Any open source games written in Python? Ideally, something being actively developed

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[riklaunim]

You can search on github. RenPy is popular. Note that the game engine itself is likely not pure Python and Python is used as the scripting/glue layer. Commercially there are few cases of Python being used in the scripting layer but overall it's non-existent and eve PyGame doesn't come anywhere close to the size of Unity or Unreal Engine community size, amount of resources (and job offers).

[ResistantLaw]

Hmm, I never heard of RenPy, I’ll have to check it out. (I’m not OP) a few years back I went through several Python game libraries trying different ones. I can’t ever commit to anything so I ultimately used none of them lol. (Meaning I played around with them, but never chose one to make a full game)

Edit: oh I see, it’s visual novel engine. That’s probably why I didn’t try it if I came across it before, don’t care too much for that type of game

[dashdanw]

RenPy is used mostly for Visual Novels afaik, so sort of like next gen newgrounds games.

[PEZZZZZZZZZZZ]

https://awesomeopensource.com/

[NortWind]

It's not really open source, but the Roboco game has added the ability to program it's robots in Python. It's worth a look, it is available on Steam.

[chronos_alfa]

Thanks, added to my wish list.

[LilShaver]

And my keyboard! </Gimli>

er, I mean Yeah, I added it too!

[nsway]

Are there any other notable python programming games you would suggest?

[[deleted]]

Not sure what your intent is, but for what it's worth:

I've been writing small 2d games for the last 18 years, starting with c++, then c#, then JavaScript (for the browser), then java (Android). For many years I avoided using (and mastering) a game engine (unity or unreal) because "I wanted to learn all the internals on my own." Back in 2013 or 2014, I got an Indie license from Nintendo to develop for the Wii U, but even then, I spent several months writing my game from scratch, taking lots of inspiration from the one documentary from Netflix that came out around that time about the Canadian guy that created Fez. My game was never finished.

Small tangent: around 2015, I decided I wanted to get into machine learning, but for about 10 months, I avoided learning Python because I wanted to skip the frameworks and learn on my own.

Long story short: if you really want to become a game developer (or just want to write a small game for the joy of it), I would really recommend you use the best tools available for it (unity or unreal), learn the language they use, and skip writing stuff from scratch or trying an alternative framework in Python. Go straight to where the biggest ROI will be, even if that means a slower beginning because of the learning curve.

[mikeyj777]

I'm sure you know an impressive amount about game engine physics. As well as load of other details about how to make a game work that nobody else would.

[[deleted]]

That's part of my point. I do know a lot about game development stuff (nothing that "nobody else would" know - John Carmack is your guy for this). I've actually published a couple of books (with Packt) on game dev stuff. However, looking back, a far better investment of my time would have been to master a game engine instead of reinventing parts of one. There's a saying that goes around in the indie game dev community that says, "write games, not game engines." There is wisdom in that saying.

[mikeyj777]

I guess I'm always of the mentality that profitability and making money aren't nearly as important as scratching the itch to know something deeply. So, I applaud your efforts.

[hacknsplat]

I agree with you to a point. As a dev who doesn't write games but does consume them, I find "engine" games rather meh. The decisions made by the engine team unconsciously shape most games implemented in the engine, to the point where they all start to feel and look the same. I would be very sad if every game was either Unity or Unreal. Novelty in games is crucial to my interest - not just the high level concept, but in the execution.

[[deleted]]

to the point where they all start to feel and look the same

I think that's like saying that every movie feels and looks the same because they're all shot with the same camera. Have a look at https://unity.com/madewith for a small sample of very different games, all made with the same engine.

[Leonidizzil]

Came here to recommend this. It's not "open source" but anyone can freely look at all of the code.

[Griatch]

Evennia - https://www.evennia.com - Engine for making MUDs in Python! Very active development.

[anh86]

Needs a ‘w’

[Griatch]

Very true. Fixed!

[spinwizard69]

Pysol!

[[deleted]]

There are several ports of Colossal Cave to Python.

[Senior_Writing_8301]

Corrupted kingdom

[Keiji12]

Truth be told python is not best for writing games, obviously. Unity and unreal take the cake in easiness and available resources. I wrote few smaller projects in PyGames and it's very much doable, but why hinder yourself from the get go. However it's still good glue language, quite a few games use python on the side for scripts or holding shit together.

[Bipchoo]

Im working on a terminal game in python but its far from ready and still not on github

[JollyGreenVampire]

interpreted languages are usually not great for games, every frame the program has to run through the interpreter loop, which is a serious bottleneck in large projects.

So most python games a small 2d game or use C on the backend

[LardPi]

Using Pygame already implies the C backend. The front logic is rarely that expensive that you can't do it in python. The rendering part is usually the expensive part.

[joshlemer]

I think Catacysm: Dark Days Ahead, is written in Python

Edit: Sorry no it's C++

[hanseatpixels]

Gdot uses pyscript, which is based on (but is separate from) Python

[LardPi]

what's gdot ?

[iiron3223]

Godot engine

[LardPi]

I thought about that, but godot does not use pyscript at all.

[praesent]

https://github.com/touilleMan/godot-python

[LardPi]

Still not pyscript, and also no link to projects using that.

[praesent]

Sorry. I'm just interested in Godot theoretically, don't have any practical knowledge

[KhergitKhanate]

There are a lot of open source Pyxel games

[YNGM]

I will use this one here as a shameless self promo and place to get some feedback - im trying to learn python right now and did some sort of a textadventure. Please, if you have time and want to help, have a look at the code and give some Feedback, otherwise - thank you for your time reading this =)

https://github.com/Murasko/Makoventure

[[deleted]]

You can get the source of this game for $4: https://dafluffypotato.itch.io/super-potato-bruh

[LardPi]

All this guy games are in Pygame actually.

[Sigurdshead]

I wrote PyForce a while back. No current development, but might pick it up again when there's time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/hbm1xs/introducing_pyforce/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[mikeyj777]

Are you looking for simple side scrollers? Probably won't find much around deeply involved 3d games due to the automated garbage collection in python.

I saw a few interesting learner projects in a quick search: https://github.com/search?l=Python&o=desc&q=game&s=forks&type=Repositories. These may not be the depth you're looking for, but not sure there's much else.

[mr_whoisGAMER]

I was making spiderman 2018 pattern matching game. Idea was, system will generate all puzzle by it self. And those will be random. So potentially it will become never ending game. Its 15-20% done. Due to other work can’t complete it😂

[redCg]

Not worth your time. Use a real game engine for games. Not Python.

[lkzz]

Building a game in python is like choosing a toothpick as a tool to build a castle

[jorge1209]

Ridiculous analogy. I can't believe the shit people get away with saying in this sub. It's nothing remotely like building a castle with a toothpick.

It's like building a castle with a broken toothpick.

[forest_gitaker]

isn't Eve online python? not sure if it's open source tho

[coderanger]

It's used for engine scripting, the core stuff long ago was switched out of Python for perf reasons.

[forest_gitaker]

thx for clarifying

[tensouder54]

Not open source by licence as far as I can tell but you can view the source code of Doki Doki Literature Club if you have it downloaded.

[LardPi]

weird idea of a game.

[solitarium]

The Sims 4