Game development software based on the Python programming language.

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Top down pygame collision detection

I'm writing a top down game and I'm trying to figure out how to make certain types of terrains impassable. I have a dictionary of sprites: terrains = [{"sprite": black}, {"sprite": dirt}, {"sprite": ...
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How to march tiles together like in Terraria?

I've been trying to get tile marching to work like in Terraria, and I got something to work. I don't think it's actually very good way of doing this, so I'm wondering what would be really the main way ...
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Getting collision detection in Pygames

I am writing a game in Pygame, I want to get collision detection. The aim is when a object hits another, the target object disappears. I want to avoid having classes and just have my code class less ...
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Pygame 2d map error [closed]

I'm writing a Legend of Zelda like game in pygame. I have this code for loading a map from a text file. #Load maps f = open ("map1","r")#This file is a text file containing only: 1 map01 = f.read() ...
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How can I get post-processing effects with pygame?

I'd like to be able to make the screen like blurry and wavy, like when a player enters a portal in Minecraft. How would I make this with pygame?
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Sprite erasing text in Pygame

I'm making a Pong clone in which the user can press the 'p' button to pause/unpause the game. When the user presses the 'p' button the word 'PAUSE' is drawn to the screen and when he presses again the ...
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Monster attack is not randomising right [closed]

I have a code that I've been messing around with and the monster attack (monster.ma) isn't randomising after the first time it's called upon (elif statement). I've tried to make it a tuple since they ...
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Crossfade Between Two Music Tracks in Pygame

My intention is to have two music tracks, which are similar in nature, fade between each other at various times. When such a fade occurs, one music track should fade from full volume to muted in a ...
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Pygame - CollideRect - But How Do They Collide?

I'm having some trouble figuring out how I can handle collisions that are specifically colliding on the top or bottom a rect. How can specify those collisions? Here's a little code snippet to give ...
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How to make an image bounce off the edges of the screen in Pygame?

I'm making a simple game where I bounce and image off the sides of the screen (a bit like the ball bounces in Pong) but I can't seem to the the bouncing part to work. Instead of bouncing of the edges ...
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How to get the angle to an object from angle you are facing [duplicate]

I am making an creature simulator where the creatures have a neural net for a brain. One of the inputs to the net is the angle it has to travel to go to be facing the nearest piece of food. I can get ...
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Tile based map player movement

I'm doing a tile based 2d rpg in pygame. The problem I'm working on right now is character movement... I am already able to create a map by using multidimensional arrays and a 'camera' follows the ...
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Adding lighting pygame

I have created a day and nigh cycle in a game of mine by drawing a rectangle over the screen and having it's alpha change constantly. However, I obviously want to add some lighting to the game. Is ...
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Pygame Particle Emitter Problems

so I've been trying to create a basic particle system in pygame which I can later expand upon but I've run into a spot of bother creating the particle emitter. Obviously what's supposed to happen is ...
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pygame double buffering

I am trying to use double buffering in pygame. What I'm trying to do is display a red then green screen, and switch from one to the other. Unfortunately, all I have is a black screen. I looked through ...

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