CSCI 171: pygame notes and links

Local notes ('un1)

• PyGame Tidbits
• Python and Pygame Questions, Answers, and Examples

From PyGame.Org ...

• Documentation
• Packages and sources
• Resources
• Tutorials
• Wiki

Potentially useful extensions

• PyOpenGL and OpenGLContext
• Mirra OpenGL 2D graphics library
• Gloss OpenGL wrapper for PyGame

Other Pygame Resources

• Lorenzo Danielsson's tutorial:
  Getting started
  Drawing lines
  Mouse events
  More events
  Pixels
  From pixel to worm
• Thuan Ta's Introduction to PyGame (pdf)
• Tiling and maps in PyGame
  Richard Jones: drawing a scrollable (tiled) map
  Tiling, rotation, zoom with a bitmap
• ezide.com game creation guide (PyGame)

Other Python resources and packages

• Python
• Python Library Reference
• Python for NonProgrammers (wiki)
• J. Cogliati's Non-programmers tutorial for Python (pdf)
• P. Prescod's Intro to Python (pdf)
• Python Ogre and download (3D game engine)