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🐱‍🏍 stuntcat is our open source mini-game we worked on in order to drive pygame 2 development forward. We wanted to make a real mini-game and try to release it for sale on as many platforms as possible. So that other people can look at the ... [More] source code and distribute their game on more platforms too. We only had 4 days... but during that time more than 14 people got involved. We learnt a lot during this. The compilation instructions for pygame 2 were improved so that more people could build development versions. We automated the installer generation for Windows, Mac, and pypi on github (so other projects can copy this base-code and do it too). Gif animation saving was started (because when you release your game you want a gif right?). Missing features and areas where documentation could be improved were identified (animated sprites, and scenes anyone?). Fixes to pymunk (a great 2D physics engine) were made so distributing physics games to end users is now easier. There's also an example of using the tile map loader (PyTMX) with the physics engine. More than a month after the game jam finished we are working on issues discovered during the making of 🐱‍🏍 stuntcat. We want to make distributing pygame apps easier for people. You made your game, now you want to share it with your friends or even sell it right? The first place we made a release was on itch.io, a platform for selling games and apps. There we uploaded the Mac, Windows, and source for people to download with a pay-what-you-feel option. Next step is to release the game on Steam (another popular games platform). For the next step we need to raise $100 for the Steam App fee. We also have to make the game better! It's already a pretty fun mini game, but requires more mini games and more polish. We also need to make pygame 2 pre-release binaries so that we can actually publish on Steam. 🐱‍🏍 stuntcat on a unicycle, Shark with a lazer on it... and more. Have fun. Download stuntcat here, and if you can afford some small money... pay-what-you-feel to support pygame 2 development. We need to raise at least $100 to move onto the next step. Thanks to the makers of stuntcat: bitcraft, blubberquark, Bottersnake, claudeb, illume, Kuba | ThePolish, TJWhale, hfoxp, xeno, M, CaptHurls, dlon, dirk0, viblo, and kleines filmröllchen. day 0: $0 of $100 raised for Steam app fee. day 1: $5 of $100 day 2: $57 of $100 If you ever wanted to support pygame development financially and you can afford it, this is how you can by purchasing stuntcat on itch.io for $2 or what ever you feel. [Less]

🐱‍🏍 stuntcat is our open source mini-game we worked on in order to drive pygame 2 development forward. We wanted to make a real mini-game and try to release it for sale on as many platforms as possible. So that other people can look at the ... [More] source code and distribute their game on more platforms too. We only had 4 days... but during that time more than 14 people got involved. We learnt a lot during this. The compilation instructions for pygame 2 were improved so that more people could build development versions. We automated the installer generation for Windows, Mac, and pypi on github (so other projects can copy this base-code and do it too). Gif animation saving was started (because when you release your game you want a gif right?). Missing features and areas where documentation could be improved were identified (animated sprites, and scenes anyone?). Fixes to pymunk (a great 2D physics engine) were made so distributing physics games to end users is now easier. There's also an example of using the tile map loader (PyTMX) with the physics engine. More than a month after the game jam finished we are working on issues discovered during the making of 🐱‍🏍 stuntcat. We want to make distributing pygame apps easier for people. You made your game, now you want to share it with your friends or even sell it right? The first place we made a release was on itch.io, a platform for selling games and apps. There we uploaded the Mac, Windows, and source for people to download with a pay-what-you-feel option. Next step is to release the game on Steam (another popular games platform). For the next step we need to raise $100 for the Steam App fee. We also have to make the game better! It's already a pretty fun mini game, but requires more mini games and more polish. We also need to make pygame 2 pre-release binaries so that we can actually publish on Steam. 🐱‍🏍 stuntcat on a unicycle, Shark with a lazer on it... and more. Have fun. Download stuntcat here, and if you can afford some small money... pay-what-you-feel to support pygame 2 development. We need to raise at least $100 to move onto the next step. Thanks to the makers of stuntcat: bitcraft, blubberquark, Bottersnake, claudeb, illume, Kuba | ThePolish, TJWhale, hfoxp, xeno, M, CaptHurls, dlon, dirk0, viblo, and kleines filmröllchen. day 0: $0 of $100 raised for Steam app fee. day 1: $5 of $100 day 2: $57 of $100 day 3: $100 of $113.20 If you ever wanted to support pygame development financially and you can afford it, this is how you can by purchasing stuntcat on itch.io for $2 or what ever you feel. [Less]

See the post on the PyPy blog: "PyPy for low latency systems", and also this post: Experiments with new low latency PyPy garbage collector in a thread. 

To help drive pygame 2 development, we are making a game with pygame 2.The whole pygame community is invited to take part. In making this one game. In 4 days.More info here.github repo: https://github.com/pygame/stuntcat

Josh Bartlett has made a video for his pygame Artist in Residence exhibit. It's a timelapse of Trosnoth development in October. There is also a blog post about it: timelapse trosnoth development video. See the trosnoth tag on his blog to see his ... [More] earlier blog posts made during October. ps. if you want to see the text more clearly you'll need to watch it fullscreen in 1080p. Trosnoth is a networked multi player game originally developed as part of a computing class. [Less]

Here are some updates from where we're up to on pygame 2 with SDL2. pygame now compiles with SDL2 from source on at least Mac, Linux, and Windows. SDL2 now does batching with the existing API. Should be in the next release. So no need to integrate ... [More] SDL_gpu, or to change how we submit surfaces for rendering. Many things are working with SDL2, there are dozens of known issues and test failures however. The main one is color keyed surfaces not working properly. The other big piece of work is getting it to compile on the build bots (travis, appveyor), and making pre releases available. There have been a few more developers contributing (10 in the last month). Work continues on cleanups, making it more developer friendly, and developer out reach. The repo has been cleaned up, removing the clutter, and beginning an internal CAPI refactor. Unit tests have also undergone some cleanups using newer features. python 2.4/2.5/2.6 support has been removed in the code. The contribution guide has been improved. https://www.pygame.org/wiki/Contribute If anyone using pygame in Berlin wants to come along and help talk with people interested in contributing, I am presenting here: https://www.meetup.com/opensourcediversity/events/255369540/ We're working toward the 1.9.5 release (the refactor release). There could be 'one more SDL 1.2' release, and we may use that SDL1.2 branch for a 1.9.6 release.   Here's the milestone for pygame 2: https://github.com/pygame/pygame/milestone/4 When is pygame 2 done? TLDR; When the pygame API is mostly running in a backwards compatible way on SDL2. When the few parts that are not working are documented as such. When there are binaries available for python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 in 32bit/64bit varieties on at least Mac, Linux, Windows.   Here's the milestone for pygame 1.9.5 (the refactor release). https://github.com/pygame/pygame/milestone/7 The 1.9.5 release is the 'refactor' release, with the SDL2 branch merged and many cleanups. Being able to compile SDL2 support in is possible from source, but there are known issues with it. Binaries (on pypi and otherwise) should be distributed with SDL 1.2.   Thanks to the following people who have been helping out since the last release (sorry if I've missed anyone). (@alphaCTzo7G) | Amos Bastian (@amosbastian) | Andrey Lopukhov (@andreyx86) | Augusto Noronha (@augusto2112) | (@Bottersnike) | (@Cerealdragon) | (@cmtrapp02) | Daniel Molina (@daniel-molina) | David Caughell (@DavidCaughell) | David L (@dlon) | burmer (@dtschirmer) | René Dudfield (@illume) | (@LambdaGoblin) | Lenard Lindstrom (@llindstrom) | Marius Gedminas (@mgedmin) | (@metulburr) | Dominik George (@Natureshadow) | Nunu-Willump (@Nunu-Willump) | Nik (@nikolas) | Sett (@sw00) |   [Less]

Here are some updates from where we're up to on pygame 2 with SDL2. pygame now compiles with SDL2 from source on at least Mac, Linux, and Windows. SDL2 now does batching with the existing API. Should be in the next release. So no need to integrate ... [More] SDL_gpu, or to change how we submit surfaces for rendering. Many things are working with SDL2, there are dozens of known issues and test failures however. The main one is color keyed surfaces not working properly. The other big piece of work is getting it to compile on the build bots (travis, appveyor), and making pre releases available. There have been a few more developers contributing (10 in the last month). Work continues on cleanups, making it more developer friendly, and developer out reach. The repo has been cleaned up, removing the clutter, and beginning an internal CAPI refactor. Unit tests have also undergone some cleanups using newer features. python 2.4/2.5/2.6 support has been removed in the code. The contribution guide has been improved. https://www.pygame.org/wiki/Contribute If anyone using pygame in Berlin wants to come along and help talk with people interested in contributing, I am presenting here: https://www.meetup.com/opensourcediversity/events/255369540/ We're working toward the 1.9.5 release (the refactor release). There could be 'one more SDL 1.2' release, and we may use that SDL1.2 branch for a 1.9.6 release.   Here's the milestone for pygame 2: https://github.com/pygame/pygame/milestone/4 When is pygame 2 done? TLDR; When the pygame API is mostly running in a backwards compatible way on SDL2. When the few parts that are not working are documented as such. When there are binaries available for python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 in 32bit/64bit varieties on at least Mac, Linux, Windows.   Here's the milestone for pygame 1.9.5 (the refactor release). https://github.com/pygame/pygame/milestone/7 The 1.9.5 release is the 'refactor' release, with the SDL2 branch merged and many cleanups. Being able to compile SDL2 support in is possible from source, but there are known issues with it. Binaries (on pypi and otherwise) should be distributed with SDL 1.2.   Thanks to the following people who have been helping out since the last release (sorry if I've missed anyone). (@alphaCTzo7G) | Amos Bastian (@amosbastian) | Andrey Lopukhov (@andreyx86) | Augusto Noronha (@augusto2112) | (@Bottersnike) | (@Cerealdragon) | (@cmtrapp02) | Daniel Molina (@daniel-molina) | David Caughell (@DavidCaughell) | David L (@dlon) | burmer (@dtschirmer) | René Dudfield (@illume) | (@LambdaGoblin) | Lenard Lindstrom (@llindstrom) | Marius Gedminas (@mgedmin) | (@metulburr) | Dominik George (@Natureshadow) | Nunu-Willump (@Nunu-Willump) | Nik (@nikolas) | Sett (@sw00) |   [Less]

Congrats to DaFluffyPotato for the release of "Super Potato Bruh" on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/951360/ Super Potato Bruh is a difficult platformer that uses some elements of the bullet hell genre to create an intense platforming ... [More] experience. (And it uses python and pygame :) Also... the source is available on itch.io. (https://cmlsc.itch.io/super-potato-bruh) [Less]

The pygame Artist in Residence grant celebrates the Python arts community and lends a tiny bit of support to someones art practice. Josh Bartlett is the first recipient. An artist residency usually works something like; a person spends some time in ... [More] either a gallery making something to present or in a music club doing a weekly spot. The pygame artist in residence will do it in their own space, but be present on the top of the pygame website in the form of a thumbnail and a link to their patreon/blog/artist statement/website/whatever. Josh Bartlett who has shared with us some things of what he's been up to. Please see the pygame artist in residence profile page for more info. Also, Josh is blogging, so you can read about him and some updates on his work there. ps. Thank you to everyone who applied, and those who helped with selection. Hopefully the next one will go more smoothly as the process is improved. [Less]

An artist residency usually works something like; a person spends some time in either a gallery making something to present or in a music club doing a weekly spot. The pygame artist in residence will do it in their own space, but be present on the ... [More] top of the pygame website in the form of a thumbnail and a link to their patreon/blog/artist statement/website/whatever. "pygame artist in residence" grant — For someone using python or pygame in their arts practice. Email: [email protected] Applications or nominations close: September 15th. Announced: October 1st. Amount: €512 paid by paypal. Full details at: http://renesd.blogspot.com/2018/08/pygame-artist-in-residence-grant.html [Less]