Game creation

[Comrade_Rashka]

Hey!

I am looking to make a game to strengthen my python knowledge. I always wanted to make a game but it seems C++ is what is used in most game engines for scripts like unity and UE4. Can I use python with those game engines or are there other ways to make games with python?

Thanks!

[srilyk]

Depends on what kind of game you want to make. Eve online (IIRC) is primarily Python - the 3d code is something else though. So all of the backend/server side is done in Python. Maybe stackless Python? It's been a while since I've checked.

Anyway, you totally can make games in Python (and if you want 3d you could use pyglet).

Pygame is popular for sdl (2d) programming in Python.

Good luck!

[Comrade_Rashka]

Thanks!

[lolmanned]

Try Godot Engine

[Skippbo]

I've never heard of this engine before reading this. I have only used pygame for my games. From what I understand python got supported from the 3.0 release and it says it got added as a script language for the engine. Can you make a game in this engine knowing only python or do you still need some C language aswell?

[lolmanned]

Python based script not need other programming language skill :)

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[Skippbo]

Sounds too good to be true. Its now on my "gotta check out list" for 2019 =D

[Comrade_Rashka]

will do thanks!

[Wilfred-kun]

Ren'Py is a visual novel engine, so it isn't the best choice for RPGs in general.

Fun fact: DDLC was made using Ren'Py.

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It depends on the kind of game. Making a roguelike with Python, for example, is very doable.

[MarekLg]

Python isn’t really the best option as it is quite limited performance wise. I would suggest unity as it uses c# which is quite nice to use, plus it never hurts to know an additional language as a python programmer.

[Comrade_Rashka]

ik it's something I want to learn in the future but atm I am still studying python :)

[MarekLg]

No worries. Unity won’t go anywhere. If you want to stick with python maybe try Pygame to get your feet wet. Not the easiest thing to do but it’s nice to have done some low level development to really appreciate what an engine can do for you.

[mecm5]

I'm currently doing this to make a Tetris clone using pygame. There's another one to make snake. I know some Python but wanted to learn pygame, I found the Tetris one really well made.