Pygame

Pygame is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language.

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Software.name: Pygame
Software.logo: Pygame logo.svg
Software.logo size: 250px
Software.author: Lenard Lindstrom, René Dudfield, Pete Shinners, Nicholas Dudfield, Thomas Kluyver, and others
Software.developer: Pygame Community
Software.latest release version: 2.6.1
Software.programming language: C, Python, Cython, and Assembly
Software.operating system: Cross-platform
Software.genre: API
Software.license: GNU Lesser General Public License

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Official website: www.pygame.org
Image: Pygame - Hello World.png

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Commons category: Pygame
source code repository URL: github.com/pygame/pygame
software version identifier: 2.6.1
publication date: 2000-10-22
social media followers: 363
issue tracker URL: github.com/pygame/pygame/issues
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/pygame

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History
Development of version 2
Features
Community
Sample code
Notable games using Pygame
See also
Notes
References
External links

Pygame is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language.

==History== Pygame was originally written by Pete Shinners to replace PySDL after its development stalled. It has been a community project since 2000 and is released under the free software GNU Lesser General Public License (which "provides for Pygame to be distributed with open source and commercial software").