Chapter 8. pygame

In the previous chapter, we got to use every skill we learned in the book to create a simple, two-player guessing game. In this chapter, you will learn about pygame modules and how they work to make game creation possible using Python.

What is pygame?

As stated on the most current pygame website, http://www.pygame.org/hifi.html, pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing games. pygame, like Python, is free and open source, meaning that it can be used for free and shared with others. The developers of pygame have made sure that it is compatible with several different graphics display engines, so this means that the games developed using pygame could be played in a variety of environments. Installing pygame is a careful ...

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