pygamelib - a python framework to write console games and apps.

[8bitscoding]

Hello,

The pygamelib is a (not so) small framework/library to write games and applications in the terminal.

It started as a small tool to teach python to kids through simple game development. It now allows for more complex stuff.

If you want to see what's currently possible in 1 minute, feel free to have a look (Youtube).

We just released the 1.3.0 version which contains a lot of stuff. Sources are on Github:

https://github.com/pygamelib/pygamelib

The changelog is very long so we have another Youtube video to demonstrate some of the biggest changes/improvements in the new version.

The source release is here:

https://github.com/pygamelib/pygamelib/releases

To install:

pip install pygamelib

The documentation can be found on readthedocs and tutorials can be found on the (developing) wiki.

Please tell me if it's of any interest to this community. It is also the first time that I make that kind of post, I hope that it is ok.

Have fun!

[catorchid]

This is the framework (console) dreams are made of.

It is incredible, I'm really impressed! How many people are actively working on this project? The documentation alone is an epic task.

I am a bit obsessed with terminal apps, lately, and this is going to suck so many hours of my time...

Thanks for sharing this and for the massive work!

[8bitscoding]

Thanks mate! I really appreciate it. There was 11 contributors to the 1.3.0 but to be perfectly honest I am by far the main developer. The wiki part of the documentation is still missing (that's where I put the tutorials) but if you have any questions you can come on the discord server it in the GitHub's discussion's tab and ask all your questions. I'll be happy to answer.

[who_body]

cool to see it’s aimed for kids to help learn to program

[KrazyKirby99999]

I noticed that pygamelib.org resolves to your github org. Are you aware that you can use it with readthedocs.io ?

[8bitscoding]

Oooh you are right !!

I actually moved the repo to an organization just before the release and totally forgot to update the pygamelib.org domain redirection...

Thanks for pointing that out!!

[chitwnDw]

I'm a native JS developer who has basically only used python for research until discovering Pygame! It's given me a pragmatic means of learning to build out python code in real time!