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High Level 2D Python Game Engine with tiled integration [closed]

I am looking for a 2d game engine that is scriptable in python that is integrated with Tiled. By integrated, I mean it can use Tiled objects and (obviously) can open tmx files. It should also be high ...
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Python 3d game engine? 2013? [closed]

I saw another question from 2011 on this, but it's 2013 What's the best 3d Python game engine to learn? Good documentation, cross-platform, good community, continuing development? I looked at ...
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Pygame Bounding Box at Player Feet

I'm new to python and pygame and am trying to build a very simple "game" (it's more of a test for me to figure things out) in which you move a character around the screen and he can collide with walls ...
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Packet handling system architecture?

I'm working on a multiplayer Flash game (ActionScript 3) with an accompanying server written in Python and I'd like some tips regarding networking, and specifically, the handling of packets and ...
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How to structure code for many unique weapons/spells/powers

I'm an inexperienced programmer creating a "roguelike-like" game in the vein of FTL, using Python (no PyGame as of yet as I'm still only concerned with text). My game will contain a large number of ...
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How to implement armor? [closed]

I am a newbie in Python, I am very bad at math too and I need some help. Also close/move this post if you feel this isn't the right place for it. Hero1 = 5000 # His HP is 5k. Hero1dmg = 200 # ...
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pygame object returns wrong button object

Another question from dumb developer :) I have class for window: class MainMenuWindow(Window): # singeltone: _instance = None def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs): if not cls._instance: ...
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Geometry problem for area of sight

My player have a line of sight and all objects between the white lines, turns red. To compute this, the following conditions are met: if the angle between the yellow line and the red line are small ...
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Which of these languages: Java, C++, or Python (Pygame) would be most effecient for a 2d rpg game? [closed]

I'm trying to create a 2d rpg game that could be comparable to Realm of Mad God, but would be singleplayer only. I would like to use Pygame but I heard that 1.It's too slow, and 2)It would crash to ...
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pytmx: issue trying to get the correct texture rectangle for sprite for objetcs on map

:D Hello :D I am currently developing a game engine. I'm using maps designed with Tiled and I placed several objects on a test map to develop the feature of loading objects as sprites/entities and ...
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Does it make sense to use Lua scripting in a game developed in Python?

Well for C++ written games using Lua scripts for easy changing ai, quets etc is very reasonable and it's common. However now I'm going to write a game in pure python and I don't know if I should use ...
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Pathfiding for groups of agents

How can we refine this path search method to make group movement more elegant? I'm trying to make a RTS-style game, using a 2d tiled gameworld. I have implemented an A* pathfinding algorithm which ...
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Pygame 2D Scrolling Map

I have currently a pygame program that stores tiles in a 2d list like [[1,1,1] [1,1,1] [1,1,1]] where the 1 is a tile object. I have the character centered in the middle of the screen, and I am ...
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bump map from color map (RGB) generation?

Is there a library like PIL (Python Imaging Library) which takes a RGB image (pixel data) and generates a bump map image? If not, how can I do that? I know the results might not be very good. I know ...
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Transfering a game from Python to C [closed]

I have a simple game RiceRocks which I want to translate into C programming language not C++,because I know C better. I know only basic C++ such as : loops,control statements, arrays. Where to start? ...
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How to implement rectangle selection?

I don't know if there is another term for it, but I mean this: You hold down a mouse button. A rectangle forms when you move the mouse around. The units inside the box get selected when you let go of ...
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smooth movement pygame

Hello im trying to learn more about smoother movement in games. I have created a little program to hopefully help me understand this. As far as i can tell i am suppose to track time, and update ...
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Pygame's rotation methods have crippling issues, but is it me or Python's pygame?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNJFxvR6ex8&feature=youtu.be On rotate and rotozoom, can't find fixes on these on the internet, anywhere. Basically, the video is showing 4 things in this order: 1. ...
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Pygame set_colorkey transparency issues

I'm having a strange issue that I cannot seem to remedy. I am doing some prototyping with Pygame on a desktop running windows and a laptop running OS X. Both are running python v2.7.3 (installed via ...
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Anybody know how I can write a game for the dualshock 3 or other gampad in python?

I am a new developer and want to write a game that uses a gamepad like the dualshock 3 I want to write it in python although am willing to learn a little C/C++ I need to identify the buttons and ...
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How do I implement unit selection in this program?

I'm trying to implement unit selection on a large, scrollable surface. # Arbitrary values for window size self.w, self.h = 1600, 900 # Game world surface, everything gets blitted to this, which is ...
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Which technology should I choose to develop this fisheye perspective game? [closed]

I'm going to develop a 3D game, that a player walks in a maze with a 3D first-person perspective, collects things and escapes a monster. The game itself is very simple, but as it is not for ...
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Pygame performance issue for many images

I've made a script for generating a game world based off of image pixel data. Trying to make a python map editor My progress so far has resulted in a program which loads an image and draws sprites ...
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2D destructable terrain with collisions in MMO

Task What I want is to create destructable terrain (like in Worms) and collisions with this terrain (with calculated normals) that will be fast enough to work on server machine. Basically lets say ...
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Collision detection performance problem

Using python and pygame I've built a collision detection system according to the instructions in this YouTube tutorial. This is updated 40 times per second and controls movement and collision ...
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Trying to make a python map editor

The program is supposed to read the pixel color values from an image, and use that data as a map for where to place objects in a game world. Getting the color values was easy enough: import numpy ...
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Getting an instance of KX_PolygonMaterial in Blender

I've got a question concerning using Python in Blender's Game Engine. Before I start I want to state that I'm trying to change the color of an object in Blender's game engine. To do this, I'm ...
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Pygame - Change sprite collision Rect

I'm making a platformer in Pygame. One of the sprites I'm using is a flag, and I want to detect if the player collides with the flagpole (just like in Super Mario Bros). The problem is that the image ...
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How can I use iteration to lead targets?

In my 2D game, I have stationary AI turrets firing constant speed bullets at moving targets. So far I have used a quadratic solver technique to calculate where the turret should aim in advance of the ...
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How do I detect multiple sprite collisions when there are >10 sprites?

I making a small program to animate the astar algorithm. If you look at the image, there are lots of yellow cars moving around. Those can collide at any moment, could be just one or all of them could ...
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Multithreading for a mixed-genre game in Python?

So here's the situation. I'm making a game that mixes two genres; arcade shooter and puzzler. They don't intertwine TOO much; all the interaction that really goes on is that every time an enemy is ...
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add collision detection to sprite?

bassically im trying to add collision detection to the sprite below, using the following: self.rect = bounds_rect collide = pygame.sprite.spritecollide(self, wall_list, False) ...
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Using NumPy arrays as 2D mathematical vectors?

Right now I'm using lists as position, velocity, and acceleration vectors in my game. Is that a better option than using NumPy's arrays (not the standard library's) as vectors (with float data ...
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Online scoreboard in Python?

So my friend and I are working on an arcade-style game in Python and Pygame. We're beginning to look at the feasibility of an online leaderboard, given our current programming backgrounds. Such a ...
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Looking for a library to create a grid based first person game online

Before I go and build it myself, I have been looking for a library that may help making a grid based first person view similar to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwmZoCFd4Us I plan to make a web ...
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How can I make smoother upwards/downwards controls in pygame?

This is a loop I use to interpret key events in a python game. # Event Loop for event in pygame.event.get(): if event.type == QUIT: pygame.quit() sys.exit() if event.type == ...
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Pygame Tile Based Character movement speed

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Right now I'm making a really basic tile based game. The map is a large amount of 16x16 tiles, and the character image is 16x16 as well. My character has its ...
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Pygame Import Error, Python 3.2

I'm having an issue with the Pygame module. I run Python 3.2 and installed the respective Pygame file, but now when I try to import it in the IDLE, it gives me this error: >>> import pygame ...
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How do I create a selection rectangle?

I have a basic prototype working with health, resources and units. The problem is: How do I select multiple units? I have an idea of making an rectangle which dynamically extends with the mouse ...
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Read an object from compressed file generated from ActionScript 3 [closed]

I have made a simple game Map Editor and I want to save a array that contain map tile info to a file, as below: var arr:Array = [.....2d tile info in it...]; var ba:ByteArray = new ByteArray(); ...
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Embedding Pygame to C++ [closed]

If embedding Pygame to C++ to have a game be an executable, is there any extra process I would have to use in order to use Pygame functions when embedding into C++? As opposed to just writing ...
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Pyglet vs. PyQt [closed]

I need to implement a really simple card game. As the game logic is written in Python I chose to stick with some Python framework even if my goal is to develop a Windows only version. I also don't ...
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Python library for scripting (C++ integration)

Please advise me good wrapper/library for python. I need to implement simple scripting in c++ app; Under "good" I mean pretty understandable, well documented, no memory leaking, fast. For creating ...
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Game software design

I have been working on a simple implementation of a card game in object oriented Python/HTML/Javascript and building on the top of Django. At this point the game is in its final stage of development ...
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is object facing another object or facing it in opposite direction?

In 2d, in degrees, negative degrees possible. What I want is to rotate the player to face the same direction as the door before opening it, but when I'll do the same again now from the opposite side, ...
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what space is this Matrix in?

In Blender 2.6 API, PoseBone is used for animating a bone. PoseBone.matrix is one way to do that. API says PoseBone.matrix is in "object space". ...
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Collision library for bullet hell in Python

I am making a bullet hell game in Python and am looking for a suitable collision library, taking the following into consideration: The library should do 2D polygon collision. It should be very fast. ...
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How to render metaballs?

How to render metaballs? I am a Python programmer familiar with the Panda3d and Blender3d APIs. My math kinda sucks, but I know enough to write game logic code and procedural model generation code, ...
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Implementing Online Leaderboards for indie windows PC Game

I've just finished my game and I'd like to add some ranking functionality to it. I have a mySQL database running on my website and want to be able to insert and retrieve data from it. My knowledge in ...
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How do i choose what technology to use for a 2D game like Pokemon?

I apologize in advance for the wall of text about to come. I've had an idea for a game for a while now, and am stuck at step 1 of game development: Choosing a language/engine. I've read a whole ...

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