games/choicescript-intro/
What are some alternatives?
Pygame - 🐍🎮 pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL.
pyglet - pyglet is a cross-platform windowing and multimedia library for Python, for developing games and other visually rich applications.
ink - inkle's open source scripting language for writing interactive narrative.
Cocos2d - Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.
Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
YarnSpinner - Yarn Spinner is a tool for building interactive dialogue in games!
Panda3D - Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU
twinejs - Twine, a tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
godot-ink - Ink integration for Godot Engine.